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Billy Packer Would Have Loved the Upcoming NCAA Tournament

One of the biggest gripes against former CBS basketball analyst Billy Packer was that he didn't respect the mid-majors. He famously complained that there were too many mid-majors in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. That was the year that George Mason upset Michigan State, North Carolina and UConn to get to the Final Four.This...

Jim Nantz Believes That Billy Packer Should Have Been In Hall Before Dickie V

ESPN's college basketball analyst Dick Vitale was enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this past September. According to CBS's Jim Nantz, broadcast partner Billy Packer deserved to be there first.When it was put forth to Nantz that the opinion of his former partner among sports fans, blogs and radio types...

Will ABC Give Musberger the 'Billy Packer Treatment'? Doesn't Seem Likely

With about 10 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Alabama - Clemson "game" (if you can call it that) Brent Musberger said that, to paraphrase, the "good thing about this loss" is that the can still win the ACC Championship, which was their ultimate goal.He and Kirk Herbstreit went on to debate whether or not that...

What If Billy Packer Never Became a Broadcaster? One Cartoon Takes a Look

I've been trying to find the best way to "honor" Billy Packer by pointing out his most ... uh ... famous moments (ya know, saying there are too many mid-majors in the NCAA Tournament, saying "F** out" on the Charlie Rose Show, and saying the foul that broke Tyler Hansbrough's nose wasn't flagrant).This cartoon above does...

Report: Billy Packer Out at CBS

Many basketball fans of the world are set to rejoice. The Miami Herald is reporting that CBS is replacing Billy Packer with Clark Kellogg on the top college basketball broadcast team. CBS believed the time was right for a change and that Kellogg deserved a chance to work with Jim Nantz on the lead team.Packer, who had...