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It was rolling along as most conference calls with Billy Packer do -- ask a question, brace for a lot of listening. Then, Packer was asked about a report that this weekend's Final Four, the 34th of his career, might be his last.
His voice belongs to then and now, an audio clip that carries us back to a bygone era even as it keeps us up-to-the-minute updated.
The NCAA tournament record book will forever read that UCLA qualified for three consecutive regional finals from 2006 to 2008, the first time that has happened since John Wooden's reign.