Cujo Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, floydnimrod said: Do you feel like when you're attending the first/second rounds (especially the first) that you're missing out on all the other games? It used to be that way. I went to a couple tourney games at The Pit in Albuquerque in 2002 and 2012 and you had no idea what was going on with other games until you got home or checked ESPN.com (if you even got reception in the arena) Attended Denver's sessions on Friday -- the arena was real-time simulcasting games on the jumbotron between every timeout and even in-game. The big screen played the entirety of FDU finishing off Purdue on while the second half of Gonzaga/GCU game was going on. They weren't letting fans miss history. Few and Drew might've been annoyed with it, but us fans were pretty impressed they did that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Michigan State and UConn back to the Sweet 16! 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/18/2023 at 7:18 PM, tBBP said: And what a game it was! I've actually been able to catch a good many of these games due to being snowed in...caught that one from top to bottom. The fact that Arkansas pulled off that comeback with dang near half their players either in foul trouble or completely fouled out (Kansas was in the bonus with about 10:00 to go in the game) was huge for them. Not that I have anything against the Jayhawks, but as a current enrollee and future Sooie Pig alumnus, naturally I have a vested interest in all things Hogs these days, so...WOO PIG SOOIE!!! (Now of course the question is can they finally break through the glass ceiling at the Sweet 16?) To be fair, Arkansas' current glass ceiling is getting through the Elite Eight. They went there the last two seasons. I remember telling people that Muss was going to be big for Arkansas. Hog fans were skeptical but I've clearly been vindicated. Maybe they were right to be skeptical since I tried to tell them that Chad Morris would be solid, and instead he was the most hilariously bad football coach of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Good luck with those Sweet 16 ratings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Cujo said: It used to be that way. I went to a couple tourney games at The Pit in Albuquerque in 2002 and 2012 and you had no idea what was going on with other games until you got home or checked ESPN.com (if you even got reception in the arena) Attended Denver's sessions on Friday -- the arena was real-time simulcasting games on the jumbotron between every timeout and even in-game. The big screen played the entirety of FDU finishing off Purdue on while the second half of Gonzaga/GCU game was going on. They weren't letting fans miss history. Few and Drew might've been annoyed with it, but us fans were pretty impressed they did that. I went to an NCAA first round at the old Key Arena like a decade ago, but that arena was a dump. No score updates in-arena, no cell service because the building was made out of Styrofoam, and the TVs in the concourse (which were like 19" Sanyo CRTs -- well into the 2010s!!) were only fuzzily showing what was in the arena. And that that point, I think the only concourse food options were nachos, hot dogs and not much more. It was cool to see the games -- and I saw Kurt Warner walking around, since Northern Iowa played that day -- but the arena experience was lacking, to say the least. Glad that dump was replaced. 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 who's the biggest draw left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Unocal said: who's the biggest draw left? UCLA? Michigan State? 1 hour ago, Unocal said: Good luck with those Sweet 16 ratings Unlike NBA and MLB, when it comes to March Madness, people want to tune in for the cinderallas and underdogs. Pretty sure a lot of people (myself included) will actually go out of their way to watch a team like Butler, Loyola-Chicago, St. Peters as opposed to your typical Duke or Kansas game -- unless they're getting upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, Cujo said: UCLA? Michigan State? Unlike NBA and MLB, when it comes to March Madness, people want to tune in for the cinderallas and underdogs. Pretty sure a lot of people (myself included) will actually go out of their way to watch a team like Butler, Loyola-Chicago, St. Peters as opposed to your typical Duke or Kansas game -- unless they're getting upset. Too many upsets can be too much of a good thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 9 minutes ago, Unocal said: Too many upsets can be too much of a good thing Said no one ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Sometimes I wonder if I'm too much of a nerd, and then somebody talks about TV ratings and I realize that I'm not the most annoying nerd in the room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Just now, Cujo said: Said no one ever. When we got VCU/Butler in 2011, that felt like overkill David vs. David just doesn't sell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 5 hours ago, Unocal said: When we got VCU/Butler in 2011, that felt like overkill David vs. David just doesn't sell Speak for yourself. The only upset that has upset me is Princeton beating Mizzou. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Unocal said: Too many upsets can be too much of a good thing Never. When it comes to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, I'm all for true March MADNESS!!! Bring on the Mid-Majors! Give me an All-Catholic Final Four (and I'm talking the likes of Loyola Chicago, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, and Saint Peter's... Holy Cross, Iona, Saint Mary's, and St. Bonaventure). I want nothing less than full-on, bracket-busting CHAOS!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 8 hours ago, Unocal said: Too many upsets can be too much of a good thing I used to think this way, but then college basketball completely changed as a sport, so I think they're all basically mid-majors now. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Brian in Boston said: Never. When it comes to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, I'm all for true March MADNESS!!! Bring on the Mid-Majors! Give me an All-Catholic Final Four (and I'm talking the likes of Loyola Chicago, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, and Saint Peter's... Holy Cross, Iona, Saint Mary's, and St. Bonaventure). I want nothing less than full-on, bracket-busting CHAOS!!! Co-signed. Imagine wanting to see Duke, Kansas, UNC and UCLA in every Final Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 In non March Madness news Pitino is about to go to St Johns. Bar raiser for the program Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Two things.. Was at this game, I've never heard so many gasps. Also, Kevin Harlan is the absolute best in the business. Jim Nantz can't retire soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 20 hours ago, Unocal said: Good luck with those Sweet 16 ratings NoBoDy WaNtS tO wAtCh An UnDeRdOg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 26 minutes ago, Cujo said: NoBoDy WaNtS tO wAtCh An UnDeRdOg I wanted FDU to go to the Sweet 16 so bad. Just to see MSG full of Knights fans and locals raise the roof after every FDU basket. Oh well at least we have Princeton 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 13 hours ago, Cujo said: Two things.. Was at this game, I've never heard so many gasps. Also, Kevin Harlan is the absolute best in the business. Jim Nantz can't retire soon enough. I run a Pool where you draw teams but the only thing that matters is if they cover the spread (gives everyone a chance no matter what team they draw) and between this and the Alabama/TXAMCC games, some last-minute buckets made a few teams change hands. Also, I don't think there's a March Madness announcer (very few in general, actually) that I don't like, but they already confirmed Ian Eagle will be taking over the Final Four calls next year on TV. It's not a bad choice, but him being younger than Harlan kinda bums me out, hopefully he can do the Super Bowl when Nantz gives that up? (Harlan doing the Masters would be something though I'd think Andrew Catalon takes that over as he's already on the broadcast.) On 3/19/2023 at 11:29 PM, Unocal said: Good luck with those Sweet 16 ratings Unless I have a monetary investment in the network I'm not sure why I'd give two :censored:s about the ratings. I root for basketball, not how many other people are watching the same game I'm watching. 1 Quote Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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