Marcus Spears, an ESPN analyst, was in Seattle for Monday Night Countdown when the desk showed his son, Marcus Spears Jr., walking through the arena before Texas' opener. Spears Jr. finished with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks off the bench in his collegiate debut against Chicago State.
Marcus Spears, a former NFL defensive end and current ESPN analyst, was in Seattle on Monday night to work on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown panel ahead of the Seahawks vs. Bears game. His son, Marcus Spears Jr., was about to play his first official game as a forward for the Texas Longhorns. The Countdown desk surprised Spears by cutting to a shot of Spears Jr. walking through the arena ahead of Texas' opener, and Spears said he was about to cry.
Marcus Spears Jr. made his collegiate basketball debut against Chicago State. He finished with 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks off the bench. No. 7 Texas opened its regular season against Chicago State on Monday in Austin, Texas, after an 87-74 exhibition loss to No. 13 St. John's on Oct. 25 at Madison Square Garden.
Spears said he had planned to skip the Seattle broadcast to watch his son's debut, but he attended an exhibition against St. John's the previous week. He said he had not planned to travel to Seattle that week so he could be there for his son's first game, but he went to the previous week's exhibition. Spears attended Texas' 87-74 exhibition loss to St. John's at Madison Square Garden the weekend before.
