March Madness NCAA Brackets on V Cast from Verizon

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on March 17, 2009 12:32 PM

Verizon Wireless said today that information on first round games of the NCAA championships, featuring insight and analysis from some of the nation's top college coaches, will be available on V CAST Video.

Available just hours after the teams and seedings were announced, the ultimate insider's guide to the brackets can be found in the Sports channel on V CAST Video. Basketball aficionados and casual fans alike will see and hear a panel of the top college coaches in the country break down the matchups and offer their opinions on games to be played later this week.

Among the panel of top coaches featured in the game previews on V CAST Video are: Rick Pitino (Louisville), John Calipari (Memphis), Jeff Capel (Oklahoma), Bruce Pearl (Tennessee) and Lorenzo Romar (Washington). All of these coaches and their teams will be participating in the tournament.

March Madness has been a launching point for many mobile offers including AT&T offering free Mobile TV for two months to watch the games with the LG Vu. Cha Cha offers free text scores. Yahoo! has a chance to win $1 Million if you register by March 19.

"The March Madness Insider's Bracket with this panel forum of superb coaches is the ultimate tool for fans filling out a bracket and will give Verizon customers another perspective on the just-announced matchups," said Matt Carstens, vice president for digital media and general manager, Mobile at Intersport.

Customers with select V CAST-enabled phones can check out V CAST whenever they want for $3.00 for 24-hour use or by signing up for the $15.00 V CAST VPak monthly subscription, which also includes access to V CAST channels featuring more than 100 full-length programs from leading broadcast and cable networks, the Verizon Wireless ESPN MVP service, Get It Now® and Mobile Web services. Customers get unlimited basic video, but application download fees may apply for 3D games and premium video. There are no airtime or megabyte charges to download, stream or watch V CAST content with any V CAST subscription.