There's always the NIT. King Rice's Monmouth team plays George Washington at 7 tonight.
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Yep, after 4 days of noon 'til midnight coverage of the Tourney it'll seem like forever . . first game is 7:10 PM . . Miami vs. Villanova.
ESPN has us re-seeded as the top seed overall among teams remaining. I ain't buying it. This team continues to have inexcusable lapses like first halves against FGCU and Providence. We're going to dig ourselves a hole we can't get out of. Final Four is a reasonable expectation but beyond that I have my doubts.
That's just weird. Reseeding teams that haven't lost. Why would anything change?
I guess they're expecting Perry Ellis' arthritis to kick in or something?
Why do you need to have basketball as an excuse to take an extended lunch at the pub? Just use the excuse that I use... I woke up today.
Yep, this is going to cost us against a better team (possibly as early as our next game). It's been thoroughly discussed on this thread that this team lacks a bit of that killer edge. This team is reactionary instead of proactive; the Heels come out flat in almost every game, and rely on some type of catalyst to finally rouse them from their stupor (be it opponents trash talking, the crowd getting into it, etc.). I don't really know if you can correct that this late in the season, but Roy needs to come prepared with some excellent pre-game speeches for all the games we have left this season.
MAYBE we can get away with falling behind early to Indiana, but to any team beyond that, we'll lose.
Why do you need to have basketball as an excuse to take an extended lunch at the pub? Just use the excuse that I use... I woke up today.
Vegas' current lines for the Sweet16
Kansas 6.5 over Maryland
Villanova 4.5 over Miami
Oregon 1.5 over dOOk
Oklahoma 1.5 over TAMU
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UNC 6 over Indiana
Notre Dame 1 over Wisky
UVA 5 over Iowa State
Gonzaga 4.5 over Syracuse
Kansas 6.5 over Maryland
Villanova 4.5 over Miami
Oregon 1.5 over dOOk
Oklahoma 1.5 over TAMU
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UNC 6 over Indiana
Notre Dame 1 over Wisky
UVA 5 over Iowa State
Gonzaga 4.5 over Syracuse
Didn't that "writer" predict that UNC wasn't even going to make the sweet 16?
Give it to me straight. Does Oregon have any chance against Duke? I know zero about Or-uh-gone except that their home court is all kinds of ugliness.
Depends entirely on whether the officials finally eject Vanilla Whip for tripping somebody.
That game tips at 10:07 on Thursday, so we'll have to stay up past midnight to see whether the doochies get knocked out. Ugh.
I'm guessing so people on the left coast can watch it in prime time. More eyeballs = more $$$$
CBS has to get 4 games to a national TV audience in a single night. The ND-Wisconsin game -- also in Philadelphia -- starts at 7:27 pm. If it runs long for any reason, the UNC game could actually tip even later than 9:57.
At least it's not a school night?
Yeah but they're doing it all wrong. They basically set it up so two games run concurrently, then there's a break, then the other two games run concurrently. This is how they should do it:
- 5:15 tip of the first game. Yeah this is sorta early and people are still getting home from work on the East coast.....BFD. Also, screw the West coast. They don't watch college basketball anyway.
- 6:05 tip of the second game. Allows you to watch the first half of game 1 and then you can decide to watch the 2nd half or tune to the next game (unlike how they have it now with a 7:10/7:27 and 9:40/9:57 start times...that's ****ing dumb.)
- 7:40 tip of game three (obviously depends on end of game 1).
- 8:30 tip of game four.
Bam. You're in bed by 11 and you can watch at least one full half of each of all four games if you choose. Hire me CBS. But really don't because you suck.
Somewhat Related:
There was a link posted to a UK thread from about 2007 on their board about what they thought about Calipari (Most, if not all in the thread, labeled him a "cheater", "disgrace" etc.). Would anyone happen to have it?
Asking for someone who needs to be checked about the knowledge of their coach
There was a link posted to a UK thread from about 2007 on their board about what they thought about Calipari (Most, if not all in the thread, labeled him a "cheater", "disgrace" etc.). Would anyone happen to have it?
Asking for someone who needs to be checked about the knowledge of their coach
Live sports is basically the only television programming left that is still "appointment programming," meaning people crave watching it live. Nothing else but sports is this way anymore. Thus why ESPN and CBS and others pay such astronomical figures for broadcast rights. Sports is the only thing left on TV where people won't skip your commercials.Or, all you dumbasses could step into the 21st century and get dvr.
It depends on the time for me. I'll record most day games because I have two young kids, so I'm usually doing something with them which prevents me from watching the game. Once they get a little older and can understand what is going on I'll probably watch live and make them watch with me.
And I'm sure some people do what you do, too. But overall, the numbers show people wanna watch sports on TV "live" or not at all.It depends on the time for me. I'll record most day games because I have two young kids, so I'm usually doing something with them which prevents me from watching the game. Once they get a little older and can understand what is going on I'll probably watch live and make them watch with me.
I've come to accept the fact that there are two types of people in this world: the people who do it my way and the people who are wrong.
This is precisely why CBS won't hire you. East Coast 9-to-5ers would miss the first half of the first game. Also, you can't just disregard the Pacific Time Zone.
It's college basketball. The rankings are only marginally good as it is. 5:15 is fine. Stretch it to 5:30 if you must. People would miss 4-8 minutes of game time at most.
The average commute time to work is 25.4 minutes. It's longer in the more heavily populated cities that hold more eyeballs. Even if an Eastern Time Zone viewer walked out of work at exactly 5:00 and went straight home, he would miss much of the first half. A Central Time Zone viewer would miss three-quarters of the game.
CBS is in the business of maximizing television revenue. It's the entire reason they exist. They know what they're doing, and they know you'll stay up past your bedtime to watch.
Putting aside the argument with @Raising Heel that I clearly won, get a load of this:
Breakdown of how UNI managed to blow an insurmountable lead against Texas A&M. I missed this game so this was an informative article for me. Just brutal. If this had happened to Carolina, I might of legitimately needed psychiatric help.
Breakdown of how UNI managed to blow an insurmountable lead against Texas A&M. I missed this game so this was an informative article for me. Just brutal. If this had happened to Carolina, I might of legitimately needed psychiatric help.
You missed the fact that you said you one instead of won. That was funny given the context.
no doubt straight jacket city for me...its comically horrible...like multiple helicopter crashes in slow motion.
I see no proof.
As the article states, Northern Iowa blew that lead because they *tried* to play basketball. If they had just chucked the ball all the way down the court and out of bounds, and made Texas A&M run their offense the whole length of the court, they'd still have won with ease. Instead, they in-bounded right into double teams and then literally gifted A&M two layups that took less than one second each.
Given that it was actually 12 in 44, it's a close call. An NCAA Tourney game, on national TV, it's even more intense.
8 in 17 was a rival game at a time when there was no 3-point line.
I never saw the 8 in 17 live. This one I saw live. It just made me very aware that a 12 point lead with under a minute is no guarantee of a win!
It's a very, very intriguing question. I'm not sure which way I lean. Both seem thoroughly impossible.
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