Barkey Bashing the B10, says no way Gophers/Illinois win Today

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Can't stand Barkley covering the tournament, I can't stand how he talked hyperbole all the time. He picked the wrong year to hate on the big ten. I honestly think ill beats Miami too, chuck gonna be eating more crow. Kinda like how all year with his nba analysis he had to slip in somewhere that the lakers were never gonna make the playoffs.
 

goldengophers said:
Chuck is there for entertainment, Greg is there for the hardcore analysis. It's amazing how fans feel the need for validation from national analysts.
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That's what they kept saying for years about Howard Cosell, but I never though he was worth anything. You can have someone who's BOTH entertaining and insightful.
 

Yeah...why does CBS/Turner Broadcasting pay $20 billion or whatever for the tournament and then not invest a single dime in having actual college basketball analysts. The only saving grace is the game play by play isn't horrible...but the in studio stuff is unbearable. Not to mention the games have more commercials than the super bowl half time show. WTF? Commercials at every TV time out is one thing, but then at every called time out and extended commercials at half time and pre game...I feel like I am watching a game interrupting commercial coverage not the other way around.
 

Bad Gopher said:
That's what they kept saying for years about Howard Cosell, but I never though he was worth anything. You can have someone who's BOTH entertaining and insightful.
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Cosell was at least knowledgeable and entertaining, I enjoyed him, so I shall pleasantly disagree with you about "Tell it Like It Is, Howard".

The most knowledgeable and entertaining was the late Dizzy Dean. Before most of you young pups' time.

Barkley displays "the more I say the less I say."
 

GophersInIowa said:
I like Barkley and all usually, but I think this is just embarrassing for CBS right now.
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Well, what's more important? Barkley's Idiot Wind or the fact that the Big Ten is 3 of 3 in the Sweet 16 so far with 3 more yet to play.
 


GopherinPhilly said:
Yeah...why does CBS/Turner Broadcasting pay $20 billion or whatever for the tournament and then not invest a single dime in having actual college basketball analysts. The only saving grace is the game play by play isn't horrible...but the in studio stuff is unbearable. Not to mention the games have more commercials than the super bowl half time show. WTF? Commercials at every TV time out is one thing, but then at every called time out and extended commercials at half time and pre game...I feel like I am watching a game interrupting commercial coverage not the other way around.
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Because they don't cover NCAA basketball like ESPN where most of the talent is (ie Jay Bilas) and Barkley drives ratings.
 

Sounds like Barkley has a severe case of butthurt. Get well soon Chuck!
 

mattw1067 said:
Sounds like Barkley has a severe case of butthurt. Get well soon Chuck!
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As a retired proctologist who still works on an "as need" basis, I will contact Chuck and offer to find his head.
 





goldengophers said:
Chuck is there for entertainment, Greg is there for the hardcore analysis. It's amazing how fans feel the need for validation from national analysts.
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You're right about Chuck being the "entertainment", i.e. clown, but he hasn't added much funny during the segments I've watched. He's generally pretty good at it during the NBA games and I think he's missed on that part of his job because of his lack of NCAA knowledge. Therefore, I'd love to see somebody that is more tied to the NCAA game in studio. And it's not just his take on the Big Ten. He's been bad across the board. The comments on the Big Ten were simply the most relevant to this board and front and center during today's broadcast.
 


He is totally unprepared and he has a horrible golf swing. That's enough to ban him from the studio and any public golf course.
 



goldengophers said:
Chuck is there for entertainment, Greg is there for the hardcore analysis. It's amazing how fans feel the need for validation from national analysts.
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People usually enjoy listening to people who have a clue with what they are talking about. Not sure what that has to do with validation.
 

GophersInIowa said:
People usually enjoy listening to people who have a clue with what they are talking about. Not sure what that has to do with validation.
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I know plenty of people who truly believe that entertaining is more important to having a clue. These are the people who really, really like Kfan, the KQ morning show, and the like.
 

Tim Miles tweet:

Tim Miles ‏@CoachMiles 3h
Barkley's case v the B1G: reminds me of Tommyboy: Richard: "I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there?"
 

mattw1067 said:
Tim Miles tweet:

Tim Miles ‏@CoachMiles 3h
Barkley's case v the B1G: reminds me of Tommyboy: Richard: "I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there?"
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LOL!
 


I'll listen to Barkley any day, despite his lack of knowledge about the college game, over Seth Davis. That clown's job is college basketball and he still knows nothing. He's just a smug , obnoxious clown who I can't imagine ever having to sit down and have a conversation with.
 



mattw1067 said:
Tim Miles tweet:

Tim Miles ‏@CoachMiles 3h
Barkley's case v the B1G: reminds me of Tommyboy: Richard: "I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there?"
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Right on, coach.

So ya, what this must mean is that, since we and ILL came up short of the Sweet 16, the Big Ten sucks.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Right on, coach.

So ya, what this must mean is that, since we and ILL came up short of the Sweet 16, the Big Ten sucks.
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Obviously we were overrated and losing to better seeds proves that, right?
 


I think the next round is crucial to the B1G. This is when we get to see how our best stack up against the best from some of the other power conferences. Beating VCU, Temple, Iowa State, and Memphis is all fine and good, but if we get swept or drop 3 of 4 to the likes of Syracuse, Kansas, Duke, and Arizona, then we get to start hearing the "I told you so" line from a lot of people. Wouldn't be as disappointing as the Zags going down to Wichita State, but I'd like to see us well represented in the Elite Eight and Final Four.
 

As it stands now, was the Big Ten overrated heading into the tourney? There's several ways you can look at it. If you look at the seedings of all the teams, you can determine how far each team "should" have gone assuming the higher seed wins every game leading up to the final four. 0 means teams won as many as expected, a + means they won more than expected, and - means they won less than expected:

Indiana -2
Ohio St. 0
Michigan St. 0
Michigan +2
Wisconsin -1
Illinois 0
Minnesota +1

Add it up and it equals 0. That would mean at this point the Big Ten has won as many games they were "expected" to based on seedings. Just for comparison, the Big East is at -2 not counting the Louisville-Duke game.

Another way to look at it is to base it on your opponent. If you beat a team you were expected to or lose to a team you are expected to, that equals 0. For every expected win or unexpected loss, you get a + or -. The only thing that would change is Ohio St. would go to a -1 because, even though they made it to the E8, they lost to a lower seed. So it essentially means so far the Big Ten has been upset one more time than they have upset an opponent.

Some could say it has been a mildly disappointing tourney for the conference, but overall it has been pretty solid.
 

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