Here's a good post I found that digs into Frannie's bias:
"I went to the game and am just now watching the ESPN broadcast. Fran is a disgrace. He just shat out this absolutely insane idea that "Allen Fieldhouse is worth 10 points" because of the officiating nonsense, which is intentionally inflammatory and absolutely untrue. Letting Scott Drew use Fran and ESPN as a cipher to air Drew's petty greviences about fouls called (also - they didn't show any video evidence) is beyond unprofessional. It's also asinine when you consider how Fran is constantly falling over himself to defend the terrible officiating that plagues college basketball ("95% of the time, they get it right!" he says, without evidence), only to assert KU and AFH affects officials to the tune of 10 points a game.
Another major issue that KU fans and officials should absolutely not tolerate is his unfair and very public negative portrayal of Christian Braun.
Braun plays a little "hot" or chippy on the court to be sure, but nothing like a Laettner or Jason Sutherland. CB did get the tech against Dayton for the hat topper gesture on the dunk. I haven't seen that type of behavior since. I haven't heard from other fans or analysts in or out of the program that Braun is "hated." In multiple games, Fraschilla, doing his typical, propaganda-style "repeat the talking point enough times until it becomes true" has in multiple games REPEATEDLY mentioned that Braun isn't well-like and is hated by other teams and fans. He keeps going after Braun's reputation of a player that is more critical and pointed that ESPN had against Grayson Allen when he was perpetually tripping people. Even if it was true (it isn't), why do this? Why throw meat at the wolves? Why put a target on Braun's back?
Fran keeps lying about and misrepresenting the quality of the officiating. He keeps ignoring calls that don't fit his narrative. He keeps hammering the same points: "Braun is HATED in the other gyms," etc.
Why does our AD roll out the red carpet for this short f**kit? He just does Big 12 regional games for ESPN. He was a failure as a coach. He's unlikeable. He is nothing more than a second-rate troll on Twitter. He isn't very smart, and he is now running through the broadcast a negative narrative about a junior that plays hard and keeps his nose clean on and off the court.
I hate every Fran game called even if Kansas isn't playing. He is an insufferable blowhard with an ax to grind. He propagates biased and bad information to suit his narratives over and over each telecast. He doesn't call or analyze the games as they play out, just bellows his prepared statements over and over. ESPN has never been exceptionally unfair to KU in my opinion. Why can't ESPN send him elsewhere? Why does Bill Self let him in his practices?
We all need to get tough and tell this hack to get bent. I can't believe we have to just put up with this. He is ESPN's answer to Kevin Keitzman."
