Friday Lay-up Lines

Only one game of significance tonight as Marquette (20-2, 9-0) puts their undefeated Big East record on the line as they travel to South Florida (7-14, 2-7) to take on the Bulls.

Since there isn't much on the schedule to talk about, we'll give you these two clips of college basketball announcers at their finest. The first is Mike Patrick, who you may remember for this legendary question during an Alabama-Auburn football game. Apparently, he isn't a fan of Barry Bonds:



After the jump, find out why Eric Devendorf ... smells deuces?



I don't consider myself sexist. I actually think Doris Burke is extremely knowledgeable about the game of basketball (and if you read this blog, then you know Dana O'Neil is probably my favorite writer). But watching this clip only confirms why women have had and always will have trouble entering this profession.

I mean seriously, you are announcing a college basketball game. I'm guessing three quarters of the audience watching on TV are males in the 15-35 range. I'm also going to guess that 99% of those males in the 15-35 range are aware of what the saying "dropping a deuce" means. So why, in the name of the good lord, would you ever think it a good idea to say somebody "smells deuces", and mean it as a compliment?