Westwood One Presents Season-Long College Basketball Coverage
Schedule Features Regular Season Games, Conference Championship Week, and NCAA March Madness®
NEW YORK, NY, January 12, 2021 – Cumulus Media’s Westwood One, the largest audio network in the U.S. and the official network radio partner of the NCAA, will present live play-by-play audio broadcasts of the 2020-21 college basketball season, beginning January 13. Westwood One’s coverage will include 20 regular season games, 20 additional conference championship week games, and will culminate once again with the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. This year’s NCAA Tournament will take place entirely in Indiana, and Westwood One will have exclusive coverage beginning with Selection Sunday on March 14, all the way through the Final Four and National Championship games on April 3 and 5, 2021. All games will be available on Westwood One affiliates and streamed online at www.westwoodonesports.com.
Below is Westwood One’s regular season college basketball schedule:
January 13 | Texas Tech @ Texas | 8:45 PM ET |
January 18 | Kansas @ Baylor | 8:45 PM ET |
January 21 | Indiana @ Iowa | TBA |
January 23 | Duke @ Louisville | 3:45 PM ET |
January 26 | Georgetown @ Xavier | TBA |
January 27 | Creighton @ Seton Hall | TBA |
January 31 | Michigan State @ Ohio State | 12:45 PM ET |
February 6 | North Carolina @ Duke | 5:45 PM ET |
February 11 | Illinois @ Michigan | TBA |
February 13 | Villanova @ Creighton | TBA |
February 14 | Memphis @ Houston | 3:45 PM ET |
February 15 | Baylor @ West Virginia | 8:45 PM ET |
February 18 | Iowa @ Wisconsin | TBA |
February 20 | Virginia @ Duke | TBA |
February 22 | Kansas @ Texas | 8:45 PM ET |
February 27 | Marquette @ Connecticut | TBA |
February 28 | Villanova @ Butler | TBA |
March 1 | North Carolina @ Syracuse | 6:45 PM ET |
March 6 | Big East Game TBA | TBA |
Conference championship week broadcast coverage will begin on Saturday, March 6 with the Ohio Valley Conference Championship and continue through Sunday, March 14 with Championship games from several conferences including the Big East, Pac-12, and SEC.
Westwood One has broadcast every NCAA Men’s Tournament since 1982.
NCAA, Final Four, and March Madness are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
*All game times and dates are subject to change.
About Westwood One Sports
Westwood One Sports is home to some of the most exciting sports broadcasts on radio. It is the exclusive network radio partner to the NFL and to the NCAA, including exclusive coverage of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments and the Final Four; the Men’s Hockey Frozen Four®, the Men’s Lacrosse Championship, and the Men’s and Women’s College World Series®. In addition, Westwood One distributes programming from the Masters and CBS Sports Radio sports talk. Join the Westwood One Sports community on social media at facebook.com/westwoodonesports and twitter.com/westwood1sports. For more information, visit www.westwoodonesports.com.
About Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) is a leading audio-first media and entertainment company delivering premium content to over a quarter billion people every month — wherever and whenever they want it. Cumulus Media engages listeners with high-quality local programming through 416 owned-and-operated stations across 85 markets; delivers nationally-syndicated sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming from iconic brands including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and many other world-class partners across nearly 8,000 affiliated stations through Westwood One, the largest audio network in America; and inspires listeners through its rapidly growing network of original podcasts that are smart, entertaining and thought-provoking. Cumulus Media provides advertisers with personal connections, local impact and national reach through on-air and on-demand digital, mobile, social, and voice-activated platforms, as well as integrated digital marketing services, powerful influencers, full-service audio solutions, industry-leading research and insights, and live event experiences. Cumulus Media is the only audio media company to provide marketers with local and national advertising performance guarantees. For more information visit www.cumulusmedia.com.
Contact:
Karen Glover | Westwood One | kglover@westwoodone.com