Originally Posted by
gam7
Right - it would be like saying that Ray Jackson called the timeout that Michigan didn't have in the 1993 final. And it's not like Hayward was playing in the game, in which case, you could understand if he just mixed up his pre-game notes in his head between Mack and Hayward.
I give announcers a ton of leeway - they have voices constantly in their ears, may be trying to keep score to some extent themselves, and are trying to stay on target with what's on the video feed/on-screen graphics, so they usually have a lot going on. But he didn't seem to misspeak in this case. He was very deliberate and Marv-esque in delivering that piece of information. And he didn't correct himself until after the commercial break, during which the producer or director probably told him he got it wrong. It was really an embarrassing mistake. I don't think I am overstating it by saying that it was one of the most iconic moments in recent college basketball history. Come on, Marv.
It kind of reminds me of when Brian Davis made the 3/4 court pass to Danny Ferry for the turnaround jumper to beat UK in the Regional Finals in one of the greatest games in college basketball history.
“Those two kids, they’re champions,” Krzyzewski said of his senior leaders. “They’re trying to teach the other kids how to become that, and it’s a long road to become that.”