Filed under: ESPN Brain Farts | Tags: DeMarre Carroll, ESPN, Hubert Davis, J.T. Tiller, Keon Lawrence
Last week I was watching ESPN and happened upon a college basketball show. I’m not sure if it was halftime of a game or what, but Jay Williams and Hubert Davis were picking one team to watch in each conference. To my surprise, Hubert Davis picked Mizzou as his team in the Big 12.
I was having a great time, basking in the praise…until Hubert began to explain why.
He said that he likes Mizzou because they have “Keon Lawrence and Leo Lyons, 6-8 guys who can score and rebound” and then went on to name JT Tiller as one of the best point guards in the Big 12, and a guy who can really control floor.
Hmm…seems to me that Keon Lawrence is a guard who is currently sitting in street clothes for Seton Hall. It seems to me that he meant DeMarre Carroll. It seems to me that JT Tiller (though a good guard) is a defensive shooting guard. Finally, it seems to me that anyone, even a casual fan, who has watched the Tigers even for a half this season, would know that JT is a defensive minded off-guard and that DeMarre is a big 6-8 guy who can score or rebound.
I think it is rational to believe Hubert Davis, a “college basketball expert,” has not watched Mizzou this year and doesn’t know anything about the team. Why he would decide to make a fool out himself and pretend like he knows the team is simply odd.
The two comments he made about Mizzou are completely false, and I would guess he makes false statements about other currently non-spotlight programs, I personally just do not know because I am only fan of Mizzou.
Do your job Hubert. Congratulations, you played basketball at UNC. However, you are clearly not qualified to be an analyst. I find it hard to believe that ESPN can’t find someone better than a 6′5 former Tar Heel and middle of the road NBA player whose analysis consists of misreading an old roster.
Had to get that off my chest. Go Tigers.
-Greg M.
