Our list of Brian Anderson’s best calls in men’s NCAA Tournament

Baseball is back this week, and that means the sound of TV announcer Brian Anderson on Wisconsin televisions … of course, by now, Milwaukee Brewers fans realize that’s because Anderson is calling basketball, not baseball, during March.

The Milwaukee-area resident Anderson, who first started calling Brewers games in 2007, has risen to national prominence with Turner sports broadcasting, with a docket that includes the men’s NCAA Tournament, French Open tennis, golf, national baseball and more. While he still gets to about 50 Brewers games a year, Brewers fans know they have to share him.

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So, when the Brewers open the regular season March 26 at American Family Field, Anderson will be in San Jose, California, the same night, calling Texas against Purdue and Arkansas against Arizona in the Sweet 16.

Anderson has been working NCAA Tournament games since 2012. Last week, he had to miss a batch of games because of an illness, with another prominent baseball announcer, Jason Benetti, taking his spot momentarily. Anderson was back for second-round weekend games in Buffalo, New York.

What are the greatest tournament games Anderson has called? Take a look at these six:

February 20, 2019 Steve Stricker (right) gets presented with a Milwaukee Brewers jersey by Brian Anderson after being introduced as the captain for the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. The event was held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Mamadi Diakite saves Virginia (2019 Elite Eight)

Virginia famously made a turnaround from the first No. 1 seed ousted by a No. 16 seed in 2018 to national champion a year later, but it required a wild finish in the Elite Eight in Louisville to pull it off. After a missed free throw with 5.8 seconds left, Virginia scrambled into the backcourt for a loose ball against Purdue, and future Milwaukee Bucks player Mamadi Diakite – who had back-tapped the rebound in the first place – wound up with a quick-release jumper that fell through to tie the game at 70-all. Virginia won…

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