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College basketball "analyst" Doug Gottlieb gives comedy a try...

Prior to the first Sweet 16 college basketball game last night between Miami (Florida) and Marquette, the likes of Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley previewed the games in the studio.

After Gumbel introduced the crew, Gottlieb, the only Caucasian gentleman of the group, chimed in with the following line:

"Cream rising to the crop. I don't know why you guys asked me, I'm just here to bring diversity to the set here. Give the kind of white man's perspective on things from the point guard position."

Yes, there was complete and total silence following the sad attempt of a joke, along with the two men to his left and two to his right shaking their heads simultaneously. Perhaps the worst part about the joke wasn't what Gottlieb said, so much as how he said it. The guy looked less comfortable than a mime doing karaoke. What was going on in that guy's mind before and during the telling of the "joke" is anyone's guess.

For some reason, he thought, "Okay, I don't usually work with these guys. I want them to like me. I want to fit in. I want to make a good first impression. How can I do that? Well, they're all black... I know! I'll tell a racial joke! Yessss! I finally figured it out! This is going to be a sure-fire winner!"

Rumor has it that if Gottlieb joins Gumble, Anthony, Smith, and Barkley on the set again, he'll start things by telling a "yo-mama-is-so-fat" joke. The Vegas odds are at 1 : 1 that this will prompt Barkley to smack Gottlieb on the face.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/03/28/doug-gottlieb-cbs-ncaa-tournament-diversity-awkward/2029415/

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