The NBA analysts will transition to college basketball again this March, and they'll likely attract their annual critics.
Basketball analysts Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley dismiss critics who question their college basketball credentials. By Ben Strauss Ben Strauss Sports and Media Reporter Email Bio Follow March 17 at 8:00 AM NEW YORK — There is a certain predictability to the NCAA tournament. Over the next three weeks, there will be brackets aplenty, most of them busted, and sweetheart Cinderellas.
The arrangement brings notable star power to whatever studio in which Barkley and Smith find themselves. Barkley’s wit is legendary; Smith is polished and insightful; and host Ernie Johnson, who joins them in the move, is the consummate professional.But that doesn’t mean the NBA experts — particularly Barkley — haven’t riled college hoops fans over the years with a sense that they have helicoptered in for the sport’s marquee event.
“I actually watched Liberty and what is it, Lipscomb, and it was a hell of a game,” Barkley said of the recent Atlantic Sun conference championship. But, he added, “I don’t have to worry about those teams because they’re not going to win any games” in the NCAA tournament. Whatever the prep schedule, though, both Barkley and Smith explained that the crux of their analysis was basketball strategy, no matter the names and the schools involved.
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