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Charles Curtis

DARK SECRETS: Billy packer tributes pour in after college basketball announcing legend dies at 82 | Vintage Vibes

The voice of Billy Packer was one every men’s college basketball fan heard for decades.

In fact, the late broadcaster who died this week — as announced by his son Mark late Thursday night — was on the mic with NBC and CBS for every single men’s Final Four from 1975 to 2008, a total of 34 (!). There are countless calls that he was a part of (some of which you’ll see below).

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