NCAA Tourney Announcer Pairings

[BBC 08]

CBS has announced the announcer pairings for the tourney:

Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg
Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn/Jay Bilas
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery
Gus Johnson/Len Elmore
Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner
Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel
Craig Bolerjack/Bob Wenzel
Tim Brando/Mike Gminski

Here is the link to Awful Announcing which posted the pairings: Shaboom (http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2009/03/breaking-cbs-releases-announcer.html)

[X-band '01]

Same as last year, with the exception of Billy Packer leaving and Clark Kellogg joining the A-team.

[The Artist]

Gus and Len. Give it to us!

[Espe]

I hope we don't get the two goons we got for the first two rounds last year.

[StanleyOwnsYou]

Hope we land Gus but I doubt it if were in Portland/Boise

I see the following happening

Nantz/Kellogg: Philadelphia (UCONN)
Enberg/Bilas: Greensboro (UNC/Duke)
Gus/Len: Dayton (Louisville/Pitt)
Verne/Raferty: Minneapolis
Harlan/Bonner: Miami
Eagle/Sparnarkel: Portland
Bolerjack/Wentzel: Kansas City (Oklahoma)
Brando/Gminski: Boise

[XU '11]

For the first two rounds, does CBS usually send their top crews to the top seeds (1/16/8/9 pods) or where there will be the best matchups (5/12/4/13 pods)?

[THRILLHOUSE]

At least this year there is no more Billy Packer.

[StanleyOwnsYou]

Hope we land Gus but I doubt it if were in Portland/Boise

I see the following happening

Nantz/Kellogg: Philadelphia (UCONN)
Enberg/Bilas: Greensboro (UNC/Duke)
Gus/Len: Dayton (Louisville/Pitt)
Verne/Raferty: Minneapolis
Harlan/Bonner: Miami
Eagle/Sparnarkel: Portland
Bolerjack/Wentzel: Kansas City (Oklahoma)
Brando/Gminski: Boise

http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/03/march-madness-ncaa-tournament-bracket-tv-schedule-announcers-dates-spreads/

Lundquist/Raferty: Dayton, OH
Eagle/Spanarkel: Miami, FL
Johnson/Elmore: Minneapolis, MN
Nantz/Kellogg: Greensboro, NC
Harlan/Bonner: Portland, OR
Brando/Gminski: Kansas City, MO
Enberg/Blackburn/Bilas: Philadelphia, PA

And ......


.....Bolerjack/Wenzel: Boise, ID