Bill Raftery
Works for CBS and ESPN. He is typically on the second announcing team for both CBS and ESPN. The gold standard to which all analysts should be measured up. Combines solid analysis and incredible knowledge of the game with a shtick that never gets old. Looks like a nice grandfather. Best known for his catch phrases....
"Send it in big fella!"
"Onions!"
"A little nylon"
"With the kiss"
"With the teardrop, that'll make you cry"
"We got a little nickle-dimer here"
"With the blow by"
"There's a little lingerie on the deck"
"With the Dribble Drive"
"Bring your lunch!"
"(insert co announcers name), (insert team name) goes....MAN TO MAN!
"A little ricochet romance!"
"GET THE PUPPIES GOING!"
Most famous line came from Pitt's Jerome Lane shattering the backboard as he yelped, "Send it in Jerome!"
Rating: 5/5
Dick Vitale
ESPN 1st analyst. There are pros and cons to Dicky V. His shtick can be wearing as his catch-phrases have been overplayed. But when hes not yelling, he has a huge depth of knowledge. Always talks about incoming recruits and who to look out for. Always seems like its a bigger game when hes calling the game. Is better off when not paired with the ADHD case Mike Patrick.
Rating: 3.5/5
Rick Majerus
Working for ESPN on Big East games with Dave O' Brien. Mixes brilliance in with sometimes incredible stupidity. Knows the game very well and is unafraid to rip players and coaches. Majerus seems to purposely mispronounce words such as offense (he pronounces it oaf-fense). Gets bonus points for sucking up to Kentucky continually, ripping on Maryland and making a crude sexual joke about Ashley Judd on air (During the last minute of a 20-point blowout of Tennessee by Kentucky..."Well, there's not much to look forward to from here on out, so I'm trying to find Ashley Judd in the crowd. It beats the adult videos at the hotel.").
Rating: 3/5
Steve Lavin
Paired with Brent Musberger to do mostly Big Ten action this season on ESPN. Is an ok analyst but makes a lot of incredibly lame jokes and laughs his ass off about them. In one insistence he was interviewing Illini coach Bruce Webber and made a joke about him wearing "orange undies" while the rest of the studio crew looked like they wanted to kill themselves.
Rating: 2/5
Len Elmore
Does ACC games for ESPN and works occasionally for CBS. Never really offers any hard-hitting analysis and is kind of Blah. Don't hate him or like him.
Rating: 2/5
Jimmy Dykes
Works SEC games for ESPN and does other various assignments. Does an overall solid job and seems to know what hes talking about. Hasn't really progressed up the ranks at all, and during football season is stuck doing sideline reporting for mid-level games.
Rating: 3/5
Jay Bilas
Does ESPN announcing and studio work and does games for CBS for the tournament. The Cris Collinsworth of college basketball announcers. Knows his stuff, unafraid to say anything. Even though he attended Duke, he doesn't seem to homer to them. Only downside has he has continued the trend of Upside, Long, and other dumb words to describe basketball players during the NBA draft.
Rating: 4.5/5
Works for CBS and ESPN. He is typically on the second announcing team for both CBS and ESPN. The gold standard to which all analysts should be measured up. Combines solid analysis and incredible knowledge of the game with a shtick that never gets old. Looks like a nice grandfather. Best known for his catch phrases....
"Send it in big fella!"
"Onions!"
"A little nylon"
"With the kiss"
"With the teardrop, that'll make you cry"
"We got a little nickle-dimer here"
"With the blow by"
"There's a little lingerie on the deck"
"With the Dribble Drive"
"Bring your lunch!"
"(insert co announcers name), (insert team name) goes....MAN TO MAN!
"A little ricochet romance!"
"GET THE PUPPIES GOING!"
Most famous line came from Pitt's Jerome Lane shattering the backboard as he yelped, "Send it in Jerome!"
Rating: 5/5
Dick Vitale
ESPN 1st analyst. There are pros and cons to Dicky V. His shtick can be wearing as his catch-phrases have been overplayed. But when hes not yelling, he has a huge depth of knowledge. Always talks about incoming recruits and who to look out for. Always seems like its a bigger game when hes calling the game. Is better off when not paired with the ADHD case Mike Patrick.
Rating: 3.5/5
Rick Majerus
Working for ESPN on Big East games with Dave O' Brien. Mixes brilliance in with sometimes incredible stupidity. Knows the game very well and is unafraid to rip players and coaches. Majerus seems to purposely mispronounce words such as offense (he pronounces it oaf-fense). Gets bonus points for sucking up to Kentucky continually, ripping on Maryland and making a crude sexual joke about Ashley Judd on air (During the last minute of a 20-point blowout of Tennessee by Kentucky..."Well, there's not much to look forward to from here on out, so I'm trying to find Ashley Judd in the crowd. It beats the adult videos at the hotel.").
Rating: 3/5
Steve Lavin
Paired with Brent Musberger to do mostly Big Ten action this season on ESPN. Is an ok analyst but makes a lot of incredibly lame jokes and laughs his ass off about them. In one insistence he was interviewing Illini coach Bruce Webber and made a joke about him wearing "orange undies" while the rest of the studio crew looked like they wanted to kill themselves.
Rating: 2/5
Len Elmore
Does ACC games for ESPN and works occasionally for CBS. Never really offers any hard-hitting analysis and is kind of Blah. Don't hate him or like him.
Rating: 2/5
Jimmy Dykes
Works SEC games for ESPN and does other various assignments. Does an overall solid job and seems to know what hes talking about. Hasn't really progressed up the ranks at all, and during football season is stuck doing sideline reporting for mid-level games.
Rating: 3/5
Jay Bilas
Does ESPN announcing and studio work and does games for CBS for the tournament. The Cris Collinsworth of college basketball announcers. Knows his stuff, unafraid to say anything. Even though he attended Duke, he doesn't seem to homer to them. Only downside has he has continued the trend of Upside, Long, and other dumb words to describe basketball players during the NBA draft.
Rating: 4.5/5
Billy Packer
CBS' lead analyst. Almost unbearable at this point. His comments about in-game strategy often cause much head scratching. Continually makes an ass out of himself during every tournament selection show. Went off about how George Mason shouldn't of made the tournament and constantly dissed St. Joes as a number one seed in 2004. The most disliked college basketball announcer, yet remains CBS lead analyst. The only announcer that I find to be worse than Tim McCarver and Davey Nelson. (If anyone gets the Davey Nelson reference, they know how bad he sucked)
Rating: 1/5
Others
Mike Gminski - Kind of dry but overall hes a decent listen
Don Bonner - I seem to like him
Digger Phelps - Notre Dame homer and is awful at tournament brackets
Doug Gottlieb - Seems like an idiot
Seth Davis - Easily the best studio man, provides good information and analysis
Clark Kellogg - I enjoy him, just needs to learn to look at the camera when talking... as a game analyst hes decent
2 comments:
I know your not high on Digger Phelps, but you can't deny the love for the matching highlighters and ties. Green is my personal favorite.
They don't call him Fudge for nothing...
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