Jay Williams as a color commentator

[HooperScooper]

Just wondering if anyone else was as annoyed with him as I was. Holy crap, stop talking already! Let the game breathe. I'm putting the game on mute tomorrow night.

Did Calhoun really take Tony Robertson over him? Hard to believe that.

Was it he or Ravech that mentioned Clingan "is driving around in a Rolls Royce"? A friend of mine texts me saying, "Clingan has a Rolls Royce? Wtf." Totally stupid comment that gives everyone watching a bad impression of Clingan that couldn't be further from the way Clingan is. As everyone who read that very long article in the New Haven Register written by Mike Anthony knows, that's not the story. Clingan was in LA with other UConn athletes to kick off Marc D'Amelio's NIL collective. He and Victor Rosa wanted to go to a mall and were going to Uber there. D'Amelio throws Clingan the keys to a convertible Rolls Royce coupe and tells them to take that.

It's hard to believe everything commentators say.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

To be fair, Ravech did clear up the story and said that Clingan didn't actually own the Rolls Royce.

 

[krinklecut]

He was horrible. Didn’t shut up once. Filled every second without play-by-play with nonsense and was openly cheering for Indiana. As bad is it gets.

 

[HooperScooper]

To be fair, Ravech did clear up the story and said that Clingan didn't actually own the Rolls Royce.

Ah, I didn't hear that. Thanks. I kind of tuned them both out after that.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Ah, I didn't hear that. Thanks. I kind of tuned them both out after that.

All good haha. I wasn't too far behind ya, I couldn't stand Jay talking about NIL and what not.

 

[EROCK CONN]

He was awful today. And his comment about the crowd feeling more red was interesting considering uconn outnumbered IU fans

 

[UC15]

Just wondering if anyone else was as annoyed with him as I was. Holy crap, stop talking already! Let the game breathe. I'm putting the game on mute tomorrow night.

Did Calhoun really take Tony Robertson over him? Hard to believe that.

Was it he or Ravech that mentioned Clingan "is driving around in a Rolls Royce"? A friend of mine texts me saying, "Clingan has a Rolls Royce? Wtf." Totally stupid comment that gives everyone watching a bad impression of Clingan that couldn't be further from the way Clingan is. As everyone who read that very long article in the New Haven Register written by Mike Anthony knows, that's not the story. Clingan was in LA with other UConn athletes to kick off Marc D'Amelio's NIL collective. He and Victor Rosa wanted to go to a mall and were going to Uber there. D'Amelio throws Clingan the keys to a convertible Rolls Royce coupe and tells them to take that.

It's hard to believe everything commentators say.

Yeah doesn't Clingan have a NIL with an auto dealer in Bristol... his dad was on spaces and mentioned that pretty sure he has a KIA or something like that ... announcers with dogshit today JW is a Duke guy so he is always going to have some animosity against UConn

 

[98Uconn]

His attempt to discuss Bob Knight was cringey at best.

 

[OceanDoggie]

To be fair, Ravech did clear up the story and said that Clingan didn't actually own the Rolls Royce.

He also flipped the script on Jay Will, asking how many RRs He's owned.

 

[Griffman]

He’s got “Puke” of the mouth.

 

[Matrim55]

Talked too much but:

1) He did his homework. Knew the strengths & weaknesses of the players on both teams.
2) Did a great job of calling out both what happened and what should have happened.
3) Had legit chemistry with Ravech.

As he gets more reps he'll learn to let the game breathe a little more. All-in-all, though, that is an excellent pairing for college ball. Made the game feel big IMO.

 

[auror]

Glad I went

 

[UConnRock]

Williams had way too much “me” and “my”. It was “my” recruiting, “my” wife wet to Indiana, too many stories about him that were not really game related. Need to make points and be comfortable w/ silence. The fan-like reactions, mostly pro-Indiana were not professional.

 

[HooperScooper]

His attempt to discuss Bob Knight was cringey at best.

That was when I started thinking, "Does he have to talk about his opinion on that right now? Why? Just stop talking."

And then it got worse from there.

 

[Deepster]

He definitely doesn’t know when to add color and when to keep his mouth shut. And I just don’t think he’s charismatic or entertaining.

 

[Palatine]

When Jay Williams was at Duke, Dick Vitale said he was the best point guard in the country, college or pro. That was the kind of garbage we had to listen to when Vitale was using his on air position to recruit for Coach K.

 

[TheHorde]

He was awful today. And his comment about the crowd feeling more red was interesting considering uconn outnumbered IU fans

I’d love confirmation on this from folks who were at MSG. Were they all IU fans, or were some Texas and Louisville fans just hating on UConn and rooting for an easier potential opponent?

 

[AntG168]

Yeah doesn't Clingan have a NIL with an auto dealer in Bristol... his dad was on spaces and mentioned that pretty sure he has a KIA or something like that ... announcers with dogshit today JW is a Duke guy so he is always going to have some animosity against UConn

Clingan has a pick up truck

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I watched the tournament games on mute when they were live and only listened to the broadcast when I rewatched. So I kept that going today. Still undefeated.

 

[mussels]

Seems weird to me when people carp on sports announcers. I pretty much universally watch the game, and treat the announcers like background crowd noise. If anyone were to ask me what the guy just said, 90% of the time I couldn’t tell you.

 

[The Yakk]

He taught me a new word in the nightcap. Louisville was "laxadaisical" getting back on defense.

But here's some reality for you, Jay: Jim Calhoun would have taken anyone with a pulse ahead of you. He knew a self-involved volleyball-playing diva when he saw one.

Anyway, what do you care? You were always going to take the bag of money from Puke University.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

But here's some reality for you, Jay: Jim Calhoun would have taken anyone with a pulse ahead of you. He knew a self-involved volleyball-playing diva when he saw one.

A truly outlandish statement. Whatever his merits as a TV guy, Jay Williams was a freaking awesome college basketball player.

 

[uconnyankee]

His attempt to discuss Bob Knight was cringey at best.

Talking Bob Knight, describing him as an in your face coach, then saying UConn has one too, Hurley Sr.
No mention of Jim Calhoun in that sequence.

If you just listened to announcers, you’d think Indiana was up 10.

Even talking talent, suggested Indiana is every bit as talented as UConn. But failed to mention UConn missing starting guard.

 

[The Yakk]

A truly outlandish statement. Whatever his merits as a TV guy, Jay Williams was a freaking awesome college basketball player.

True.

 

[krinklecut]

Talked too much but:

1) He did his homework. Knew the strengths & weaknesses of the players on both teams.
2) Did a great job of calling out both what happened and what should have happened.
3) Had legit chemistry with Ravech.

As he gets more reps he'll learn to let the game breathe a little more. All-in-all, though, that is an excellent pairing for college ball. Made the game feel big IMO.

It was cool that he was saying “they should do this…” and breaking down the game a little, but only did it for IU and every time something he said they should do happened, he said, “see, they’re doing what I tell them” which is top tier annoying guy behavior