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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 1223495, member: 527"] That's a straw man argument and a foolish one to make. Football and basketball are 2 totally different sports. One can be played on back to back days the other needs at least 4 days and really a week in between games. Nobody is saying the determining the football final four is better than the basketball tournament. This has nothing to do with the College Football playoff. It has to do with your statement that the NCAA Basketball season isn't watered down. It's totally watered down. And the facts are on my side... [url]http://www.nycbuckets.com/2013/06/diving-into-college-basketballs-ratings-game/[/url] [I][B]Television remains a moving target. The NCAA tournament featured some excellent match-ups and actually performed quite well in the ratings. According to [URL='http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/04/college-basketball-tv-ratings-part-3-championship-week-ncaa-tournament-and-nit/']Sports Media Watch[/URL] each individual NCAA game averaged a 2.8 rating and 4.4 million viewers. (Yes, the average postseason game performed better than the BEST regular season game.) As long as the NCAA’s remain so incredibly popular college basketball will continue to fight against the stigma that it’s a one month race to the title. Bids (and seasons) are made and destroyed November through February, now we just need to figure out a way to get more people to watch. [/B][/I] [url]http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/01/college-basketball-tv-ratings-numbers-for-most-of-the-games-so-far/[/url] [B][I]With the men’s college basketball regular season just past the halfway point, here are the ratings for most nationally televised games so far. To the surprise of presumably few, the college basketball season has not been a huge draw thus far. Of the 316 games on CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU through last Sunday, only 26 earned at least a 1.0 U.S. rating. Keep in mind this does not include the December 29 Kentucky/Louisville game on CBS, which would likely bring the total to 27. [/I][/B] There are countless other links and examples I could provide. Want me to show ya more as further proof? The college basketball regular season is IGNORED in this country. Nobody watches and nobody cares outside of a few hot-bed pockets (Duke, Syracuse, Kentucky, Louisville...and a couple others.) It is a regional sport from Nov-Feb with a few pockets that actually care. Then it is a 1 month sport come March. This isn't even up for debate. College Basketball has watered down and KILLED it's own regular season! [/QUOTE]

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