Your NCAA Announcing Schedule: Round One

Links (14)

Gus Johnson Factor: Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Washington State On Notice
Published 3/17/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... game will be decided by more than 3 points. Considering that's a 12:20 game, I'm in for a very, very long day. This pairing does however reinforce my upset pick of Winthrop over Washington State. The other big concern (brought up by astute fan Boski93) is the altitude. Do you think Gus Johnson would have survived this UCLA-Gonzaga game from a couple years ago if it were in Denver? I don't. His head is totally going to explode this year. Your NCAA Announcing Schedule: Round One [AwfulAnnouncing]

Hottest Cheerleader Brackets
Published 3/18/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
It has been confirmed: UCLA will win it all [FanIQ] Bob Costas still thinks I’m a loser in the basement [Deadspin] Why is there hostility between the mainstream media and bloggers? [Sedano Show] Your March Madness broadcast team schedules [Awful Announcing] Smush Parker’s hands love model’s breasts [You Been Blinded] Pacers looking to get rid of Larry Bird? [SPORTSbyBROOKS ...

Tuesday Rundown: All Is Not Well For The Worldwide Leader
Published 3/18/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... My take: Well, that just gave me a reason to tune into a completely meaningless game that will only determine who will end up getting slaughtered by UNC later this week. Also, if you’re interested, Awful Announcing has the announcing schedule for the opening round of the Big Dance, and the announcing teams are looking pretty solid. I’m a big fan of Kevin Harlan and Jim Nantz, and I’m also looking forward to seeing the beloved Gus Johnson call a few games in the first round. Is it Thursday yet? ...

The SSS 2008 NCAA Tournament Preview For Non-Psychics: West Region
Published 3/18/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... analysis on which teams will prevail and how to win your office pools. I wholeheartedly hope you find something like that. Instead I offer my own brand of regional previews, based solely around enjoying the tournament as much as possible. I'd say "Enjoy" but that goes without saying this time of year. Previously: East Region Today we go out West. Look for South and Midwest tomorrow and Thursday morning. By the way, Awful Announcing has the first round announcers for each game, so check that out for Gus Johnson referential ...

Tuesday Morning Hangover
Published 3/18/2008 by Thermocaster at The Meaningful Collateral
... margin and tournament prediction, here’s an article from John Gasaway at Basketball Prospectus that talks about it.  (Basketball Prospectus) —  Storming The Floor breaks down the Midwest, South, and East regions. I assume the West is coming soon, so check back. (Storming The Floor) — Rush The Court has a handy guide to the tournament times, if you haven’t seen it already. (Rush The Court) —  The announcing schedule for the NCAA Tournament First Round. Ugh, Billy Packer is doing ...

Gus Johnson is Announcing the Notre Dame/George Mason Game
Published 3/18/2008 by CW <info@rakesofmallow.com> at Rakes Of Mallow: Front Page Posts
I know there are anti-Gus Johnson people out there, but I could not be happier that he's calling the Irish and Patriots on Thursday night.  Sadly, Len Elmore will be joining him with his idioitic indexes and innane insights, but hopefully Johnson cuts him off repeatedly with shrieks while politely referring to him as partner. ...

Ben Ball News & Notes
Published 3/19/2008 by Nestor <info@bruinsnation.com> at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... Lastly, if anyone was wondering Gus Johnson and Len Elmore will not be at Anaheim announcing our games tomorrow night. Per the bloggers at Awful Announcing, who keep track of this sort of things, Gus and Len will be in Denver, while we will get the combination of Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn and Jay Bilas. Works for me. Who knows may be we will get to hear “Raindrops” during the half time. Just like the original glory days of UCLA basketball (some of us didn’t get to experience). ...

The SSS 2008 NCAA Tournament Preview For Non-Psychics: South Region
Published 3/19/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... something like that. Instead I offer my own brand of regional previews, based solely around enjoying the tournament as much as possible. I'd say "Enjoy" but that goes without saying this time of year. Previously: East Region West Region This here is the South. I'm gonna do the Midwest this afternoon or for tomorrow morning. I still haven't filled out my "serious" brackets yet, so we'll see. By the way, Awful Announcing has the first round announcers for each game, so check that out for Gus Johnson referential ...

Owls May Be The Big 5's Best Chance, Thanks to Gus Johnson
Published 3/19/2008 by Marco at Storming the Floor
... But of all the possible Philly upsets, Temple may have received the biggest boost of all when it was announced that Gus Johnson would be announcing the first round game against the Spartans (While you're at it, you may want to take a look at ORU over Pitt in the next game). Gus always seems to be on hand for some of the biggest upsets in recent college basketball history (think UCLA-Princeton in 1996, Syracuse-Vermont in 2005, UCLA-Gonzaga in 2006, and the almost upset of Ohio State-Xavier in 2007). CBS knows what they are doing when they sent Gus to Denver, and you have to ...

Meet Your Announcers, And Your Historic 1-16 Near Upsets [NCAA Tournament]
Published 3/19/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... Awful Announcing has helpfully listed the announcing teams for each NCAA tournament venue, and we were gonna say you gotta feel bad when your game is being broadcast by Craig Bolerjack, but then we see he's doing the Duke game and therefore pass the last-announcing-team award to Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel. They probably should have had it in the first place. ...

The SSS 2008 NCAA Tournament Preview For Non-Psychics: Midwest Region
Published 3/20/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... , which has the first round announcers for each game that can be used for Gus Johnson referential purposes regarding this preview. ...

NCAA Live Blog: Day #1 (day games)
Published 3/20/2008 by sbrown@wkdzradio.com at Scott Brown's SportsBytes on WKDZ
... HERE is your CBS announcing schedule for the first two days.  Kentucky fans are already crying conspiracy because they sent an ex-Duke player (jay Bilas) to Anaheim to cover their game. ...

NCAA Live Blog: Day #1 (day games)
Published 3/20/2008 by sbrown@wkdzradio.com at Scott Brown's SportsBytes on WKDZ
... HERE is your CBS announcing schedule for the first two days.  Kentucky fans are already crying conspiracy because they sent an ex-Duke player (jay Bilas) to Anaheim to cover their game. ...

Complete Insanity
Published 3/21/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... A Tyrone Brazelton layup put WKU up 15 on Drake with 8:16 to play. They proceeded to completely fall apart, turning the ball over repeatedly. Drake scored 20 of their last 22 points in regulation from 3 and the foul line, and tied it with 35 seconds left. It should be noted that the announcers (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski) repeatedly referred to Drake's ...