We get to listen to a real announcer tonight

[babysheep]

What a fabulous breath of fresh air. This will probably be the best, most comprehensive (i.e. on 40 minutes' worth of in-person observation) analysis we've gotten all season

 

[BoatShow]

Obrien and Bilas are the tits. Love both these guys.

 

[RichZ]

But Bilas showed a horrible lack of preparation when after Omar's 3, he said "He's not really a 3 point shooter, he's more of a driver."

His primary skill, albeit one that's been on hiatus for the past 5 or 6 weeks, is stroking the three. "More of a driver?" He should only be allowed to drive when it involves one dribble. He gets in a lot of trouble if he has to bounce it more than once.

 

[UConnSwag11]

i miss bilas and his crew

 

[Gurleyman]

But Bilas showed a horrible lack of preparation when after Omar's 3, he said "He's not really a 3 point shooter, he's more of a driver."

His primary skill, albeit one that's been on hiatus for the past 5 or 6 weeks, is stroking the three. "More of a driver?" He should only be allowed to drive when it involves one dribble. He gets in a lot of trouble if he has to bounce it more than once.

In fairness, saying Omar was anything at all was nice of him. His slump has been all-encompassing.

 

[SaeHusky]

I was surprised when Bilas said Calhoun was more of a "driver" as well. In his defense we werent elgible last year for tourney so he probably didnt see us play much last year

 

[BoatShow]

Dave O is awesome. To get a full appreciation for him catch a Sox game in the radio.

 

[TRest]

Agreed. I watched part of a PC game (against the Hall?) on FS1 and they had two high school girls announcing.

 

[babysheep]

But seriously how long have we been saying Omar should attack the basket more

 

[Marty Jackson]

I like Bilas and to be fair, only heard him for the first half, but I thought he mailed this one in.
he was either stating the obvious, or making comments that were just wrong as mentioned above.

And of course, his partner had to mention the proverbial, APR issue in case the viewers weren't aware.

 

[BUHusky]

Announcing wise, Bilas even on a bad day is better than 99% of other announcers on their best day. The guy really knows the game. I really miss the McDonough/Bilas/Raftery trio. Damn you CR!

Also, UConn might still get some more of Bilas and/or O'Brien. They have 5 more games on ESPN (main channel), though one of them is the Ville game Saturday for Gameday which means Vitale...

 

[babysheep]

McDonough/Bilas/Raftery trio.

You really can't beat it

 

[VAHuskyFan]

I really miss the McDonough/Bilas/Raftery trio.

McDonough is great, but I've never really understood the Raftery love. The guy's schtick wears on me. He provides decent enough analysis in a normal tone of voice, but then punctuates it 50 times a game with his terrible fake forced shouting.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Announcing wise, Bilas even on a bad day is better than 99% of other announcers on their best day. The guy really knows the game. I really miss the McDonough/Bilas/Raftery trio. Damn you CR!

Also, UConn might still get some more of Bilas and/or O'Brien. They have 5 more games on ESPN (main channel), though one of them is the Ville game Saturday for Gameday which means Vitale...

Nice wet blanket.

Mute is in play Saturday night.

 

[2north]

Announcing wise, Bilas even on a bad day is better than 99% of other announcers on their best day. The guy really knows the game. I really miss the McDonough/Bilas/Raftery trio. Damn you CR!

Also, UConn might still get some more of Bilas and/or O'Brien. They have 5 more games on ESPN (main channel), though one of them is the Ville game Saturday for Gameday which means Vitale...

Anyone else notice the Mothership's shame(ful) plug of the ACC and B1G games on Saturday but only one or twice during tonight's game did they promote UConn/Louisville. I've seen the promo for Cuse/Pitt and Wisc/Mich all week but only saw our game plugged one or twice and even then it was during tonight's game only.

 

[rs2905]

Personally I could have used a little more Tim Welsh.

 

[freescooter]

Due to a minor family emergency, I missed all but the last 5 minutes, and about the first 3 I guess. I love O'Brien but Bilas is a terrible 2nd. Made me miss Rafferty. He made exactly the same comment about Shabazz 3 consecutive plays, didn't give any information a minimally knowlegable person wouldn't already know, and a couple of times was just flat out wrong. Plus he sounds like he's describing a 5ht grade science fair, not a basketball game.