The biggest college broadcasting snafu is repeated on a weekly basis.  Finally, I decided that last night's Baylor/Georgetown match-up was the most egregious instance I have heard in quite some time.  Normally solid Brad Nessler is the offender.

Nessler saw the lofy shooting percentages posted by the teams and remarked that Georgetown was seeing shades of Villanova.  My first thought was, "No.  He can't be.  Well, maybe he's referring to a game that happened earlier this season."  So I looked up the GU/VU match-up to find that 'Nova shot 33%.  That's not impressive.  That can only mean: He was referring to the 1985 NCAA Championship.  Naturally, no members of Georgetown's 1985 squad are playing on the 2009 squad.  Furthermore, to my knowledge, none had been born. 

Way too much emphasis is placed on college teams' histories.  Those who buy in to it will become its victim.  For the most part, we're talking about programs.  A program is generally a success, or a failure.  Regardless of how many times North Carolina has defeated Clemson in Chapel Hill, Oliver Purnell should not concern himself with it come gametime.  As a franchise overdog, North Carolina has high winning percentages against most teams whilst playing in Chapel Hill. 

Preserving your alma mater's history is fine.  It's fine to tell folks that at one time, San Francisco wasn't just another stepping stone for Gonzaga en route to the WCC title.  It's fine for Oregon fans to remind us that the Ducks were the first NCAA tourney champions.  It's also fine to remind us that Georgia leads the all-time football series against Florida.  But in an environment of "high employee turnover," the focus should be on the here and now.