Latest Best of Gus Johnson News

Best of Gus: Tourney Edition II

When BTN basketball announcer Gus Johnson makes a great call Friday night during the Big Ten Men’s basketball Tournament, we posted it here as fast as possible. How exciting was Johnson? The term “Gus Johnson” was trending on Twitter worldwide for parts of the night. We did the same thing Thursday, so go have a look. And as many of you know, we did this all year so look back at every game Johnson has called. Then dive in for the latest calls from Indianapolis.

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Iowa holds off Illinois, 64-61

Meyers Leonard scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to lead Illinois past Iowa, as Illinois (17-15) fell 64-61 on Thursday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in the Big Ten Tourney. Get BTN.com’s Senior Writer Tom Dienhart’s take on the game from courtside inside this post plus full recaps, highlights and postgame videos, and more.

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Best of Gus Johnson: Tourney Edition

If Gus Johnson makes a great call Thursday during the Big Ten Men’s basketball Tournament, we’ll post it here. We’ve been doing this all year so look back at every game Johnson has called. Then dive in for the latest calls from Indianapolis. Johnson is calling all four games for BTN – two on Thursday and two more on Friday night.

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Best of Gus: Purdue at No. 20 Indiana

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Victor Oladipo’s drive and highlight-reel jam and get all of his call from Sunday’s Purdue-Indiana game in this post.

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Best of Gus: No. 11 Ohio State at NU

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of the exciting final sequence in Wednesday’s Ohio State-Northwestern game and get all of his calls in this post.

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Best of Gus: Minnesota at No. 15 Wisconsin

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Andre Hollins’ driving bucket and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Tuesday’s Minnesota-Wisconsin game in this post.

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Best of Gus: Iowa at Illinois

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Meyers Leonard’s back-to-back blocks and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Sunday’s Iowa-Illinois game in this post.

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Best of Gus: Purdue at No. 13 Michigan

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Terone Johnson’s late and-1 and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Saturday’s Purdue-Michigan game in this post.

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Best of Gus: No. 6 Michigan State at Minnesota

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Austin Hollins hitting a 3-pointer and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Wednesday night’s Michigan State-Minnesota game in this post.

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Best of Gus: No. 20 Indiana at Iowa

Throughout the 2011-12 Big Ten men’s basketball season, we’re spotlighting Gus Johnson’s best calls. The popular play-by-play announcer is calling men’s hoops for BTN all winter long, and we’ll clip and post his best calls and archive them here. Feel free to bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Melsahn Basabe’s thunderous putback and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Sunday night’s Indiana-Iowa game in this post.

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