Sports Media Report
SiriusXM will offer listeners nationwide baseline-to-baseline coverage of NCAA® March Madness®, the most exciting month on the calendar for college basketball fans. SiriusXM listeners will get access to every game of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, and for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, listeners will get every game from the Sweet 16 round through the championship game, plus multiple early round matchups.
All of the Men’s NCAA Tournament game broadcasts, and the Women’s NCAA Tournament game broadcasts from the Sweet 16 through the National Championship, are provided to SiriusXM by Westwood One, the official network audio partner of the NCAA.
The men’s tournament begins with the First Four® on March 18-19 and continues through the Men’s Final Four® semifinal and National Championship game on April 5 and 7 in San Antonio, TX. The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship runs from the First Four matchups on March 19-20 through the Women’s Final Four semifinal and National Championship game, to be played April 3 and 6 in Tampa, FL. Game broadcasts will be available in SiriusXM-enabled vehicles and on the SiriusXM app. Channel assignments will be posted at siriusxm.com/sports starting Monday, March 17.
Beyond the action on the court, fans will also get the most in-depth expert analysis leading up to and throughout the tournament on SiriusXM’s multiple sports talk channels, which offer daily expert analysis from former players, coaches and other college sports insiders. These channels will be a place for fans to call in and discuss their favorite teams’ performances, and will offer special programming on Selection Sunday and Final Four weekend.
“Basketball and Beyond with Coach K”
Hall of Famer and five-time national champion former head coach of the Duke Blue Devils Mike Krzyzewski will host his SiriusXM show, “Basketball and Beyond with Coach K,” twice a week during the tournament run on the SiriusXM College Sports Radio channel and on the SiriusXM app. Coach K will share his insight into what teams face as they prepare to play on college basketball’s biggest stage, and react to performances by players and teams as they advance through the bracket.
Selection Sunday®
On Selection Sunday®, March 16, SiriusXM listeners will get up-to-the-moment coverage as tournament teams and first round matchups are revealed:
- On Mad Dog Sports Radio (SiriusXM channel 82), Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Steve Torre will host special Selection Sunday coverage live from 5 – 9 pm ET.
- SiriusXM College Sports Radio (SiriusXM channel 84) will air Selection Sunday specials from 5 – 11 pm ET. At 5 pm ET, Kris Budden will host coverage of the men’s bracket reveal, then Chris Plank and Nicole Auerbach will take over as the women’s bracket is announced at 8 pm ET.
- The official NCAA Tournament Selection Show produced by Westwood One will air on Sirius ch. 106, XM ch. 201 and on the SiriusXM app from 6 – 9 pm ET. Hosts Jason Horowitz, PJ Carlesimo and Debbie Antonelli will cover the reveal of both the men’s and women’s tournament brackets.
Final Four® Programming
In addition to the games, SiriusXM will also have live programming originating from both the Men’s and Women’s Final Four cities, with pregame shows on location in San Antonio and Tampa, as well as live coverage of the Naismith Awards Brunch, where the Women’s and Men’s Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards are announced. Nicole Auerbach will be on location for SiriusXM’s Women’s Final Four coverage in Tampa. Matt McCall and Dalen Cuff will host SiriusXM’s Men’s Final Four coverage in San Antonio.
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