He has been the Voice of Illinois baseball for 27 years. For the first time, Dave Loane is finally getting to call NCAA tournament games at home. Staff writer Bob Asmussen caught up with the 56-year-old announcer earlier in the week as he prepared for the big event:
How much fun has this season been for you?
As fun a season as I think I’ve ever had. Twenty-seven games in a row. How often can you say that? The 2011 season was really exciting the way we came back and finished it off.