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[bballfan2005]

They're so awful they'd make a dead man cry...

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[CamrnCrz1974]

Nancy made some good points in the first half of the Duke game, about ball entry and the appropriate angle, ball denial, screens, and the analysis of the defensive schemes. But it was downhill after that.

[thesixthwoman]

I think they're "best in show."

[Queenie]

I get the sense that Nancy is aware of the strategy of the game in the abstract sense, but not so much with the specific- so as long as you're not asking her to name players or teams, you might be good. But if you ask her to provide facts that require research, or anything that requires analyzing people and emotions, fuhgeddaboutit.

I still can't believe they assigned her to the pod with Nebraska in it. Conflict of interest, much? Did they want to give her an excuse to talk about DeForge? Keeeeee-rist.

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[njjosh]

My big problem with them is the same one I have with most WCBB announcers, save Sean McDonough (too bad he no longer does WCBB for ESPN). They get too caught up in hyping, if not outright sucking up to, the top few players and coaches, and they seem to forget about the game at hand and the context of the moment in that game.

This game could have been tied with a minute to go, ND in position to pull off the biggest upset of the tournament and perhaps its biggest win since they won the '01 national title. And instead of analyzing what each team was doing and what they should do in this situation, they'd be waxing poetically about Candace Parker and Pat Summit. As if we weren't aware of their greatness already.

[thesixthwoman]

[bballfan2005]

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[ripleydc]

If Doris Burke so much as walks past a car in the parking lot, it's time to get out the jumper cables. I've never heard anybody who could suck the energy out of something that is supposed to be exciting and fun as that woman.

for all their flaws, I'll take Nancy and Pam anyday.

[cthskzfn]

we would be lucky to have mcdonough doing WCB again.

he is the best all-around sports announcer today.


i love how great plays aren't even addressed because of the incessant chatter by the broadcasters.

it took patrick and burke (yet another mediocre team) a couple of minutes to address the excellent block by MM yesterday.

wtf will espn learn we don't give a shit about the off-the-court crap- we're watching the game for crissakes.

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[Grumps]

Their constant talking is bad enough but at least you can mute that if needed...What burns me up is when they show the bench, a coach, someones parents, or do an interview with another coach while live action is going on...They can at least show us the games...

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[vickilz]

Nancy, Pam, Doris and a few other announcers seem to be stuck back about 20 - 25 years ago when broadcasts of women's b-ball was rare. Back then I think they tried to capture viewers by talking a lot about off court stuff. It was like the game that was being played was second or third priority. Tell the viewers about the players, coaches, their families, hobbies etc any and every tidbit you could imagine.

Women's b-ball is in a very different place than it was back then. People are watching THE GAME and want to hear about THE GAME. The announcers need to get on track and announce the game. Color commentary shouldn't be about adding to the play by play of what is happening on the court. I hate that they discuss hairstyle more than strategy! Does anyone really care why Abby Wainer changed her hairstyle at half time?

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[suemar]

The announcers for the UConn vs ODU game could not get the players names right for ODU. Really terrible. Also, at end of game they stated that
the 15 point margin was "closest" ODU came to UConn. NOT CORRECT.
Cant remember their names but seem to recall the guy was Mike something?

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[bballjunkee212]

At least the discussion of Abby's hair has an arguable analog to big-time sports-- baseball is filled with stories about players' superstitions to get them out of slumps. I kind of took that talk in that vein-- Pam and Nancy were talking about the hair with the same degree of tongue-in-cheek that Joe Buck might talk about rally caps.

And I agree with the poster who said that Doris and others are out of touch with what the viewers are interested in. I think that, years ago, when almost every viewer was a "casual" viewer because televised games were few and far between, the announcers had to fill up the time with personal interest stories because otherwise the players were just ciphers-- in most men's games at most levels, most viewers know who most of the players are and where they came from, etc. Not so the women's game-- at least not way back when. Nowadays, I think it's different. I think that most of the people who are tuning in are tuning in for the game, and probably have some advance notice of at least who the major players are.

But since we're criticizing the announcers for their lack of basketball talk, maybe we should turn it back on them: At the beginning of the game, NL had on a tailored jacket, but at half time, she had it off. But when they came back at the end of the half, she had it back on again. Was that hot flashes? Or did the producer in the truck tell her to get back with the more business-like look? And what about Carolyn Peck the other night? What was with the come-get-me dress and the bling? Did she have a date after the game?

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