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Tim Brando laments coverage of collegiate sports by national media: ‘College athletics hasn’t gone to hell’
"Those kids, whether they are getting money or not, are giving their all."
Grade the 2025 NCAA Tournament announcers
Walter Clayton Jr. shoos Gators mascot from postgame photo
The gator, whose name is Albert, put his arm around Clayton, his reptilian head nodding up and down like a bobblehead.
Jon Rothstein: ‘The 2025 Final Four did not disappoint’
"I have not seen in my lifetime a Final Four that was better in terms of the quality of the three games
Kelvin Sampson’s ‘Sasquatch State’ comment amuses CBS announcers
"This isn't the middle of January against Sasquatch State."
Jim Nantz on Houston-Florida National Championship: ‘It brings my whole life full circle’
"I get more nervous watching the games than I ever did calling the game."
Charles Barkley, CBS colleagues tease Jim Nantz during Final Four trip as fan
"It ain't like he got a job. He quit y'all. He got plenty of free time on his hands."
CBS studio hosts get emotional after tribute video honoring late Greg Gumbel
"We miss that man."
Skip Bayless drops midnight video asking if Cooper Flagg lacks ‘clutch gene’
"Even though Cooper Flagg should be in high school, I have to wonder — does he have the clutch gene?"
CBS studio crew stunned by Houston’s win: ‘I had already marked this one over’
"I just sat here and watched this happen. Doesn't make it any more believable."
Late sportswriter John Feinstein honored with tribute at Final Four
"We honor the late, great John Feinstein by leaving his seat empty tonight at the Final Four."
Ian Eagle calls thrilling finish of Houston-Duke game: ‘The dream remains alive!’
"March Sadness for Duke and their fanbase."
Florida walk-on, student reporter reunite, selling NIL T-shirts of their viral interview
“I’m standing up this time so I can beat the allegations."
John Fanta’s interview with Florida’s 7-9 Olivier Rioux was quite the ride
Luckily for Fanta, he's done mostly eye-to-eye interviews at the Final Four.
Jim Nantz recalls Billy Packer’s last Final Four: ‘I didn’t want it to end’
"My hands were shaking with the microphone, no one knew why, and I just thanked Billy for another great road to the Final Four."
Jim Nantz concerned for college basketball: ‘May not live another 15 years’
Bill Raftery addresses retirement: ‘If they still want me, I still enjoy doing it’
"I’m sure at some point they’ll let me know if you’re not doing your job, but I just sort of take each year as it goes."
Jim Nantz takes big road trip to watch Houston Cougars make Final Four
"This was a great performance, virtuoso, masterful."
Westwood One Radio’s Robbie Hummel previews Houston-Tennessee Elite Eight matchup
Alabama’s Nate Oats hopes media ‘keeps picking against us’
"I hope that everybody keeps picking against us... because it gives these guys a little motivation."
Bruce Pearl on Johni Broome’s mentorship of Tahaad Pettiford: ‘He’s just loving on that little sh*t’
"He is a little sh*t, you know?"
Charles Barkley: ‘The most important thing in basketball is the basketball’
"That is actually prophetic."
John Calipari doomed by Adam Lefkoe’s announcer jinx: ‘You just mushed him!’
"I’m just reading statistics, if they’re gonna mess it up, that’s on them."
