Longtime sportscaster Ian Eagle is standing by his call of the Duke vs. UConn buzzer-beater on Saturday night.
Eagle, calling the game for CBS, didn’t go that crazy when UConn drilled a 3-pointer with less than one second remaining, to take down No. 1 overall seed Duke in the Elite Eight. The Huskies are off to the Final Four, while the Blue Devils are going home early.
But should Eagle have gone crazier with his call of Braylon Mullins’ near buzzer-beater? He’s defending his call heading into the Final Four.
Eagle, who will be calling the Final Four along with Grant Hill and Bill Raftery, is defending how he called UConn’s buzzer-beater against Duke…