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NCAA Tournament Announcer Pairings Set; We Rank Them Arbitrarily

CBS has set the announcing duos for the NCAA Tournament, which tips off NEXT WEEK (!!!!). Here they are, ranked from best (aka "please, god, let these two call my game") to worst (aka "eh, this is bad, but at least it's not Mike Patrick-Dick Vitale"):

  1. Gus Johnson and Len Elmore. Best play-by-play man with perfectly adequate and not-annoying analyst.
  2. Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery. Verne doesn't know what's going on half the time, but he's still somewhat likable and Raftery remains totally awesome.
  3. Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas. Same rationale as previous pairing, but Bilas is still a notch below Raftery on the awesome scale.
  4. Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel. Both are pretty good, neither is great.
  5. Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner. See: Previous.
  6. Spero Dedes and Bob Wenzel. I'm not sure who you two are, but I know I don't dislike either of you.
  7. Tim Brando and Mike Gminsk. Brando's fairly insufferable and the G-Man is just awkward. Sometimes in a likable way, sometimes in a press-mute way.
  8. Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg. CBS's No. 1 pair managed to get worse when they replaced Packer with Kellogg. 

Again: These rankings are science and you simply cannot argue the validity of any of them. I dare you to try!

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"WE GOT A STAR IN THE MOTOR CITY!"

is going on my tombstone. thank you Gus Johnson.

by hawksdawgs on Mar 10, 2010 12:22 PM EST reply actions  

"HE JUST SUCKED THE GRAVITY... RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING!"

Will be going on mine. Although, if I were to be shot in the head, I might just go with “RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES!”

God Bless Kevin Harlan.

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by Tom Martin on Mar 10, 2010 1:03 PM EST reply actions  

has a #1 seeded announcer ever lost in the first round?

by ivan24 on Mar 10, 2010 1:10 PM EST reply actions  

Pair #3

rates “please god, DON’T let them call my team’s games” on my annoyance index.

"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke

by MtnEer_in_SC on Mar 10, 2010 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

Where is Craig Bollerjack??

He has done CBS games for a long time and is very good.

by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 11, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions  

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