UCLAradio.com has a live webcast of the Trojan-Bruins game, which just tipped off. (Here are the direct URLs of the audio streams: QuickTime, Windows Media.)
UPDATE: Here’s the ESPN GameCast. USC leads, 22-13, with 8:59 left in the first half. Nice!
Listening to the game called by these UCLA announcers is driving me crazy, as they are saying absolutely nothing about how the Trojans are playing (it’s all about how the Bruins aren’t playing well, it’s a “very disappointing start” for the Bruins, etc.), and whenever USC makes a good play, they sound like they’ve just been told their cat died. Just now, the Trojans scored what must have been an electrifying basket, based on the clinical description they gave after-the-fact, but really, they barely called it at all as it was happening. I really cannot adequately express how bad these guys are as play-by-play announcers. But alas, I can’t find a USC broadcast that’s being streamed online. Harumph.
P.S. In other basketball news, North Carolina leads Duke 74-70 with 20.7 seconds left in a game that ESPN has somehow made me feel like I should care about, even though I really don’t. On the other hand, here’s something I do care about: Creighton and Southern Illinois both won tonight, setting up a battle for first place in the Missouri Valley Conference on Saturday in Carbondale. That game will be on ESPN2 at 6:05 PM.
UPDATE 2: Duke loses, 79-73. It’s the Blue Devils’ third consecutive loss, and their third home loss of the season. Okay, maybe I care about that a little bit, just because it allows me to say “Duke sucks.” :)
UPDATE 3: USC leads 30-29 at halftime. Fight on!
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Categories: NCAA Basketball & Pools, USC
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February 8th, 2007 at 12:26:59 am
I don’t particularly care for Duke, but your preening about them on this blog smacks of academic jealousy.
February 8th, 2007 at 12:42:04 am
And the cream rises to the top at Pauley. I love watching UCLA play. Howland may be the best coach in college basketball. He lost a hell of a player to the NBA, and they haven’t skipped a beat.
February 8th, 2007 at 12:42:28 am
BOOYAH
February 8th, 2007 at 1:22:57 am
Academic jealousy? Huh? That’s an oddly hostile conclusion to jump to. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced “academic jealousy” in my life. I’m quite happy with my academic experiences, and proud of my academic credentials. I never had ambitions of going to an Ivy League or equivalent school, so I’ve no reason to be jealous of those who do. My hatred of Duke is exclusively related to basketball. I grew up hating Duke because they were UConn’s arch-nemesis, having knocked the Huskies out of the NCAA Tournament during their “dream season” in 1990 (damn you, Christian Laettner!!!) and again in 1991. And then, just when I’d gotten over the sting of that because UConn finally exacted sweet revenge by beating Duke in the 1999 title game, two years later Duke ended USC’s dream season, knocking the Trojans out in 2001, one round short of the Final Four. So that would be the foundation of my hatred for Duke. Add to that all the normal reasons that most people hate Duke: the excessive hype and glorification, the endless media fellating of Coach K and various Duke players, Dick Vitale, etc. The Blue Devils are the Yankees of college basketball… everybody hates ‘em. Not sure why you’d concoct an ulterior motive for me when my statements are perfectly in line with normal fan behavior.
P.S. “Preening”?
February 8th, 2007 at 12:22:27 pm
Sports announcers displaying a blatant homer-boosting attitude? I’ve never heard of such a thing! And it’s not as though teams have run off their announcers for insufficient cheerleading, either. Announcing’s all about the home team’s marketing, baby, not the sportsmanship.
February 8th, 2007 at 11:17:47 pm
Whining about Dick Vitale when Petros Papadakis is still infecting South Central. That’s rich.