Seems like Tennessee and UConn had that ball rolling before. I still don't get why you'd invite Iowa. It isn't like they captured the nation's attention. It was one player who created all their buzz.
I think she just had no idea what she was talking about...especially since her press people walked it back afterwards. It was a politician, or politician adjace, saying something they thought would be taken well.
Sounded like failure to engage brain before operating tweet fingers.
Right. Anybody who has ever watched a sporting event with someone who doesn't really follow sports has heard comments like that. "I wish both teams could have won" and such. Ironically it was a 20th century approach to women's sports in response to a fiercely competitive 21st century women's sporting event.
Except there’s been a Monday 9:20 eastern tip off for the final since at least 2015 (I was googling it during the game while I was bitching about it being so late). I still think it is bullshit and tip should be 8:40 if they insist on Monday, but I don’t think you can blame this year’s viewership on the tip time.
No no. That ruins my narrative!
Pretty sure it was the teams involved that was the biggest issue. SDSU has a limited fanbase, and UConn hasn't been a national brand since Ray Allen, though they deserve to be with the success they have had. No Duke or Carolina, no Kentucky or Kansas, no UCLA or any other major basketball brand.
UConn hasn't been a national brand since Ray Allen? Lmao. Remember Kemba Walker? Cardiac Kemba? The Big East from like 2007-2013 was the biggest show in college hoops and UConn was a big part of that. Even Pitt was a national brand back then with Jamie Dixon at the helm. When football killed that conference the ball was well in motion to getting to the world we're in now where basketball ratings are crap and football is the lone obsession.
Sorry, dude. UConn isn’t a national basketball brand. It just isn’t. Nobody watched that crap game.
Lmao. That is an absurdly stupid take. Who in the ACC do you think is a national basketball brand? UConn are bigger than any ACC program not named Duke or UNC.
Don’t know what you consider the modern era but Carolina has with 4 of their last 5 coaches. Kentucky 3 of their last 4. UCLA has had 3 since the mid-90s. And probably more I’m forgetting.
Kansas 3 of last 3
Kansas has only had two coaches since 1988. By modern era I think mid 90s on makes sense, so yea I think it's just UConn to have final fours under three different coaches, and it's definitely only UConn with national titles under three different coaches.
UNC has final fours with 4 coaches since 1997
Interesting. The more I think about it the more I think national basketball brands don't exist anymore (could you name 3 players from Kansas or Kentucky right now? I can't), but if they did, UConn and UNC would obviously be among them.