The 10 best announcer calls of the NCAA Tournament's first day
There weren't any fans in the stands, but Bill Raftery and his CBS co-workers brought the energy with these calls.
Without any fans in the stands, the early games of the NCAA Tournament have lacked a certain energy. We’ve seen buzzer beaters and upsets, but without an audience to erupt in excitement, it just hasn’t been the same viewing experience.
Because of that, there’s even more pressure on CBS’s commentators to fill in the gaps and try to add some energy to the broadcasts. Luckily for college basketball fans, we had some excitable announcers calling the games on Friday.
Jim Nantz, Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Kevin Harlan and others provided us with plenty of energy throughout the day. To celebrate that, we’ve picked out the 10 best calls of the day…