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03/28 2011

DL543: Final Four, Sharing Glass Slippers, Best & Worst In Media, More

Posted by Dan Levy.

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Action packed show as Nick and Jon Tannenwald talk (with me) about the most improbable Final Four ever. Here’s a little bit of what we discuss, in bullet form:

• Can a Final Four have two Cinderellas, or did VCU’s win move Butler — who will be wearing white jerseys and got to the title game last year — officially out of that role?

• Is Nick, a Richmond grad, happy for rival VCU or totally jealous of the cross-town success, especially considering VCU beat a Kanas team that beat Richmond the round before.

• Are we waiting for the inevitable title game blowout? Will the mid-major bubble burst in the title game, or can we get a game like last year?

• Who is smarmier: John Calipari of Jim Calhoun? And is Calipari’s run to the Final Four — after losing his entire team to the NBA draft last year — actually the most impressive situation for all four teams there?

• Does Calipari get to say he’s taken three schools to the Final Four? From a PR standpoint — and NCAA standpoint — does his UMass run still exist?

• What about the media: first, what’s happened to Verne Lundquist? How could he make a “for the win” call in the UConn-Arizona game when the shot by ‘Zona hit the rim with SEVEN SECONDS TO GO?

• Why Gus Johnson is really the best college announcer alive, with the key word being ‘college.’

• How Reggie Miller’s presence in a three-man booth made people think Len Elmore is terrible when he’s not. Plus, what that says about Johnson’s play-by-play call, having to focus on the game while service as traffic cop.

• Marv losing his voice and Steve Kerr stepping up to help.

• Is Jay Bilas loving VCU’s run or what? Now, both the selection show and Elite 8 became as much about him (and Dick Vitale to some extent) as it did the teams. Plus, as Nick points out, the ESPN pundits can still hold their line on previous comments, making them teflon, yet still getting all the attention.

• Has Charles Barkley gotten better the further we go along in the tournament? Has he gone from “turrible” to actually pretty good, now that he’s more familiar with the teams and has a chance to actually react to games he’s watch, not just rosters and old box scores?

• Oh yeah, I sneak in a few inside stories of people in college basketball I’ve tried to get on the show. Eh, we only have a few shows left, so why not blow up some bridges.

As always, I’m sure there’s more to this show. Thanks for listening.

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