RIP Billy Packer

[Dove]

Trajan traveled...AND...he tripped!!!

 

[Spaceman213J]

I was never a huge fan, but I respected the guy. He knew the game, for sure, and represented his craft as well as anyone.

I will admit the Chris Smith 'carry' v 'crossover' got on my nerves. To this day, I'm not sure why he singled Smith out. Plenty of guys were using similar styles/dribbling. Just with Smith's quickness and accuracy, it was an unpleasant combination for a defender.

Still, RIP Mr. Packer and prayer and best wishes to your family and loved ones.

 

[Scoe]

RIP Billy Packer, was amazing at his craft a great historian of the game, his analysis of the 99 team was a master piece, he basically called the Langdon travel before it happened.

Would love to hear what he would be saying today particularly about Hurley.

“Hurley is out of control you do not wanna pick up a tech here”

“When the ball goes to Sanogo he gets swallowed up inside too often, you have got to give Donovan Clignan more minutes”

 

[jayteeman]

I seem to remember a spiff with JC over I think a Sellers foot stomping that Packer called out on national TV and JC never forgave him. You could always feel in the post game interviews JC was making Packer uncomfortable.
JC certainly stood up for his boys like a fierce parent would.

 

[Viet Vet]

In 1962 my Dad took me to Philly to see Ivy champ Yale play #3 ranked Wake Forest in the nightcap of a first round NCAA tourney tripleheader at The Palestra. I was in awe upon entering the "Cathedral of Basketball", packed to the rafters. Yale was a huge underdog, but took Wake to double OT before succumbing. I didn't know until decades later that Wake was quarterbacked by point guard Billy Packer.

 

[Bongo Fury]

Miss his son Mark on college sports radio especially with Dakich. The younger guys they have now I find generally unlistenable. Guess I’m officially old.

 

[JB75]

Rip for sure. But I’ll always remember how much it seemed like he hated Uconn. And then Jim nantz who was a Uconn fan would try to balance him off. He wasn’t too anti Uconn in that 99 final tho. Might have to watch that today

 

[wheelerdog]

"Wow, Trajan Langdon with the ball and he's going up a great defender. what's he doing here"?
I believe the word is: "traveling."

This will never not give me chills.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The voice of my post rec basketball Saturday afternoons.

 

[jibsey]

Sorry for his passing but hated him as an announcer. He was a smug son of a gun.

 

[The Yakk]

My favorite was 2004 when Packer said that St. Joseph's #1 seed in the tourney was a joke, making coach Phil Martelli's head explode. Was some great beef!

Man, that was a fantastic year in sports. UConn men, UConn women, Red Sox.

 

[Tenspro2002]

He had some iconic calls in our games, but to be honest I always found him to be kind of a curmudgeon (not in an endearing way) and wasn't exactly heartbroken when CBS moved on.

 

[Waquoit]

He had some iconic calls in our games, but to be honest I always found him to be kind of a curmudgeon (not in an endearing way) and wasn't exactly heartbroken when CBS moved on.

He stunk.

 

[Kathy]

Was always too much of an ACC fan in his broadcasts -and I really think he hated Calhoun and upstart Connecticut