F *** the BTN
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If you have an issue with Revsine calling NU games with any sort of bias, I am not sure what to say to you. I know Revver personally, and he has always said that he tries very hard not to be biased for NU in his studio work, and his game calls. So maybe he was being too careful? I think Dave is always very measured and fair, but I could never see him giving NU the short end of the stick.
There were two commmentators. Maybe it was the other guy. They had Indiana winning this game throughout, until Indiana wasn't winning , and even then, it was like they were dying for IU to come back. Constantly commenting that IU was depleted by 5 players. Ahead, even though depleted by 5 players, behind and gassed because they were depleted by 5 players. They just needed to mention it once, not 50 times. It was bad. Reminded me of listening to the opponents broadcasters for B1G football on Satellite radio. There you can understand the favoritism. the BTN represents everyone.
I watched the game on BTN.
I thought they were totally unbiased.
The announcers regularly reminded the viewer that Indiana was short players.
That was fairly significant information.
And yes Indiana got tired and had foul problems.
There was nothing anywhere close to Stephen Bardo's objecting to fouls called against Illinois.
I'm no Hoosier fan, and I completely agree with PWB's take on the broadcast. I thought Elmore's commentary was far from biased, and often provided real insight (uh, get the ball inside coach, tell Pete to stop shooting off balance fadeaways). To call Dave Revsine biased against us is the height of absurdity.
Indiana had 7 scholarship players available for the game, one of whom has played in 2 games this year. What were they supposed to talk about? If the announcers were biased, they would have been bitching about the flagrant 1 fouls called down the stretch. They both said that the calls should be made. . . and surprisingly they were!
If you're looking for something to complain about, how about our 3 point shooting? WTF was that? Some of the worst shots I've ever seen. We were lucky to win against a severely depleted opponent.
Indiana had 7 scholarship players available for the game, one of whom has played in 2 games this year. What were they supposed to talk about? If the announcers were biased, they would have been bitching about the flagrant 1 fouls called down the stretch. They both said that the calls should be made. . . and surprisingly they were!
If you're looking for something to complain about, how about our 3 point shooting? WTF was that? Some of the worst shots I've ever seen. We were lucky to win against a severely depleted opponent.
Let's be real. Other than one magical season, NU has pretty much been the doormat of the conference in basketball for as long as anyone working at that network has been alive. Everyone there has a connection to the BIG and so they grew up steeped in that tradition. Of course they are going to take a bit of a condescending tone toward Northwestern hoops. I really can't blame them. I'm always pleasantly surprised when one of them speaks about NU hoops in respectful terms, quite frankly.
I watched theme and didn't sense and undo bias. Yes they brought up the 5 suspended players story line which may have impacted the game but made the situation at IU questionable in that something serious happened to force a coach to suspend that many players. I only remember one time that they commented on IU's fan presence at the NU venue, though you could hear it every time they scored.
I'm usually pretty sensitive to biased broadcasts and I have certainly heard worse. Besides how many games has NU blown down the stretch? You can't blame them for such expectations.
I'm usually pretty sensitive to biased broadcasts and I have certainly heard worse. Besides how many games has NU blown down the stretch? You can't blame them for such expectations.
What were they supposed to do? Indiana was playing with only 7 scholarship players -- and we didn't run them out of the gym! It wasn't the prettiest game. Indiana was exhausted in the second half and bricks were abounding left and right. Very easy for a neutral fan to tune away to another game. By selling the comeback -- which let's be real, was 100% within the realm of possibility -- they kept an attractive game narrative going.
Also, if you'll allow yourself a moment to consider what happened last night as an unbiased fan, you'll see that 1) Revsine is top-2 pro-NU commentator on the network (the other being Demps) and 2) that the Hoosiers were still in the game was like something out of, well, Hoosiers...
Perhaps I'm just thin skinned, having been an NU fan for so long. My anti-NU bias antennae are frail from overuse.
There's also Andy Katz.
PWB secret - his daughter goes to NU and he's a fan of the school, like most paying parents.
Its funny because whenever Andy gets enthused about our team, we immediately tank.
I cringe when he praises us!
Just him, though.
Katz lived in my neighborhood and his daughter went to high school with my boys. They told me when she decided to attend Northwestern. I was happy that we would potentially have another high-profile NU fan in the media!
Yes, he's definitely made himself known on the NU Parents FB page lol.
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