CBS/Turner Sign 14 yr. deal, Tourney to Expand

[Cyclonepride]

68 is way better than 94, and I love that all games will be shown.

 

[heitclone]

Yeah, so TBS has been basically the home station for the Braves for forever, and TNT has had some NBA games now that the popularity of the league has declined. But the NCAA tourney is right up there with the Super Bowl and the BCS as far as major sporting events. It isn't something I would put TBS in the mix for.

Networks I think of before TBS for sports coverage.
ABC
CBS
NBC
Fox
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
Fox Sports
Versus

After that I may throw TBS and TNT into the mix along with MLBTV and the Golf channel. I have no complaints about all the games being on TV, I am just a little shocked that an event that big is going to a cable channel not named ESPN.

I agree, ESPN is the logical choice but the Turner networks are offered by nearly every cable company in the country. Thats why this makes sense, it gets the games on in lots of markets. And as was mentioned earlier theres no way CBS wants to give ABC/ESPN any piece of the action.

 

[1100011CS]

NCAA signs $750,000,000/year TV deal for amateur basketball (!); still can't find money for players. It's good to be the exploit-er.

The NCAA is the lecherous Catholic priest of sports: "Don't argue with me, kid. You're lucky you get to have this in your mouth."

- @paulthenshirley

 

[IASTATE4LIFE]

So did they still kill the NIT like they were going to?
If that is the case, I don't see Iowa state in post season play for another 3-5 years.

 

[everyyard]

If the play in games featured bubble teams instead of small conference champions, I think they would be more effective.

yes, but the point of the play in games is money. They can get some no name teams from small conferences out of the way because technically they are still "in" the tourny, and save the actual tourney games for the bigger schools who were on the bubble but generate more revenue.

 

[alarson]

yes, but the point of the play in games is money. They can get some no name teams from small conferences out of the way because technically they are still "in" the tourny, and save the actual tourney games for the bigger schools who were on the bubble but generate more revenue.

Honestly, a lot of times those bubble teams are better than some of those AQs anyways. Itll be blamed on money, but those bubble teams usually are better than the AQs and thus wouldnt deserve a 16/17 seed.

 

[CycloneErik]

If the play in games featured bubble teams instead of small conference champions, I think they would be more effective.

That would be my dream. Give the conference champs the spot in the actual tournament that they deserve.

Let the bubble teams play another game to get their spot. They didn't do what it took to earn their way in in the first place.

 

[alarson]

That would be my dream. Give the conference champs the spot in the actual tournament that they deserve.

Let the bubble teams play another game to get their spot. They didn't do what it took to earn their way in in the first place.

If you consider it a 17-seed tournament, with the top 15 seeds receiving a bye, many times the teams that are going to deserve those 16-17 seeds are those auto-qualifiers (much like the 16 seeds now). It wouldnt be fair to the at large team to be underseeded, nor would it be fair for that better at large team to have to run into the 1 seed in the rd of 64, or fair for the 1 seed to have a harder at large team instead of a true 16 seed.

 

[theshadow]

If you consider it a 17-seed tournament, with the top 15 seeds receiving a bye, many times the teams that are going to deserve those 16-17 seeds are those auto-qualifiers (much like the 16 seeds now). It wouldnt be fair to the at large team to be underseeded, nor would it be fair for that better at large team to have to run into the 1 seed in the rd of 64, or fair for the 1 seed to have a harder at large team instead of a true 16 seed.

That's why the play-in games should be for #12 instead of #16. #13-16 are filled with the lower auto qualifiers. At-large teams are never lower than #12.

Let the bubble teams play each other. Winners get #12 seeds, as the last at-large teams in the field. Losers go to the NIT.

 

[CycloneErik]

You forget that there are many times conference tournament champions who would not even be a bubble team if they hadn't gotten hot and won their tourney. :skeptical:

How are you going to seed the mess if the play in game (I like to use that term because the NCAA hates it) does not happen at the 16 slot?

68 is much better than 96 in my book!

68 is much better than 96.

Seed the winner of the play-in games at 8 or 9. That would work for me.

 

[cykadelic2]

Interesting.

Turner getting into the fray. They don't do any CBB games now...do they? Will they start doing any regular season games...or just the tournament? Did not have time to read that lengthy release...did they say?

If Turner does only do the tournament, I hope they get some of the CBB announcers from ESPN and Fox to do the games or this will be like Fox having the BCS games and using a bunch of pro guys to do those games when they appear to barely know anything about the players and teams in college.

I like more games on TV...just want some announcers that are college guys to make it a better view.

It will very likely be a CBS production on all four networks so the announcers will be the same. Keep in mind the local game of interest for a given time slot will be on the local CBS affiliate, not on truTV. In another part of the country, a different game will be on the local CBS affiliate.