About the Author

Dick Vitale college basketball's top analyst and ambassador, has been an integral part of the ESPN television network since 1979. Vitale called ESPN's first-ever NCAA basketball game - Wisconsin at DePaul on Dec. 5, 1979. Since then, he's called close to a thousand games for ESPN. He participates on selection committees for both the Naismith and Wooden Awards. Dick was enshrined as a member of the Class of 2008 in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame as a contributor. He was also selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri. All told he's been selected for nine halls of fame.