{"id":5080,"date":"2013-02-28T08:01:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5080"},"modified":"2013-02-28T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:01:15","slug":"jmu-alum-steve-buchantz-with-the-premature-dagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5080","title":{"rendered":"JMU Alum Steve Buchantz With the Premature Dagger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NT3ePwDPp-Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Steve Buchantz is not only one of our favorite broadcasters, he&#8217;s a JMU alum, and has been nothing short of a great guy every time we&#8217;ve had the pleasure to interact with him. But last night his eyes played tricks on him resulting in the ill-timed and unnecessary use of his signature &#8220;DAGGER!&#8221; call. And it was kind of funny. But in a strange way it&#8217;s also one of the most Wizards things ever, considering the organization has given fans like us approximately six and a half hours of collective joy in the past three decades. Factoring in both team&#8217;s histories, when you combine our unabashed affection for the Wiz and Dukes and it&#8217;s really a testament to exactly how much Todd and I love the game of basketball.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5080&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Buchantz is not only one of our favorite broadcasters, he&#8217;s a JMU alum, and has been nothing short of a great guy every time we&#8217;ve had the pleasure to interact with him. But last night his eyes played tricks on him resulting in the ill-timed and unnecessary use of his signature &#8220;DAGGER!&#8221; call. 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