ORLANDO, Fla. — Stan Van Gundy is in the middle of watching game tape of the 13th-seeded Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns when I call him earlier this week to talk about his role as a color analyst for this week’s NCAA Tournament games in Orlando.
Stan is watching tape of 16 games — two games each for all eight teams playing in Orlando — to familiarize himself with the first- and second-round games at the Amway Center. Just as he was when he was one of the top NBA coaches in the league with the Orlando Magic, Stan the broadcaster also is a stickler for preparation.
His knowledge and love of the game, his engaging personality, his sharp wit and even sharper opinions (check out his Twitter account) is why Stan has rapidly shot up the charts as one one of the top NBA color analysts in the business at TNT and why he was chosen to do the NCAA Tournament by the network as well.
