Jay Bilas-isms....Why I miss Jim Healy

by alcor805 on Jan 10, 2007 7:39 PM PST

I was reading the Sean Salisbury article on joesportsfan.com when I came across this gem:

Stupid Quotes From Jay Bilas

"I don't think that the players in this game, are ever going to play in a bigger game than Duke - North Carolina. There may be games with more on the line, such as the Final 4 or the National Championship...you are judged as a player by how you play in this rivalry." - Jay Bilas insinuating that a Duke-North Carolina game is "bigger" than the National Championship for the players.
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"Throw out the RPI, that doesn't mean anything to me. Look at the RPI Top 50 wins." - Jay Bilas, comparing the tournament resumes of Bradley and Seton Hall

To clarify: RPI means nothing, but the record versus the teams who have high RPI's is extremely important. Makes perfect sense.
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"You also have to watch out for Wichita State and Seton Hall. If Seton Hall were to beat Wichita State, that would be a seed upset." - Jay Bilas on the 2006 Tournament game between #10 seed Seton Hall and #7 seed Wichita St.

That was the latest lesson in Jay Bilas' class entitled "7 is a lower number than 10".
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bilas"Minneapolis is the nightmare region of this year's NCAA Tournament...Villanova goes into the tournament with some uncertainty...Nevada (is) a very dangerous team...and Boston College (is) a real threat to reach the Final Four because they're an angry team...down at the bottom of the bracket, teams like Oklahoma, Ohio State, and Florida (are) more than capable of reaching the Final Four...but you've got to watch out for the upset minded teams: teams like Wisconsin Milwaukee (and) Northern Iowa - a Giant Killer...and I'll give you a sleeper, Georgetown a sleeper to reach the Elite Eight and possibly the Final Four." - Jay Bilas during one segment on the Sunday Sportscenter

For those keeping score, in the Minneapolis region Bilas wanted to keep an eye on the following teams - Villanova, Nevada, Boston College, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Florida, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Northern Iowa and Georgetown. In other words, pretty much everyone

Back in the old days Jim Healy would have humiliated idiots like Jay Bilas.

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Healy

To paraphrase a great Bruin, "I want every man, woman and child" to click on the link to Jim Healy and listen to all those bits.

We got stuff like that every night at 5:30. Healy would indeed have skewered all the pompous talking heads who just utter gibberish over the airways. He took on "Silvertip Stu," the "KO Kid" (Olberman), Ed "Superfan" Beiler and many, many more. He even took on a few hallowed names.

And there are so many more targets today, given the dilution of talent and the proliferation of "color men" who have nothing to say and go right ahead and say it.

Those of you in the younger generation have been deprived of listening to a massive talent.

by Fox 71 on Jan 10, 2007 8:23 PM PST reply actions

A classic post

Good work, I really enjoyed that.

by rfirpo on Jan 11, 2007 8:29 AM PST reply actions

If you recall,

Jay Bilas was the one commentator in the Nation who refused to rank UCLA #1 in the country over the past 5 weeks. He just couldn't bear to see the Bruins on top so he continually rated North Carolina and Florida ahead of the Bruins, and sometimes even Ohio St.

So stern is Bilas in his apparent hatred for UCLA that the official ESPN Power 16 page had to make this comment in week # 7 "Bruins continue to sweep non-Bilas first-place votes"

Though I do like former players as commentators, Bilas is so pro-ACC and other ESPN conferences that he loses his credibility. He'd actually be a better commentator if he didn't attend Duke.

by rfirpo on Jan 11, 2007 8:42 AM PST reply actions

Bilas is a tool

If he can't acknowledge UCLA because he played in the ACC he is then an absolute tool. Also, to bad that his Duke team sucks! Duke reminds me of Norte Dame football, boy I hate them both!!!!

by abby8065 on Jan 11, 2007 8:53 AM PST reply actions

Amazing

For a guy who was born & raised in the LA area, and grew up watching UCLA domination, it's amazing the heavy bias Bilas has toward the Bruins...maybe he hasn't yet gotten over not being recruited by us. Can't imagine why UCLA wouldn't want a 4 year starter with an 8.6 points per game average.

by Bruin84 on Jan 11, 2007 9:05 AM PST reply actions