NCAA Tournament on CBS: Announcers

The announcers are very disppointing. I have been watching and attending SEC basketball games all season, as we usually do. Whether you watch or attend, if you do it faithfully, you get to know the players and coaches, as well as their personal stories.

The Raycom staff knew the players and coaches personally and admired and respected them. It is obvious as they interview them, and listening to them call a game, they pronounce their names correctly and don't repeat stories from the beginning of the season. The CBS announcers tell stories that are no longer relevant about the players and make silly comments about the length of player's hair and shorts.

If you are going to have the tournament games, as I understand you are from now on, please get some younger announcers, preferably some former SEC players who understand the players of today and the fans of today. There are a lot of players who have graduated in the last 15 years with degrees in Sports Information or Broadcasting. Sure they are looking for employment!

Thank you for your time.

Gus Johnson is my favorite, especially when the game gets exciting. My least favorite is Dan Bonner, who is a master of saying the obvious.

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I do not understand these rankins. Clark Kellogg is ranked last with a D rating. He is my favorite and I am just upset that I was not allowed to help Billy Packer pack with his anti-Al McGuire mentality. Verne Lunquist is a bit of a "used car salesman".

Gus Johnson is a true Gem. He is the best announcer in sports right now. C for him C'mon

Who is the BOZO announcer who keeps calling 'Mizzou,' Missoula? Doesn't he know the difference between the two? I mean, really, there's a pretty BIG difference.

CBS should be ashamed of hiring someone who doesn't know their schools and the difference. And, why doesn't someone correct him? Are they all BOZOs? At the very least, he owes Mizzou fans a REALLY BIG APOLOGY for such a blunder.

CBS should only hire announcers who know the schools and their nicknames, etc. Get RID of this guy! URGHHHHH

Okay I've had a belly full. I'm convinced these guys have never read a rule book. There's not such thing as a "loose ball foul" in college basketball; that's an NBA rule. A "flagrant" foul in college basketball results in ejection. These guys just show their ignorance when they use terms like this wrong. Might be fine distinctions, but these guys are paid to get it right. Also, nowhere in the rulebook does it say a player must be "set" to draw a charge. That term is only used with regard to a legal screen. Would someone, anyone, of these guys please read what constitutes legal guarding position and what must be done to commit a player-control foul? And heaven forbid they might have to understand what an airborne shooter is and how that works.

Some of the worst are ex-players and ex-coaches. Just because you've coached or played doesn't mean you know the rules, let alone their finer points and interpretations.

If ignorance is bliss, Ian Eagle is ecstatic.

Gus Johnson is perhaps the most exciting and exhilarating commentator known to man. I almost enjoyed his commentating more than the kansas st/xavier game itself, which was a JEM to say the least. Way to go CBS on landing a legit sportscaster who truly loves what he does. Two thumbs up Gus and keep on truckin buddy.

I find Gus Johnson to be extremely boring and very annoying. His voice is irritating I turn off the sound and watch the game. He sounds more like a radio announcer. We can see what is going on. Does he realize that? I think a C is a very high grade for him

I enjoy Clark Kellog calling the games. I look forward to his descriptive comments of the action on the court. A D+?....shawn seagull must be wacky.

How does Gus Johnson only have a C+? He is easily the most exciting announcer out of them all, he deserves definitely an A.

like havin more channels to watch tournament, but the guys who called Ohio St. and Texas -sa were totally pathetic. Those guys would never make it on the radio because they did no play by play just because OSU were ahead by 30 points. At least act like your watching the game morons!

Since when do commentators get to have a favorite team when commentating on games? Washington was obviously Clark Kellogg's favorite in Sunday's NCAA mens tournament. How about hiring commentators who can be fair and unbiased. No one really cares what they think!

I have always thought college basketball announcers on TV sound like a bunch of used car salesmen from New Jersey. Do the networks think being a former high school basketball coach in NJ is the expert experience needed to cover collge basketball......the worst is Mr Dukie Dickie V....How much does Duke and NC pay this clown to promote their basketball programs every year on TV? This country is brain washed to think the ACC IS the best conference in college basketball. Take away Duke and NC and what is left in the ACC?

Since when did the word "strenGth" become strenth? Many announcers pronounce it this way and it drives me crazy. Just heard it again on CBS tonight during the Duke/Arizona game. Aargh!

I love the addition of Sir Charles and Kenny Smith to the CBS analysis team. Charles is so raw and straight up, does not over analyze the situation, just calls it straight and tells it like it is. Some commentators want to get too deep for my personal tastes, it's only basketball, come on people. I also like Kenny very much, just wish they would have traded in Greg for Ernie Johnson, now that would have been a "dream team".