Worst ESPN broadcast ever.

[cliftonparksufan]

Finally had to mute it. JWill is the worst. And the producer of this broadcast is just as bad.

 

[Ragman2000]

Finally had to mute it. JWill is the worst. And the producer of this broadcast is just as bad.

Awful. No words for either of them. Yuck.

 

[tptcuse]

Finally had to mute it. JWill is the worst. And the producer of this broadcast is just as bad.

It was terrible. It is one thing to fluff when the blowout kicked in, but they were talking nonsense the entire first half when the game was close.

 

[ar inj]

That was two hours of blanking obnoxious Duke ship!

 

[CU44SE]

Announcers don’t usually bother me. Take them or leave them. Usually talking to myself over them anyways. But tonight was gross, they were awful. Thoroughly unenjoyable broadcast.

 

[NorSyr66]

Hands down ...it was horrible. And not on a few things, on the WHOLE thing. On top of that my ESPN feed here in NC dropped for about 3 minutes of game time. Checked other TVs, turned them off aand back on, even started rebooting one. Then it come back and we were down by 17

 

[cusefan88]

Jay Williams should not have been assigned a Duke game. Idk why ESPN did that.

 

[Newhouser]

Horrible on every level. Not exaggerating possibly the worst broadcast ever.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

That was two hours of blanking obnoxious Duke ship!

No objectivity at all. Hope they don't claim to ever be true journalists. It was like watching a documentary. Instead of Christian Laettner, we got the privilege of see old man Scheyer's punchable face on a loop.

 

[Brooky03]

Perplexing

 

[FloridaCuse]

Jay Williams should not have been assigned a Duke game. Idk why ESPN did that.

Jay Williams should not be assigned to ANY game. He's awful to listen to. I don't understand why he's still employed by ESPN.

 

[SU91]

Duke and UNC ARE the ACC. We are nothing. Hence the coverage.

 

[Owens guy]

Jay Williams should not have been assigned a Duke game. Idk why ESPN did that.

ESPN could have at least had JB and Sean McDonough on ESPN2 to give Syracuse fans an option besides listening to the Duke broadcast.

 

[Sbucketball]

What do you guys think Syracuse's record is over the past 2.5 seasons for games played on ESPN or ESPN2? Actually, don't tell me. I don't want to know.

 

[Goin' Deep]

Oh come on...you mean the sideline reporter in the stands eating snacks with little kids...split screen as the game was being played??

 

[MSOrange]

Oh come on...you mean the sideline reporter in the stands eating snacks with little kids...split screen as the game was being played??

That just infuriated me. I can't tell you how many times I have shouted at ESPN broadcasts over the years to "SHOW THE GAME." They are always missing action with that nonsense or showing the crowd or coaches after baskets. One would think after missing so much action over the years, they'd learn. But I guess not. At least it was split screen this time on the bright side, I guess.

 

[Fly Rodder]

The video production was awful, but the commentators and sideline reporter were terrible. It was thoroughly unwatchable if you weren't a Duke fan, and even then it probably wasn't good. I turned the game off in the second and listened to the radio broadcast.

 

[djdan]

Finally had to mute it. JWill is the worst. And the producer of this broadcast is just as bad.

Could not agree more. ESPN continues its descent into wall-to-wall garbage. I though Jay Williams was horrible in the studio. Little did I know he's even worse doing a game. Really enjoyed how he referenced himself as "two-time player of the year" in case anyone had forgotten. Also really liked how he answered the question of who the best team in the country is by naming about 9 teams including Duke. His knowledge of where hips and elbows should be positioned for maximum efficiency was spellbinding as well. What broke me though was when he said of Judah Mintz, "that's why he's one of the best defenders in the country." I went to bed shortly thereafter.

 

[djdan]

Could not agree more. ESPN continues its descent into wall-to-wall garbage. I though Jay Williams was horrible in the studio. Little did I know he's even worse doing a game. Really enjoyed how he referenced himself as "two-time player of the year" in case anyone had forgotten. Also really liked how he answered the question of who the best team in the country is by naming about 9 teams including Duke. His knowledge of where hips and elbows should be positioned for maximum efficiency was spellbinding as well. What broke me though was when he said of Judah Mintz, "that's why he's one of the best defenders in the country." I went to bed shortly thereafter.

Oh and I almost forgot. Mark Mitchell is apparently the greatest basketball player of all time.

 

[corpjet]

Much like our second half meltdown, would like to forget about it all.

 

[MadNY3]

The video production was awful, but the commentators and sideline reporter were terrible. It was thoroughly unwatchable if you weren't a Duke fan, and even then it probably wasn't good. I turned the game off in the second and listened to the radio broadcast.

What was wrong with the video production?

 

[Fly Rodder]

What was wrong with the video production?

they weren't showing the game. Replays were slow or non-existent. Too much fluff, not enough game.

 

[RyanCuse44]

Jay Williams should not have been assigned a Duke game. Idk why ESPN did that.

and be allowed on ESPN either. he's horrible.

 

[Bayside44]

What was wrong with the video production?

Dunno if this is pinned on "video production" but plenty of times I'd like to see a reply and instead they showed an easy bucket from prior plays or cut to the fans in the stand crap.

Like - for instance - Q got called for a charge (I thought he walked) but I thought the Duke flop was inside the arc. There was a time when the broadcast would've looked at that one.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Dunno if this is pinned on "video production"

Yeah, I didn't know what else to call it, but who ever was directing the show from the truck was too busy playing on their phone and not interested in the game.