The Holy Land of Hoops

Lavs will call games and be in studio for the pre, post and half time broadcasts.

That is great news, hopefully he takes Kevin O'Neil's place.

I'm sure he is taking the spot for Ben Howland.

I like Lavin and think he will be a good addition.

Lavin is one of the best announcers.

I'm kind of hoping when we get to the Big East tourney, we see a 3 man booth for early part of tourney with Gus/Raft/Lavin. Think Raft/Lavin would feed off each other extremely well. Then have Lavin calling the final with Gus.

stever20 wrote:Lavin is one of the best announcers.

I'm kind of hoping when we get to the Big East tourney, we see a 3 man booth for early part of tourney with Gus/Raft/Lavin. Think Raft/Lavin would feed off each other extremely well. Then have Lavin calling the final with Gus.

Was Lavin a color commentator while at ESPN or was he a studio analyst?

R Jay wrote:

stever20 wrote:Lavin is one of the best announcers.

I'm kind of hoping when we get to the Big East tourney, we see a 3 man booth for early part of tourney with Gus/Raft/Lavin. Think Raft/Lavin would feed off each other extremely well. Then have Lavin calling the final with Gus.

Was Lavin a color commentator while at ESPN or was he a studio analyst?

IIRC, both.

Lavin was great with Brent Musburger on Super Tuesday. Timeout!

Instant upgrade having him on board.

Hoya Hoya Hoya wrote:Instant upgrade having him on board.

yep- the parallel to me is Doug Collins with the NBA. Not the best coach- but one heck of an announcer.