Agreed and I wonder how the other announcers feel about working with him.
2017-18 NCAA Basketball
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I also tolerated him but it seems, after him doing UT games the last two weeks (OU, KU), that he just talks incessantly over so much of the action.
Saw the last half of the 2nd period of the VT-Duke game. Glad to see VT got the win.
Can't complain about Texas effort last night considering who they had to put on the floor. Have my doubts that Bamba will be ready so this may be the team going on Saturday.
Hope the Mountaineers go down on Saturday.
Saw the last half of the 2nd period of the VT-Duke game. Glad to see VT got the win.
Can't complain about Texas effort last night considering who they had to put on the floor. Have my doubts that Bamba will be ready so this may be the team going on Saturday.
Hope the Mountaineers go down on Saturday.
eljr
Koyaanisqatsi
I understand but no, you can't say that around me... he's a guy from the neighborhood who did good.
we used to play basketball together at the town park when I was in high school (he was already a high school coach) . He was not much of a player but he was very competitive. I can still recall him bleeding on the court after taking a hit. Never skipped a beat. Just wiped it away and kept the dribble. and trust me, he was bleeding, not just a scratch.
eljr
Koyaanisqatsi
Biggest disappointment of the year, IMHO, is this Duke team.
squirrelnest
Lunatic Member
That VT vs. Duke game was great last night.....Duke's Grayson Allen only tripped a VT player once!
sKiZo
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Class moment here ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...d-free-throw-chris-street-20180225-story.html
I'd take him over Bill Walton any day!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...d-free-throw-chris-street-20180225-story.html
I'd take him over Bill Walton any day!
Bill did a early game in 2015 that UT vs Washington played in China. You would have thought he was paid by the Chinese government to tout Alibaba and all things Chinese instead of being there to call a game. It was very hard to listen to him the whole game.
He's a good reason not to watch PAC12 basketball.
Yeah, Walton does tend to wander. He can be entertaining but I can only take him before or after a game . . . not during!
sKiZo
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Might be fun to have Walton, Vitale, Charles Barkley, and Stephan A. Smith tag teaming a game.
Walton: "You know, Darwin did not come to Hawaii. He went from the Galapagos to Tahiti to New Zealand to Australia and then home. But those (Chaminade) Silverswords right here, boy, you get up here at the top of HaleakalÄ. There's a silver sword right there. "
Vitale: "Holy silver swords!"
Barkley: " These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. "
"
Smith: "Silver Swords are fish? I may be wrong. If I'm wrong, I'm man enough to say I'm wrong, because I find it a rare occasion anyway. "
Vitale: "Holy cow! Is this a basketball game or what! Awesome baby! "
Walton: " ... but the animals there in the middle, those were iguanas ... "
Walton: "You know, Darwin did not come to Hawaii. He went from the Galapagos to Tahiti to New Zealand to Australia and then home. But those (Chaminade) Silverswords right here, boy, you get up here at the top of HaleakalÄ. There's a silver sword right there. "
Vitale: "Holy silver swords!"
Barkley: " These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. "
"
Smith: "Silver Swords are fish? I may be wrong. If I'm wrong, I'm man enough to say I'm wrong, because I find it a rare occasion anyway. "
Vitale: "Holy cow! Is this a basketball game or what! Awesome baby! "
Walton: " ... but the animals there in the middle, those were iguanas ... "
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
^Nailed it.
The Miami/UNC game was good clean fun last night. Two losers going into the "Tobacco Road" game.
I'm starting to feel bad for Trae Young as every pundit walks back their predictions for OU and blames it on the poor kid. "He's under a lot of pressure," notes my wife.
The Miami/UNC game was good clean fun last night. Two losers going into the "Tobacco Road" game.
I'm starting to feel bad for Trae Young as every pundit walks back their predictions for OU and blames it on the poor kid. "He's under a lot of pressure," notes my wife.
It was all the pundits that put the pressure on him! Now they wonder what's happened...
One of the Texas basketball bloggers - bitterwhiteguy - said it well after the UT-OU game last week:
"None of this is really fair to Trae Young; he came out firing in November, exceeding most everyone’s expectations, and ESPN decided to dust off the Tim Tebow spotlight and crank it to eleven. What started out as a fun story became ESPN overwhelming us all with Youngisms about what player he’s like, what NBA stars are tweeting about him, whether his hair has evolved beyond this plane of existence. It’s a circus, and it’s not his doing. So congratulations, ESPN, you’ve done the impossible: you’ve made me feel sorry for a Sooner."
Alan
Despite the outcome, it was a good game by both teams. Heard several comments today that echoed my thoughts at the end. It was very much like the 2016 Final game against Villanova. Berry hits a three, then the opponent hits a tougher three . . . emotional high followed by shock and dismay
Well, on to another Duke vs Carolina on Saturday
And Big 10 tourney starts tonight.
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KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
UVa's Jerome scored 11 points in the last 3:07 against the taller Cards. Having been on the short end of the choke stick many times over the years, it was nice to see my Cavaliers get a little lucky with Hunter's 3 point bank shot. When questioned, Hunter said he was going for a bank shot.
