One of the biggest characters in all of college basketball is CBS’ Jon Rothstein. On the 42-minute podcast, Rothstein explains his passion for college hoops, his willingness to miss family and friends’ weddings for basketball, the amount of games he watches, where all his sayings come from and how he climbed the ladder of NCAA media.
Rothstein is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
THE RUNDOWN …
The incredible amount of college hoops Rothstein watches
How does wife and child deal with his obsession
How did his passion for college hoops begin
The greatness of Christian Laettner’s college hoops career
The surreal story of being on TV for the first time
Trying to sell his own advertising for his show and being told to take a hike
His pride of never having any help from family or connections to break in
The big decision to turn down a full-time ESPN LA radio show
While others friends were going on vacation, Rothstein saved up his money to go around the country to visit coaches and college teams
He finished Ithaca College in three years
Why he always wore a suit
His connection building through hand-written notes
He grew up reading Ian O’Connor and Frank Isola and learned …
Jim Calhoun, Jay Wright & John Calipari were very accessible for Rothstein early
World events happened and Rothstein has a tweet about some random college hoops matchup, what is that about
What is up with all of Rothstein’s sayings …
Why he has such a good memory for college hoops
His politics and college basketball bubble saying …
Who has the best pizza …
Would he miss his brother’s wedding if it were on Final Four Saturday
What he told his then girlfriend, now wife, about hoops …
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