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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.”

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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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