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College Hoops Fans Crushed ESPN’s Jim Boeheim for ‘Miserable’ Rant During NC State-Louisville Game

Former Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim has been calling games this season for ESPN, and this week he’s doing it in a familiar environment—the men’s ACC tournament, which is being held in Washington, D.C.

Boeheim angered a lot of fans during Tuesday night’s Louisville-NC State first-round game when he took a shot at a Wolfpack player for having some fun while celebrating a teammate’s big play. 

Boeheim, a Hall of Famer who coached at Syracuse for 47 years, went off on a bizarre rant about NC State’s recent history after seeing this moment during the second half of the game, which the Wolfpack won, 94–85.

Fans were not impressed: