Anyone else love Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson?

[BGesus4]

Gus is the goat. Point blank period.

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[BigFanCT]

They were bad last night. Can still be a fan and call it as it is.

From not saying anything about the English T to talking about Reggie Miller? with 7 mins left to go. They were bad last night.

 

[Rico444]

I think Gus has changed his approach. He used to be pretty straight play by play, now he seems to see himself as more of an entertainer and it often gets in the way.

I don't know man, this was 20 years ago.

 

[Deepster]

Huge Gus fan. I always loved when he was calling an upset in the opening rounds of the Dance.

 

[RichZ]

Yeah but WTF when Can was shooting technical foul shots and they don’t tell us WTF is going on!

Gus is just blubbering on about who knows what and never shuts up and never notices that something important is happening on the court.

That was when I turned the sound off. Never told us who got T'd up or why. Just ignored what they were supposedly there to tell us about, and went trying to entertain each other.

 

[HuskyCLT]

Idk how anyone can complain about how they called the last 7ish minutes of the game. Were you watching Providence sleepwalking counting down the minutes while we were up 25? They have to talk about something

 

[Waquoit]

Gus loves the Huskies. I think the two guys last night were as good as we get.

 

[my2cents]

That is all factual information, I'm not sure what you wanted him to say

They have playing Providence a lot longer than 1988.

 

[uconnfan68]

I’m not a Gus Johnson fan at all. Just call the game. Don’t need you name dropping and, at times, trying to act like Stephen A.

Providence cupboard wasn't bare with Carter and Hopkins still there.

 

[HuskyFich]

also, Jim Jackson is the most even keeled, non enthusiastic color commentator. He talks like a coach, not like an entertainer(not a complaint). Gus easily has to compensate for that when he’s working with Jackson, compared to other color guys.

Gus is definitely becoming the new Dickie V hype man, but he seems to keep it “within the confines of the broadcast” and hasnt become a talking head for networks to gas up their money motives.

All for it.

 

[navery12]

They have playing Providence a lot longer than 1988.

Well the official UConn website doesn't even count the games prior to that

University of Connecticut Athletics Men's Basketball History vs Providence College

The official University of Connecticut Huskies Men's Basketball History vs Providence College

uconnhuskies.com

 

[DogMania]

I like Gus and Jackson. There are definitely a bunch of announcing pairs that are markedly worse. I especially like when Gus amps up the energy when things start heating up like, when a team calls timeout after a devastating run.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Some real curmudgeons in this thread lol

 

[ctchamps]

Just happy we got a minimum of Clark accolades.

 

[BugsyCT]

Gus pimps up the Big East during the game so I'm fine with that. Jim is excellent at what he does.

 

[seeya27]

I am counter to most of the folks here. I love Gus. High energy, world class, builds the game up to an elite level. He brings passion.

Johnson, although he is tight with Rip, comes off as arrogant and lacks any joy for the game.

 

[superjohn]

I am counter to most of the folks here. I love Gus. High energy, world class, builds the game up to an elite level. He brings passion.

Johnson, although he is tight with Rip, comes off as arrogant and lacks any joy for the game.

It sounds like you have a love/hate relationship with Gus Johnson.

 

[OEBulldog]

I like the calls the past couple games. Our teams is so good, some of us are looking for things to complain about.

Connecticut……pop’n their collars!

Loved that one! Let’s be honest……we’ve all seen plenty of popped collars in CT.

 

[Siv]

Well the official UConn website doesn't even count the games prior to that

University of Connecticut Athletics Men's Basketball History vs Providence College

The official University of Connecticut Huskies Men's Basketball History vs Providence College

uconnhuskies.com

Odd discrepancy
Media guide has what I assume are cotrect stats on our head to head
First game was in 1928

 

[superjohn]

Just happy we got a minimum of Clark accolades.

Greatest college basketball player Gus has ever seen!

 

[Dogdeacon]

Odd discrepancy
Media guide has what I assume are cotrect stats on our head to head
First game was in 1928

It is obviously an error that is/was in the stat sheet and handed to announcers. I don't think we need to cite the history here everyone on the boneyard knows. Yet if/when we are sticklers endeavoring to make 'cotrections', perhaps we should be error free in our posts

 

[TheChamps990411]

I think Gus has changed his approach. He used to be pretty straight play by play, now he seems to see himself as more of an entertainer and it often gets in the way.

I find it the opposite. He was too over the top for me trying to be entertaining and just coming off as annoying while now hes toned it down a bit but im still no fan. I remember watching games where a guy would got to the basket for a layup seconds into the game and hes shouting like it was the greatest play hes ever seen. Uggh! Yeah. Not a fan.

 

[connVA]

The Johnson / Jackson combo is a massive step up from Brando / Marshall IMHO. There’s a reason those guys are doing the Saturday night game. Someone here made the spot-on observation that Marshall frequently seems unprepared for his games and as a result starts spouting nonsense to fill dead air (like his fangirling over CFJ in the first PC game).

 

[seeya27]

It sounds like you have a love/hate relationship with Gus Johnson.

Oops. "Jackson I am less fond of."

 

[ColchVEGAS]

It would not feel like March Madness without Gus. I do not get the hate for him. His energy is great.