laughedatbytime Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/legendary-college-basketball-analyst-billy-packer-who-called-34-final-fours-dies-at-82/ He was perhaps best known for being part of the legendary NBC crew with Dick Enberg and Al McGuire on college basketball broadcasts. Well, that and being partial to the ACC, perhaps understandably, given that he was a star at Wake Forest. Edited January 27 by laughedatbytime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 that was the best basketball tv team ever. packer and mcquire had great chemistry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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laughedatbytime Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, HemiBeers said: that was the best basketball tv team ever. packer and mcquire had great chemistry. McGuire always viewed himself as the big picture guy and seemed to have an innate sense of when momentum in a game would change, while Packer was more x's and o's, which was helpful in that regard. One thing about Packer I didn't really like was that he was continually discounting the Bird ISU team, saying they didn't belong in the upper echelon of the sport the year they went undefeated till the finals. That was a fun team to watch; most of the games were on regional public TV in Indiana. I still remember Bobby Heaton hitting a half court 2 pointer :) vs NM State to save the undefeated season and send the game into OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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