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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

NEW: I went 1-on-1 with Bill Murray after UConn punched its ticket to the Final Four.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

Last year's Final Four: Duke North Carolina Kansas Villanova This year: Connecticut Florida Atlantic San Diego State Miami

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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At this very moment: The minimum ticket price on StubHub to get into the Men’s Final Four: $571 The minimum ticket price on StubHub to get into the Women’s Final Four: $970

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John Fanta

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My dad died of a heart attack on Monday. He was my best friend, and the influence for my passion. Gerry Fanta, you were the best father that a son could ask for. You were the best storyteller I know. I love you and will miss you Dad. So, so much.

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“I’m a living testimony. I give all glory to God. He sent me trials and tribulations, but it was to build my character. I kept on believing. I did all I could so God could do all I can’t.” - Paige Bueckers to @Angel_Gray1 postgame

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Georgetown women’s basketball lost its head coach, Tasha Butts, to cancer at the age of 41 in October. This team has played for her all year. They were picked 10th in the Big East. The Hoyas are going to the conference title game for the first time ever.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Friday night. Cleveland, Ohio. The most anticipated and most watched women’s basketball Final Four game in the history of the sport. Caitlin Clark vs. Paige Bueckers. Iowa. Connecticut. Absolute theater.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

A tradition unlike any other

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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This is bigger than basketball, and what it’s really about. Shaheen Holloway telling Robbie Avila to keep his head up is the best thing you will see today:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

3 years

Patrick Ewing says he’s going to have to call James Dolan because he keeps getting asked about what passes he’s wearing and keeps getting stopped in the hallway. “I thought this was my house! They should know who the hell I am!” - Ewing on The Garden

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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No ducking. Only dunking. Let’s go.

Big Cat

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I think @John_Fanta has to stop ducking the people and give us a #FantaWindmill asap

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Breaking: She said YES! It’s the greatest thrill to announce that my best friend and soulmate is now the future Mrs. Fanta. I am beyond excited to spend life with you @RizzoVicki , and cannot wait to marry you!

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

28 days

You can’t make that call there. You can’t make that call there. You can’t make that call there.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Tracy Woodson on the stepladder for the postgame interview with Donovan Clingan.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Let me be clear: it’s an absolute travesty that the transfer portal in college basketball opens tomorrow. It takes away from literally the best week of the year in the sport. At least give it a week and let the tournament have our undivided attention. The portal is toxic. Enough!

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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One of these four teams will make the Elite Eight: Marquette Colorado NC State Oakland

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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In the Final Four, we will have: Alabama - First Ever Appearance Purdue - First Appearance Since 1980 NC State - First Appearance Since 1983 UConn - Seventh Appearance Since 1999

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Evan Mobley is 21. Isaac Okoro is 21. Darius Garland is 22. Jarrett Allen is 24. Donovan Mitchell is 25. That’s quite the core in Cleveland.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

3 months

Breaking: Tonight’s game between Fairleigh Dickinson and Long Island University at LIU is in a delay because FDU players are stuck in an elevator coming from the locker room to the court. Firemen are on the scene trying to get FDU players out of the elevator now:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

25 days

Oh. My. God. Bill Murray and Jim Calhoun just broke the internet.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

25 days

The Dan Hurley/Cam Spencer embrace shows how perfect of a match they are

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 month

This is why this tournament should never be changed, football people be damned. David can beat Goliath.

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Basic annual pay from their respective schools this season: Kentucky's John Calipari: $8,500,000 Oakland's Greg Kampe: $329,609

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

To make this that much more powerful: Today is Tasha Butts’ birthday. If you don’t believe in a higher power…what an incredible story and an inspiration from this Hoyas team, which has played in her honor all season.

John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Georgetown women’s basketball lost its head coach, Tasha Butts, to cancer at the age of 41 in October. This team has played for her all year. They were picked 10th in the Big East. The Hoyas are going to the conference title game for the first time ever.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

3 months

Caitlin. Clark. A 40-footer for basketball history. Now THIS is how you break a record.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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RIP to a legend @howieschwab . We can all agree Stump the Schwab was an all-time show. When he jumped into bracket forecasts for Fox and I was in the early days of hosting Shootaround trying to find guests, Howie always said yes and was giving of his time. A great and kind person.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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I normally dislike the takes of “they didn’t belong in the tournament” because anything can happen in one game. But, I’ll make an exception here. Nothing against UVA. Tony Bennett’s a hell of a coach. But this particular team had no business being in this field. It’s the truth.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

For the first time in the 45-year history of the Big East Conference, a team went over 5 games over .500 in conference play and did not make the NCAA Tournament. That team is Seton Hall.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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At 70 years young, Geno Auriemma has done one of the very best coaching jobs of his entire 39-year run at UConn. He lost FIVE players to season-ending injuries, and yet this UConn team is going to the Final Four for the 15th time in 16 years. An incredibly resilient season.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Tom Hamilton, the best team radio voice in baseball:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The Long Beach State AD wants credit for…firing a head coach? With all due respect, sir, but you shouldn’t be allowed to watch this team live at the tournament. Joke show.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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DJ Burns was asked if he could give Zach Edey problems: “He hasn’t had anybody put scoring pressure on him as much as I will, well maybe he did, but not under a stage like this.”

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

News: St. John's has informed the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) selection committee that they won't be participating.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Jim Donovan is as good of a voice of a team as any broadcaster you will find. This reflection on yesterday’s Browns loss and the fan reaction is very, very well done. It deserves a mic drop:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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This is why March is the best: James Madison’s Noah Freidel details his 82-year-old grandma, Peggy, flying from Sioux Falls, South Dakota to New York to be here for tonight’s game. He wasn’t losing this game with Grandma Peggy in the house.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Coming Tomorrow.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The Big East Conference, in the football driven world, reminds everybody yet again that they not only prioritize basketball but win at the highest level in it. The league is about to win its 4th national title in the last 8 NCAA Tournaments.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Today’s NCAA Tournament schedule: 12:15, CBS - #8 Mississippi State vs #9 Michigan State 12:40, truTV - #6 BYU vs #11 Duquesne 1:30, TNT - #3 Creighton vs #14 Akron 2:00, TBS - #2 Arizona vs #15 Long Beach State 2:45, CBS - #1 North Carolina vs #16 Wagner 3:10, truTV - #3 …

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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NCAA President Charlie Baker released the following, saying that they are seeking to remove college prop bets from all betting markets. “The NCAA is drawing the line on sports betting to protect student-athletes and to protect the integrity of the game.”

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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One high major coach to me on the state of college basketball: “It’s a f#%king disaster. For us veteran coaches, this is not what we signed up for. I am not mad at the kids one bit. They’re seeking their value and earning money, and I think they should. It’s your right to get…

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

LAMONT. BUTLER. FOR THE WIN. SAN DIEGO STATE TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

Tomorrow.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Major conference records in the NCAA Tournament through Saturday: Big East: 4-0 Big 12: 6-5 Pac-12: 6-2 ACC: 6-1 Big Ten: 5-3 SEC: 4-5

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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I just tried to get on the Oakland University athletics website. It's out of service due to web traffic lol.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

3 months

This weekend in college basketball will be one of the best regular season weekends in the sport's history: Saturday: #4 Houston at #8 Kansas #7 Duke at #3 North Carolina #5 Tennessee at #10 Kentucky Sunday: #2 Purdue at #6 Wisconsin

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Woke up this morning. The sun is shining. And the calendar reads March 1. It’s here.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

5 months

The Maui Invitational semifinals are the best semifinal lineup of a Feast Week tournament that we've ever seen: #2 Purdue vs. #7 Tennessee #1 Kansas vs. #4 Marquette 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Hassan Diarra to me: “We are the bluest of the bloods.” “I believe that we can come right back next year and make it 3 national championships in a row.”

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Cam Spencer just looked at Alabama’s fanbase and yelled “Game’s Over. Go Home,” to all of them.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

NEW: St. John's intends to finalize a deal with Rick Pitino to hire the Hall of Famer as its next head coach, sources tell FOX Sports. My story:

Sources: St. John's intends to hire Rick Pitino as head basketball coach

Sources tell FOX Sports that St. John’s intends to hire Hall of Famer Rick Pitino as its next head basketball coach.

www.foxsports.com

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Breaking: The BIG EAST Conference and Madison Square Garden announced the BIG EAST Tournament will continue to be held at The Garden through 2032. The announcement ensures that The World’s Most Famous Arena will host 50 consecutive BIG EAST Tournaments.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Chills: Before Georgetown’s press conference tonight following the defeat to UConn in the Big East Championship Game, the Hoyas’ Graceann Bennett announced that Georgetown and interim Darnell Haney are in discussions to make him permanent head coach.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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In the final 9:20 of the first half, Virginia scored as many points in Dayton as Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Indiana State and Pittsburgh did tonight.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Folks, these coaches….

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Zach. Edey. One of the great college basketball players ever. Bar none.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Nate Oats was a high school coach 11 years ago. Dan Hurley was a high school coach 14 years ago. Pretty cool stuff to be talked about with the evolution of a career.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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I would advocate for one coach’s challenge per game in college basketball. Why not?

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

If North Carolina was not named North Carolina, they would not even be a discussion point nationally. Tar Heels are 0-9 against quadrant one. That spells 3 letters: N.I.T.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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In other news, I would really like to be considered for the cover of GQ.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Things that excite me about the Sweet 16: RJ Davis vs Mark Sears Dalton Knecht vs Baylor Scheierman Shead/Cryer/Sharp vs Roach/McCain/Proctor Illinois #1 offense vs Iowa State #1 defense! National championship game rematch Matt Painter vs Mark Few Clemson/Zona styles…

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John Fanta

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The Atlantic Coast Conference is 11-2 in the NCAA Tournament and just guaranteed itself a Final Four team. There is absolutely no doubt who the biggest winner is of the big dance: THE ACC!!!!!!!!!!

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Terrence Shannon Jr. is averaging 30.5 points over the last six games. Nobody in college basketball is scoring the ball better than the Illinois star right now.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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We have just watched one of the greatest teams in the history of college basketball. And this comes the year after the same program won six tournament games by an average of 20 points. UConn. Basketball Capital of the World.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The Big East Conference is 5-0 in the NCAA Tournament a year after the league went 12-4 in the big dance. The finale of opening weekend for the conference: UConn vs. Northwestern. If the Huskies win, that's a 6-0 statement a week after the committee gave the league 3 bids.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Sources close to John Calipari say he had bad feelings about his situation at Kentucky, and that the lack of support had grown to the point where he didn’t feel like he could stay on because he didn’t feel wanted. The assets Arkansas put in place convinced him to make this move.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

3 months

Today’s atmosphere summed up in 33 seconds:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

5 months

Whether or not you agree with the four teams the college football playoff committee selected - I tend to agree - there’s no denying that this is a dark day for the sport. Florida State won every game. Why play the season if you can’t compete for a national title? That’s wrong.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

4 months

Utah State is 17th in my rankings. Have a glass of water and go to sleep, Rico.

Rico Bo$co

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@John_Fanta No Utah State … shame on you

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Breaking: Providence’s Ed Cooley is the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Oakland head coach Greg Kampe's salary is $329,609. The value of an NCAA Tournament unit is $341,802.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Exclusive: Rick Pitino and Jim Calhoun had not spoken to each other in a regular conversation in over 20 years. Today, that happened at Madison Square Garden after St. John's beat Seton Hall to advance to the Big East Tournament semifinals. Here it is:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

Ohhhhhhhhh baby

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Dan Hurley's wife enjoys being in the northeast, they have a son Danny who is working in NJ and another son in Andrew who is graduating from UConn and could work for Dan or in basketball. Bob Sr. enjoys being close enough to UConn. Hurley's not messing with happiness and titles.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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In a 24-hour span beginning tonight at 10 o’clock: 10 tonight - #5 UConn vs #10 Gonzaga Tomorrow: 12:30: #2 Kansas at Indiana 2:00: #6 Baylor vs Michigan St 2:30: Texas A&M vs #4 Houston 3:00: #13 Clemson at Memphis 3:00: Ohio State vs UCLA 4:30: #1 Arizona vs #3 Purdue…

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Jose Ramirez will have a statue someday. The guy bet on Cleveland, a small-market organization that doesn’t pay star talent. He stuck by the franchise during a challenging period. He set the tone to this season with the new contract. It was only fitting that he came up big today.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Mark Few confirms it: He literally calls the end-of-game play to Julian Strawther the "Jay Wright play." "That's what we call it in practice."

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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This is an all-time entrance by a new head coach. Mark Pope getting off the bus with his teammates from Kentucky’s historic 1996 national title team is phenomenal. This is how you fire up Big Blue Nation. Pope has immense pride for this program.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Relationships make this job special. My first assignment on the road in my current job was to interview this man ahead of his first season. A friendship was formed. Every time we talk, he asks me if he can do anything to help me. Patrick Ewing is truly a champion - in everything.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Connecticut 🐐🐐

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The Big East is having its best NCAA Tournament performance since conference reconfiguration. The league is 7-2 in the big dance and is sending 3 teams to the S16 for the first time in its current makeup. UConn to Vegas. Xavier to KC. Creighton to Louisville. Statement. Made.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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“Their starting 5 is older than 5 NBA teams.” - Dan Hurley on San Diego State

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Virginia lost six of its final 10 games of the season. They lost those games by an average of 19 points, including three games by at least 25. Their season ended with a 25-point loss — in the NCAA Tournament! — to a team that was the 7 seed in the Mountain West Tournament.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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I asked Kam Jones what his reaction was when he wasn’t recognized on the All-Big East teams by the coaches. His response: “Fuck ‘em.”

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John Fanta

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Folks, the James Madison fans were READY for their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2013. The Barclays Center is as loud as I have ever heard this building. I’m serious.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

4 months

Was in Providence yesterday getting ready to do a game. A Friar strolls up to me and smiles. “I’ve got the fever too.”

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

4 months

Here’s my top 25 for this week - what do you guys think??

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

An emotional Jim Nantz completes his last college basketball broadcast

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

1 year

Somewhere in Queens, a Met fan is getting up for his daily middle-of-the-night bathroom trip, and the entire street was just awoken by a massive cheer of excitement.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The vibes. Immaculate.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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The Southeastern Conference is 1-5 in the NCAA Tournament, and all five losses have been to a lower seeded team: #14 Oakland #13 Yale #11 Oregon #10 Colorado #9 Michigan State

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John Fanta

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Dan Hurley addressed the rumor mill on The Herd: “It’s flattering, but I’ve got a long career of turning down jobs or more money to stay in places that I was happy. Right now at UConn, the opportunity to go for a 3-peat is the only thing on anyone’s mind.”

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John Fanta

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NEW: I went 1-on-1 with Rick Pitino following his introduction at MSG. On why he took the St. John’s job, being back in the Big East, and his message to New Yorkers.

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John Fanta

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National championships since 1999: UConn - 6 Duke - 3 North Carolina - 3 Kansas - 2 Villanova - 2 Florida - 2 Michigan State, Maryland, Syracuse, Kentucky, Louisville, Virginia, Baylor - 1 each

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John Fanta

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For the first time in UConn men’s basketball history, the Huskies have the Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year honoree. Our board of selectors has selected Dan Hurley as this year’s winner.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Donovan Clingan and Andrew Hurley walking out of the locker room last night with a boombox and newspaper:

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 months

The Big East just announced that this year’s entire conference tournament was a sellout. 19,812 came to all five sessions.

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

2 years

Announcement: Very excited to be expanding my role covering college basketball for @CBBonFOX ! In addition to calling games on TV, I’m looking forward to writing and reporting on college hoops for FOX’s digital & social platforms. Grateful to be a part of the @FOXSports Family!

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John Fanta

@John_Fanta

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Can confirm Joe — Christ is contemplating a massive move expected to come down sometime in the morning.