Sean Farnham

Sean Travis Farnham (born September 16, 1977) is an American sports analyst who covers college basketball for ESPN. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.

Farnham typically calls games featuring the Southeastern Conference as part of ESPN's Super Tuesday and Thursday Night Showcase packages, while he has previously called games for the Big Ten Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Western Athletic Conference, West Coast Conference Pac-12 Conference and the Big 12 Conference.

Before joining ESPN, Farnham worked for CBS Sports Network, then known as CSTV and CBS College Sports, calling games from the Mountain West Conference, the Atlantic 10 Conference, and Conference USA. He has also called Pac-12 games for Fox Sports West.

Early life Farnham was born in Walnut Creek, California.

College career Farnham entered UCLA as a walk-on so he could play for a national title contender, passing up athletic scholarship offers from other universities. He earned a scholarship days before the start of his freshman year. On a year-to-year scholarship, Farnham's funding was cut off during his junior year in 1998–99, as UCLA coach Steve Lavin used it to secure one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. In that season's Pac-10 conference (later known as the Pac-12) opener against No. 6 Arizona, Farnham received his first career start after JaRon Rush had been suspended, and Jerome Moiso and Dan Gadzuric were benched for not practicing earlier in the week. Farnham left the game after four minutes with UCLA ahead 13–4, and the Bruins won 82–75 over the previously undefeated Wildcats. During his senior season, Farnham would play in 23 games, start in 11, and average 1.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists. During his career, UCLA had a 19–2 record with Farnham as a starter. Van Breda Kolff would be hired as the head coach at Saint Bonaventure University, and Farnham found himself with two choices: head east, or find a new job in the West. He called up his old friends at Fox Sports West, where his broadcasting career would begin. Farnham would initially start with doing athlete profiles, but he would work his way up to high school analyst and then college basketball analyst.