NCAA College Basketball 2009-10 Season

[Mike0616]

Too bad we had to listen to Dick Vitale the whole game...


Sandra

I use the mute button on games where he is on there. My wife walked in last night and was wondering what I was yelling at (a rather questionable call was made) and had to explain to her he was on there, so volume was OFF. That guy is, IMO, the most worthless person on Sports, anywhere. When he dies, I want to to go to his funeral to reassure myself that he is really dead and will never hear him at it again.

 

[SandraC]

I use the mute button on games where he is on there. My wife walked in last night and was wondering what I was yelling at (a rather questionable call was made) and had to explain to her he was on there, so volume was OFF. That guy is, IMO, the most worthless person on Sports, anywhere. When he dies, I want to to go to his funeral to reassure myself that he is really dead and will never hear him at it again.

He adds absolutely no insight to any game regarding strategy, etc. He's all shtick, all nicknames, all Vitale-isms. No substance whatsoever. He's like Andre Agassi back in the 'Image is Everything' days.

When I was in my early teens my dad and a couple of my brothers and I were at a college basketball game at the Meadowlands, and we happened to be sitting in the first row behind the hockey boards. Sam Rosen was announcing the game with Dick Vitale.

It was a doubleheader and at halftime or between halves, I forget, they were both walking toward the exit right in front of us. Everyone was screaming for Vitale, it was when he was extremely popular, he smiled and walked right by everyone each time.

Sam Rosen stopped and talked to my dad, my brothers, and me about the Rangers during the entire intermission, then he went back to work, probably didn't even get to go to the bathroom. What a nice man.

Then during another break Sam came right toward us and told us about some minor transaction the Rangers had made during the basketball game that he had just heard about, then talked with us about the Rangers for the whole intermission again. I will never forget that.

Vitale I forgot about.


Sandra

 

[anders5189]

I met Vitale years agp after a Carolina-dook game. He was exhausted and not as excited about the Carolina win as I was (big surprise), but he seems to be very genuine about what he does. Billy Packer, OTOH, was regarded as an a$$hole by nearly everyone that knew him.

 

[salsadancer7]

That was a little too close for comfort. Carolina almost choked the game away. It'll be interesting to see how they play tomorrow against the Cuse.

VERY interested to see my 'Cuse play against the UNC.

 

[salsadancer7]

I met Vitale years agp after a Carolina-dook game. He was exhausted and not as excited about the Carolina win as I was (big surprise), but he seems to be very genuine about what he does. Billy Packer, OTOH, was regarded as an a$$hole by nearly everyone that knew him.

I miss Al McGuire....

Personally, my favorite that combines EVERYTHING is Bill Raftery. I love that guy.

 

[SandraC]

I miss Al McGuire....

Personally, my favorite that combines EVERYTHING is Bill Raftery. I love that guy.

I like Bill Raftery too. He's funny, but he also clues you in on strategies, what to expect next, etc.

I also like Clark Kellogg and Greg Anthony.


Sandra

 

[anders5189]

I like Bill Raftery too. He's funny, but he also clues you in on strategies, what to expect next, etc.

I also like Clark Kellogg and Greg Anthony.


Sandra

Raftery and Jay Bilas are good. Greg Anthony is too. Clark Kellogg is overrted IMO.

 

[SabresRule]

No mentions of Syracuse crushing a high-ranked Cal team?

 

[Ramy]

I miss Al McGuire....

Personally, my favorite that combines EVERYTHING is Bill Raftery. I love that guy.

"Send it in Jerome!!"

 

[SandraC]

"Send it in Jerome!!"

"With a Kiss!!!'


Sandra

 

[Ramy]

"With a Kiss!!!'


Sandra

 

[HD MM]

Raftery and Jay Bilas are good. Greg Anthony is too. Clark Kellogg is overrted IMO.

Excuse me?!

 

[anders5189]

Excuse me?!

Sorry I know that hits close to home, but it's true.

 

[HD MM]

Sorry I know that hits close to home, but it's true.

He's a basketball man, a Cleveland native and a former Buckeye. My wife even attended several Basketball Camps he put on at her High School. But besides that, I've always appreciated his commentary.

 

[SandraC]

Wow, Anders dissed the Buckeye but prased the Dukie. Interesting.


Sandra

 

[anders5189]

Wow, Anders dissed the Buckeye but prased the Dukie. Interesting.


Sandra

Sandra you're making me feel dirty. Don't you have a game to watch tomorrow?

 

[SandraC]

Watchable games tonight:

3:00 PM Dayton-Villanova ESPN U Puerto Rico Tipoff
5:00 PM Ohio St-California ESPN 2 Coaches vs. Cancer
7:00 PM North Carolina-Syracuse ESPN 2 Coaches vs. Cancer
8:30 PM Kansas St-Mississippi ESPN U Puerto Rico Tipoff


Sandra

 

[salsadancer7]

So....Anybody gonna make an issue about The 'Cuses' "exihibition" loss now??!!

87-71 pasting of UNC.....!

 

[HD MM]

So....Anybody gonna make an issue about The 'Cuses' "exihibition" loss now??!!

87-71 pasting of UNC.....!

Lol! Good win Salsa! You shut me up, that's for sure.

 

[salsadancer7]

Lol! Good win Salsa! You shut me up, that's for sure.

well..the thing is now....HOW did they lose to LeMoyne(....shhh...finished my last year of college there....)??