Reminder: Team USA game - 5:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN2

[CTGirl15]

The announcing has been sub par so far today. I was particularly offended by Cindy Brunson calling the USA Women's Basketball team an "appetizer" for the men's team during the halftime report. Yuck.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

My feeling Geno will find many things to discuss in the locker room at halftime

Not that it was bad - just stuff we need to work on. Lots of good things happened as well. And Brazil has some very good players. Quick hands and they collapse quickly when the ball goes inside

Methinks Geno will use this as a coaching game, not a competitive one.

 

[MilfordHusky]

They let you in? Well, I heard security was getting slack.

I threatened them with the Icebear clause.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

The announcing has been sub par so far today. I was particularly offended by Cindy Brunson calling the USA Women's Basketball team an "appetizer" for the men's team during the halftime report. Yuck.

It's a three-course dinner for me.

 

[Icebear]

Lol. No doubt! She will be in the ESPN studios full-time someday, soon.

Sorry, but Ros's voice irritates me.

 

[UConnChapette]

The announcing has been sub par so far today. I was particularly offended by Cindy Brunson calling the USA Women's Basketball team an "appetizer" for the men's team during the halftime report. Yuck.

I picked up on that too. Annoying choice of words. Would have been far better to say "the first course" if she was going to use a culinary reference.

 

[cardfan]

Sorry, but Ros's voice irritates me.

she's from Queens so she can't help it, but she has gotten a lot better. More important, she knows and calls the game vs. bs we are hearing now.

 

[UConnChapette]

Any one know who the broadcasting team will be for the Olympics? Hopefully these two jokers will not be calling the games. I've either had a longer day at work than I thought, or these are the two most boring announcers ever.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

Drives me crazy that the camera always shows the last scorer rather than the game in progress. . .

 

[cardfan]

Drives me crazy that the camera always shows the last scorer rather than the game in progress. . .

they do it in all games, men and women and in college too. hate it.

 

[cardfan]

and again, the dood said it's about managing egos, then in the same breath he said they are very unselfish. ugh

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Any one know who the broadcasting team will be for the Olympics? Hopefully these two jokers will not be calling the games. I've either had a longer day at work than I thought, or these are the two most boring announcers ever.

Anne Meyers alert. I'm pretty sure of it. Plus the play by play guy that will do both men and women, I forget who it is.

 

[speedoo]

she's from Queens so she can't help it, but she has gotten a lot better. More important, she knows and calls the game vs. bs we are hearing now.

1. Being from Queens is a good thing, not something to use as an excuse.
2. I don't detect any kind of accent anyway.

 

[Icebear]

she's from Queens so she can't help it, but she has gotten a lot better. More important, she knows and calls the game vs. bs we are hearing now.

I agree with that. It is just her tone that drives me nuts.

 

[pap49cba]

Score??????????

 

[flatcoatmom]

Score??????????

USA 60, Brazil 42 - 3rd quarter (I can't read the time)

 

[Icebear]

Taurasi establishes order with a loooooong three.

 

[cardfan]

1. Being from Queens is a good thing, not something to use as an excuse.
2. I don't detect any kind of accent anyway.

I was being sarcastic. I love Queens. She has a bit of New Yooorker accent, but again, she has improved a lot in her short career. She is student of the game and studies very hard, just like she played. She wasn't the most talented player coming in Stanford and had some 'challenges" with Tara, but she worked her butt off and earned Tara's trust to run the offense. Plus, she earned best defensive player in the conference her Sr. year.

 

[UConnChapette]

Any one know who the broadcasting team will be for the Olympics? Hopefully these two jokers will not be calling the games. I've either had a longer day at work than I thought, or these are the two most boring announcers ever.

Shoot me now. I found it. Lisa Leslie, Okay. Ann Meyers? Yuck! CAROLYN PECK? Well, I could tell you what I think about that but I think I will go off on some unrelated tangent about what happens when you leave a frosted cake out in the humidity and the frosting gets all dripity and poolates around the bottom of the cake making it impossible to eat. What's that? Dripity and poolates aren't words? And you wanted to know what I think of Carolyn Peck's announcing? WHAT ANNOUNCING? 'nuf said.

 

[speedoo]

Angel is in, for the first time I think?

 

[VAMike23]

Angel is in, for the first time I think?

Yes

 

[Samanthabrown3]

Shoot me now. I found it. Lisa Leslie, Okay. Ann Meyers? Yuck! CAROLYN PECK?

Carolyn Peck? How does she keep getting these gigs?

 

[speedoo]

Tina has played well, doing some nice scoring with her good post moves.

 

[flatcoatmom]

End of 3rd quarter, USA 72-48. A Brazil player just hit a 3-pointer from about a mile away - they didn't say who it was.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

Tina has played well, doing some nice scoring with her good post moves.

She gets double- and triple-teamed sometimes and has no help to pass the ball to.