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Andy Katz

Senior Writer, ESPN.com

Andy Katz is a senior college basketball writer for ESPN.com.  In addition to covering college basketball on a daily basis and breaking news for the site, Katz pens the “Daily Word” and “Weekly Word,” popular columns covering a variety topics and issues from around the sport.

A regular analyst on ESPN’s College Hoops Tonight and ESPN2’s College Hoops 2Night, Katz also serves as a reporter for ESPN at the Final Four and other major tournaments.  He also contributes to ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Radio and provides in-studio college basketball analysis for ESPN and ESPNEWS Network, ESPN’s 24-hour sports news cable network.

Prior to joining ESPN.com in January 2000, Katz served as the national basketball writer for the Fresno Bee from 1995-99.  He also has had stints at the Albuquerque Journal (1990-1995) and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1989-1990) and is a former board member for the United States Basketball Writers Association.

Katz earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from the University of Wisconsin in 1990.

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