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March Madness: Top takeaways from the first day of the 2019 NCAA Tournament

By Brian Rauf

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 21: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers celebrates scoring at the end of the first half during the first round game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament against the Marquette Golden Eagles at XL Center on March 21, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 21: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers celebrates scoring at the end of the first half during the first round game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament against the Marquette Golden Eagles at XL Center on March 21, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – MARCH 21: A detail of a March Madness microphone prior to the game between the New Mexico State Aggies and the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 21, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – MARCH 21: A detail of a March Madness microphone prior to the game between the New Mexico State Aggies and the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 21, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

8) Can we get actual college basketball broadcasters, please?

This has been grinding my gears for several years now and may only get picked up on by college basketball junkies by myself, but we need to get broadcasters that actually know/what college basketball during the season to call these games.

Novel concept, right?

Turner has put their star broadcasters on these games which I get, but I don’t want to hear Reggie Miller stumble over himself and saying incorrect things every 30 seconds because he doesn’t know anything about them. They’re just reading the stat sheet and it’s tiresome.

There are plenty of them out there. Turner has deals with announcers on other networks that allows them to also do some games on CBS and other Turner networks. Bill Raftery, for example, does Big East games on FOX and also does some CBS games during the year and then in the tournament.

Why can’t we get more guys like that and less of guys like Reggie Miller and Chris Webber who, while great, are not knowledgeable when it comes to college basketball.

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Give us people who are actually knowledgable and care, not just NBA guys on re-assignment.

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