2021 ncaa tournament thread

[Brock Landers]

United States of Al looks like one of the worst sitcoms ever created.  I'm just going to bitch about the commercials before I fall asleep because nobody is blogging about basketball now because it's on way too damn late.

[Spracne]

Lmao

Didn’t even realize that grimes was the kid from ku.

And Baylor whipping ass. No wonder the Tully corcoran’s of the ku Twitter world are butthurt about the tournament


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Yeah, something happened with Q. He was not welcomed back after his one-and-done dreams fell through.

[KST8FAN]

Congrats to the Baylor Bears.


Tom

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[nicname]

Big 12 has had Oklahoma, KU, Tech and now Baylor reach the final 4 in 5(?) seasons. That’s legit.

[Skipper44]

Now when the tournament eventually makes it to 96 teams, then we'll see a different schedule. First week will probably go Thursday-Tuesday, second weekend Friday-Monday, final four unchanged.

looks like S16 on Saturday & Sunday was a success for ratings- i worry this format sticks
 as soon as next year
https://twitter.com/marchmadnesstv/status/1376917138103918594?s=21

[ChiComCat]

Now when the tournament eventually makes it to 96 teams, then we'll see a different schedule. First week will probably go Thursday-Tuesday, second weekend Friday-Monday, final four unchanged.

looks like S16 on Saturday & Sunday was a success for ratings- i worry this format sticks
 as soon as next year
https://twitter.com/marchmadnesstv/status/1376917138103918594?s=21

We'll see what kind of hit they take on Mon/Tues E8 games. 

[8manpick]

I like this format much better except the S16 and E8 games should start an hour earlier

[8manpick]

Why would you rather have 4 games to watch on Thursday and Friday and only 2 Saturday and Sunday? If you’re trying to minimize time commitment by having more games overlap I don’t think that is their target.

[michigancat]

Why would you rather have 4 games to watch on Thursday and Friday and only 2 Saturday and Sunday? If you’re trying to minimize time commitment by having more games overlap I don’t think that is their target.

yeah I think it should be Thursday-Sunday for 1st and 2nd rounds and Saturday-Tuesday for S16 and E8. FF could be Saturday/Monday or Sunday Tuesday

[Cire]

End of the week is better than beginning of week but that's just IMO

[nicname]

Why would you rather have 4 games to watch on Thursday and Friday and only 2 Saturday and Sunday? If you’re trying to minimize time commitment by having more games overlap I don’t think that is their target.

yeah I think it should be Thursday-Sunday for 1st and 2nd rounds and Saturday-Tuesday for S16 and E8. FF could be Saturday/Monday or Sunday Tuesday

I like this. Keep Final 4 weekend the same. It’s nice having the S16 to fill the weekend and then two evening games Mon and Tue.

[michigancat]

yes I enjoyed the quadruple headers on saturday and Sunday. granted I fell asleep because I watched the shitty games, but I liked that the option was there.

[8manpick]

I’ve watched parts of all 61 games so far!

[wetwillie]

I’ve watched parts of all 61 games so far!

That blows my mind

[steve dave]

I’ve watched parts of all 61 games so far!

wut


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[8manpick]

Pretty easy, it’s a pandemic, I don’t have kids, and I like basketball

[sys]

10 minutes, 4 points.

[sys]

call me old fashioned,but i think if you're gonna call your state team the wolverines, you better have some damn wolverines in the state.

[bucket]

Pretty easy, it’s a pandemic, I don’t have kids, and I like basketball

It's all the more impressive with a pandemic assuming you didn't go to a bar for the first round where they have all four games on at one time.

[nicname]

UCLA holding it down for the blue bloods

[8manpick]

Pretty easy, it’s a pandemic, I don’t have kids, and I like basketball

It's all the more impressive with a pandemic assuming you didn't go to a bar for the first round where they have all four games on at one time.

I took the Friday off, three YouTube TV streams on my home office setup, the 4th on the TV in the corner!

[MakeItRain]

Now when the tournament eventually makes it to 96 teams, then we'll see a different schedule. First week will probably go Thursday-Tuesday, second weekend Friday-Monday, final four unchanged.

looks like S16 on Saturday & Sunday was a success for ratings- i worry this format sticks
 as soon as next year
https://twitter.com/marchmadnesstv/status/1376917138103918594?s=21

Yes, you're probably right. It's rational to think CBS will tear up their media rights contract with 7 years left on it, and the NCAA will renegotiate the contracts they've already signed with all of the facilities for the next three years, and the cities, facility management companies, and pro sports teams who own these facilities, along with all of the hotels in these cities will be completely cool with all of this because 8 games in a 67 game event had a ratings increase of 12%.

I wouldn't be surprised if the elite 8 ratings are up, even though the games were crap and that definitely hurts ratings, but even if they are up, again this isn't changing next year, just like they didn't change formats in 2019 when the ratings were historically shitty.

[pissclams]

Now when the tournament eventually makes it to 96 teams, then we'll see a different schedule. First week will probably go Thursday-Tuesday, second weekend Friday-Monday, final four unchanged.

looks like S16 on Saturday & Sunday was a success for ratings- i worry this format sticks
 as soon as next year
https://twitter.com/marchmadnesstv/status/1376917138103918594?s=21

Yes, you're probably right. It's rational to think CBS will tear up their media rights contract with 7 years left on it, and the NCAA will renegotiate the contracts they've already signed with all of the facilities for the next three years, and the cities, facility management companies, and pro sports teams who own these facilities, along with all of the hotels in these cities will be completely cool with all of this because 8 games in a 67 game event had a ratings increase of 12%.

I wouldn't be surprised if the elite 8 ratings are up, even though the games were crap and that definitely hurts ratings, but even if they are up, again this isn't changing next year, just like they didn't change formats in 2019 when the ratings were historically shitty.

of course their ratings are up.  almost everyone is at home, where there televisions are.  not in the office, not at bars.

[MakeItRain]

Now when the tournament eventually makes it to 96 teams, then we'll see a different schedule. First week will probably go Thursday-Tuesday, second weekend Friday-Monday, final four unchanged.

looks like S16 on Saturday & Sunday was a success for ratings- i worry this format sticks
 as soon as next year
https://twitter.com/marchmadnesstv/status/1376917138103918594?s=21

Yes, you're probably right. It's rational to think CBS will tear up their media rights contract with 7 years left on it, and the NCAA will renegotiate the contracts they've already signed with all of the facilities for the next three years, and the cities, facility management companies, and pro sports teams who own these facilities, along with all of the hotels in these cities will be completely cool with all of this because 8 games in a 67 game event had a ratings increase of 12%.

I wouldn't be surprised if the elite 8 ratings are up, even though the games were crap and that definitely hurts ratings, but even if they are up, again this isn't changing next year, just like they didn't change formats in 2019 when the ratings were historically shitty.

of course their ratings are up.  almost everyone is at home, where there televisions are.  not in the office, not at bars.

Believe it or not but the NCAA tournament ratings being up has broken a trend across sports and other live events, like awards shows since the pandemic started. All ratings have been down pretty significantly. The only other exception was nascar last summer but they were historically low before the pandemic and have leveled out since the summer spike.

[IPA4Me]

Pretty easy, it’s a pandemic, I don’t have kids, and I like basketball

It's all the more impressive with a pandemic assuming you didn't go to a bar for the first round where they have all four games on at one time.

I took the Friday off, three YouTube TV streams on my home office setup, the 4th on the TV in the corner!

Nice. Three race tracks up on mine today.

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