NCAA Sweet Sixteen Games for March 24

[Bayside44]

JB shout out

 

[cto]

Shift to zone helped Duke get back into it and tie it

 

[jncuse]

Nantz and Raff openly cheering for Duke at this point.

 

[cto]

Nantz and Raff openly cheering for Duke at this point.

Why are you surprised? A continuing run by Duke and Coach K is a much better story line than a Final Four run by Texas Tech. It also means HIGHER RATINGS. More casual fans will tune in for that.

 

[bpo57]

Why are you surprised? A continuing run by Duke and Coach K is a much better story line than a Final Four run by Texas Tech. It also means HIGHER RATINGS. More casual fans will tune in for that.

You'd hope professionalism would rule the day. Same wished for with the officials.

 

[kcsu]

Question. Why do we have coasters if nobody's going to use them?

 

[cto]

You'd hope professionalism would rule the day. Same wished for with the officials.

Television is all about ratings ... especially when a network pays so much money for the NCCA tournament rights. Trust me. I used to work for a company that owned a network

 

[UpstateSM]

Griffin travels every time he touches the ball

 

[jncuse]

Why are you surprised? A continuing run by Duke and Coach K is a much better story line than a Final Four run by Texas Tech. It also means HIGHER RATINGS. More casual fans will tune in for that.

The NCAA tournament seems to be running just fine despite Duke not playing above its seed line even once or reaching the final four since 2015.

I think they could handle another modest Duke showing.

 

[bpo57]

That Shead is a flat out baller.

 

[bpo57]

Television is all about ratings ... especially when a network pays so much money for the NCCA tournament rights. Trust me. I used to work for a company that owned a network

And the ratings dictate the billions involved. Far more than NCAA tourney shares.

 

[bpo57]

Television is all about ratings ... especially when a network pays so much money for the NCCA tournament rights. Trust me. I used to work for a company that owned a network

They also owned a finance company. That didn't work out too well.

 

[cto]

The NCAA tournament seems to be running just fine despite Duke not playing above its seed line even once or reaching the final four since 2015.

I think they could handle another modest Duke showing.

As I said above, it is all about the ratings. Duke is their best bet for ratings going forward .. unless St Peters wins two games this weekend and somehow captures the fancy of more than just hard-core basketball fans.

 

[jncuse]

As I said above, it is all about the ratings. Duke is their best bet for ratings going forward .. unless St Peters wins two games this weekend and somehow captures the fancy of more than just hard-core basketball fans.

As I said above, Duke has not made the final four once since 2015 and the NCAA tournament is still thriving.

Not sure why ratings have anything to do with justifying partisan announcing by national broadcasters.

 

[bpo57]

I think UConn could have used Carlton this season.

 

[Bayside44]

Texas Tech getting called for the softest of fouls all night.

 

[UpstateSM]

I think UConn could have used Carlton this season.

It’s amazing what playing for an actual basketball coach can do for a player

 

[Day2]

TT has no chance if the game stays close.

 

[cuseinseattle]

The refs will not let Duke lose

 

[kcsu]

Well refed game

 

[UpstateSM]

I can win soooooooooo much money on Texas Tech in the next two weeks and I just know that K is going to ruin that for me. I’m already sick to my stomach.

 

[Orangezoo]

Houston with their whatever style hoops you want to call it in solid shape at the moment. Ugly basketball.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Shift to zone helped Duke get back into it and tie it

And then switched back to man once it was figured out

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Roach is good

 

[UpstateSM]

I’m going to smoke a cigarette I can’t believe I was so stupid to think that K wasn’t going to do it to me one last time the second Gonzaga lost