Jim Nantz to Retire from March Madness in 2023
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Goodbye, friends.
Bummed about this too. First, Sir Nick Faldo in golf and now this. It's tough when voices or your generation retire/pass on.
Bummed about this too. First, Sir Nick Faldo in golf and now this. It's tough when voices or your generation retire/pass on.
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If you're going to replace Nantz, Ian Eagle is a top-notch replacement.
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Yup. It’s gonna be weird for the first few years, but he’s good. Would love to see Brian Anderson or Dan Shulman get a shot at some point but Eagle will probably be in this role for at least a decade
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Buck gets a ton of hate from people who don’t realize he completely changed his commentary style about 10 years ago. He’s said that he used to try to reserve all his emotion in his calls to let the moment speak for itself, but ever since he abandoned that mentality he’s been one of the best in sports. I think he realized that a great commentator call adds to the emotions of a great game/big play.
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past due. Good decision
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Pretty ambivalent to all college hoops announcers besides the one and only Bill Raftery. Couple early season broadcasts last year it sounded like he may have lost his fastball but he seemingly picked it back up as the season progressed.
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Was hoping for John Fanta.
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Looking forward to the day where we can say that Jim Nantz called all 5 of our national championships
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Will miss Nantzz when he's gone. I remember in 99 he was one of the few people who wasn't ready to just crown Duke champions.
I know some people will dislike the Syracuse connection, but I’m a big fan of Sean McDonough’s work and think he’d be excellent in this role. He’s called some classic UConn games in the past including the Washington game in ‘98 and the 6OT game against Syracuse. Great memories.
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Did they burn down the ROTC Hangar?
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Folks, ya gotta believe, ’cause just when people say you can’t, you can, and UConn has won a national championship, in its first attempt in a final.
- maybe not exact, but that is how I recall after we won our first. He is a legend
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Yes rumors are he'll continue with the Masters and NFL
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Never really liked him or disliked him, he was just sort of there for big games but it always felt like he belonged on a golf course. I'll be legitimately sad when the basketball lifers like Raftery and Hubie Brown are no longer with us. They are basketball encyclopedias and bring so much to a game.
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He will never give that one up. That’s his favorite thing to broadcast each year
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I wouldnt care if it were my grandmother as long as it isnt Gus johnson.
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No issues with Nantz but Eagle is the better play-by-play guy in both basketball and football. I was hoping TNT gave him the #1 spot for the NBA when Marv Albert retired because Kevin Harlan is starting to show the same signs of slippage as Marv did before he fell off of a cliff.