Former Duke assistant coach and College Basketball announcer Chris Spatola passes away.

There was unexpected loss in the college basketball announcing world as Chris Spatola passed away.

ESPN remembers college basketball analyst Chris Spatola, who passed away unexpectedly Monday pic.twitter.com/4dOzddXQ8I

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 23, 2026

We were fans of Spatola on the blog, and posted a number times over the years that he could be a potential ACC Network personality. I always enjoyed his College Basketball Takes.

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This was unexpected news and thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

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