Having parted company with CBS, college basketball analyst Billy Packer said today he is finished working as a broadcaster on televised games. That means he also won't do any more ACC games on Raycom telecasts, or consider a deal with another network. "In the history of nationally televised basketball, I've done probably 90 percent of the great games, so I don't want to be going to do games of a different status, so I have no interest in that," Packer said today in a telephone interview. CBS announced earlier today that it would not bring back Packer for a 28th season as its lead college basketball analyst. Clark Kellogg, who has been a game and in-studio analyst for 16 years with CBS, will replace Packer as the television network's lead analyst. A studio replacement for Kellogg has not been named, but former ESPN commentator Greg Anthony may get that spot. "It's a good time for me and a good time for CBS," Packer said of his departure. Asked to elaborate, he said: "Well, I'm 68 years old. I've done 34 Final Fours, and CBS has five or six more years on the contract [with the NCAA]. I was not going to be doing college basketball games as a broadcaster when I'm 75 years old." Packer, a successful businessman who lives in Charlotte, said he has been working under a series of one-year contracts with CBS "on my own accord." He disputed a USA Today report that referred to the "firing of Billy Packer." "No, that's not true," Packer said ...
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