Without a doubt, this is the greatest news I’ve woken up to in a long time. From this day forward, millions of basketball fans across this great nation can watch the Final Four sans the “Mute” button now that this old curmudgeon is gone.
Whether it was his relentless criticism of mid-majors like Bradley and George Mason being the NCAA tournament, his constant bias towards Big East/ACC teams, his unwillingness to lighten up and stop taking things so seriously, or his tendency to call a game’s outcome with seven and a half minutes still remaining in the first half, Packer was arguably the most despised person in the announcing universe..and that’s saying something with folks like Craig James lurking out there.
Goodbye and good riddance, Billy.
