The late CBS announcer died in December of 2024 after a battle with cancer, and the tributes poured in from everywhere, and rightfully so. If you're wondering why he's not on the air for the 2025 Selection Sunday broadcast for CBS and was replaced by Adam Zucker -- who replaced Gumbel back in 2024 -- now you know.

In honor of his career as a sportscaster and the work he did that made him an indelible part of March Madness, CBS Sports honored the memory of Greg Gumbel during the network's Selection Sunday show ahead of the NCAA Tournament.

Marking the first NCAA Tournament without the longtime CBS host: "If he was calling it, you knew it was an important, special event.”