In November, ESPN broadcasters Bill Raftery, Sean McDonough and I were sitting courtside at the Lahaina Civic Center waiting for Georgetown to begin its first practice in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. The Hoyas were young, not much was expected of this group, and the only real publicity the team had was (through no fault of their own) for a fight in China over the summer. Coach John Thompson III walked over to us and said, "We're going to be good. I don't know when, but we are going to be good." And, it turns out, JTIII undersold his team's prospects.
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Jay Bilas
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- Played and coached at Duke
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Jay Bilas
Jay Bilas provides expert color commentary from courtside on college basketball games and serves as a studio analyst and as the co-host of ESPN's popular studio shows "College GameDay" and "College Gamenight." He also writes for ESPN.com and contributes numerous reports for "SportsCenter." Since 2003, Bilas has provided in-depth player scouting and analysis for ESPN's coverage of the NBA draft.
