ESPN's SEC Basketball Preview

by blue kentucky girl on Oct 26, 2008 5:37 PM EDT

Anyone else catch this show? I was so excited to stumble across it, but WOW what a mess. Adrian Branch was previewing Kentucky's upcoming season and was talking about all the experience we'd have returning, said we'd have "Joey Crawford" coming back--I kept hitting back on the dvr seeing if I was just misunderstanding him, but no. I thought maybe he just misspoke and meant Jodie Meeks--since they didn't mention Meeks' name even ONCE which is insane anyway--but the player in the clip playing as he mentioned "Joey" was Derrick Jasper. Who transferred. Sigh. I am not one of the ESPN-haters, but they cannot think that Kentucky basketball fans won't notice this stuff : )

Just thought I'd share in case anyone was in the mood for some "the media hate us!!" angst.

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joey crawford

i literally sat there laughing for 5 minutes straight when the guy said that joey crawford was coming back and that he had a good summer shooting the ball. haha wtf i think he was talking about meeks right? idk thats ridiculous

by hummer11092 on Oct 26, 2008 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I caught that too

Also, apparently Patterson is awaiting some new hardware since was “Co-Player” of the Year, although that slip is a little more understandable.

I watched a bit of the other previews and noticed a number of other similar goofs on other teams, mostly in regards to who was and wasn’t coming back – I think Adrian just needs to take better notes during his prep. ;-)

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by JLeverenz on Oct 26, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions

Heard about it.

Pathetic case of sports journalism malpractice.

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by Glenn Logan on Oct 26, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions

no excuse for being stupid…. other than that… “I got nothin”

by kyguystuckinvirginia on Oct 26, 2008 11:49 PM EDT reply actions

As a member of television broadcasters

and an avid SEC supporter I am disgusted. I did’t see the segment but if it is as bad as described that is inexcusable. Lowers the credibility of ESPN and broadcasters in general. That dope should be removed. I would be willing to take one for the team and assume his role so that the viewers of ESPN can get accurate infrormation about the best conference in the nation.

Okay, I got some bias issues to work on but with a new wardrobe and new car I believe I can overcome that obstacle.

In all seriousness, it is a sad commentary when someone is paid to report an accurate analysis of something and fails to communicate to the viewer that information. Instead of an actual team preview it turns out to be a yukfest of errors and misinformation. Truly pathetic.

by bluecrip on Oct 27, 2008 3:41 AM EDT reply actions