This Year's Selection Show...

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[orange79]

Rolling out the teams in alphabetical order was a prime example of trying to fix what isn't broken. Good for CBS.

 

[Briancuse]

Thank God last year was a sheet show. I thought this year They were going to do a price is right type show.

 

[orangenirvana]

Unveiling the teams in brackets...over the course of six hours.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Just leak the bracket again.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Just leak the bracket again.

That was epic!

 

[tbonezone]

Thank God last year was a sheet show. I thought this year They were going to do a price is right type show.

the guest panel can guess letters and vanna white will reveal the clues.
"is there an X ? ding. i'd like to solve the midwest 10 seed. is it New Mexico State ?"

 

[rrlbees]

Just leak the bracket again.

One of the best days ever.

 

[DonLightfoot]

That part is good news. However, the length of the whole thing is ridiculous.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

That part is good news. However, the length of the whole thing is ridiculous.

It's back to an hour this year.

 

[bpo57]

It's back to an hour this year.

So that means they'll start divulging info about 25 min in.

 

[jncuse]

An hour is OK, even if they string it out. The 2 hour string out was unbearable.

Looking forward to it coming back and being a bit shorter.

 

[Alsacs]

Last year I actually appreciated the alphabetical announcement as it told us if we were in and whether to watch the bracket announcements.
Since we were in the 3rd 1 seed’s bracket it would have been the last bracket announced and tension would have been higher if we didn’t know we were in.
Now I don’t want a 2 hour show but just announce brackets within the first half an hour. Do the interview with the committee chair for 10 minutes and then the last segment with predictions.

 

[jncuse]

I actually was not happy that the brackets were leaked in 2016.

We would have been the last team announced in. That would have been an epic reaction. (of course that was the 2 hour show, so the anger caused by that may have offset any joy)

 

[Chris02M]

yea i love the 1 hour show. then go to espn where they actually have people who called games all year talk about the matchups

 

[Briancuse]

So that means they'll start divulging info about 25 min in.

Well we have to get three Bill self interviews, one to see what he is having for dinner,another to see how the weather is in lawrence, and lastly to find out if he's happy with his seed.

 

[longtimefan]

Last year I actually appreciated the alphabetical announcement as it told us if we were in and whether to watch the bracket announcements.
Since we were in the 3rd 1 seed’s bracket it would have been the last bracket announced and tension would have been higher if we didn’t know we were in.
Now I don’t want a 2 hour show but just announce brackets within the first half an hour. Do the interview with the committee chair for 10 minutes and then the last segment with predictions.

You should be producing the show.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Their mistake was alphabetical order. I’d be cool if they just pulled a name, seed and region out of a hat/lotto ball machine randomly.

Or start with seeds and regions of all of the auto-bids. Then they could randomly pull the at-large bids with their seed and region, building the bracket until the 68th school is picked. The anticipation for the last pick would be crazy.

 

[longtimefan]

Their mistake was alphabetical order. I’d be cool if they just pulled a name, seed and region out of a hat/lotto ball machine randomly.

Or start with seeds and regions of all of the auto-bids. Then they could randomly pull the at-large bids with their seed and region, building the bracket until the 68th school is picked. The anticipation for the last pick would be crazy.

Sort of like the draft lottery drawing, back in the day.

 

[cuseattle]

That was epic!

Who got it for us ? Lawrinson?

 

[SUalldway]

yea i love the 1 hour show. then go to espn where they actually have people who called games all year talk about the matchups

I'll be reaching for the mute button if Charles Barkley is offering his "insight" this year again.

 

[shermstheman]

I'll be reaching for the mute button if Charles Barkley is offering his "insight" this year again.

I’m with you. I like them poking fun at him but could he actually watch a game during the season? He’s “turrabull”!

 

[Madbiker]

Now all they need to do is boot Doug G off the show. Instant ratings upgrade.