Creme Bracketology

[alexrgct]

Alex...personally I think ESPN would like to see WCB go away. Explain why they put the marquee game of the year up against Sunday Night Football when the game could have easily been played the next Tuesday night and had triple the ratings?

Counter-programming would be my guess. If they aired a men's sport against SNF, they wouldn't capture any demographic, whereas if they counter-program against SNF, they capture a definable demographic share of televeision viewership. The question may not be to what extent the game was competing against SNF so much as it was competing with other primetime programming unrelated sports that would be on during the week.

There are both qualitative and qantitative factors that go into ratings. But I am not an expert in these things by any means.

 

[triaddukefan]

two weeks later..

so what do you guys think now??

 

[pap49cba]

I think that if the committee can find any rationalization to make UT a #2 they will as a parting gift to PHS.

 

[EricLA]

well as of today, a 3 seed for sure. but the season isn't over today. my bet is they run the table in the SEC and win the SEC as well. make them the 2 seed in UCONN's bracket. that would be a pretty miserable going away gift for Pat, but it would make for great theatre... i mean basketball.

 

[rington]

well as of today, a 3 seed for sure. but the season isn't over today. my bet is they run the table in the SEC and win the SEC as well. make them the 2 seed in UCONN's bracket. that would be a pretty miserable going away gift for Pat, but it would make for great theatre... i mean basketball.

In reality, Pat should resign before then.

 

[rington]

two weeks later..

so what do you guys think now??

There are 4 teams, and that is it !

 

[triaddukefan]

well as of today, a 3 seed for sure. but the season isn't over today. my bet is they run the table in the SEC and win the SEC as well. make them the 2 seed in UCONN's bracket. that would be a pretty miserable going away gift for Pat, but it would make for great theatre... i mean basketball.

I dream of a Raleigh Regional with #1 ND #2 Duke #3 Tenn and #4 Delaware. It could happen... though I think Tenn runs the table in the SEC and tourney and gets a #2.

 

[EricLA]

I dream of a Raleigh Regional with #1 ND #2 Duke #3 Tenn and #4 Delaware. It could happen... though I think Tenn runs the table in the SEC and tourney and gets a #2.

that would be a fun regional. i'd obviously be rooting for you to stomp tenn. i actually hope they put Deleware in UCONN's bracket. that would make for some good drama too!