Turner Sports/CBS had a rather awesome idea for the Final Four: one channel has Jim Nantz, Steve Kerr, and Greg Anthony calling the game -- you know, as always -- and one channel is equipped for fans of the individual teams. For example, for Wisconsin/Kentucky, there are Wisconsin-specific announcers like Wayne Larrivee on truTV and Kentucky-specific announcers like Rex Chapman on TBS.
The team-specific Final Four announcers on TBS/truTV made some people angry
There are homer announcers on two stations that are supposed to be homers. People on the internet are BAFFLED by this phenomenon.
People on the internet did NOT understand this phenomenon:
Charles Barkley had his say, calling these idiotic people... well, he called them idiots.:
Lotsa Bo Ryan cutaways on TruTV teamcast.Coach Calipari is virtually invisible.Wildcats teamcast reading Tweets from past KY stars: not 4 me
— Dennis Deninger (@DDeninger) April 6, 2014 #trutv terrible coverage and announcers. And what's with the 18 shots of Uconn coach and not one of FL?
— Kip Patrick (@kippat) April 6, 2014 i must be watching a local Kentucky station....
— Greta Van Susteren (@gretawire) April 6, 2014 @gretawire The guy on #TNT just said he's getting so many tweets about him being biased. He admitted he's a Wildcat fan.
— Patrick S. (@ReaganTMan) April 6, 2014 @TNT your commentators for the second game are biased. Nothing good to say about #Badgers
— Lisa Poole (@OCCheesehead) April 6, 2014 If you are a #Badgers fan turn it to TNT, TBS announcers are crap. #OnWisconsin
— Nitetrain (@Nitetrain_1) April 6, 2014 We get It CBS/TNT you want Kentucky. Go Bucky!!! #FinalFour #Badgers
— Erik Grinde (@egrinde) April 6, 2014 Chapman and bromley need to shut their blue Kentucky mouths! You do not know how to announce! #tnt #NCAAMarchMadness2014 #FinalFour #Badgers
— phyllis radunzaustin (@phyllismaustin) April 6, 2014 Maybe TNT could show the #Wisconsin bench after the Badgers score.
— Ann Wallack (@annwallack) April 6, 2014 Can TNT be any more pro Kentucky right now? Go Wisconsin #Badgers #Badgersfinal4
— Mark Wiggins (@mdub87) April 6, 2014 Can these announcers get any more biased for Ky.?! #TNT #FinalFour #Badgers
— Illini Steph (@IlliniSteph) April 6, 2014 TNT coverage of the Final 4 is horrible. Rex Chapman, is rooting, on air, for the frickin' Wildcats! He should be yanked. On Wisconsin!
— Bob Fregolle (@BFregolle) April 6, 2014 #tntfinalfour the broadcast is bull s#!t. It's the Kentucky show. Sorry Wisconsin TNT doesn't know your team is playing too. GO WISCONSIN.
— Michael Moore (@CiGar4me) April 6, 2014 TNT is all over Kentucky's nuts. They have yet to talk about anything to do with Wisconsin. Isn't Wisconsin winning?
— BMK (@Bigmankyle14) April 6, 2014 Watching TNT coverage of Wisconsin & UK. Apparently Wisconsin did not show up, cuz not one word about them I past 5 minutes. All UK.
— Steve Smith (@AcefcspSteve) April 6, 2014 Even Detlef Schrempf couldn't figure it out!
Is it just me or is somebody announcing the Kentucky vs Wisconsin game not quite objective? Come on TNT.
— Detlef Schrempf (@Dschrempf) April 6, 2014 The vast majority of these, as you'll notice, are people on TNT that should be on truTV, rather than the other way around, because, well, nobody knows where/what truTV is.
But of course, the capper: PEOPLE WHO WANTED THE BIG BANG THEORY
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