Basketball With Bill Raftery and Dicky V: Nothing Like It!!!

There is no doubt that sporting events televised nationally has transformed the entertainment world. Thousands of games each year are broadcasted on both the professional and collegiate level. Even high school sports have gained the spot light as networks such as the world wide leader in sports, ESPN, has graced us with the greatest games between the nation's best athletes and teams. Although thousands of games are televised nationally each year, those who work hard to bring us the best commentary and analysis are most definitely not appreciated enough. Each sport has its official voice, a broadcaster that has transformed announcing, bringing both incite and passion to the game. College basketball in particular has graced us with a multitude of outstanding analysists from the likes of Billy Packer, Bob Costas, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps, Reece Davis, the latter to name a few of the Game Day gang for ESPN. However, the legendary voices of the game are something different, these monsters of the microphone go above and beyond, UP UP and AWAY!!! College Basketball would most definitely not be the same without two of the most passionate, inciteful, and humorous analysts in Dick Vitale and Bill Raftery. These two gems of the gym have provided countless hours of enjoyment for nationally broadcasted telecasts for years. These two are pees of the same pod, however they go about their buisiness in much different manners. Dicky V is super hyped and all about the yelling and going bannans during the game, that is just who he is and we love him for it. On the other hand, Bill Raftery provides excellent analysis during the game and adds his humorous flare that is irreplaceable, doing so in a mild yet witty manner. Therefore, in order to honor these two Great Announcers, I have decided to include a list of their most clever and famous sayings that have been heard by millions of households over the years and never get old, but are appreciated by college basketball fans like myself. The humor and the indepth analysis are a combination that Dick Vitale and Bill Raftery have mastered, as they provide their personal touch to make every broadcast a SLAM DUNK!

Lets First Go Inside the art of Broadcasting with Bill Raftery, the mastermind of Cliches and Colloquialisms that make the audience laugh and understand the game at home:

Famous Quotes

• "Welcome to the block party!"
• "Shoulder ... shake ... a little lingerie!"
• "Oh Verne..the Kiss!"
• "A little pirouette, and they said this was a beer town!"
• “I wheel the wheel barrel down the street to the tin!”
• "Give it to the big fella!"
• "Send it in, Jerome!"
• "The Big Guy"
• "With disdain to the tin!"
• "Send it in, Verne!"
• "...with the kiss!"
• "With the sweet kiss, off the glass..."
• "With a little dipsy do"
• "Dagger!"
• "Onions!"
• "Nylon!"
• "The vegetable cart"
• "Put a little english on it"
• "With the teardrop, that'll make you cry"
• "Panties on the deck"
• "We got a little nickel-dimer here"
• "The small change"
• "With the blow-by"
• "With authority!"
• "Send it in, big fella!"
• "Send it in, medium size fella!"
• "The little guy....with the big ticker!"
• "From the Right Wing!"
• "There's a little lingerie on the deck"
• "The bounce to ecstasy"
• "You might call this Newton's Law!"^[1]
• "Most unattractive but beneficial"
• "With the dribble drive"
• "Attacking the tin!"
• "Strong... to the goal!"
• "Bring your lunch!"
• "Elevation!"
• "(insert co announcers name), (insert team name) goes man to man!"
• "They're playing a (insert zone defense name) zone with man-to-man principles!"
• "A little ricochet romance!"
• "Get the puppies set!"
• "He can do it all; let him into the band!"
• "(insert player's name) with some early onions!"
• "Fill the lane! Provide the lift!"
• "He can make you ask for your mommy."
• "Walter at the altar: High Mass!"
• "Bottle of blackout!"
• "Deployment!"
• "Divine intervention!"
• "With a little smoocher!"
• "Protect the women and children!"
• "Chubby Checker Do the Twist!"
• Verne Lundquist: "I hope Dwyane Wade likes cajun cooking!" ... (dramatic 5 second pause) ... Bill Raftery: "JAMBALAYA!"
• "Dairy Farmer"
• "A Large Edifice!"
• "He's got the puppies sent off the bus."
• "Why the lefties look so pretty its amazing."
• "Count your Chiclets!"
• "A little kiss!"
• "You've spent eight years at Pitt. Unfortunately, all under President Bush."
• "(after Tayshaun Prince hit 5 three pointers to start the game) Tayshaun's not a Prince, he's a King. Strokin' the Tre'."

"(After 4th overtime of uconn vs syracuse 2009 big east tournament game) "We got a 5 bagger" Beyond the use of his celebrated signature phrasings, Raftery has also demonstrated the ability to blend humor and analysis in individual game situations.

Now Lets have the Pleasure to explore DICKY V's Vocabulary and the Super, Sintilating, Sensation Work of the man who goes Bananas for Basketball!!

Catchphrases

Vitale is well known for covering the biggest games with his rare form of over the top energy and enthusiasm, coining terms like "Diaper Dandy" (an outstanding freshman), a "PTPer" (a prime time player), "Maalox Masher" (the end of a close game), "Trifecta" or "Area Code J" (a three point basket), "slap a lapper napper", "super scintillating sensational slam jam bam bam!" (exciting play), and "dipsy-doo dunkeroo diddle dop slam-jam-bam, baby!" (an exciting slam dunk). Also, from time to time he would refer to a player making almost all his shots by saying "call the fire chief cause he's on fire fizzle fop bizzle bam!". Perhaps his best known affectation is to end his sentence with "baby!" He frequently says, "It's awesome, baby, yeah yeah yeah!" adding "with a capital A!" for emphasis. "OOOOOHHHH....OOOHHHH....Its' Awesome Baby its' Awesome With a Captial A!!" Another phrase he uses is "Freeze it!" during an instant replay, when he wants to spotlight a certain play. "Up Up and Away...he's the Elevator man," "High Riser," "Jumping out of the Gym" (For Super Athlete)..."Get a TO Get a TO" (When a team needs a time out)..."This place is going Bananas" (Crazy Atmospher)...

These Guys are Awesome Baby with a Capital "A"!!!!