Let the Madness Begin
It's (finally) time for college basketball to take center stage.
Good morning, and thanks for spending part of your day with Happy Auer. Cheers!
After more than three weeks in Italy, I’m home and ready to immerse myself in college basketball once again. The best postseason in all of sports is nearly upon us! I can’t wait to fall in love with Cinderella (with all of you).
I’ll have plenty of written/digital coverage to share once we have an actual bracket, but before we get to Selection Sunday we’ve got conference tournaments getting underway across the nation! And you’ll see yours truly on the sideline for a bunch of games between now and next week.
My upcoming schedule:
Along with Sloane Martin (play-by-play) and Meghan McKeown (analyst), I’ll be on the call for the three first-round games of the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday. We’ve got Indiana-Nebraska at 3:30pm ET, followed by Wisconsin-Illinois and Purdue Oregon. All three games will be on Peacock and NBC Sports Network.
Then, it’s time for a swimming detour! I’ll be the pool deck reporter for the TYR Pro Swim Series event in Westmont, Ill. We’ll have live shows on Peacock at 7pm ET on both Thursday and Friday night. It’s a star-studded event, with Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, Leon Marchand and more competing!
Next week, I’ll be on the call for the four first-round games of the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament — two on Tuesday and two on Wednesday, all on Peacock and NBC Sports Network. I don’t know the matchups just yet, but I do know I’ll be with my friends Paul Burmeister (play-by-play) and Robbie Hummel (analyst).
On Selection Sunday (March 15), I’ll have articles and videos up on NBCSports.com reacting to the NCAA Tournament brackets. I’ll also be hosting the SiriusXM Women’s Basketball Selection Special that night from 8-11pm ET.
Lots more to come later this month … Enjoy the hoops, and we’ll chat soon!