hoyainspirit
Platinum Hoya (over 5000 posts)
When life puts that voodoo on me, music is my gris-gris.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 26, 2010 7:27:01 GMT -5
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Boz
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
123 Fireballs!
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Post by Boz on Feb 26, 2010 9:43:50 GMT -5
I loved Knight in the studio last year, but I thought he was not ready for prime time doing in-game color analysis.
I have to say he is much, much better this year and is rapidly becoming one of my favorite analysts. The fact that Jason Whitlock hates him really only gets him more points in my book. If Jason Whitlock is mad at you, chances are you're doing something right.
(Raftery is still #1, of course. I also like Clark Kellogg; I know some people don't, but I think he's pretty good.)
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hoyatables
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
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Post by hoyatables on Feb 26, 2010 10:19:57 GMT -5
I agree that Jay Bilas is quite good, but that Raftery is the best. The only downside is that those two are paired with Sean "I dream about a three-way with Andy Rautins and Eric Devendorf" McDonough.
I watched the 1983 Georgetown--Villanova game on MASN yesterday. Best part was listening to a young Bill Raftery's color commentary. Not as gravely as he is now, but still had the same enthusiasm, knowledge, and even-handedness as today. I can only hope that 30 years from now Jay Bilas is still doing color.
I also agree that Fran Fraschilla is also pretty good.
Worst award goes to whoever it was that wasted air time a couple of years ago on an away Hoya game talking about "free throw defense."
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CTHoya08
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
Bring back Izzo!
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Post by CTHoya08 on Feb 26, 2010 11:56:02 GMT -5
What I like about Raf is that he has all the "enthusiasm" that Vitale has, yet still manages to make coherent, interesting, and even informative comments during the game.
I also like Knight. He gives good, very technical analysis, which is interesting to me because I grew up with hockey, not hoops. I understand all of the stuff about tournament seeding, etc., so I don't feel like I'm learning much when color guys talk about that stuff, but Knight tells me things I don't already know.
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