I'd rather watch a Zion highlight reel than Tom Izzo style basketball. Are his players going to wear shoulder pads and helmets in practice this week? *barf*Cbs is going to run a Zion highlight reel on a split screen with the game.
I'm zioned out ill be there for his next game opening night for the Knicks.I'd rather watch a Zion highlight reel than Tom Izzo style basketball. Are his players going to wear shoulder pads and helmets in practice this week? *barf*
I put that same thing on my FBNo Zion, no more basketball.
I didn't care if Duke won it all, I was just hoping to see Zion play another two games. He's ridiculous and who knows if college basketball will ever see a player as athletic as him again with the NBA moving toward changing their eligibility rules. With SU sucking it up with some of the ugliest basketball I've, he gave me something fun to watch. I may have to actually catch some NBA next year.
The product isn't as good as it used to be.If CBB and its media partners can't market the product (i.e. the players), there's no hope for the game. Zion was a different bird.
What is realy going to happen is that while they show those highlights, including 3pt shots , they are going to keep score proving how mighty Duke really is.I heard that ESPN is putting together a four team tournament for next week featuring Duke, Kentucky and UNC.
They decided against a fourth team because they didn't want to risk having Duke fail to advance to the championship. Instead they are just going to show Zion and Barrett dunk highlights in the time slot after UNC and Kentucky.
If CBB and its media partners can't market the product (i.e. the players), there's no hope for the game. Zion was a different bird.
You're highlighting the difference between the NCAA's product marketing strategy and the NBA's. When free agency started the mass migration of players Larry O'Brien and the NBA's marketers made the conscious decision to emphasize the players as the product in their marketing strategy. I know it's a joke, but "How many teams as LeBron James not played for?" The NCAA has, does, and will only market the schools (teams) as their product because, rightly or wrongly, they believe the teams advance in the tournament not players, otherwise we'd be having another week of the Zion-fest. It's also an argument against the points made in the "pay the players" lawsuit. "You got to be a star because of the synergy of the team."The product isn't as good as it used to be.
It's not just that. The basketball isn't as good as it used to be because the players aren't as good. The good players leave quickly. A generation ago the best players stuck around longer and were spread amongst more teams.You're highlighting the difference between the NCAA's product marketing strategy and the NBA's. When free agency started the mass migration of players Larry O'Brien and the NBA's marketers made the conscious decision to emphasize the players as the product in their marketing strategy. I know it's a joke, but "How many teams as LeBron James not played for?" The NCAA has, does, and will only market the schools (teams) as their product because, rightly or wrongly, they believe the teams advance in the tournament not players, otherwise we'd be having another week of the Zion-fest. It's also an argument against the points made in the "pay the players" lawsuit. "You got to be a star because of the synergy of the team."