Billy Packer

Let's see how much homework Billy did: It's not Marcus "Ginyerd" it's Marcus "Gin-yard." Unlikely he'll get that right. When Okafor was playing for the national-champion UConn team, he called him Oka-fur.

 

I like him at the Masters. It's perfect for him.

 

Sadly, bad announcing is NOT "a tradition unlike any other."

 

Maybe not but that made me laugh.

 

They're PRANCING!

 

He better rip his pink suit if that happens.

 

Not sure if this is true, but I think I read somewhere that Nantz is good friends with the Bushies. Like we need more reason to dislike him.

 

My favorite Billy moment was with 2:42 left and Rose got his fourth foul. Memphis was up 11. Billy said Memphis needed to get him out of there, that the assistants should be telling Calipari to get him out. Uh, what? With under three minutes to go? When did he want them to bring him back in then? With 45 seconds left?

 

He also called Mbah A Moute -- UMMbah-Mootay

He reduced Mbah A -- which should be 3 syllables -- to barely one, and invented letters in there.

 

A few minutes ago, Billy took the "untracked" phrase to a new level. He said Tyler Hansbrough "just hasn't been able to get off track yet." Does that mean Hansbrough's been lighting it up?

 

Note: never let Billy conduct a train

 

Billy (Please) Pack(er) it in says this game is over.