His praises are sung by everyone he’s ever worked with. He’s worked well with a two-man crew and a three-man booth. With very little to zero ego, Raftery doesn’t set out to be the star of the show. He’ll keep a notepad near him with actual diagrams of those plays for better explaining purposes. That’s only gleaned by attending practices or shootarounds and talking to the head coach and assistant coaches. He knows what teams like to do in certain game situations, whether it be an inbounds play to get a good look, or a late-game situation or play. If you really listen, it’s not hard to tell that Raftery prepares for each and every broadcast. In other words, he’s got some substance with his shtick. He knows when to interject and when to lay back. Yes, the man has catchphrases and sometimes he gets excitable when yelling them out, but he’s not over the top. He sounds like that older guy who’s experienced a lot in the game, but still is a kid at heart when calling a game. Don’t mistake that nature for a lack of excitement in his calls. There is something inherently likeable about how easy going he is during a broadcast. Raftery is great because of how conversational he is, very easy going and he seemingly can adapt to any play-by-play guy he’s paired with. There is a passion and love for the sport of college basketball is evident every time he speaks, or shouts, or any combination of the two. That was the first time he was able to call the Final Four on television and that team has been together ever since. In 2015 Raftery was moved to the top announcing team, joining Grant Hill and Jim Nantz. Since 1981, Raftery has announced several events, including the Big Ten Championship, the ACC Championship, the Big East Championship, the SEC Championship, the McDonald’s High School All-Star game and the NIT pre-season and championship games. He also served as an analyst for the NBA’s New Jersey Nets. In 1991 he started working as an analyst for Westwood One/CBS Radio’s coverage of the Final Four. Also, in that span he started to emerge as an analyst on CBS’s college hoops. Raftery stayed at ESPN doing games through the 2012 season. He gave up his coaching job with the Pirates and started broadcasting. It was already late October, and Raftery had two days to decide.
"As a kid playing hoops alone in my driveway, I actually used to imagine I was Allen Iverson the clock would wind down in my head, people would scream, 'You're too small! You don't belong!' But I'd fade away, hit the shot, and the crowd in my mind would go wild.Before the 1981-82 season, Big East commissioner Dave Gavitt told Raftery there was an opportunity to call league games at ESPN. "Being the voice of the 76ers is a dream come true," read a statement by Scott. Scott becomes only the second woman to be named the full-time play-by-play announcer for an NBA team, joining Lisa Byington who was hired for the same role with the Milwaukee Bucks just last week. Scott replaces Philadelphia broadcasting great Marc Zumoff, who retired at the end of the 2020-21 season after nearly 40 years as part of the team's broadcast crew. Scott, a California native who joins NBC Sports Philadelphia from the Pac-12 Network, will anchor the network's coverage of the Sixers alongside former NBA player and current analyst Alaa Abdelnaby.
NBC Sports Philadelphia announced on Thursday that Kate Scott, a veteran in the sports media industry, has been hired to serve as the network's new play-by-play broadcaster for Philadelphia 76ers games.
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