Confirming a plan it started exploring last fall, the NCAA said it will host the entire men’s basketball tournament — the event known as March Madness — in Indiana due to Covid-19.The extraordinary initiative is aimed at ensuring that this year’s 67-game extravaganza does not meet the same fate as the 2020 edition.
The cancellation of the tournament last year was one of the most jarring spectacles of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.The news delivers a boost to WarnerMedia’s Turner networks as well as ViacomCBS.
The two companies have shared broadcast rights to the tournament for many years. The tournament plan also helps Fox and ESPN, which are major college basketball rights holders.Selection Sunday, the day when tournament
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