HOOP HISTORIANS
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 Meet the Hoop Historians

 

Dave is the former editorial assistant for the Associated Press and has been the basketball statistician at Marquette University since 1979.  DeGrace started working television statistics for CBS in 1983.  He has attended eight Mens' Final Fours and five Women's Final Fours.  In addition, Dave has been at 30 different Mens' NCAA first round / regional tournaments and 14 rounds of the Womens' NCAA tournament.  DeGrace has attended Mens' and Womens' NCAA Tournament games in the same year seven times -- including dual Final Fours (in the same weekend) on three different occasions: 1989 (Seattle / Tacoma); 1997 (Indianapolis / Cincinnati) and 2005 (St. Louis / Indianapolis).  In 2010, Dave attended parts of two major league baseball home openers (Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox) and took in the national championship basketball game in Indianapolis all in the same day.  Dave has seen games played in every current MLB, NBA and NFL venue, including the first game of the 2020 NLCS.  DeGrace has attended the World Series in 1982, 1987, 1991, 2005;  MLB All-Star Games in 1975, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003; The Masters in 2010; Super Bowls in 1992, 1997, 1998, 2011; and the Womens' Final Four in 1989, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2011.  DeGrace has attended every one of the Milwaukee Brewers home openers since the franchise has been established, dating back to 1970.

Click Here for Dave DeGrace's NCAA Tournament Game Log