Jim Nantz is preparing to call his final NCAA men's Final Four this weekend.
And his last has proven to be a March Madness to remember, with a myriad of Cinderella stories and upsets.
"We're so used to this being a gathering of the heavyweights," Nantz told CBS News."They're not here. What we do have here is a collection of underdogs, teams of dreamers." Broadcaster Jim Nantz is interviewed prior to the NCAA Tournament at the T-Mobile Center on March 23, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri."Cinderella would show up, maybe in the first round, maybe they would steal a second game. But to make it all the way to the promised land as we call it, the Final Four, it's unprecedented," Nantz said. "I have notes, pages after pages after pages," Nantz said.
Nantz will be calling the Final Four this weekend in the city where it all began for him, Houston. Nantz graduated from the University of Houston and started his broadcasting career there."I have just a huge heart-filled measure of thanks for being able to have this seat for that long, to be able to tell so many stories and document so many great events," Nantz said."And no regrets. I'm just looking forward to one last celebration of college basketball. Not me.
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