Who is the best college basketball TV broadcast team of all time?

[Robertelamin]

I cant believe all the love for the over the top annoying Gus Johnson. i mean are you kidding me? he`s the black vitale as far as im concerned. well to each is own. im a huge fan of bilas,raf and mcdonough but i have to say my favorite is kellogg/nance.

Except Johnson is a play by play guy and Vitale is a color guy and all Vitale talks about is Notre Dame football, Tampa Bay Rays, Coach K, Duke and nothing that has to do with the game. I will say that both guys are completely over the top though.

 

[Ts5034]

I also think McD, Bilas, and Raftery are the best. They are very smart and very entertaining but not too over the top like Vitale is. I used to be a big Gus Johnson fan and he does have some of the most memorable calls in NCAA history. I bet that not many people remember Gus broadcast the game for our first trip to the final four. My opinion is earlier in his career all of that emotion he put into the broadcasts were genuine. Over the last 3-4 yrs when people got on the bandwagon and thats what he became known for, i think some of it was forced just to live up to his reputation.

 

[UConnfan8]

who was it who called the washington game in '99 when RIP hit that shot?? "Hamilton....HAMILTON! AND UCONN WINS AT THE BUZZER" brings goosebumps everytime its heard

 

[Rico444]

who was it who called the washington game in '99 when RIP hit that shot?? "Hamilton....HAMILTON! AND UCONN WINS AT THE BUZZER" brings goosebumps everytime its heard

That was sean mcdonough

 

[61cygni]

Almost every game, I tend to tuneout the announcers no matter who they are after a couple minutes, unless it's a pretty boring blow out.

 

[Mr. Hand]

Bilas, Raff, and McD.

 

[Dougsts]

Anybody but Raff and Vitale is fine with me

 

[ctchamps]

Bilas and McDonough.

 

[pepband99]

Raff and anyone else. I almost spit my beer out laughing when he responded to Lamb's monster dunk against Columbia with " THAT BABY!" He's just brilliant.

 

[dsturdy5]

Mike Gorman, current Celtics pbp guy, used to be matched up with Raf. They were great. I believe they called the "send it in Jerome!" game.

The current Big Monday BE crew is the best out there right now as far as rapport and that transcends the broadcast. They are knowledgeable about the game, have a history in it, and don't take themselves too seriously. Not sure you can ask for much more in a time when having an on the air is considered a substitute for knowledge.

 

[dsturdy5]

I have to say, I really enjoyed the McDonough, Fraschilla, Burke team that called the Pitt game in last year's BET.

If I had to choose my dream broadcast, I guess I'd say McDonough and Bilas.

I don't think Sean called that game. When I hear the "Cardiac Kemba" line, it certainly isn't Sean.

 

[huskyrob1]

Al McGuire was a good one and anyone that worked with him was made better.

Packer owes his later success to Al McGuire. I used to enjoy listening to Ron Perry, Bucky Waters and Mike Gorman call a game, and you can't not like Dickie Simpkins calling a game.

 

[UConn990411]

McDonough, Bilas, and Raftery is BY FAR the best team out there in college basketball.

Gus Johnson is the best play-by-play man out there (McD is a close second), not just because his late-game calls are awesome, but also because he somehow always seems to get games with crazy endings. I'm really starting to believe guys just play hard for him or something because it's been too large a sample size to be a coincidence.

Or God intervenes in his games like he does with Tebow.

 

[Rico444]

I don't think Sean called that game. When I hear the "Cardiac Kemba" line, it certainly isn't Sean.

I could be mixing them up...McDonough may have called the night games with Bilas and Raftery.

 

[Danzz]

Not sure if they teamed up on many occasions but Lundquist and Packer were IMO.

Al McQuire and whoever was his partner.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Raff, Bill, and McDonaugh are my favorite combo, but I like Jim Nanz and Kellog as well. And of course, Gus Johnson and whoever else. Bob Knight is kind of entertaining sometimes, but Mussberger is annoying.

I stopped reading the thread after this response because its the right answer.

 

[rw005]

The announcing team that can actually pronounce our players CORRECTLY!

none of that Jamaal Coombs McDavid or Rash Anderson or Tarik Brown

 

[whaler11]

Al McGuire was a good one and anyone that worked with him was made better.

Thank God. I can't believe Al was 14 posts in. Shows you how young the demographics skews here.

 

[businesslawyer]

The announcing team that can actually pronounce our players CORRECTLY!

none of that Jamaal Coombs McDavid or Rash Anderson or Tarik Brown

So that eliminates Lundquist. And the Enberg of the last decade.

 

[Rico444]

^ and Nantz. I'm pretty sure he said "Jamal Combs-McDonough" during the entire national championship.

 

[dsturdy5]

JVG is calling the UConn women's game tonight and doing a pretty good job.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Thank God. I can't believe Al was 14 posts in. Shows you how young the demographics skews here.

The holy grail for the longest time was Maguire, Packer and Enberg (I think). But, I'll take the combo and schtick of Bilas, Rafferty and McDonough (and I'm aware that I probably butchered the spelling of a few names) any day. The Bilas and Rafferty stuff is always great. Bilas plays the role of the straight guy/set up man and Rafferty nails the punch line and vice versa. They sound like three guys you would watch the game with at a bar.

 

[cordeodato]

I like McGuire, Bilas, Fraschilla, and Knight
I think now that my favorite play by play guy for
any sport is Dave Sims

 

[huskyhal]

For those who remember listening to UConn games on WTIC in the 50s, 60s and early 70s, who can forget George Ehrlich who did the play-by-play and Floyd Richards who was his sidekick. Ehrlich was a very competent play-by-play guy who enabled you to mentally follow a game. He also was enough of a "homer" to always maintain your interest in the game.

It was another era, to be sure, but those guys certainly made you feel like you really knew the team and what you should expect from the Huskies and their opponent.

Ehrlich was great! My love for Huskies basketball began at 9 years old listening to Ehrlich and Richards on WTIC, during the Toby Kimball days. Ehrlich had a great knack for describing the action so that you could envision the game in your mind, and also had a tone of voice that conveyed a sense of excitement, even when the game was not close. Still my favorite play-by-play guy, with all due respect to Joe D, who is also very good. Floyd Richards was a very good color guy, for someone who had not played the game (at least to my knowledge).

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Al McGuire was a good one and anyone that worked with him was made better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxcpImdcEIA

The dance at the end of the vid is classic. McGuire brings back a lot of great memories.