Jay Bilas Speaks on His Love of Young Jeezy

Jay Bilas Speaks on His Love of Young Jeezy

December 8, 2011 | 3:59pm

Game recognize game, real recognize real and ESPN recognize USDA. That’s the only way to explain Jay Bilas, a college basketball analyst for the Worldwide Leader, and his infatuation with another Jay, Mr. Jenkins, better known to most as Young Jeezy. Bilas has taken to quoting Jizzle on the regular via Twitter [sample: I’m tired, I feel wired but, yet, I’m still inspired. To find somebody else for the job, tell me I’m fired. I gotta go to work.] and earlier this week he upped his standom to the next level: he referenced the Snowman during a live broadcast. “And as the urban philosopher, Young Jeezy says, you better call you’re crew, you’re gonna need some help,” Bilas said on air as a Missouri player sank a three pointer over a Villanova defender. Here, Bilas connects with XXL and breaks down his love for Jeezy. Let’s get it! –Jayson Rodriguez (@jayhovawitness)

XXL: Earlier this year, you surprised everyone when you went on a Twitter spree quoting Young Jeezy lyrics, what’s the story behind that?

Jay Bilas: This all kind of started when we were doing College GameDay earlier this year. We were at Michigan State and we had taken to doing player interviews the day of the game and we had Draymond Green on the floor with us. And I think it was Reece Davis who asked when you have your headphones on pre-game what are you listening to? He said, I listen to Jeezy. So, Hurbert Davis and I started joking. Hurbert asked if it was on my iPod and I said, Damn straight, it’s the first thing. I knew who Jeezy was but I wasn’t an avid listener. But I started listening and I liked it. I ended up getting a question on Twitter and someone asked me about my favorite rappers and I said Sugarhill **** and Young Jeezy. I started listening to Sugarhill **** when I was in high school. Then and now I knew all the words. It was a serious answer. And then someone said no way does Bilas know Young Jeezy.

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