I happened to be, um, in a class earlier that had a television in it, so I was watching Bobby Knight/Digger Phelps/Dick Vitale breaking down the Louisville-Carolina matchup. It’s not particularly interesting — we don’t really need these three guys to tell us how to actually watch basketball. Really the only thing funny about Sportscenter breaking down college basketball these days is Bob Knight’s face when he thinks he’s not being filmed. It’s some outrageously hysterical (at least to me) mix of “What the f*$% am I doing in this g%$^$& pink sweater?” combined with “G%^$& I wish I’d started playing golf earlier” and “Jesus F^#%&^# Christ, I bet Dick Vitale doesn’t even know what the f%^$ ‘X’s and O’s” even means.” It’s really quite congenial, in that crotchety old man kind of way.
Update: Yeah, I know. It’s tough to see Knight’s face here. I’m working on a screenshot, but my cable company sucks monkey satchel, so I have to rewatch Sportscenter to get it. Horse.
Update 2: Gosh! I was so lucky! ESPN replayed the same segment in what seemed like only an hour later! How fortuitous.
And one more just for good measure. Oh yes, Time Warner, I still hate your shitty HD.
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The sweater was for breast cancer awareness-a cause his wife champions
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/sports/ncaabasketball/29sandomir.html?ref=ncaabasketball