What's wrong with the Announcers?

[meyers7]

Oh wait, nevermind. We've already done that. To death.

 

[DobbsRover2]

No we haven't.

They use the word "ball" too much, sometimes twice in the same sentence. They should try to vary things a bit by using "orb" or "spheroid" or "the rock" or "pumpkin" or "walnut" or "bauble" or "globe" or "thing that goes through the rim sometimes" or "family jewel" or ........... eh, maybe that's more than enough.

 

[pinotbear]

Yes. Yes, it was.

 

[Zorro]

They need to comport themselves better.

 

[HGN]

Rebecca is fine.........She balances her calls pretty evenly. Its her co-announcers that give very un-balanced calls. They are always stating what other teams must do to defeat UConn. Or trying to point out what UConn flaws or weaknesses are.

Other than Rebecca , the announcers just need to balance their calls of the games better and more evenly.

 

[cohenzone]

No we haven't.

They use the word "ball" too much, sometimes twice in the same sentence. They should try to vary things a bit by using "orb" or "spheroid" or "the rock" or "pumpkin" or "walnut" or "bauble" or "globe" or "thing that goes through the rim sometimes" or "family jewel" or ........... eh, maybe that's more than enough.

Duck Vitale has the rights to the "rock", so given that the women use a smaller ball, how about the "pebble".

ETA: can't the censorship system be taught to tell the difference between the nickname for men named Richard and other less socially acceptable uses of the word? The nickname has sort of been around quite a while, even used by a US President elected in 1968 and a VP elected in 2000, although some folks think both of them sort of lived up to the alternate usage of the word.

 

[reno tony]

No we haven't.

They use the word "ball" too much, sometimes twice in the same sentence. They should try to vary things a bit by using "orb" or "spheroid" or "the rock" or "pumpkin" or "walnut" or "bauble" or "globe" or "thing that goes through the rim sometimes" or "family jewel" or ........... eh, maybe that's more than enough.

My favorite was when Shaq would shoot a foul shot..."Brick."

 

[WildEagle]

It would be nice if they actually called the game, you do play by play. They are both usually too busy yacking about some nonsense to actually call the action. There are high school want-a-bees that could call a better game that these Blabber Mouths.

 

[easttexastrash]

The announcers for women's game try too hard to make the coaches and players too "relatable." And very announcer seems to use the same background story. Remember how many times we heard that Kara Lawson uses to play football!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Any announcer who uses the expression "score the ball" should be publicly flogged. What else are you going to use to score - a water bottle? Another personal favorite is when one announcer asks the other: "What does Louisville have to do to win this game?" Answer: "The are going to have to put the ball in the hoop." The only way to make that worse of course is : "They have to score the ball."

 

[Icebear]

Any announcer who uses the expression "score the ball" should be publicly flogged. What else are you going to use to score - a water bottle? Another personal favorite is when one announcer asks the other: "What does Louisville have to do to win this game?" Answer: "The are going to have to put the ball in the hoop." The only way to make that worse of course is : "They have to score the ball."

Always brings to mind for me someone over on the sidelines using a knife to put grooves on the surface of the ball.

 

[cabbie191]

Any announcer who uses the expression "score the ball" should be publicly flogged. What else are you going to use to score - a water bottle? Another personal favorite is when one announcer asks the other: "What does Louisville have to do to win this game?" Answer: "The are going to have to put the ball in the hoop." The only way to make that worse of course is : "They have to score the ball."

Well, considering what the Georgetown player tried in the Richmond game, how about a shoe?

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/georgetown-basketball-player-tries-to-block-a-shot-with-her-shoe/

 

[meganmatthews]

If she was just one foot taller, it would have worked. Get it? One foot taller? Get it? One foot . . . . . . oh, never mind.