Raf...

[Bayside44]

Not sure if this was brought up anywhere but two hours of his full Boeheim bit was an absolute joy to listen to. Hope he lives a thousand years.

 

[rocklloyd]

Especially his creepy bit on Julie and teaching stroking

 

[Sherman20]

Not sure if this was brought up anywhere but two hours of his full Boeheim bit was an absolute joy to listen to. Hope he lives a thousand years.

Agree. Raf is the best college basketball commentator that ever lived. He was basically the voice of the Big East in the 80s and 90s. Send it in Jerome!

 

[Ajflood12]

Especially his creepy bit on Julie and teaching stroking

Haha. I heard that too. Wonder if he hears what he is saying as it comes out of his mouth.

 

[rrlbees]

Best in the biz

 

[cusefan88]

Raf has missed calling Cuse games you can tell. Was his vintage self for most of the evening.

 

[DPCuse]

Maybe I missed it but I was hoping to hear “Buddy from almost half court....ONIONS!”

 

[MikeSU02]

Not sure if this was brought up anywhere but two hours of his full Boeheim bit was an absolute joy to listen to. Hope he lives a thousand years.

He's got so many Cuse zingers (in a fun way) in his bag that he just unloads them when we get him.

Also gives me a bit of nostalgia, too. Love it.

 

[Geode]

Raf, Nantz, and a March beat down was good for the soul and brought back shades of the BE!

 

[cuseinseattle]

He is a national treasure. Loved when he was talking about buddy. He's warm don't touch him.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Man if I was an SDSU fan I’d be annoyed... Nantz was so obviously overjoyed whenever Buddy scored

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Man if I was an SDSU fan I’d be annoyed... Nantz was so obviously overjoyed whenever Buddy scored

It was probably a good thing the game went the way it did because I'm not sure how much material they had on SDSU. I really didn't learn much about them. Now Sunday's game is going to be epic. Us vs Huggy. Raf will be in full Big East mode.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Raf has missed calling Cuse games you can tell. Was his vintage self for most of the evening.

I think we have missed him calling our games more.

 

[hoopsupstate]

RAF doesnt get caught up in the technical stuff of the games. His enjoyment and sense of humor makes it an entertaining broadcast.

 

[GoSU96]

When SDSU won the tip I was very happy

 

[pearl31]

When SDSU won the tip I was very happy

i see what u did there

 

[Dinkyspond]

To me, he sounds no different than he did 10, 20 or 30 years ago, lost nothing on his fastball, just a joy to listen

 

[Mstumpy50]

Raf, Bilas and McDonough will FOREVER be my favorite broadcast team for any Cuse basketball game and it isn't even close. That said it was great to hear Raf on the call last night.

 

[rrlbees]

We get raf again tomorrow

 

[ElwoodJBlues]

I love when Bilas and McDonough start getting into late night Raf stories.

 

[sufandu]

RAF doesnt get caught up in the technical stuff of the games. His enjoyment and sense of humor makes it an entertaining broadcast.

He doesn't, but at the same time, points out subtle nuggets that help you understand the action. I miss him on Big Mondays.

 

[sufandu]

I loved his story about everybody showing up to watch SU play when JB (and some teammate of his named Bing) was on the freshman team and then leaving when the Varsity played.

 

[CorduroyG]

THE KISS!

 

[syrBossHogg]

This tournament has been great so far

-Cool Tourney site
-Raftery announcing our game
-Interesting opponents that we haven't played in a while

 

[Col. Bleep]

Raf, Bilas and McDonough will FOREVER be my favorite broadcast team for any Cuse basketball game and it isn't even close. That said it was great to hear Raf on the call last night.

Three person broadcast booths are usually too crowded.
But those 3 work.

Sean knows how to conduct the band.
Raf does his schtick...kind of like a friend with whom you went to the game.
Bilas does more hard analysis and also gets a bit involved in the fun.

Raf's best line last night was about Buddy:
He can play, he's got looks and a personality.
Wonder where he got that from.