.jpg) Bilas on ESPN, 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1963-12-24)December 24, 1963 (age 62) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rolling Hills (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| College | Duke (1982–1986) |
| NBA draft | 1986: 5th round, 108th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Dallas Mavericks |
| Playing career | 1986–1989 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 21 |
| Coaching career | 1989–1992 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1986–1987 | Scaligera Basket Verona |
| 1987–1988 | Basket Mestre |
| 1988–1989 | Caja de Guipúzcoa |
Coaching | |
| 1989–1992 | Duke (assistant) |
Stats atBasketball Reference  | |
Jay Scot Bilas (born December 24, 1963) is an Americancollege basketball analyst who currently works forESPN. Bilas is a former professional basketball player and coach who played for and served as an assistant underMike Krzyzewski atDuke University, as well as a practicingattorney in North Carolina.[1] In February 2024, Bilas signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB).[2]
Bilas was a consensus Top 50 recruit atRolling Hills High School, inRolling Hills Estates, California, where he averaged 23.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in 1982. That season, Bilas was named First Team All-CIF, First Team All-South Bay, MVP of the Bay League, and Best in the West by theLong Beach Press-Telegram.
Bilas was a four-year starter forMike Krzyzewski atDuke University, on themen's basketball team, from 1982 to 1986, and helped lead Duke to theFinal Four and National Championship gamein 1986. Krzyzewski's 1982 recruiting class of Bilas,Johnny Dawkins,Mark Alarie andDavid Henderson still ranks as the highest scoring single class incollege basketball history. In his college career, Bilas scored 1,062 points and grabbed 692 rebounds, while shooting over 55% from the field.[3]
In 1985, Bilas representedUSA Basketball, on the U.S. National Select Team, in theJones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan.[4]
Bilas graduated in 1986, with a degree in political science, and was selected in the fifth round of the1986 NBA draft by theDallas Mavericks but never played for them because he chose to play professionally in Europe (Italy and Spain) for a few years, where he earned substantially more money than he would have in the NBA at that time.[5][6] He played professionally overseas inItaly's 2nd Division[7] and inSpain's 1st Division.[8]
Bilas served as an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke for three seasons from 1990 to 1992. While serving as an assistant coach, Bilas attendedDuke University School of Law, receiving hisJ.D. degree in 1992. During his three-year tenure as an assistant coach, Duke advanced to three Final Fours and won two National Championships. Bilas still teaches and speaks at clinics, and has been an instructor at the Nike Skills Academy inBeaverton, Oregon, the Nike/Amar'e Stoudemire Skills Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Nike/LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, which annually tutor some of the nation's finest high school and college players. In 2005 and 2006, Bilas was one of 12 coaches taking part inOperation Hardwood I and II that coached United States Service teams in tournament competition in the Middle East. Among the other coaches of Operation Hardwood I and II wereMark Gottfried,Tom Izzo,Kelvin Sampson,Tubby Smith,Rick Barnes,Gary Williams,Dave Odom,Bobby Lutz,Bobby Cremins,Mike Jarvis,Billy Lange,Jim Crews, andReggie Minton.
Bilas has been a color commentator and studio analyst for ESPN since 1995.[9] Bilas began his broadcast career delivering color commentary alongside play-by-play manBob Harris for the Duke Radio Network in 1993.[10] Bilas joined ESPN in 1995 as a college basketball analyst on games and in the studio.[11][12] He has served as co-host of ESPN's studio broadcasts since 2000, includingCollege GameNight andCollege GameDay withRece Davis,Hubert Davis,Digger Phelps, andBob Knight. Bilas makes frequent appearances onSportsCenter,ESPNEWS andESPN Radio, and is a featured basketball writer on ESPN.com. He is also featured as "The Bilastrator" during halftime segments of some ESPN college basketball games. From 2003 through 2010, Bilas joined CBS as a game analyst for the network's coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and was paired withDick Enberg as his color analyst from 2005 through 2010. In both 2007 and 2008, Bilas was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Studio Analyst. He has gained notoriety in the studio for his ability to draw up unique inbound plays after time outs during close games, as well as his stance regarding student athlete payment and his thoughts on the NCAA as a whole.[13] Since 2014, he has been paired withDan Shulman on ESPN's top college basketball broadcast crew.[14] Bilas was added to ESPN's NBA analyst roster prior to the2024-25 season.
Bilas received hisJ.D. degree fromDuke University School of Law in 1992. He is currentlyof counsel to the Charlotte office of Moore & Van Allen, where he maintains a litigation practice.[15]
Bilas most notably worked on the caseLyons Partnership v. Morris Costumes, Inc., where he successfully defended the costume business against trademark and copyright claims brought by owners of the popular children's television characterBarney the Dinosaur.[16]
Writing a letter to the editor in the September 2007 edition of Duke Magazine, Bilas sharply criticized the Duke administration for its lack of support for the falsely indicted players during the 2006Duke lacrosse case. DescribingRichard H. Brodhead's actions, "President Brodhead chose the path of political expediency. He failed to effectively counter factually inaccurate and inappropriate statements about Duke and its students, failed to forcefully speak out against procedural irregularities, and failed to take appropriate action in response to repeated attacks upon the due process rights of Duke's students."[17]
Bilas resides inCharlotte, North Carolina, with his wife Wendy, whom he married in 1993, and their son and daughter.[18] Bilas is on the Advisory Board of the Duke Brain Tumor Center and the PinStripes/ALS Foundation, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of Coaches vs. Cancer.[19]
Bilas joined theScreen Actors Guild in 1987. He appeared in national television commercials and the feature-length movieI Come in Peace (also known asDark Angel). He wrote a book,Toughness.[20]
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