The basketball great took issue with colleague Kenny Smith picking his alma mater North Carolina, a No. 11 seed, to win the NCAA tournament.
“Are you serious?” Barkley asked. “Y’all make fun of me for being unbiased?”
“Listen, I don’t lie about being biased,” Smith snapped back.
“We’re supposed to be unbiased,” Barkley added later.
“No, you’re not!” Smith exclaimed.
“What are we, Fox News?!” Barkley said with a shriek. “What are we, Fox News in here now? This ain’t Fox News. You don’t have to repeat everything the idiots say every day.”
UNC plays its first-round game on Friday against Ole Miss after winning a play-in matchup.
