The Emmy award-winning sportscaster played college basketball at Wake Forest, helping lead the Demon Deacons to the Final Four in 1962.
By Steve Reed | Associated Press
Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008. He received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Analyst in 1993. He joined NBC in 1974 and called his first Final Four in 1975. UCLA beat Kentucky in the title game that year in what was John Wooden’s final game as coach.
In 1996 at CBS, Packer was involved in controversy when he used the term “tough monkey” to describe then-Georgetown star Allen Iverson during a game. Packer later said he “was not apologizing for what I said, because what I said has no implications in my mind whatsoever to do with Allen Iverson’s race.”
Packer, left, and fellow broadcaster Jim Nantz chat during a game in Indianapolis in 2006. Packer covered every Final Four tournament from 1975 to 2008. ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale took to Twitter as word of Packer’s death spread. “So sad to learn of the passing of Billy Packer who had such a passion for college basketball,” Vitale tweeted. “My go out to Billy’s son Mark & the entire Packer family.
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