Kudos to CBS announcer Viani for Temple - UConn

[Charles T]

A laudatory "Thank You" to Julianne Viana, who led her Marist team to 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments.

Julianne Viani kept reporting basketball nuances through the second half blowout. [paraphrasing] "UConn drops back into a zone here. Geno wants his kids to get some experience with changing their defenses." Refreshing & informative commentary can be done, eh? Special thanks to MJL243 for posting prompt replay.

Comment also posted in "Who Impressed You Today." Viani worth acknowledging again imo.

 

[pspr11]

Also had some good things to say about Uconn kids getting coached up by Geno and staff

 

[HoopsFan21]

It would be great if she learned that KLS's name is not Katie.

 

[DefenseBB]

It would be great if she learned that KLS's name is not Katie.

Really? That's your quibble? I will take her over the knucklehead Adam Amin any day. As noted, Rebecca and Kara together are not good. The two man crew is much better than a 3. Viana did a nice job talking about Temple, their injury woes and how the team did not quit (an irk to Geno as we know). Overall a balanced game call.

 

[calpedaler]

Really? That's your quibble? I will take her over the knucklehead Adam Amin any day. As noted, Rebecca and Kara together are not good. The two man crew is much better than a 3. Viana did a nice job talking about Temple, their injury woes and how the team did not quit (an irk to Geno as we know). Overall a balanced game call.

My quibble is that it's Viani.

 

[Bama fan]

My quibble is that it's Viani.

To quote Muldoon, "Clever girl".

 

[huskeynut]

Viani is a good color commentator. She has a very good grasp of the game and how offense and defense functions. She articulates this well. But one should expect this from a former point guard from my hometown - Poughkeepsie, NY.

 

[ChicagoGG]

I thought Viani and her cohort did a great job. Talked the game, kept it interesting, did not blather about non-essentials, and knew when to be quiet and let play speak for itself. Hope we see them again.

 

[Bigboote]

They were certainly better than some. I still had to rewind too many times to try to find out what had happened on the court, especially foul/three-second/out of bounds calls.

There was also one remark that had my wife and me flabbergasted. When talking up how hard Temple was playing, one of the commentators said, "I've see good teams get blown out by UConn in the first quarter," as though that hadn't happened to Temple. The first-quarter score was 31-13. I wonder what their definition of blown out is.

 

[Farney]

Besides calling her Katie she was also nice enough to remind me Batouly missed last year because I’d injury. I was dumb enough to think she sat out due to transferring. (Sarcasm emoji here)

 

[Rocket009]

They were certainly better than some. I still had to rewind too many times to try to find out what had happened on the court, especially foul/three-second/out of bounds calls.

There was also one remark that had my wife and me flabbergasted. When talking up how hard Temple was playing, one of the commentators said, "I've see good teams get blown out by UConn in the first quarter," as though that hadn't happened to Temple. The first-quarter score was 31-13. I wonder what their definition of blown out is.

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