“Good day, pals.”
It’s the iconic opening heat welcome by broadcaster Jim Nantz.
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A sound that can grace everybody’s tv subsequent weekend when Nantz calls the Masters.
However earlier than golf’s grandest occasion takes place, all eyes are on San Antonio this weekend on the Remaining 4.
And that is the place you could find Nantz in the mean time, simply do not inform Charles Barkley.
Nantz’s Houston Cougars are taking up the Duke Blue Devils with a a visit to the nationwide championship on the road, however when the CBS cameras picked up Nantz strolling into the sector, Barkley wasn’t having any of it.
“It ain’t like he bought a job,” Barkley joked.
“He stop ya’ll. He bought loads of free time on his palms.”
“It is Masters week, man,” Ernie Johnson chimed in.
“That is subsequent week,” Barkley replied.
From 1991 to 2023, Nantz had referred to as each Remaining 4 for the NCAA match.
He retired from calling faculty basketball two seasons in the past and is now having fun with it as a fan.
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Particularly as a Houston fan and alum.
Nantz attended Houston and graduated in 1981.
Over 40 years later, he’s in attendance in San Antonio to observe his beloved Cougars within the Remaining 4.
Barkley joked with Nantz, whereas the Corridor of Fame large man might appear to be just a little salty after his Auburn Tigers fell to the Florida Gators within the first sport, 79-73.
Now all the eye is on Duke and Houston.
Will Cooper Flagg be taking part in for the nationwide championship?
Or will Nantz prolong his keep in San Antonio?
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