Nice, the guy knows nothing about college hoops (or college football) and doesn't hide it...perfect move ESPN.

I've watched interviews with him on Colbert and other shows -- his voice is super annoying. It's a good thing I don't get ESPNU.

Wait.... he openly hates college sports and anything involving women. This can't be correct.

I agree with Signal, he's not too good on TV or radio.

they will have to be east coast teams because the Pac 10 commissioner is a moron. your teams don't get much national notice if you insist on extending the fox sports package.

No mention of J-Bug? What about J-Bug?

nba game is one thing, but college which he admits not caring much about? doesn't make a whole lot of sense. but about 6 people get ESPNU, so his voice won't exactly be heard.

Simmons could care less about college sports, so this is nothing more than a tryout for future NBA coverage.

And yes, his voice isn't exactly cut out for broadcasting.

What about House? What does House think of this?

They must be desperate to get some multimedia mileage out of Simmons if they're sending him to the minor leagues to get him some practice.

Not only is his voice terrible, but he rambles when he talks. Just like his writing, but no punch line.

Horrible career move. He is brutal on television. Think of how bad Tony Kornheiser is and he actually has done good television. This is another case of some a-hole thinking that broadcasting is easy and trying to slip in.

He will make the Christian Slater on Monday Night Football thing seem good.

This is just for a story. He knows he will be bad. How can you mention the Colbert show and not the I love the 90's performace. That was the best of the bunch.

I'm sure his announcing style will sadly be much like his writing style, especially since he can't resist the urge to fellate himself, Basketball Jesus, Brady/Belichick, his fantasy sports leagues, Big Papi, the Rocky movies and about a million other things he overhypes endlessly.

Aw c'mon guys, maybe he won't use the same tired jokes over and over and over and over and over again........

oh who am I kidding, of course he will.

And for the love of God, don't forget Hench.

He's already admitted he isn't going to be good, he just wanted to try it out so he can write a column on it after slamming so many announcers. I don't know why everyone on this post is knocking him, his columns are by far the funniest in sportswriting today. Who cares if his voice is annoying, I'm sure he'll be able to hold his own as a color guy and throw in some funny remarks. There's not much more you can ask for during a mens college basketball game.

He can't be any worse than any of the other of the basketball announcers out there. How can you guys act like you don't like his columns, they're funny, and you obviously read them over and over again if you know who house and J-bug are. Get over yourselves, and let's all start focusing our negative energy on someone who deserves to be criticized for being a jackass like Skip Bayless