It will be interesting to see how the networks value the later games. If 6-7 ACC teams win Game 1 this weekend, they will all play at 6pm/7pm on Saturday (and again on Sunday at that time if they keep winning). It may depend on which games end up on ESPN2/ESPNU/SECN instead. If a Clemson/Tennessee, Miami/Texas, or a UVA/Oklahoma game is sitting out there Saturday evening, that will almost certainly get broadcast preference over a Wake vs. Maryland or Northeastern game (and a UNC vs. Indiana State game, for that matter). Part of it depends on the opponent as well.
If Clemson and Tennessee both win, I fully expect (and have zero problems with) it to be the game with the top billing in the 6/7pm timeslot. It's clearly the one I would watch if my team wasn't playing.
Good Lord some of you just really enjoy having a victim complex.
Thanks! I couldn’t get it to open on my phone.
Walt said something really interesting today about Keener tipping his pitches against ND with runners on. Sounded like something that'll be a quick fix. Don't know if that was also his issue against VT.
Needs to get over his issues with hitting batters.
Doubt that's the way it has worked in basketball when a Duke or UNC is a 1 playing a 16, i.e. shuffling them over to Tru TV while the 7-10 is on a major channel or network, but maybe I'm wrong.
God, I love this.
Dude, get over yourself. He also hit two batters in his second and last inning last regular season start which really hurt him and was a major factor in the 4 run 2nd inning. I am not dissing the guy just saying that it has led to runs and an early hook his last two starts.
We really need Keener fully confident because we need all 4 aces at their peak to have chance in Omaha To go with our bullpen. So hope they are truly easy fixes and he can avoid stretches of wildness he has had last couple of starts. And Sully can get some spot innings to get his confidence back to where it was.
Exactly what seemed to happen. Looks to me like only 2 of the Top 10 won their conference title. One team with a 19-40 record won the AAC.
Best part is—stay to form in that we have not lost two in a row all year. But not losing again is better.
It’s called ratings. They try to get most eyeballs on the screen for any given broadcast. Same basic way they decide ESPN, 2, ABC or ACCN for football games.
You said your own answer—Duke & UNC. Both national name basketball teams with multiple national titles. Entire country will watch them instead of Utah St vs Mizzou in the 10-7.
The way it works now, there's not much difference between what's on whichever channel because each location has its own channel. Back in the day, games were regional so NC would get Duke or UNC playing at 16 and most of the country would get the 7-10 game.
