On Saturday night, St. John’s University basketball ended a 25-year drought, clinching the Big East Tournament. As the team cut down the nets in celebration — of their title and a miraculous two-year turnaround under Coach Rick Pitino — Mike Repole watched in awe from the floor at Madison Square Garden. Headed to the airport after … Read more
NBC is adding college basketball voices as it expands its coverage of the sport with the Big East. Rising star Fox play-by-play broadcaster John Fanta is joining NBC to call Big Ten and Big East games, The Post has learned. Fanta will continue to work at Fox, sources said. John Fanta is joining NBC Sports … Read more
John Fanta, the ebullient rising Fox Sports college basketball personality, spent the summer between his junior and senior years at Seton Hall sharing a room in a hostel in Los Angeles with a 60-year-old immigrant from Africa. The Cleveland native had dreamed of being the soundtrack to sports since listening to — and mimicking — … Read more
The general public knew better than the selection committee. And everyone suffered. Virginia validated all the criticism levied against the selection committee for its tournament inclusion with its pathetic, embarrassing, humiliating — pretty much any negative adjective applies here — performance in a 67-42 loss to Colorado State in the First Four on Tuesday night. … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. There’s more to Madison Square Garden than Knicks and Rangers games and Billy Joel concerts (whose residency at the legendary venue is coming to a close on July … Read more