To say that I am excited and that this is an honor is beyond an understatement. Always hard to leave a wonderful place, but amazing to find yourself headed to another one.
#FearTheDeer
Hey kids, how do you become a champion? This is how. 20 minutes after going 4-15 from the line and playing 34 minutes, he’s still working on free throws. Don’t panic
@Bucks
fans…this guy will work his way through a shooting slump.
#Grinder
So what do you wear on your first visit to the White House? Well, in honor of my prior team that never got a chance to go following their national title, going with Orange & Blue tie.
#GoHoos
#FearTheDeer
Hard to believe my first broadcast in the
@NBA
will feature one of the first guys I ever called games for at my prior stop at
#UVA
. Even if he is on the other team, impossible to ignore one of the good guys in sports.
#JoeyHoops
Love this from
@TyJerome_
following tonight’s win on the late pressure of that game: “I looked at the score and the crowd was going crazy and I looked Kyle and we were just like ‘this is awesome’...if you don’t love this, you don’t love college basketball”.
#Swagger
#GoHoos
.
@Giannis
on getting his contract done and out of the way now instead of later:
“I don’t want to stress people out.”
Why Milwaukee:
“I’m very loyal. The Bucks gave me my start and the city shows me a lot of love…shows me space. I’m can’t turn my back.” 🦌🥰🦌
#Bucks
Last time I called one of this “Guy’s” games, he was launching shots like this one en route to a national title. Now, both our teams are aiming for a WORLD title 3 years later.
#WhatALife
What a special night to say my goodbyes last night to
@VirginiaSports
. Can’t thank this man enough for being the person he is. Getting the chance work and learn from people like
@UVACoachBronco
& Tony Bennett has been one of the great gifts in my life.
#ThankYou
#GoHoos
Looking up at that banner last night and realizing that our fans were not storming the floor was one of my favorite moments of the night.
#HighCotten
#WeveComeALongWay
#GoHoos
Imagine starting 7-0 in
@accmbb
for the 3rd time in 7 years and getting to walk by this beauty each week on the way into the Coach’s Show. How lucky are we to be alive during this period in
@UVAMensHoops
?!
#GoHoos
#MarchMadness
this weekend got me thinking how crazy it is to be calling this guy’s game in the
@NBA
almost exactly 5 years after calling one of the great shots he ever put up for OT in 1 of the great national title games of all time.
#GoHoos
Grateful to have been able to watch this man become
@UVAMensHoops
all-time winningest coach tonight and for that matter through the past decade and a half. He is simply the best and a true champion on and off the court. Congrats Coach Bennett!!🐐
#UVAlegend
#MoreToCome
Wow, watching former
#Hoos
Mike Scott & Joe Harris trade go ahead buckets in the final 30 seconds of an NBA playoff game again has me marveling at how far
@UVAMensHoops
has come...not only cutting down nets in April, but also littering playoff rosters near and far.
#HoosInTheNBA
As a broadcaster you never know if you’ll get the chance to wake up on the day of the
#NationalChampionship
and say, I’ve got a game to call...today is that day.
#PinchYourselfMoment
One last time with one of the most fun postgame interviews I’ve had the privilege of doing throught the years with the one and only
@_mdiakite
. But fear not, the road continues from here.
#KeepKnocking
#GoHoos
They’ve got the other colors on tonight, but excited for the late-season opportunity for a couple of my favorite
@UVAMensHoops
guys I covered back in the day.
#HoosInTheNBA
#ImShort
Hey
#UVA
fans, if you have any work that needs to be done in the next ten minutes, don't click the on the video below...once you start, there's no way out.
#RabbitHole
#GoHoos
I've said it before and I'll say it again, there aren't many like Tony Bennett. Never met a coach like him before and probably never will again.
#GoHoos
How does a sportscaster with no sports fill his days? Coming up with a list. Today I delivered for
@_MealsOnWheels
of Charlottesville/Albemarle--a great socially distant way to help others in need.
#COVID2019
Tip of the cap to
@UVAMensLax
on a 6th national championship!!! For those counting at home, that would be 27
@NCAA
titles and 2 in 2 months for
@VirginiaSports
...and counting. Charlottesville=Title Town ⚔️⚔️🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆⚔️⚔️
#GoHoos
Bucket list chance to work with the great
@olskool888
tonight. Fun filling in for
@LisaByington
who will be back in her rightful spot tomorrow night on
@BallySportWI
while I shift back to working w that other pro
@JustinGarciaNBA
on radio. Even more fun to do with a
#Bucks
win!
Bucks fans, a huge thanks for welcoming a new voice into your world. It was a tough ending, but ever grateful for the chance to tell the stories of the defending world champs. Already excited to see this team dial it up again and chase another title in Milwaukee.
#FearTheDeer
All-Star break giving me a chance to see the
#Hoos
as a fan with the wife for the first time ever. Great to catch up with the old crew and see
@UVAMensHoops
get the dub over the
#Irish
(sorry
@pconnaughton
).
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Program low 34 points for Cuse at the Carrier Dome...broke the previous record set...wait for it...last year vs
@UVAMensHoops
. 😬⚔️
Why would anyone wanna play basketball at Virginia?
What’s the pitch?
“Hey do you wanna play the most boring style of offense possible and win games in the 50s?”
It would be like a wide receiver going to Navy.
On the morning after I would just like to extend my sincerest gratitude to all of the student athletes that battled and continue to battle as hard as they have through a season that was a long ways from what they originally signed on for. 1/
Six years after first meeting him, I can say that I've never met anyone quite like
@UVACoachBronco
. While I'm sad to see him leave
@UVAFootball
, I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him. Very few in this industry are as principled and introspective.
#ThankYou
On this strangest of mornings waking up to a world with no sports to cover, it seems to me a chance for a reset...a reminder to appreciate our greatest gift: our health and the people around us. With no games to follow, use this time to give a loved one a hug.
#Priorities
Hate this for Deandre, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned watching this team this year...don’t underestimate what they’re capable of.
#GoHoos
#MarchMadness
For those who joined us for tonight’s Coach’s Show, the photo that my frienemy, Coach Bennett brought with him to the show highlights my unbridled enthusiasm at his hire nearly 11 years ago. Four
#ACCMBB
COY awards & conference titles later, here we sit.
#DontSleepOnThisGuy
Only thing better than calling another outright
@accmbb
championship clinching win for
@UVAMensHoops
is getting to share it with one of the first
#Hoos
I ever covered...the one and only
@SammyZeglinski
!
Cavalier Marching band with a killer
@UVAMensHoops
Championship routine here at halftime. Now if
@UVAFootball
can just summon a little of that March Madness magic in the 2nd half.
#GoHoos
I've said it before, but most people go their entire broadcasting career without a chance to experience a team that is REALLY good on AND off the court like this
@UVAMensHoops
program is.
#EternallyGrateful
@wahoovoice
@UVAMensHoops
I realize that a job is a job, but it must be a real thrill to know Tony and the players up close and personal. Every player that I have ever heard interviewed or read about seem to be “good people”.
#GoHoos
What a step up to the mic moment and one I’ll never forget! So fun soaking in that
#NationalChampionship
with you today
#WahooNation
!! You all were awesome. Thanks for the incredible memory and
#GoHoos
!!! 🔹🔸⚔️🔸🔹
Members of the
#UVa
men's basketball team were among the fans on the field at Scott Stadium celebrating the Cavaliers' upset win over Miami.
@DailyProgress
photo by
@ZackWajsPhoto
Amidst all the bad in the world there is still good. 11 years after meeting him through
@BBBSOCBR
, last night I got to to watch my Little Brother Adrian walk across the stage at his graduation. Surreal for so many reasons.
#ProudOfYou
#SocialDistancingSuspendedForAMoment
Pretty cool stuff to see a pair of
#Hoos
finish 2 and 3 at the Olympics…icing on the cake to see a bunch of
#Hoos
cheering them on from Cville.
#GoHoos
#OlympicGames
BREAKING: following a pregame conversation in the tunnel and 26 games into the 2019-20 season, the artist formerly known as Tomas Woldetensae is now Tomas pronounced TOE-MAHS!!!! It’s Perrantes all over again!!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Amazing how big a set of walls they needed to put this new couple gems in this year outside of the
@UVAMensHoops
lockeroom. In the words of Jaws, we’re gonna need a bigger boat.
#HoosInTheNBA
A little late to the party on this as I miraculously survived DVR silence (IN CHARLOTTESVILLE NO LESS) to see this glorious sight. He’s all growed up!
#JoeyHoops
#SharpShooter
#FearTheBeard
That’s right
#Wahoos
, it’s that day! For the first time in my 13 years as the Voice of the
#Hoos
, I can say it: Time to go out and defend the Commonwealth Cup!!!
#BeatTech
#GoHoos
#GameDay
While I’m bummed it ended the way it did for
@UVAMensHoops
, I don’t think that I’ll ever truly know what it was like to compete under these conditions not only this week, but all year long. Here’s to better days ahead and thanks for putting it on the line day after day.
#GoHoos
Popped back to Charlottesville during the All-Star Break and happened upon this nice little piece of hardware waiting for me. Thanks again
@NSMASportsMedia
…what a great honor and what a year it’s been!
Cavalier Marching band with a killer
@UVAMensHoops
Championship routine here at halftime. Now if
@UVAFootball
can just summon a little of that March Madness magic in the 2nd half.
#GoHoos
Just when you thought the ride couldn’t get any wilder...I’m here to tell you, this stat sheet in no way reflects the heart and grit that got this team to the national championship game on Monday night.
#GoHoos
#TeamOfDestiny
If someone told you before the season started that you would wake up on the last day of the regular season and
@UVAMensHoops
would be playing for a shot at another
@accmbb
regular season championship, you would have said what?