Basketball Announcers

[LIHoosier 28,171]

The basketball usually isn't fun to watch, but for the Knicks and Nets I get to listen to Mike Breen and Ian Eagle. Walt Frazier is great with Mike but the rotating cast the Nets have for Ian isn't particularly good. College-wise, the play by play is whatever but the analysts are almost always grating regardless of channel. Fisch is great, I wish he had someone with a personality cuz listening to Suhr the younger is like watching paint dry.

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

I like Fisch for basketball but I think he is terrible at football announcing 

Have you watched what he has to commentate on? 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,704]

What bugs me the most is when broadcaster guy and color guy go off on a tangent that has nothing to do with what is happening in real time in front of them.

Like Walton!



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[WayneFleekHoosier 51,901]

I enjoy Dakich. I don’t mind the rants. He isn’t always right but he’s confident, lol. He’s also energetic. Bennetti does a good job. Hummel is solid, just boring. Bilas is annoying AF to me. His arrogance. His ESPN/Duke/UNC/ACC lovefest. Just don’t like him. He’s smart and actually knows his basketball really well just the ESPN slobber fest is nauseating. Walton is kinda fun for a game I have medium interest in, but he’s way out in his own planet.




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[Alford Bailey 13,233]

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

When I was young there were announcers when you heard their voice you knew it was a big game. Pat Summerall, D.  Enberg, Al Micheals, Vin Scully 

Purdue Person Stockton on NBA games with CBS in the 80s

[Demo 25,013]

Thinking solely in terms of current cbb:

Play by Play- Shulman, Harlan, Catalon

Analyst- Bilas, Hummel, Dykes

Unpopular like- Shon Morris. The dude’s not scintillating, but his analysis is rock solid and he seems like a good dude to just sit around and talk ball with.

Side note- He’s really lost his fastball, but I will always, always love Bill Raftery.

[Stuhoo 91,320]

Against the grain? I like Clark Kellogg and Ol’ Len Elmore.

If I’m into the actual game I hate Walton. I used to despise Bardo and kinda still do, but I can begrudgingly admit he’s  improved and no longer always bugs the **** out of me. He has been replaced as the “Oh god no!” draw by Donny Marshall.

Hummel is fantastic. Dykes is overrated. Shon Morris adds little.

When Gus or Shulman is in Assembly it just feels big time. Raftery and Vitale are way past their prime but Raftery is a medical marvel cause he’s still pretty good.

The best ever? Jim ******* Durham.

[Uspshoosier 54,735]

Besides the ones people have mentioned Ian eagle has been really good for a long time, Spero dedes is underrated for play by play for cbs.  Spanarkel and Bonner for analyst.   Plenty of other good ones as well.    Avery Johnson and Steve Lappas will get moved to the muted TVs as soon as they show up on my tv.   

[cthomas 6,734]

7 minutes ago, Demo said:

Side note- He’s really lost his fastball, but I will always, always love Bill Raftery.

My problem with him, and I used to enjoy him, is that he over uses his tag lines. I don't want to hear "get those puppies organized" a thousand times a game. A little variety goes a long way for me. I know it's all persona and having a readily identifiable way of speaking, but why get trapped into just that one thing.

[IU Scott 2,375]

2 hours ago, J34 said:

Keith Jackson for college football 

How did I forget him when it comes to hearing announcers voices

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

The basketball usually isn't fun to watch, but for the Knicks and Nets I get to listen to Mike Breen and Ian Eagle. Walt Frazier is great with Mike but the rotating cast the Nets have for Ian isn't particularly good. College-wise, the play by play is whatever but the analysts are almost always grating regardless of channel. Fisch is great, I wish he had someone with a personality cuz listening to Suhr the younger is like watching paint dry.

Have you watched what he has to commentate on? 

For me it is so hard to follow what is actually going on in the game. Sometimes you.can't tell if it is a 3 yard gain or a 20 yard gain.

[Hovadipo 62,423]

18 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Clark Kellogg

I love Clark. Hearing him means we’re getting into February with meaningful B1G games and heading towards Selection Sunday. 

[IU Scott 2,375]

38 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Purdue Person Stockton on NBA games with CBS in the 80s

Is there something with this site when you type the name Purdue Person it goes to Purdue person because that happened when I was mentioning Enberg

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

Fisch is not as good on basketball as he once was IMO. 

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

Is there something with this site when you type the name Purdue Person it goes to Purdue person because that happened when I was mentioning Enberg

I guess

[cthomas 6,734]

2 hours ago, J34 said:

Keith Jackson for college football 

Didn't Bob Knight give him a rocking chair or something during a broadcast after he announced his retirement? My memory is not great that far back but I seem to remember that. If I'm wrong, maybe it was a different broadcaster. CBK was not tight with many media people but there were a few.

[IU Scott 2,375]

9 minutes ago, cthomas said:

My problem with him, and I used to enjoy him, is that he over uses his tag lines. I don't want to hear "get those puppies organized" a thousand times a game. A little variety goes a long way for me. I know it's all persona and having a readily identifiable way of speaking, but why get trapped into just that one thing.

How about Onions or send it in Jerome

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 minute ago, cthomas said:

Didn't Bob Knight give him a rocking chair or something during a broadcast after he announced his retirement? My memory is not great that far back but I seem to remember that. If I'm wrong, maybe it was a different broadcaster. CBK was not tight with many media people but there were a few.

I remember in 89 Jackson and Vitale did 3 straight Saturday or Sunday IU game in 1989 all at home. Each game came down to Jay Edwards hitting late shots and two of them were game winners. The other was when Anderson from UI hit a 35 ft. shot at the buzzer. 

[Stuhoo 91,320]

3 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Is there something with this site when you type the name Purdue Person it goes to Purdue person because that happened when I was mentioning Enberg

Yes!

And when you type in “superior sandwich” it auto-corrects it to “Stromboli,”

Sadly, when you type in “dim and delusional” it autocorrects it to “Stuhoo.”

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

6 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I remember in 89 Jackson and Vitale did 3 straight Saturday or Sunday IU game in 1989 all at home. Each game came down to Jay Edwards hitting late shots and two of them were game winners. The other was when Anderson from UI hit a 35 ft. shot at the buzzer. 

On ABC I believe. Back when the cameras were down lower in Assembly Hall

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 minute ago, Alford Bailey said:

On ABC I believe. Back when the cameras were down lower in Assembly Hall

Sure was and I really miss the camera angle that Assembly Hall use to have. It made you feel like you was right there in the game action.