Enough with this soccer stuff.
Gus Johnson is back in his element. At least for a couple of days.
Johnson was on the call for the opener of the Big Ten tournament today. It was vintage Gus, yelling and hyperbolizing down the stretch of a tight Illinois-Minnesota game.
And when Illinois’ Brandon Paul hit the game-winner, Gus kicked in as only he can:
OOOHHOHOHHOH!!!!! AT THE BUZZER!!!! Welcome to the Big Ten!!!!!
It didn’t take long for BTN to post the video.
The game was the first of four Johnson will call for the Big Ten Network; one more this afternoon and then two more Friday night.
And then unfortunately for us, Johnson’s March is over as far as college basketball is concerned. Johnson gave up the NCAA tournament when he moved to Fox.
Johnson has been in the spotlight this winter, as Fox is grooming him to be its voice for soccer and the 2018 World Cup. But as Thursday’s basketball game showed, there’s only one Gus when it comes to capturing the Madness of March.