I usually think this complaint is overblown, but it was pretty blatant tonight.
However, what drives me even more insane is the total lack of preparedness. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that neither Verne nor Spenarkle watched a single minute of OU in advance of tonight. I swear, the sum total of their "scouting" was off of a crib sheet some intern handed them 15 minutes before tipoff. All of this in light of the fact that they had an entire week to scout 4 teams. Just a very poor all around broadcast.