About

Antonio Barbetta

Antonio is an Independent Contributor at FanSided's Busting Brackets site covering college basketball. He is currently a student at Indiana University-Bloomington where he is majoring in Sports Media. In September 2025 he received a "Fundamentals of Journalism" certificate from NBCUniversal and he has previously ran his own website in which he previewed, analyzed and predicted college basketball teams and games. Antonio has watched every Oregon Ducks football and basketball game since 2014. In his free time he likes to hang out with his friends, dog and listen to music.

Bryan Mauro

Frank Sciarroni

Frank Sciarroni is a contributor for FanSided’s Saturday Blitz and Busting Brackets, covering his passions of college football and basketball. Frank began covering these sports in 2022 but has been a fan and watcher since the day he was born. He enjoys covering the game in a fun way, entertaining while also informing his readers, and has a knack for sports betting. He recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in Communications, minored in Italian Studies, and received a certificate in Sports Studies. On the rare occasion that he is not watching sports, Frank enjoys fishing and reading poetry.

Gabriel Julien

Gabriel is a contributor for 'Busting Brackets' covering college basketball. He has previously written for Syracuse Orange on SI while attending the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He has been a member of the NLGJA, the association of LGBTQ+ journalists. He is an avid UConn Huskies fan.

Harry Schroeder

I've been covering the Missouri Valley in the booth and on-line for over 20 years and the Ohio Valley for 10. The purest basketball in America is played in these two conferences.

Jason Burgess

Jason is a Contributor to Chowder and Champions, covering the Red Sox and Celtics. He is also a contributor to Busting Brackets, where he is the bracketologist. He is also a former stringer for the Associated Press, covering the AHL, where his stories appeared in local newspapers as well as on ESPN. He has been a Boston sports fan for over 40 years and lives and breathes Red Sox and Celtics. As someone with Cerebral Palsy who played high school baseball, he has an extra passion for the diamond.

Jett Hatch

Joey Loose

A Chicago native and Valpo alum, I'm obsessed with all things sports, especially college basketball, with a focus on sports statistics, data, and cartography.

Josh Yourish

Josh Yourish is a national college sports writer for FanSided covering football and basketball. Josh is a college football awards voter, FWAA, and USBWAA member, who has been covering both sports for two years. Prior to his current role, Josh spent two years as a sports betting writer for Minute Media, with a specialty in college football and college basketball. He is a graduate of George Mason University and a Pittsburgh native.

Justin Wiles

Karl Heiser

Logan Farlow

Rodney Knuppel

Rodney Knuppel is the Site Expert at Busting Brackets, covering all things college basketball. He has written at Athlon Sports, Sporting News and been a sports radio host at ESPN radio (Peoria, IL). He hosts a Sunday morning Fantasy Football show on 101.1 Sports Radio from 9-11am CT. In his free time he coaches his daughters softball team, and gets his three kids to all their sports and activities.

Sam Fariss

Sam Fariss is a staff writer for our NCAA team. She attended the University of Oregon (Go Ducks) where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Sam has covered college football and other collegiate sports for six years now. Her favorite teams are the Ducks (of course) and the Texas Longhorns because she was raised in Austin.

Sam Simonic

Sam is a first-year student at Penn State University studying journalism while covering college football and basketball on Fansided's SaturdayBlitz and BustingBrackets.

Tyler Cronin

Tyler Cronin has been a contributor for Busting Brackets since 2021, covering men's college basketball with a focus on the east coast conferences, most specifically the Atlantic Ten. He has been covering the conference as the longtime co-host of the 3 Bid League Podcast, talking to players, coaches, analysts and fans for seven seasons. He is a basketball aficionado, following college basketball, NBA and major international tournaments with a meticulous focus for nearly two decades.

Tristan Freeman

Writer at Busting Brackets here at FanSided since September of 2017. Promoted to co-expert of the site in February of 2018. Passionate basketball fan of both the pros and college and strives to get better as a writer through effort and hard work.