The sportscaster agreed to emcee the event after losing a March Madness bet to Jim Boeheim.
Dan Patrick doesn't like hosting galas.
Jim Boeheim had been trying to get him to host he and his wife Juli's event for years, with Patrick making an excuse every year as to why he couldn't attend. So if you think of Patrick as a referee who had just made a bad call, Boeheim stayed on him for years in trying to get him to change his mind.
Prior to this season's NCAA Tournament, Patrick told Boeheim that he would host the gala if the Syracuse Orange made the Elite Eight after sneaking in to the Big Dance.