He also teams with Dick Vitale to provide studio and on-site analysis during Championship Week, the NCAA Tournament and Final Four. Prior to ESPN, Phelps served as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports during the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Championships, handling both studio and game analysis. In 1984, he served as commentator for ABC Sports' basketball coverage at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Obviously, everybody is mourning the tragedy of Dale Earnhardt dying in a crash at Daytona on Sunday. It was a shock to everyone and puts things in perspective.
Death can affect families as well as a personality who touched so many lives trhough auto racing.
But Will Solomon took the game over scoring 26 points. Virginia beating Duke at home will have a lot of confidence playing UNC at home since they beat tehm there last year. The key will be Travis Watson attacking Haywood and Capel. If they win out and Michigan St and Illinois falter in the tournament they are good. Having lost Marcus Fizer people thought Iowa St wouldn't be a factor in the Big 12 this year especially with Kansas being the cream of the crop.