DC Native wrote:

They were both bad, but Lunardi was worse for me. In years past, I would have put it on mute and listened to Byron Kerr on the radio, but if GW games are still on the radio, I haven't figured out on what station.

I believe WRGW broadcasts the games on the radio, although that may only be home games

GW73, I was not commenting about Feinstein the author or reporter, or even Feinstein the GW basketball historian.  I fully recognize that he has been great towards GW (though I wish he would have done a bit more in response to Kilgore's article, but the same can be said of everyone within the post's sports department).  Feinstein brought us into the BB&T tournament and its previous versions, and made sure he kept us in it until Georgetown took over the event.  I do not mean to sound ungrateful about any of this when it comes to my post.  I was commenting very specifically about Feinstein, the color analyst.  This will always boil down to a matter of personal opinion and preference, I do realize.  So in my opinion, I find him "on-air" to be a bit full of himself, not at all funny or entertaining, and ill-equipped to explain the true nuances of the sport.  There is no doubting that the man has an encyclopedic knowledge of college basketball; I would like to see more of that come out.  By the way, I am not basing my opinion on solely last week's VCU game.  I've heard John call maybe a dozen games, including CAA games that don't involve GW.  Am happy to agree to disagree about his broadcasting skills but when I listen to him announce a game, I find myself cringing at least several times throughout a telecast.

Gwmayhem wrote:

GW73, I was not commenting about Feinstein the author or reporter, or even Feinstein the GW basketball historian.  I fully recognize that he has been great towards GW (though I wish he would have done a bit more in response to Kilgore's article, but the same can be said of everyone within the post's sports department).  Feinstein brought us into the BB&T tournament and its previous versions, and made sure he kept us in it until Georgetown took over the event.  I do not mean to sound ungrateful about any of this when it comes to my post.  I was commenting very specifically about Feinstein, the color analyst.  This will always boil down to a matter of personal opinion and preference, I do realize.  So in my opinion, I find him "on-air" to be a bit full of himself, not at all funny or entertaining, and ill-equipped to explain the true nuances of the sport.  There is no doubting that the man has an encyclopedic knowledge of college basketball; I would like to see more of that come out.  By the way, I am not basing my opinion on solely last week's VCU game.  I've heard John call maybe a dozen games, including CAA games that don't involve GW.  Am happy to agree to disagree about his broadcasting skills but when I listen to him announce a game, I find myself cringing at least several times throughout a telecast.

Thanks. That makes too much sense.

I get frustrated with broadcasters doing GW games who have little knowledge of GW. Too many don't do any homework.  Or color guys who barely can say anything more than things such as ... "he needs to take a good shot" ... "he has to make these free throws"... "that was a nice shot" and on and on stating the obvious. Then there is misinformation such as not knowing one GW player from another.
 

GW73, to your point, Lunardi also made reference to a number of past GW players, including Mike Brown, Yinka, Yegor, and even Nimbo Hammons.  I agree that it's great when analysts can recall a bit about a program's past.

WisconsinColonial2021, fully agree.  I've enjoyed most of his books. A Season on the Brink was the sport's "Ball Four" as far as I'm concerned.  Wrote a fantastic tennis book, several great golf books, etc.  I think I'll also have a bias towards a former player or coach in the analyst's role for that's who I stand to learn the most from.   

jf wrote:

Wasn't Feinstein doing it with Chick Hernandez?
Part of it might be doing a meaningless game with two older guys joking and reminiscing on a Monday afternoon in January.
  Feinstein knows GW basketball (and knows what happened with ML and could have offered a more full-throated defense of him) and indeed, is one of the few who cares.
Lunardi also knows a bit, but is just plain weird and St. Joe's biased when he doesn't have his NCAA thing (and sometimes when he does). And the inside jokes (was it Lunardo mentioning Nimbo Hammons?) and lack of knowledge of what happened was certainly annoying.
Might have been better with The Hawk on the broadcast.

Didn't know Chick Hernandez had been a manager of GW basketball. That's pretty cool. And yes, Lunardi can be strange, but I wouldn't expect much more from somebody who spends that much time focused on brackets. Although, he gets a few gold stars, as any broadcaster should, for Yinka, Sasha and Nimbo mentions.

Wanted to a second the shoutout to Byron Kerr, he’s great