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Billy Packer is king of the ****. I am hopeful that his career is OVAH.

He should've been gone LONG before that incident ever occurred. He had gotten to the point where he thought he was bigger than the games he was supposed to be calling.

Hopefully, nobody will be dumb enought ot hire that windbag after this.

Good for Packer for calling the Kansas game at half time the game was over ...... the network suits wanted viewers to continue to watch a game that had already been lost --- scuw them

At least they did not replace him with that gasbag Raftery!

Larry B, he may have made the right call. Still, you don't bite the hand that feeds you. The man came to believe that he mattered when he didn't. I won't miss him.

Stranger -- you are probably right. The announcer who did game 5 in the NBA finals made the same mistake when he called the game for the lakers in the first helf when they led boston by 20 --- only to have the Celtics come back and win the game that turned the entire playoffs in Boston;s favor, and let them win in 6.

Who's worse, Billy Packer or Larry Merchant?

And the Mid-Major schools celebrated with songs, and carbonated non-alcoholic beverages, and with much rejoicing. No longer would they be forced into the shadows, hidden from the world by the 9th best ACC team come tournament time. The Evil One was leaving.

At least Billy was Billy....not some goofball riding a 30 year old schtick to death. Why couldn't Vitale be the one to get "T.O. BABY" ?

The fact that the team he hates with a passion, UNC, had some small part in him getting fired is sweet justice!

But he was right... it was over.

Every school felt he hated them...that was Billy. But as far as calling the game...the guy had insight. No one else offers that. So if you want to mindlessly rah, rah your team, congratulations you're now down to fluff and hype. For those of us who might have been interested in unabashed candor, defensive schemes and coaching strategies...prepare for a dumbed down version of the game....fluff and hype.
Rah, rah Go team go!

This is a long time over due, He has been very negative towards the ACC and even more so against UNC. I wish him well in his 'retirement' and hope that his departure from CBS includes all games with Jefferson Pilot as well.

Who cares?

Who cares? This is no story. Find something else to write about.

Thank You God!

I can't believe some of you ACC fans are actually saying he was negative toward your teams. That is so far from the truth. One of the biggest problems people had with him is his bias toward the ACC and Duke and Carolina. If you talk to Duke fans they will tell you he loved UNC and vice versa.

Packer always thought he knew more than everyone else. When your in the position he was in, even if you think that, you cant let others know you think that way.

I'm glad Packer is gone, I just dont know how good Clark Kellogg will be. Jim Nantz is money though.

RightasRain, no-one disputes the man had insight. Most people had problems with him when he stopped analyzing games and started acting like collage basketball deity.

Gus Johnson should announce everything in life.