16 more games today! PLUS: Woj's bomb recruit and his wild backstory.
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Was that fun or what?

The first full day of the 2025 NCAA Tournament is in the books. Or should I say, the first full day, night and early morning, since the action ended shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday morning. That was 16 games and 13 hours after Louisville and Creighton tipped off around noon.

I am writing this from my seat behind the desk inside the Turner studios in Atlanta. We have taped a few segments for our late-night highlights show and will do the last couple of segments live. If you saw me and thought, “That looks like a lot of fun,” I’m here to tell you are right. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to be a part of this event in my own little way. At the very least, I didn’t have to call in sick for work because I was at work.

I also hope you are enjoying the incredible, steady flow of content we are serving up here at Hoops HQ. I encourage you to check our live update tracker as well as our terrific stories from the men’s and women’s tournaments. I also recommend my story about the junior college player from California who was recruited by former ESPN reporter turned mid-major general manager Adrian Wojnarowski to play for St. Bonaventure. His name is Joe Grahovac and you won’t believe his story. —Seth

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When Woj Met Joe: A Basketball Story

Perry Webster was eating breakfast in a local restaurant last Oct. 19 when he received a text message from a familiar name:

Hi Coach Webster. I’m Adrian Wojnarowski, the new GM at St Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10. Would love a chance to introduce myself when you have time. We want to be recruiting winning programs where guys are getting coached like yours do. Hope you’re well and look forward to connecting whenever it is most convenient for you!

Normally, it would be unusual for a little-known junior college basketball coach in California to get a random text from a celebrity NBA insider turned mid-major general manager. Webster, however, knew exactly why Wojnarowski was hitting him up. “I figured he must have heard about Big Joe,” Webster says.

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