Bill Walton

[Lennys Tap]

Thought Walton was great tonight. He really knows and respects Marquette's history. I know Maurice Lucas was Luke Walton's godfather - sounds like Bill is still a fan.

[rocky_warrior]

He's terrible as a basketball color guy.

But I know why people like him as a story teller.  Leave it for the documentaries.

[79Warrior]

Thought Walton was great tonight. He really knows and respects Marquette's history. I know Maurice Lucas was Luke Walton's godfather - sounds like Bill is still a fan.

Bill is unique. Not your typical color guy. I personally like him quite a bit.

[Silent Verbal]

Walton talked a lot about Al on the broadcast, so I can see why some on this board would've hated it.  But he respects MU's history, said a lot of great things about the current team, and got on the refs for calling so many fouls on us.  *And* he was not particularly a homer for UCLA.  He may be a kook, but that's his thing and I'm willing to cut him some slack.

[brewcity77]

He's terrible as a basketball color guy.

But I know why people like him as a story teller.  Leave it for the documentaries.

He's a terrible color guy, but I did appreciate the amount of Marquette history he shared. That's the least he's ever bothered me. Trashing the terrible refs didn't hurt either.

[rocky_warrior]

Walton talked a lot about Al on the broadcast, so I can see why some on this board would've hated it. 

What? 

[Mr. Nielsen]

Walton is always must see tv for me. He is funny with Dave Pasch on ESPN. Never talks about the game. Gets rough when watching your own team. Great when it's two teams you don't care about.

Much love for Marquette tonight. Heck, Major Goolsbys made it in!

[5DollarPitcher]

He was right about the refs - they were awful.

[Silent Verbal]

I also liked when the PBP guy called out Wojo's ass for never having won an NCAA Tournament game.  That was a real nice touch, a salient point that does not get brought up enough on MU broadcasts.

[Mr. Nielsen]

I also liked when the PBP guy called out Wojo's ass for never having won an NCAA Tournament game.  That was a real nice touch, a salient point that does not get brought up enough on MU broadcasts.

That was Ted Robinson. Almost got the Brewers job.

[MUHoopsFan2]

I also liked when the PBP guy called out Wojo's ass for never having won an NCAA Tournament game.  That was a real nice touch, a salient point that does not get brought up enough on MU broadcasts.

Yeah we always whine about Coach Wojo after a loss...calm down. No one says anything positive after a win.

Sometimes the other team plays better.

[MUHoopsFan2]

Walton is always must see tv for me. He is funny with Dave Pasch on ESPN. Never talks about the game. Gets rough when watching your own team. Great when it's two teams you don't care about.

Much love for Marquette tonight. Heck, Major Goolsbys made it in!

Walton is the best...love his off the cuff commentary. You can tell he loves the game and makes you happy watching it.

[MUHoopsFan2]

He's a terrible color guy, but I did appreciate the amount of Marquette history he shared. That's the least he's ever bothered me. Trashing the terrible refs didn't hurt either.

No he's not....you are delusional. He just as a different take like a buddy watching the game! He is not terrible...he is himself which I think is refreshing and is kind of funny and goofy in a entertaining way and he is spot on when he wants to get technical.

Maybe he would be hard to take seriously if he was your color guy every night...but every once in a while, it's like 'lets see what Walton has to say this game' kind of vibe. I like that. Good stuff.

Besides was a magnificent basketball player back in the day when i saw him at UCLA and his early years in Portland. I saw him when I was in San Diego jogging in Balboa Park and said hey Big Bill and although he was working out hard and sweating too time to say hello, I appreciated that and I have never spoke or bothered a athlete every again if I saw them in public.

Seem like a cool dude that overcame the same stammering issue I had once and is a good analyst.

[MUHoopsFan2]

Thought Walton was great tonight. He really knows and respects Marquette's history. I know Maurice Lucas was Luke Walton's godfather - sounds like Bill is still a fan.

Absolutely...another reason i like him. Him and Maurice Lucas was a great front line...

[BCHoopster]

He's a terrible color guy, but I did appreciate the amount of Marquette history he shared. That's the least he's ever bothered me. Trashing the terrible refs didn't hurt either.

Once in awhile it is nice to listen to somebody that is different.  How many times can you listen to Bilas and Vitale, boring after awhile.  Walton new more history on MU
then any color commentator ever.  The production was on top of this, with photos of Lucas and Doc Rivers.  Not to many young Warrior fans knows anything about, Dean,
Tatum, Lee and others.  All they know about is DWade, but he even mentioned Novak and Diener.  His stories tonight were interesting, kudos to MU's pr people, I am sure they reminded him about the past.  Goolsbys was great, personal friend of owner!  Go listen to "Oh Baby" now that is a terrible color guy.

[GooooMarquette]

I thought Walton was great. Lots of talk about Al and Luke and other old Marquette players, MECCA and Goolsby's. He was very complementary of Wojo and our current team. And he wasn't afraid to call out the refs when they made a bad call, even if it went in UCLA's favor.

[BCHoopster]

I was expecting total bias to UCLA, but it was not.  Credit to Walton, promoting MU basketball.  Even he realized that UCLA needs to play more games against better
competition like Gonzaga if they want to get back to there glory, at least west coast dominance.  It has been along time for them as well.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Thought Walton was great tonight. He really knows and respects Marquette's history. I know Maurice Lucas was Luke Walton's godfather - sounds like Bill is still a fan.

Luke Walton was also named after Maurice.

[vogue65]

I thought Walton was great. Lots of talk about Al and Luke and other old Marquette players, MECCA and Goolsby's. He was very complementary of Wojo and our current team. And he wasn't afraid to call out the refs when they made a bad call, even if it went in UCLA's favor.

I was at the '64 game, before the MECCA we had the Arena.  He even mentioned Ed Hickey, the coach before Al.  He covered the NIT trip where Al manned up to the NCAA. 

The ticky-tacky refs. didn't bother me because Walton called them out with class.  Walton gave M.U. (coach, team, and institution) total respect. 

I enjoyed it so much I will leave my t.v. package intact for the rest of the season although I will have to watch some more of the clown Cronin.

[The Sultan]

I don't need someone to wax poetically about Marquette's history.  We have the Meat Eaters for that.

I need someone who is going to make observations about the game in which they are working. 

[cheebs09]

He was actually better than I expected. ESPN must try to get him to go way off topic to go viral. He was definitely off topic, but mostly basketball related.

[Eye]

I also liked when the PBP guy called out Wojo's ass for never having won an NCAA Tournament game.  That was a real nice touch, a salient point that does not get brought up enough on MU broadcasts.

Not competitive in a tourney game so far.

[brewcity77]

No he's not....you are delusional. He just as a different take like a buddy watching the game! He is not terrible...he is himself which I think is refreshing and is kind of funny and goofy in a entertaining way and he is spot on when he wants to get technical.

Maybe he would be hard to take seriously if he was your color guy every night...but every once in a while, it's like 'lets see what Walton has to say this game' kind of vibe. I like that. Good stuff.

Besides was a magnificent basketball player back in the day when i saw him at UCLA and his early years in Portland. I saw him when I was in San Diego jogging in Balboa Park and said hey Big Bill and although he was working out hard and sweating too time to say hello, I appreciated that and I have never spoke or bothered a athlete every again if I saw them in public.

Seem like a cool dude that overcame the same stammering issue I had once and is a good analyst.

Just because you have a fond memory of him doesn't make him good at his job. He talks history, but can't really talk about the game in front of him. He regularly gets names wrong, often in multiple different wrong ways. He also tends to go down nonsensical rabbit holes that have nothing to do with the game.

[BM1090]

Not competitive in a tourney game so far.

South Carolina was a 1 point game with 10 minutes left. We were winning at halftime. Plenty competitive. Just a terrible last 10 minutes.

[Silent Verbal]

South Carolina was a 1 point game with 10 minutes left. We were winning at halftime. Plenty competitive. Just a terrible last 10 minutes.

Yep, the game was "plenty competitive" until, with a lot of time left, we ended up getting curb stomped by 20.