News about Billy Packer

Billy Packer, an Emmy Award-winning college basketball analyst who televised 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died on Thursday. He was 82 years old. Mark, the Packer's son, said that his father had been hospitalized in Charlotte for three weeks and had several medical problems, and eventually died of kidney failure. Packer's broadcasting career coincided with college basketball's ascension. He served as an analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008.