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I'm calling it

• UConn will not repeat
• UNC is way over-rated (undeserving of their #1)
• Purdue will choke

Houston wins the National Championship

TJ Bickerstaff just had a really nice game for James Madison in their win against Wisconsin. 12 points and 9 rebounds, many down the stretch. I felt like he was the best rebounder on last year's BC team. Had he stayed for this year w McGlockton and Post BC would have had a much better team in terms of defensive and rebounding.

Maybe the ACC wasn’t as bad as the ib-tologists were babbling about

claver2010 {l Wrote}:Maybe the ACC wasn’t as bad as the ib-tologists were babbling about

UVa blew, but NC State is playing AWESOME!!!!! They are really getting it done. Good for them.

So what? Houston is still going to kick everyone's ass. The end.

Are any of you guys at the UConn-San Diego State game? BC is hosting.

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:

claver2010 {l Wrote}:Maybe the ACC wasn’t as bad as the ib-tologists were babbling about

UVa blew, but NC State is playing AWESOME!!!!! They are really getting it done. Good for them.

So what? Houston is still going to kick everyone's ass. The end.

This exchange has aged very well.

Cougars not making their regional final and losing to an ACC team on top of it.

An actual sports fan talking to retardo.

Houston did not win the national championship.

If you want to know how irrelevant men’s basketball is at this point consider the fact that a match up between the two best men’s basketball teams for the national championship got absolutely destroyed in the ratings by the Nag Ball final. Granted, UCONN is a piece of shit school in a lightly populated, once-prosperous state, coached by a mentally unbalanced sociopath with the most despicable fans in college sports and Purdue is the sad little brother basketball program in the state of Indiana, but c’mon, the fact that it got blown out of the water by Nag Ball is ridiculous. It also shows how ridiculous the P5 AD lobby is for trying to bounce mid and low majors from the tournament—the only reason anyone watches the tournament at this point is to watch the occasional first round upset or to see which Cinderella story makes the Sweet 16. Once it becomes a P5 Tournament in the Elite Eight, nobody cares and the TV numbers show it.

Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:If you want to know how irrelevant men’s basketball is at this point consider the fact that a match up between the two best men’s basketball teams for the national championship got absolutely destroyed in the ratings by the Nag Ball final. Granted, UCONN is a piece of shit school in a lightly populated, once-prosperous state, coached by a mentally unbalanced sociopath with the most despicable fans in college sports and Purdue is the sad little brother basketball program in the state of Indiana, but c’mon, the fact that it got blown out of the water by Nag Ball is ridiculous. It also shows how ridiculous the P5 AD lobby is for trying to bounce mid and low majors from the tournament—the only reason anyone watches the tournament at this point is to watch the occasional first round upset or to see which Cinderella story makes the Sweet 16. Once it becomes a P5 Tournament in the Elite Eight, nobody cares and the TV numbers show it.

Being on TBS hurt and Caitlin Clark was a once in a lifetime event. The tourney is still a great TV package but college hoops has become a one-month sport for the most part. For a basketball blue blood, UConn still is not a great TV draw. That's why the Big 12 bailed on them. Next year without Clark the women's numbers will tank. Then you put Duke or UNC or UCLA in the Final Four and the ratings will go up.

Mens college basketball has been dead for years. It's a terrible product where there is no talent so all 350 teams are potentially relevant.

ATLeagle {l Wrote}:Being on TBS hurt and Caitlin Clark was a once in a lifetime event. The tourney is still a great TV package but college hoops has become a one-month sport for the most part. For a basketball blue blood, UConn still is not a great TV draw. That's why the Big 12 bailed on them. Next year without Clark the women's numbers will tank. Then you put Duke or UNC or UCLA in the Final Four and the ratings will go up.

I think this is true. Clark made the women's event huge, and timing and the networks hurt the men. On Monday night I turned on CBS to watch the men's NC game and could't understand why it wasn't on there. I had to go searching for it to find it on TBS. And a Monday 9 pm start time on the east coast does not help.

I think they should change the scheduling so that the women's final 4 games are played on Thursday at 6:30 and then 9 p.m., the men's on Friday in the same time slots, and then the Championships for the women on Saturday at 6 or 7 p.m., and the men's championship on Sunday at 6 p.m. - the same time slot as the superbowl. I know MLB won't like that but you would increase viewership for both championship games. (But it may hurt the numbers for the men's final 4 games). The women's viewing numbers will certainly drop off next year due to no Clark, but so much depends on the individual players in that sport and the storylines the networks can publicize, and they will continue to try and do so because, Equity. As long as LSU and UConn are in the women's final 4 the coaches will also draw interest.

Bryn Mawr Eagle {l Wrote}:

ATLeagle {l Wrote}:Being on TBS hurt and Caitlin Clark was a once in a lifetime event. The tourney is still a great TV package but college hoops has become a one-month sport for the most part. For a basketball blue blood, UConn still is not a great TV draw. That's why the Big 12 bailed on them. Next year without Clark the women's numbers will tank. Then you put Duke or UNC or UCLA in the Final Four and the ratings will go up.

I think this is true. Clark made the women's event huge, and timing and the networks hurt the men. On Monday night I turned on CBS to watch the men's NC game and could't understand why it wasn't on there. I had to go searching for it to find it on TBS. And a Monday 9 pm start time on the east coast does not help.

I think they should change the scheduling so that the women's final 4 games are played on Thursday at 6:30 and then 9 p.m., the men's on Friday in the same time slots, and then the Championships for the women on Saturday at 6 or 7 p.m., and the men's championship on Sunday at 6 p.m. - the same time slot as the superbowl. I know MLB won't like that but you would increase viewership for both championship games. (But it may hurt the numbers for the men's final 4 games). The women's viewing numbers will certainly drop off next year due to no Clark, but so much depends on the individual players in that sport and the storylines the networks can publicize, and they will continue to try and do so because, Equity. As long as LSU and UConn are in the women's final 4 the coaches will also draw interest.

Unless BC makes it to the finals*, a 9:00pm start on a Monday night is a nonstarter for me.

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