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1998

The year veteran play-by-play announcer Verne Lundquist began calling NCAA basketball tournament games for CBS. CBS and Turner announced Monday that he won’t be calling games this year. CBS spokeswoman Jennifer Sabatelle said Lundquist had back surgery in the fall and decided not to do this year’s tournament. Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill will continue to announce the Final Four and title game. Those games, along with the tournament selection show Sunday, will be televised on TBS.