Author Topic: 2021 ncaa tournament thread (Read 15358 times)

sys · « **Reply #100 on:** March 22, 2021, 09:34:53 PM »

it does kinda seem like the big 12 might've sucked.

wetwillie · « **Reply #101 on:** March 22, 2021, 09:40:52 PM »

Quote from: sys on March 22, 2021, 09:34:53 PM

it does kinda seem like the big 12 might've sucked.

Confirmed

EMAWzifried · « **Reply #102 on:** March 22, 2021, 09:43:48 PM »

Quote from: sys on March 22, 2021, 09:34:53 PM

it does kinda seem like the big 12 might've sucked.

This showing only makes our suckage that much worse.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #103 on:** March 22, 2021, 10:42:39 PM »

Guys, that's not how it works, certainly y'all know that.

Also is it better to not make the tournament or to lose, in the first weekend, by 30 as a 3 seed?

michigancat · « **Reply #104 on:** March 22, 2021, 10:43:50 PM »

It's a fake season that led to a tournament that's even more random than normal

Spracne · « **Reply #105 on:** March 22, 2021, 10:44:10 PM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on March 22, 2021, 10:42:39 PM

Guys, that's not how it works, certainly y'all know that.

Also is it better to not make the tournament or to lose, in the first weekend, by 30 as a 3 seed?

Lick my butt, losers.

Cire · « **Reply #106 on:** March 22, 2021, 10:53:17 PM »

Self is soooooooooooooooo lucky to have that championship

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Spracne · « **Reply #107 on:** March 22, 2021, 11:03:16 PM »

Quote from: memphis on March 22, 2021, 10:51:53 PM

Spracs don't be extra salty due to the UT upset

I'm not even upset. It's quite liberating but possibly a sign of slipping into a deep depression.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #108 on:** March 22, 2021, 11:39:11 PM »

That UT loss was a gut punch, I really thought they could have made the final four.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #109 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:25:18 AM »

It's kind of funny that the squawks worst team in 30 years was still able to secure a higher seed than Oscar's best ksu cats teams.

sys · « **Reply #110 on:** March 25, 2021, 08:17:09 PM »

it's kinda bullshit not to have any games today, imo.

wetwillie · « **Reply #111 on:** March 25, 2021, 08:18:53 PM »

Yea this format is garbage

MakeItRain · « **Reply #112 on:** March 25, 2021, 09:22:11 PM »

I hate it too. Monday and Tuesday night elite 8 games

michigancat · « **Reply #113 on:** March 25, 2021, 09:49:40 PM »

are ratings better this way? because you'd think they could easily get back on track considering there isn't any travel. Playing on a Monday and a Thursday shouldn't be a big deal

MakeItRain · « **Reply #114 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:40:07 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on March 25, 2021, 09:49:40 PM

are ratings better this way?

Nope, but as I'm sure you know ratings for everything in the pandemic have been bad. Friday is a dead zone for network TV so they would have liked to keep that night. However, they shifted the days for testing and gaps. They shifted the first weekend to give as much time as possible to sequester after the conference tournaments. They wanted to maintain a week between the second and third rounds to once again reset the bubble after having multiple teams in the same spaces.

michigancat · « **Reply #115 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:49:09 PM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on March 25, 2021, 10:40:07 PM

Quote from: michigancat on March 25, 2021, 09:49:40 PM
are ratings better this way?

Nope, but as I'm sure you know ratings for everything in the pandemic have been bad. Friday is a dead zone for network TV so they would have liked to keep that night. However, they shifted the days for testing and gaps. They shifted the first weekend to give as much time as possible to sequester after the conference tournaments. They wanted to maintain a week between the second and third rounds to once again reset the bubble after having multiple teams in the same spaces.

I actually only knew ratings were bad for the NBA and that's because of Clay Travis. the testing gap makes sense I suppose. but not a ton of sense.

Skipper44 · « **Reply #116 on:** March 27, 2021, 01:33:12 PM »

this years set up is as close to exclusive windows for the S16 as you can get and all eyes on one game is what advertisers want these days so be prepared for this to stick unless the Monday/Tuesday ratings crater

mocat · « **Reply #117 on:** March 27, 2021, 05:38:38 PM »

Seeing "J. Samuels" for nova is giving me the sads

pissclams · « **Reply #118 on:** March 27, 2021, 06:23:58 PM »

the number one priority for the ncaa was to get this tournament played without being affected by covid, i’m sure that they’d prefer missionary position but this kinky 34+35 stuff is what needed to happen

MakeItRain · « **Reply #119 on:** March 27, 2021, 06:38:06 PM »

Quote from: Skipper44 on March 27, 2021, 01:33:12 PM

this years set up is as close to exclusive windows for the S16 as you can get and all eyes on one game is what advertisers want these days so be prepared for this to stick unless the Monday/Tuesday ratings crater

What do you mean when you say exclusive windows? I promise you won't see anything like this again under the current media contract and that doesn't expire until 2028. The Monday and Tuesday games work much better for TNT and TBS, but they aren't as good for CBS.

CBS had essentially the same rating for the games last Monday than they did with the primetime lineup the Monday before which was about 6 Million viewers. They were second in ratings last Monday but they didn't have the bachelor or, they finished behind the voice and that number would have finished in third the week before, just like their regular line up.

However, the 4 million they got on the first night of the tournament won the ratings by far, because again Friday night is a network television dead zone. I really don't think that CBS is willing just going to give away two weeks, in the March book, of kicking the crap out of the other networks for just another week of MacGyver and Magnum P.I.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #120 on:** March 27, 2021, 08:31:21 PM »

Pig aggie got lucky a.f.

pissclams · « **Reply #121 on:** March 27, 2021, 10:06:58 PM »

i’m expecting a second half surge from the cuse

pissclams · « **Reply #122 on:** March 27, 2021, 10:26:04 PM »

ok houston is stacked. how did I not know this?
because between covid and gene taylor, my college basketball appetite has waned this season.

8manpick · « **Reply #123 on:** March 27, 2021, 10:51:08 PM »

SWC is dominating today

Skipper44 · « **Reply #124 on:** March 27, 2021, 11:14:24 PM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on March 27, 2021, 06:38:06 PM

Quote from: Skipper44 on March 27, 2021, 01:33:12 PM
this years set up is as close to exclusive windows for the S16 as you can get and all eyes on one game is what advertisers want these days so be prepared for this to stick unless the Monday/Tuesday ratings crater

What do you mean when you say exclusive windows? I promise you won't see anything like this again under the current media contract and that doesn't expire until 2028. The Monday and Tuesday games work much better for TNT and TBS, but they aren't as good for CBS.

CBS had essentially the same rating for the games last Monday than they did with the primetime lineup the Monday before which was about 6 Million viewers. They were second in ratings last Monday but they didn't have the bachelor or, they finished behind the voice and that number would have finished in third the week before, just like their regular line up.

However, the 4 million they got on the first night of the tournament won the ratings by far, because again Friday night is a network television dead zone. I really don't think that CBS is willing just going to give away two weeks, in the March book, of kicking the crap out of the other networks for just another week of MacGyver and Magnum P.I.

playing the S16 on Saturday & Sunday means every cbb fan is watching 1 game instead of switching between 2 on Thursday or Friday night. This is similar to how the 2:30 time slot on cfb saturdays and 3 pm nfl sundays have moved to fewer games in the last few years.