Dick Vitale set to be honored as Dean Smith Award recipient
"That really is special."
"That really is special."
"You worked on that all day."
"It's been unbelievable. A tough three years, those four cancer battles that I don't wish on anybody. Cancer sucks."
"This conference, for years, was the best. And I'm telling you right now, it has taken a real hit."
Head coach Rick Barnes presented the beloved announcer with a $10,000 check.
Saturday marked the first day of March, and that saw plenty of madness in college basketball. Some came...
"I think I have a better chance of being the SEXIEST man in television baby!"
"It means even more when you've got Dickie V on his return, back in the building."
"The voice of college basketball is back!"
"Oh well, I was wrong."
"He is THAT GOOD."
"How can anyone who is involved in the voting not vote for Ichiro?"
"Good news is the neurosurgeons have said I am making great strides & surgery not necessary."
"Now I'm just going to have to wait some more."
Vitale is set to make his highly anticipated return to ESPN's college basketball coverage for Duke-Wake Forest on Jan. 25.
Great news, baby!
"I will have a better feel after the scoping of my vocal cords in early January."
"Look at film of your Kentucky & Florida games."
"Yes I'm cutting the nets down baby it's my National Championship!"
"I'm constantly thinking about Dec. 12 when I have a major scan to determine if I'm cancer free after my recent 30 radiation treatments. If I am it would be my NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!"
"I would love to be able to sit at courtside and do what I love: talk about what is happening in college basketball."
"Oh please let the players WEAR THEIR TEAM UNIFORMS."
"I can’t ever recall in all the years as a baseball lover so many starters hitting .195 and lower."
"THANKS for all of your prayers."