College Basketball Broadcaster Suspended for Accidentally Mocking Team's Performance On-Air

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“How do we not get anybody like that?” Dolphin said, according toUSA Today, in reference to some of the opposing team’s freshman players. “It’s just year after year after year. Go get a quality piece like that. Just get one! They’ve got three or four.”

At the time, Pittsburg was leading the game 46-40, according to theIowa Gazette.

Dolphin also went on to call out Iowa junior guard Maishe Dailey, saying that the player “dribbles into a double-team with his head down. God,” according to the outlet.

Although Hansen participated in the discussion, he was not suspended.

Iowa went on to win the game, continuing their undefeated streak this season.

Learfield Sports Properties, which is responsible for broadcasting Hawkeye games, announced on Wednesday that Dolphin would be suspended from the next two broadcasts — as the team takes on Wisconsin on Friday and Michigan State the following Monday.

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“We want to offer a public apology, and it won’t happen again. You have to assume there’s an open mic all the time, and that is no excuse. We said it. We own it. So our sincere apologies on behalf of the Hawkeye Radio Network to Coach McCaffery and his team,” the longtime commentator said on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Hawk Centralalso reported that following the game, Dolphin explained his remarks, saying that “we want them to win so bad, sometimes we get frustrated when they’re not playing well in certain stretches.”

source: people.com