GJoe in college basketball ESPN.com article
Joe Menchetti appears in an ESPN.com article about fans of the University of Connecticut traveling to the Gulf Coast for the men’s and women’s Final Fours in 2004:
Another stroll down River Walk, and I run into “Big Red,” a really loud fan who always starts the crowd cheering “U-C-O-N-N!” He gives me the cell-phone number of a Joe Manchetti, another Huskie-maniac who is on the road somewhere between New Orleans and San Antonio.
“I flew on Friday from Hartford to Baton Rouge, and drove to San Antonio,” said Joe. “Took me about seven hours. We were tired. After the Saturday games, we walked back to the hotel — for about a mile. I took a shower and a power nap for a few hours. Totally forgot about Daylight Savings Time.