Ask any college basketball fan what makes the NCAA Tournament such a special event, and chances are you'd get a variety of answers. There are the upsets that take place and Cinderella teams that ...

Bill Raftery is a college basketball legend, and hearing his various catchphrases every March for the men's NCAA tournament feels like coming home. The one you'll hear a ton in 2025 is ...

Bill Raftery never lets an opportunity pass to slip in a wisecrack or otherwise humorous observation. The colorful college basketball analyst was in top form Friday night as Illinois hosted No.

Bill Raftery might know that the best call is last call, but that doesn’t mean he knows how to use a mobile boarding pass. To be fair, the 81-year-old Raftery has far better things to worry ...

What would March Madness and the NCAA Tournament be without Bill Raftery’s onions? ESPN attempted to make us find out. Raftery joined the latest episode of Pardon My Take with Dan “Big Cat ...

Legendary college basketball broadcaster Bill Raftery added another highlight call to his catalogue on Friday night when he referenced President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada during the ...

Bill Raftery is 81 years old and going strong as a college basketball broadcaster for CBS, and he is as colorful as he is knowledgeable about the game as a former head coach at Seton Hall.

Bill Raftery was a scoring machine at St. Cecilia High School in Kearny, NJ where he poured in 2,193 points during his prolific career. Feb 26, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; UCLA Bruins guard ...

18 Purdue on Friday at the State Farm Center in Champaign, but he also gave all of us something else: one more reason to love Bill Raftery. If you follow college basketball and you don't know ...

But CBS Sports analyst Bill Raftery isn’t so quick to discount KU’s chances. Raftery said Tuesday in a conference call that coach Bill Self has had difficulty getting the new players to mesh.