Debbie Antonelli

[TheFarmFan]

Debbie Antonelli...

... Is the worst. Does the ACC pay her contract for ESPN? The homerism is so out of control it's sometimes as if she seems unaware basketball is a sport played west of the Mississippi...

 

[BBallF]

My biggest problem with her is that she never stops talking. Can I watch the game please?

 

[Wilderness]

Debbie is intelligent, articulate, biased, self-important, redundant, repetitious and highly annoying.

Improvement?

 

[GRIFFBIFF20]

Two of our Favorites

 

[UcMiami]

Posted something like this in a closed thread a week ago:
Debbie's big thing is promoting WCBB, and her most recent pet project was a single site tournament (she wanted Las Vegas) which thanks to covid we will actually experience this year. (I think her goal was a single 'regional' and FF site, with the first weekend still at 16 sites - this year is even better.) She has in the past been very complementary about Geno and Uconn and she recognizes Uconn as the premier WCBB program.

But she is also a proponent of "Uconn is bad for WCBB' because she sees a strong competitive environment as being healthy for the game, and a dominant program as stifling the expansion of the fan base. So it is quite natural for her to use her platform to talk up non-Uconn programs. That was hard to do during the Stewart years, but easier now.

People forget how happy pundits were in 2013 when the FF consisted of two #1 seed, a #2 seed, and a #5 seed - this showed how wide the competitive landscape had become. That lasted until the games were played and Uconn beat the other #1 seed in the semi by 18 and the 5 seed by 33 in the final. Then they were unhappy that #5 Louisville had beaten the #1 overall Baylor and two #2 seeds, any of which might have created a more interesting final. The same pundits were even more excited in 2016 with a #1, #2, #4, and #7 seed into the FF, but then #1 Uconn beat #2 Oregon by 29 and #4 Syracuse by 31.

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Vowelguy]

Listening to her today and cant believe anyone would put her in with Peck. Antonelli is a much much better game analyst.

 

[eebmg]

Listening to her today and cant believe anyone would put her in with Peck. Antonelli is a much much better game analyst.

When she sticks to the game.

 

[Wbbfan1]

How has Debbie voted in the AP Poll? Where does she have UConn ranked? Can't find the link that shows how the Voters Voted.

 

[Aluminny69]

You are correct, there is no anti-UConn bias on the part of the media - or referees, for that matter. There are some fans of every team that want everyone to see their team in the same rosy light in which the fans view them. Fouls called against UConn mean the refs want the other guys to win, not that UConn is fielding a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores in new roles. Announcers talking about another team or highlighting an admirable non-UConn player are UConn haters.

it’s a fan thing, not unique to UConn or women’s basketball. What are we gonna do? 🤷‍♀️

You do a great job of moderating those fans.

 

[HuskyNan]

You do a great job of moderating those fans.

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