Please ESPN

[uconnfan68]

please find anyone but Doris Burke to do UConn games.

 

[rocky rococo]

ESPN, please understand that every game needs and deserves an actual play-by-play announcer. This two or three "analyst" stuff is strictly for the birds, as it will inevitably do what happened tonight, completely lose touch with the game being played on the court.

 

[UConnChapette]

please find anyone but Doris Burke to do UConn games.

I'll take Doris over Mike Patrick.

 

[Vowelguy]

ESPN, please understand that every game needs and deserves an actual play-by-play announcer. This two or three "analyst" stuff is strictly for the birds, as it will inevitably do what happened tonight, completely lose touch with the game being played on the court.

Sorry but its not going to happen for any game that gets out of hand. That's the way broadcasting works.

 

[uconnfan68]

I'll take Doris over Mike Patrick.

Mike Patrick never goes out of his way to point out missed calls on UConn.

 

[UConnChapette]

Mike Patrick never goes out of his way to point out missed calls on UConn.

He also never seems to get any of the players names right.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I'll take Doris over Mike Patrick.

Ohhhh, come on!!!!

You dont wanna know all about Kiah Dolson in the paint and Bria Faris tough defense or the quickness of freshman Moriah Doty........


All jokes aside...

I like Doris.

I think she does a good job

 

[Vowelguy]

Mike Patrick never goes out of his way to point out missed calls on UConn.

That's because he's too busy talking about Caroline Faris and kaleena mosqueda-dolson.

 

[huskyharry]

please find anyone but Doris Burke to do UConn games.

At times she is just ridiculously anti-UConn. She went on and on saying the Mathis was in the act of shooting when the block was called on Stef...when if she actually bothered to watch the replay instead of loudly expressing her opinion, she would,have seen that Mathis lost the ball before she ran into Stef...so the proper call would have been no foul at all...you can't get a blocking call if you have already lost possession of the ball!

 

[EricLA]

At times she is just ridiculously anti-UConn. She went on and on saying the Mathis was in the act of shooting when the block was called on Stef...when if she actually bothered to watch the replay instead of loudly expressing her opinion, she would,have seen that Mathis lost the ball before she ran into Stef...so the proper call would have been no foul at all...you can't get a blocking call if you have already lost possession of the ball!

UCONN smacked Kentucky out of the arena in the first half. Honestly I found the "controversy" or "hysteria" the announcers were trying to create in the 2nd half. After all, you can only talk about how great UCONN is for so long. Of course, UCONN fans can talk about how great we are ALL DAY LONG lol...

 

[uconnfan68]

He also never seems to get any of the players names right.

And Doris said Stewie had a reach of 71" for A WEEK, including tonight in the first half, before she corrected it to 7'1" in the second half.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Doris Burke is an unapologetic fan of Aureimma and UConn, so I love it when folks think she's anti-UConn.

 

[Icebear]

And Doris said Stewie had a reach of 71" for A WEEK, including tonight in the first half, before she corrected it to 7'1" in the second half.

I have emailed them several times about that error of 71".

 

[Icebear]

Doris Burke is an unapologetic fan of Aureimma and UConn, so I love it when folks think she's anti-UConn.

She bends over backwards to avoid it. On the other hand she now fails to watch the game and prattles on about irrelevant nonsense. Her continual error calling Stewie's wingspan 71" inches borders on incompetence.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

My wish is for some mention of who is on the court and who is matched up with whom...and the implications thereof. IOW, what to watch for.

 

[Waquoit]

Doris just doesn't shut up. I remember when she started, she was a breath of fresh air. Now she doesn't stop to take a breath. I can't stand her anymore.

 

[semper]

I think that the play-by-play announcer we all want so much does not exist in this cast of characters (Kara L could do it!). Even when a game is slow, to do real play by play is hard, you have to practice, know the players, be able to see them on court, and call out the action, understand the game and the strategies. You have to do this for every team you cover. It's WORK, and these ladies is lazy asses. It's comparatively easy to choose the necklace for the evening, put on your earphones and gossip endlessly -- easy for them, that is, but really hard for those of us who really care about the game, the strategies, the players, the action...I have gone to mute for years, when I can actually watch, which is rare. The best is to watch and to have the BY on for the commentary,even though it's delayed, its 1000 times better than the garbage "coverage."

Excuse me, I gotta get to work.

 

[OneTrickPony]

And Doris said Stewie had a reach of 71" for A WEEK, including tonight in the first half, before she corrected it to 7'1" in the second half.

She's been doing it all year, UC...if she finally got it right we probably need to give Icebear the credit...

 

[johnnyc]

My wish is for some mention of who is on the court and who is matched up with whom...and the implications thereof. IOW, what to watch for.

This right here.

 

[Vowelguy]

I think that the play-by-play announcer we all want so much does not exist in this cast of characters (Kara L could do it!). Even when a game is slow, to do real play by play is hard, you have to practice, know the players, be able to see them on court, and call out the action, understand the game and the strategies. You have to do this for every team you cover. It's WORK, and these ladies is lazy asses. It's comparatively easy to choose the necklace for the evening, put on your earphones and gossip endlessly -- easy for them, that is, but really hard for those of us who really care about the game, the strategies, the players, the action...I have gone to mute for years, when I can actually watch, which is rare. The best is to watch and to have the BY on for the commentary,even though it's delayed, its 1000 times better than the garbage "coverage."

Excuse me, I gotta get to work.

Several years ago, ESPN showed a college football game with the mikes on for the guys in the truck -- a behind-the-scenes broadcast. It was fascinating. A bunch of the discussion is being cued by the producer, who is directing the broadcasters to the interesting angles.

I have no doubt that the WCBB producers are directing Doris et al to talk about more general themes when the games get out of hand.

As I said earlier, this is not a case of the play-by-play announcers not being competent. They are, and when the game allows they can and will focus solely on the game.

 

[uconnfan68]

I have emailed them several times about that error of 71".

Ok, I thought my yelling at the tv was the thing that she noticed. ;^) Who do you email to point out errors? Got a real name?

 

[Bestiarius]

Most arenas have live stat boards showing points scored, fouls, etc. These boards could be shown occasionally. That way the announcers could prattle away at their heart's content and just ignore the game completely.

 

[semper]

I'm not sure that they could do this, Vowelguy. When they do tune in they get names wrong and miscall plays. If you say so....but I'm not sure the effort level is there. It takes energy and skill and I don't see a lot of either.

 

[uconnell]

They remind me of Vitale, so I mute them also. Lets me concentrate on the game more, instead of listening to their prattle.

 

[DobbsRover2]

She bends over backwards to avoid it. On the other hand she now fails to watch the game and prattles on about irrelevant nonsense. Her continual error calling Stewie's wingspan 71" inches borders on incompetence.

No, Doris got that right. She was plainly talking about one arm, sort of like the radius of a circle instead of the diameter. 71" sounds about right for a Stewie limb, with maybe a little bit more when she really needs to stretch it.