Media Release

Virginia Tech Head Coach Buzz Williams to Join NCAA Tournament Coverage as Guest Studio Analyst

NCAA March Madness

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have added Virginia Tech Head Coach Buzz Williams as a guest studio analyst for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship airing across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV.  Williams will join the Atlanta studio team alongside host Ernie Johnson and analysts Brendan Haywood and Seth Davis for Regional Semifinals coverage on Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24.

Williams led Virginia Tech to the seventh 20-win season of his coaching career this season and has posted a 206-134 record in 10 seasons as Head Coach of the University of New Orleans (2006-07), Marquette University (2008-14) and Virginia Tech (2014-current).  His teams have made six NCAA Tournament appearances.

NCAA Tournament coverage continues tomorrow, Thursday, March 23, at 6 p.m. ET on TBS with Infiniti NCAA Tip-Off.  Reginal Semifinal game action will tip off with Oregon vs. Michigan and Kansas vs. Purdue on CBS beginning at 7:09 p.m., with Gonzaga vs. West Virginia and Arizona vs. Xavier airing on TBS beginning at 7:39 p.m.

All 67 games of the tournament are available live in their entirety across four national television networks for the seventh consecutive year – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and via NCAA March Madness Live.  This year’s NCAA Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 1, along with the National Championship on Monday, April 3, will be televised by CBS.

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