When he was calling college basketball games for CBS, Billy Packer was as opinionated, forthright and exacerbating as anyone.
Good to know retirement hasn’t changed him.
This lengthy profile piece by FanHouse catches Packer at his best (the ACC stinks right now because the coaches aren’t recruiting the top talent) and perplexing (he doesn’t apologize or regret anything he’s said).
But most entertaining? His analysis of North Carolina’s sub-par 2009-10 season in which the Heels missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2003.
Hmm. Packer says he’s perfectly content in retirement and has no desire to call another basketball game. But can he call just one UNC game this season? It’d be worth it.
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