BleedGopher
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per Marcus:
The godfather of NCAA tournament projections is courtside, coolly checking the pings on his phone before saddling up for his ESPN broadcast duties.
He has just crafted his first in-season men’s basketball bracket projection on this November evening, revealing to his legion of followers which 68 teams he predicts will fight it out for four tickets to Minneapolis in April.
This is serious stuff — “Who’s in?!” Who’s out?!” — as sports debates go, but Joe Lunardi is stressing more about St. Joseph’s vs. Illinois-Chicago.
His laptop is closed and his phone is on mute. “Joey Brackets” right now is Administrator Joe. Lunardi doubles as the St. Joseph’s director of marketing for athletics. He bounces between greeting Hawks fans and checking in on several pregame scenes. The gameday production crew includes his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, who transferred from Hofstra last year to be closer to her father.
Lunardi, the man behind bracketology, may seem part machine to sports fans — spitting out projections at high speed for millions to scour and debate. The truth is he is a husband and father of two daughters, a key university official, a media personality, as well as an architect of brackets.
http://www.startribune.com/get-to-k...er-of-minneapolis-final-four-teams/506613072/
Go Gophers!!
The godfather of NCAA tournament projections is courtside, coolly checking the pings on his phone before saddling up for his ESPN broadcast duties.
He has just crafted his first in-season men’s basketball bracket projection on this November evening, revealing to his legion of followers which 68 teams he predicts will fight it out for four tickets to Minneapolis in April.
This is serious stuff — “Who’s in?!” Who’s out?!” — as sports debates go, but Joe Lunardi is stressing more about St. Joseph’s vs. Illinois-Chicago.
His laptop is closed and his phone is on mute. “Joey Brackets” right now is Administrator Joe. Lunardi doubles as the St. Joseph’s director of marketing for athletics. He bounces between greeting Hawks fans and checking in on several pregame scenes. The gameday production crew includes his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, who transferred from Hofstra last year to be closer to her father.
Lunardi, the man behind bracketology, may seem part machine to sports fans — spitting out projections at high speed for millions to scour and debate. The truth is he is a husband and father of two daughters, a key university official, a media personality, as well as an architect of brackets.
http://www.startribune.com/get-to-k...er-of-minneapolis-final-four-teams/506613072/
Go Gophers!!