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Come Fan with UsSaturday, June 20, 2026

PHOTO: Why Is Jim Nantz Wearing Beads?

The Final Four is in New Orleans, the center of the partying universe. And while we’re sure that Jim Nantz didn’t partake in that partying, one has to wonder where he got the beads hanging around his neck...

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↵Did he meet a friendly bead vendor on Bourbon Street? Did someone from the upper deck toss him beads just for being handsome? Did Wildman Nantz get funky?

↵These are life’s important questions.

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