Bill Walton - Legend

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:06 am

Tournament announcing teams:

Nantz, Raftery, Grant Hill
Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Elmore
Lundquist, Spanarkel
Harlan, Reggie, Dan Bonner with Craig Sager on the sideline
Ian Eagle, Gottlieb
Brian Anderson, Steve Smith
Spero Dedes, Mike Gminksi
Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:05 am

Harvey Specter wrote:
azthrillhouse wrote:
ASUCatFan wrote:
Chicat wrote:Honest question for the board: Would anyone here want to listen to Bill Walton and Dave Pasch do an NCAA Tournament game?
I would watch a game I wasn't interested in and wouldn't otherwise watch if they were calling. They are my favorite announcing team.
Everyone knows NCAA basketball announcing achieved perfection with Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery, it's a scientific fact.
True Dat

ONIONS!!!!!!

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:00 am

azgreg wrote:Tournament announcing teams:

Nantz, Raftery, Grant Hill
Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Elmore
Lundquist, Spanarkel
Harlan, Reggie, Dan Bonner with Craig Sager on the sideline
Ian Eagle, Gottlieb
Brian Anderson, Steve Smith
Spero Dedes, Mike Gminksi
Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

Ugh.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:17 am

wilbur1997 wrote:
ASUCatFan wrote:
Chicat wrote:Honest question for the board: Would anyone here want to listen to Bill Walton and Dave Pasch do an NCAA Tournament game?
I would watch a game I wasn't interested in and wouldn't otherwise watch if they were calling. They are my favorite announcing team.
I would watch whatever they were announcing. I wish there was a website that told me exactly what games they were announcing. I would try to find the Walton\Pasch announced games and just watch those. They are the first official "Odd Couple" ESPN announcer pairing. I love it. It's great entertainment!

Just need to tape one. Then it's like reruns.

Reydituto · Post by **Reydituto** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:01 pm

gumby wrote:Just need to tape one. Then it's like reruns.

It's Gumby, right?

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:20 pm

Conference of Champions

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:23 pm

CBCat wrote:How many times tonight?...Dave, is that your name?

It was 10 times

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:29 pm

I was going to post when Walton was gargling Larry Scott's nuts, but decided to leave it alone. But his statement that Vegas is the only man-made thing you can see from space at night? Uhhhh... what??? You can see literally every city from space at night. Did someone switch his weed with oregano?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:34 pm

I can't believe he's been defending GPII's DPOY win. Ridiculous.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:36 pm

AZCatGirl wrote:I can't believe he's been defending GPII's DPOY win. Ridiculous.

He's obviously just a shill for the conference admin at this point.

Katzenfreund · Post by **Katzenfreund** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:42 pm

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:53 pm

Chicat wrote:
AZCatGirl wrote:I can't believe he's been defending GPII's DPOY win. Ridiculous.
He's obviously just a shill for the conference admin at this point.

Watched a few non-Pac12 games lately and it was so refreshing that they actually talked about the game >95% of the time....As much as Walton loves on the UA, I'm so tired of his tangents......wish he would be replaced asap.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:08 pm

Chicat wrote:I was going to post when Walton was gargling Larry Scott's nuts, but decided to leave it alone. But his statement that Vegas is the only man-made thing you can see from space at night? Uhhhh... what??? You can see literally every city from space at night. Did someone switch his weed with oregano?

You probably think the Space Needle is in Seattle, too.

FightWildcatsFight · Post by **FightWildcatsFight** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:25 pm

Walton is on fire tonight. Covering the game when appropriate, and dicing it up with compelling stories and novel facts.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:50 pm

"When I think of Matt Muehlebach, I think of Mercedes-Benz."

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:28 am

FightWildcatsFight wrote:Walton is on fire tonight. Covering the game when appropriate, and dicing it up with compelling stories and novel facts.

Novel facts , for sure. Has his own set.

FightWildcatsFight · Post by **FightWildcatsFight** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:00 pm

gumby wrote:
FightWildcatsFight wrote:Walton is on fire tonight. Covering the game when appropriate, and dicing it up with compelling stories and novel facts.
Novel facts , for sure. Has his own set.

I thought the tidbit about the Mojave desert being the smallest desert in North America was gold. As a man with an affinity for trivia, I would support Walton commentating every sport.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:11 pm

azgreg wrote:Tournament announcing teams:

Nantz, Raftery, Grant Hill
Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Elmore
Lundquist, Spanarkel
Harlan, Reggie, Dan Bonner with Craig Sager on the sideline
Ian Eagle, Gottlieb
Brian Anderson, Steve Smith
Spero Dedes, Mike Gminksi
Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

It's kind of funny Chris Webber got Michigan's FF appearances vacated and is now announcing the tourney.

splitsecond · Post by **splitsecond** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:22 pm

The tournament is so vanilla without GuJo. CBS is so damn vanilla.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:29 pm

Don McClean is the worst.

CBCat · Post by **CBCat** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:11 pm

Zero wrote:Don McClean is the worst.

I voted Gminski

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:41 am

FightWildcatsFight wrote:
gumby wrote:
FightWildcatsFight wrote:Walton is on fire tonight. Covering the game when appropriate, and dicing it up with compelling stories and novel facts.
Novel facts , for sure. Has his own set.
I thought the tidbit about the Mojave desert being the smallest desert in North America was gold. As a man with an affinity for trivia, I would support Walton commentating every sport.

I still have the goosebumps.

How about Walton declining to comment on conference awards. Take it strong, Big Fella!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:08 am

You ever been to a volcano?

http://deadspin.com/this-bill-walton-ta ... socialflow

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:24 am

Bill predicted that Korcheck would "be a pro next year"!!! (He didn't mention what level)

When he's focused, he offers lots of details of players, both famous and bench warmers - you'll never get that from the majority of tournament broadcasters - conference or NCAA's - he takes the time to genuinely interact....

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:32 am

pc in NM wrote:Bill predicted that Korcheck would "be a pro next year"!!! (He didn't mention what level)

When he's focused, he offers lots of details of players, both famous and bench warmers - you'll never get that from the majority of tournament broadcasters - conference or NCAA's - he takes the time to genuinely interact....

Also said Matt attended "Arizona University." But the best part was when he called the Utah margin "incalculable," and Pasch signed off with, "Utah wins by the incalculable margin of 24 points."

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:54 pm

I'm Bill's biggest critic, but he was pretty good tonight. Probably because it was such a great game. Not a lot of opportunities to plug Bob Dylan's album.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:03 pm

Walton gave the Oregon Duck head before the game. Seemed to enjoy it too.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:04 pm

Chicat wrote:I'm Bill's biggest critic, but he was pretty good tonight. Probably because it was such a great game. Not a lot of opportunities to plug Bob Dylan's album.

Walton can be good when he is actually interested in the game

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:05 pm

Walton is good.......................in moderation.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:06 pm

Chicat wrote:I'm Bill's biggest critic, but he was pretty good tonight. Probably because it was such a great game. Not a lot of opportunities to plug Bob Dylan's album.

Yes he was, very good. Like Bill has said during the year, if the opposing team isn't interested in playing then he isn't either.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:12 pm

What are we now 23-0 with Bill at the mic?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:26 pm

Bill is so much worse in this game. I think the problem may be Pasch. The animosity (whether real or not) is annoying.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:28 pm

Keeps calling Benjamin Snoop Dogg.

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:30 pm

I love bill calling Benjamin snoop dogg!!!

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:52 pm

Chicat wrote:I'm Bill's biggest critic, but he was pretty good tonight. Probably because it was such a great game. Not a lot of opportunities to plug Bob Dylan's album.

Agree. Once he got done blowing UPS, he seemed to respect the gravity of the game.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:58 am

Chicat wrote:Bill is so much worse in this game. I think the problem may be Pasch. The animosity (whether real or not) is annoying.

Like a bickering old couple. Need a trial separation.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:20 pm

Post by **UAdevil** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:36 pm

Lol @ Pasch sitting on 3 chairs

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:37 pm

I love how they have to stack three chairs to make Pasch look normal on TV. Can't they just get him a phone book?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:33 pm

Dave and Bill are our good luck charms. Shame neither is doing the tournament.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:37 pm

Bill was awesome this tournament. The repetetive snoop dogg comp was hilarious

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:42 pm

"Freddy "The Red" Fox. I mean, Silver Fox. "

He tsked the Rondae shimmy dance. I loved it.

Jwsisliving · Post by **Jwsisliving** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:46 am

Not sure if this has been posted yet

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:00 pm

as much as i love walton/pasch, ko, yam & the p12 studio crew, there is something special about hearing ggumbel, nantz, rafferty, lundquist, kellogg, packer, etc. in march. soothes my soul.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:51 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:05 am

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:08 am

dude seriously has the best life.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Wed May 13, 2015 8:08 pm

I'd watch just about any sport regularly...even the NFL again...if Walton were calling the games.

I really don't care about the former player talking Xs and Os. That is everywhere, on virtually every other broadcast of basketball in the ever growing media marketplace. Give me something entertaining...

Bill is entertaining.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Thu May 14, 2015 7:35 am

Put him on the Tour de France. Every day a travelogue, because it's not about the bike.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:21 am

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