Awful Announcing Podcast

AA Podcast Episode 40 - Jay Bilas

06.26.2019 - By Awful AnnouncingPlay

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4:42 - His basketball camp wrapping up and if they've had to change their approach with how basketball has changed

7:40 - When did he first start to play and then grow to love basketball?

9:55 - Did basketball ever come easy to him?

11:20 - Life as a Duke player vs life as a Duke Coach (both under Coach K)

14:00 - What was Jay Bilas outside of basketball like?

16:45 - Did he think he'd be a full-time coach and pursue it as a career once he started in 1990?

18:42 - Was there any anxiety in becoming a basketball analyst? (Two-part answer)

21:28 - If there was a moment where he finally felt comfortable knowing he could be good at this job

24:10 - Understanding how to be a good analyst for television - perception of his role as an analyst/commentator

28:00 - On the realization of "you can't please everybody" and having fun with social media trolls

29:15 - Reminiscing over the 2015 Elite 8 broadcast between Arizona and Illinois

33:30 - When did the Young Jeezy daily lyric tweets start to become really popular?

35:35 - The impact of the California bill that would allow college athletes to be compensated for their own name/image/likeness and the NCAA's fight against it

39:14 - Will there ever be a time where the NCAA stops this fight and hypocrisy against student athletes?

45:24 - Would he like to see the "draft process" go away, since it doesn't allow rookies to decide where they'd like to play?

45:43 - Prouder moment: 94 feet with his son, or his son being featured on "Bad Beats" with SVP? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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