Spring is here (even though it may not feel like it where you are) and with it comes the sweet sound of sneakers on hardwood: the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament.
Every year we have some of the best and brightest from the world of TV news come together in one competition to see who is tops at picking winners and losers.
Ultimately there can be only one winner, and they get the chance to brag about their picking prowess for all to see. 2012’s winner was Fox Business Network stocks editor Liz MacDonald. Liz wont be participating this year, but 2011’s winner Dominic Chu is back to try and reclaim the title.
Here is your 2013 TVNewser March Madness lineup:
Team Bloomberg:
Dominc Chu, markets reporter, Bloomberg TV
Team CBS News:
Chris Licht, EP, “CBS This Morning”
Gayle King, anchor, “CBS This Morning”
Charlie Rose, anchor, “CBS This Morning”
Norah O’Donnell, anchor, “CBS This Morning”
Team CNN/HLN
Wolf Blitzer, anchor, “The Situation Room”
Suzanne Malveaux, anchor, “CNN Newsroom”
Sam Feist, DC bureau chief, CNN
Randi Kaye, anchor, “CNN Newsroom”
Tom Foreman, correspondent, CNN
Lisa Sylvester, correspondent, “The Situation Room”
Joe Johns, correspondent, CNN
Janelle Rodriguez, VP of programming, CNN
Don Lemon, anchor, “CNN Newsroom”
Eric Sherling, director of DC programming, CNN
Chad Myers, meteorologist, CNN
Carol Costello, anchor “CNN Newsroom”
Brooke Baldwin, anchor, “CNN Newsroom”
Team Fox News/Fox Business Network
Adam Shapiro, reporter, Fox Business Network
Anna Kooiman, correspondent, Fox News
Rick Leventhal, senior correspondent, Fox News
Team NBC/MSNBC/CNBC
Becky Quick, anchor, “Squawk Box”
Bill Wolff, MSNBC VP and EP, “The Rachel Maddow Show”
Brian Shactman, reporter, CNBC
Brian Sullivan, anchor, “Street Signs”
Joe Kernen, anchor “Squawk Box”
KC Sullivan, senior VP and CFO, CNBC
Matt Quayle, EP, “Squawk Box”
Scott Boyarksi, VP of digital product development, CNBC
Gary Schreier, EP, “Closing Bell”
Steve Kornacki, host, “The Cycle” and “Up”
Tyler Mathisen, anchor, ‘Power Lunch”
Team TVNewser/computer
Alex Weprin, senior editor, TVNewser
Last year your TVNewser senior editor finished dead last, using his time-tested picking skills. This year he decided to let a computer randomly pick the winners. Can he do better by having a computer pick the teams? Stay tuned.