LAS VEGAS — The Pac-12 tournament should provide an impressive amount of entertainment this week at T-Mobile Arena.
The on-court action might even be intriguing.
With Bill Walton on the call for several Pac-12 Networks broadcasts, mirth and mayhem — or is it nonsense and lunacy? — are sure to rule the airwaves.
One of the greatest players in college basketball history is one of the sport’s most polarizing broadcasters. There’s no middle ground when it comes to the champion of the “Conference of Champions.”
But what’s it like to work alongside Walton during a broadcast? How does he prepare for games? Does he even prepare?
Also, do you have to know every Grateful Dead song by heart to receive the assignment, or only half of them?
We asked the three play-by-play announcers who know Walton best: Dave Pasch, who serves as Walton’s foil — err, sidekick on ESPN…