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The 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament concludes Monday night when the Michigan Wolverines meet the UConn Huskies for the national championship. Ian Eagle, Bill Raferty, and Grant Hill will be on the call, but we’ve heard from a handful of different announcing teams during the tournament. We asked Awful Announcing readers to weigh in on the…
At 82, 84, or however old Bill Raftery is at this point in his career, the iconic college basketball announcer sounds like he found the fountain of youth. While most networks begin to phase broadcasters out in their 70s, Raftery was promoted to the lead college basketball booth for CBS, calling his first Final Four…
College basketball fans will spend a season complaining about what NIL and the transfer portal have done to the product, but when the NCAA tournament rolls around, they start to view the sport the way Bill Raftery always does. Raftery joined the latest episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast to discuss the NCAA men’s tournament…
Beloved college basketball announcer and formed head coach Bill Raftery has seen everything in 30-plus years of March Madness. Sunday night’s incredible finish between the Duke Blue Devils and UConn Huskies, however, nearly finished him. A video of Blll Raftery’s reaction to UConn freshman Braylon Mullins hitting a 40-foot 3-point with just 0.4 seconds remaining […] The post Bill Raftery Had A Hilariously Stunned Reaction To UConn’s Game-Winning Shot: ‘We Almost Lost Bill Raftery!’ appeared first on BroBible.
Bill Raftery and Grant Hill might’ve been the most stunned of all the patrons inside Capitol One Arena.
Many shining moments later, the 2026 NCAA Men’s Tournament is almost over. Only four teams remain, which means only one broadcasting crew is still on the call. However, college basketball fans got to experience the calls and analysis from several different announcers, commentators, and reporters throughout March Madness. And now, we want to know how Read more... The post Grade the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament announcers appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Bill Raftery, Grant Hill have best reaction watching Braylon Mullins complete 'utterly impossible' UConn comeback sportingnews.com
Bill Raftery looked like he was about to have a panic attack as he sat courtside for the drama-filled ending to Sunday’s Duke-UConn NCAA Tournament game. 1-seed Duke was just 10 seconds away from making the Final Four over 2-seed UConn when disaster struck the Blue Devils inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. With … The post Bill Raftery was in a state of shock while calling UConn game-winner over Duke appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
The Connecticut Huskies erased a 19-point deficit to stun the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils with a 73-72 victory in the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight on Sunday to advance to the Final Four. UConn’s Braylon Mullins nailed a last-second three-pointer from the logo on a chaotic possession that created an instant March Madness classic. UCONN Read more... The post CBS Sports studio crews went nuts during UConn’s stunning win over Duke appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The television schedule for the 2026 NCAA Tournament men’s Final Four was revealed on Sunday after the conclusion of the Elite Eight games. It’s rather simple for this round of games. Each Final Four game will be available on TNT Sports networks: TBS, TNT, and truTV. Additionally, the games will stream on NCAA March Madness Read more... The post Here’s the 2026 NCAA Tournament Final Four TV schedule appeared first on Awful Announcing.
This interview originally appeared in the Friday edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything you need to know about the sports media world. Ahead of tonight’s loaded East Regional featuring Duke, St. John’s, Michigan State, Read more... The post Tracy Wolfson on star-studded East Regional, sideline reporters having a moment, and Bill Raftery’s fabled nightcaps appeared first on Awful Announcing.
On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews college basketball broadcasting legend Bill Raftery. Brandon and Bill discuss a wide range of topics including working March Madness, why Bill was unable to trademark “onions,” Bill still loving his job and not slowing down at 82 (or is he 82), and more. Read more... The post AA Podcast: Bill Raftery on March Madness, onions, not slowing down, and more appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The 82-year-old remains on top of his game. The post ‘Onions!’ and All: Bill Raftery Still Steals March Madness appeared first on Front Office Sports.
Death, taxes and the legendary Bill Raftery sending social media into a frenzy with his over-the-top calls at the announce table. The former Fairleigh Dickinson–Madison and Seton Hall basketball head coach called today’s thrilling showdown between TCU and Ohio State, alongside Ian Eagle and Basketball Hall of Famer Grant Hill. Bill Raftery has developed quite …
If you’ve worked with Bill Raftery, you have a good drinking story with the legendary announcer, which John Fanta and his wife can attest to. Fanta joined this week’s episode of SI Media with Jimmy Traina to discuss his career and the NCAA Tournament. And Fanta, who calls NBA and college basketball games for NBC, Read more... The post Bill Raftery joke had John Fanta’s wife worried he was necking with a bartender appeared first on Awful Announcing.
