November 5Nov 5 17 minutes ago, LCHorn said: This--I don't watch a lot of college basketball but Bilas and whoever were just totally uninterested in calling the game. I get it's Duke, but Texas isn't fucking Samford. I guess Bilas wasn’t expecting Texas to live up to its gaudy resume of one FF and two NIT Championships …
November 5Nov 5 if a blind person had the broadcast on they wouldn’t have even known that Texas was in the building. the entire broadcast was dedicated to all things duke. A casual Texas fan tuning into the first game of the year would have been truly lost with all the new faces. In theory the broadcast should help with that, although in this case they didn’t really seem to think that was necessary.
November 5Nov 5 1 hour ago, Derka said: if a blind person had the broadcast on they wouldn’t have even known that Texas was in the building. the entire broadcast was dedicated to all things duke. It is exactly as I expected. Gonna be a "hard pass" on any future Dick Vitale suck fests.
November 5Nov 5 if we hit some of those 3 foot bunnies that we missed 30 of it could have been a different game
November 5Nov 5 They wanted to give Dickie V his own “classic” while he’s still alive, so I get it. Duke has always been one of his favorite teams to cover. Texas agreed to be a participant in this dickie V Duke virtual home game for whatever reason, but it still wasn’t as insufferable as the Bill Walton Ali Baba Chinese game we played a decade ago against UW.
November 5Nov 5 1 hour ago, VirginiaLonghorn said: I guess Bilas wasn’t expecting Texas to live up to its gaudy resume of one FF and two NIT Championships … Texas is one of the highest profile collegiate competitors in any venue in which it appears and it just seems bad business to treat it as an invisible entity. 30 minutes ago, Pancho said: He‘s right in that Duke’s perimeter D was outstanding.
November 5Nov 5 They wanted to give Dickie V his own “classic” while he’s still alive, so I get it. Duke has always been one of his favorite teams to cover. Texas agreed to be a participant in this dickie V Duke virtual home game for whatever reason, but it still wasn’t as insufferable as the Bill Walton Ali Baba Chinese game we played a decade ago against UW. Bill Walton was absolutely my favorite announcer in the NBA back in the day. The Ali Baba game was atrocious. RIP
November 6Nov 6 8 hours ago, Derka said: if a blind person had the broadcast on they wouldn’t have even known that Texas was in the building. the entire broadcast was dedicated to all things duke. Leave it to Beaver reruns weren't on, so...
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