John Kenneth Andariese (August 19, 1938 – March 13, 2017), nicknamed "Johnny Hoops", was a New York basketball analyst on both radio and television for more than 40 years.
Andariese played college basketball for the Fordham Rams under coach Johnny Bach from 1956 to 1960.
After graduating from Fordham, he served in the U.S. Army, and later played for the Allentown Jets of the Eastern Professional Basketball League.
He was paired with Albert through the 1976–1977 season, and again from 1982 to 1986 and 1998 to 2014, and is well represented on the list of New York Knicks broadcasters in both radio and television.
Andariese was the chief executive officer and founder of TViMedia, an advertising sales company based in Manhattan, New York.
I'm grateful to MSG Networks and the Knicks for giving me this wonderful opportunity and for all of the love and affection shown to me by our New York basketball savvy fans, who have been such an important part of my life.