Things one wants to say to Sir Charles

[NEforceUConn]

It’s SanoGO, Mr Charles Berkeley.

Guess if I was that large I would have trouble mispronouncing surnames also.

Please try Babble.com.

 

[Hunt for 7]

No idea why he is on these shows. He and Smith are not expert analysts and they are not well versed on the NCAA game. Pretty much they are clueless. I mean they could put anyone else up there but they apparently gave their whole budget to Wright who is good. Also Johnson is another example I guess they could change him with someone anyone really. Thank goodness we finally get Nance in our next game although the in game call is much better than the studio show. Barkley breaking down a college game is pretty bad tv for a true fan of the collegiate game. It is imo so much better than the nba product. Because you already know among two or three teams that will be the nba champ. And it will be about the player, Giannis, Tatum, Leonard etc…. The college game is the game I fell in love with as a kid. A true team sport. UConn puts together the sum of its parts and the team that has created has been pretty spectacular to watch. I mean they made Gonzaga look bad and they are not a bad team.

 

[UCTitleTown]

"Charles, your predictions are turble."

 

[uconngb]

What I want to say is PLEASE keep picking against us, your record is perfect (and your knowledge of the college game is close to zero).

 

[upstater]

Charles has never really liked the program. He occasionally says complimentary things but if you listen closely, you know he is very far from objective when it comes to UConn. Almost everyone else has some appreciation, with Kellogg being the one who is closest to Charles. Jay Wright and Smith strike me as pro-UConn. Smith has always been pro-UConn.

 

[VivaLsVgs]

Really blows my mind that on the after show last night they chirped about Timme’s 3rd & 4th fouls and how unfair it was for the first 2 min of the broadcast. No respect for Uconn!

 

[uconngb]

No idea where it comes from, but his bias is obvious. But fact of the matter is he doesn’t even belong on these broadcasts. He really knows very little about college basketball. He’s on there to be a clown.

 

[Marat]

Charles is Charles. Loved him as a player, but he is a it if a sideshow on these ncaa shows.

 

[superjohn]

Charles is awesome.

 

[MyDorona]

Charles has never really liked the program. He occasionally says complimentary things but if you listen closely, you know he is very far from objective when it comes to UConn. Almost everyone else has some appreciation, with Kellogg being the one who is closest to Charles. Jay Wright and Smith strike me as pro-UConn. Smith has always been pro-UConn.

Smith's affection for the program no doubt comes from the fact that he and Kimani are very close. Ditto he and Taliek Brown. I'd imagine he also has a soft spot for Kemba, and many of the other NYC AAU guys who have come through Storrs.

 

[Mister P]

Charles, your commercials with Spike Lee, Jim Nantz and Samuel Jackson are not funny or entertaining. They are just turrible.

 

[August_West]

“ yeah you can buy me another”

 

[JohnFSilver]

Charles has never really liked the program. He occasionally says complimentary things but if you listen closely, you know he is very far from objective when it comes to UConn. Almost everyone else has some appreciation, with Kellogg being the one who is closest to Charles. Jay Wright and Smith strike me as pro-UConn. Smith has always been pro-UConn.

Charles is fine.

 

[EnochRoot]

Charles has never really liked the program. He occasionally says complimentary things but if you listen closely, you know he is very far from objective when it comes to UConn. Almost everyone else has some appreciation, with Kellogg being the one who is closest to Charles. Jay Wright and Smith strike me as pro-UConn. Smith has always been pro-UConn.

This comes from the good ol’ boy, blue blood line of thinking that believes Jim Calhoun must’ve been dirty.

And fwiw, Barkley’s a sexist pig.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Charles is who he is and makes for great TV. I was annoyed at his UConn takes as well, but you have to pull back and remember the level of intellect you're dealing with. He's an entertainer, that's about it.

The person I was faaaaar more annoyed with yesterday was Van Gundy color-commentating. My goodness, how pro-Gonzaga can you get? Guy has a major ****-on for Timme and it wasn't until we were up by about 30 that he finally conceded to the fact that we were a far superior team.

Never been a fan of him or his brother. Jokes.

 

[uconngb]

Charles is awesome.

At what?? Being awful? That I will agree w you on

 

[upstater]

Charles is fine.

2009, 2011, 2014, now 2023, plenty of evidence

 

[AdamaNation]

It’s SanoGO, Mr Charles Berkeley.

Guess if I was that large I would have trouble mispronouncing surnames also.

Please try Babble.com.

Please keep betting against us. Circa 2014

 

[JohnFSilver]

2009, 2011, 2014, now 2023, plenty of evidence

He has an opinion. Lol. I like Charles, knows hoops, enjoys the college game. I just think it’s weird that the doesn’t do college during the year.

And, his opinions are stronger than most college media. He isn’t afraid to be wrong.

 

[upstater]

He has an opinion. Lol. I like Charles, knows hoops, enjoys the college game. I just think it’s weird that the doesn’t do college during the year.

And, his opinions are stronger than most college media. He isn’t afraid to be wrong.

All I'm saying is that he consistently comes out unimpressed with UConn. Bilas, who I consider a big UConn backer, came out against them in 2014 and picked the opposing team all 6 times. Charles has done it 4 tournies in a row.

I guarantee he picks Texas/Miami over UConn, though if UConn wins and makes the championship, he'll take UConn.

 

[giddyup]

Chuck is entertaining and a good sport. He just can wrap his head around the fact that his big boy brands don’t deliver.

 

[connVA]

Please keep betting against us. Circa 2014

You know he's going to be all over Texas or Miami

 

[UConn990411]

Are there really still people who get mad over Barkley’s comments?

I enjoy his NBA analysis and find him hilarious, but even he doesn’t take his own college basketball takes seriously. I can’t imagine getting mad about his college hoops opinions.

 

[tdrink]

He has an opinion. Lol. I like Charles, knows hoops, enjoys the college game. I just think it’s weird that the doesn’t do college during the year.

And, his opinions are stronger than most college media. He isn’t afraid to be wrong.

Huh? Charles has literally said he is not a fan of college basketball because it is a “coach's game” as opposed to the NBA which is a player's game.

It's fine for him to have an opinion on things, but he might as well qualify it as just a wild guess. His reason for picking the zags was they would play loose because they have nothing to prove, but anyone who knows college hoops knows Mark Few still has a championship hurdle to get over before being considered an elite coach and that they are perennially overrated.

 

[UDann]

Charles has never really liked the program. He occasionally says complimentary things but if you listen closely, you know he is very far from objective when it comes to UConn. Almost everyone else has some appreciation, with Kellogg being the one who is closest to Charles. Jay Wright and Smith strike me as pro-UConn. Smith has always been pro-UConn.

Smith is a guard and has always admired our guard play.