Thank You SNY

[Huskygamble19]

UCONN moving on to another journey, but to what end. How can anybody compare to the concise scrutiny show at the half by Kara and Gary explaining the ins and outs of the game. and the after game highlights and interviews and Geno's postgame comments. How about the superior talents of Meghan & alan calling the game. this will all be missed. My guess is there will be very little analysis after the game so they can get to the next game following UCONN. Not looking forward to an announcing team that is ambivalent to UCONN overall. I may be wrong, but i sincerely doubt it.

 

[Skeets]

Meghan Cuomo is terrific. She is for the Huskies but not afraid to gently criticize. Deserves a bigger opportunity.

Also, consider that one way or another Megan has been with the Huskies almost as long as Geno.

 

[Skeets]

Pre-game, insightful halftime, post-game, Geno shows, and other specials, are all gone. UConn fans have lost a lot.

 

[WiseWillie]

You almost wonder could UConn WBB ever have "bought out" of the BE tv deal? Of course that would be impossible since the tv rights are held by the BE Conference which covers the men as well. But deals are made and deals are broken. But why would UConn want to do that? For one, there is little doubt that without UConn the deal could never have been done. Does UConn get premium return from the BE?

SNY only covered UConn WBB and no other teams. They paid the BE for those rights to carry the games. How exactly did UConn fit into that? Questions. Answers?

 

[uconnfan68]

You almost wonder could UConn WBB ever have "bought out" of the BE tv deal? Of course that would be impossible since the tv rights are held by the BE Conference which covers the men as well. But deals are made and deals are broken. But why would UConn want to do that? For one, there is little doubt that without UConn the deal could never have been done. Does UConn get premium return from the BE?

SNY only covered UConn WBB and no other teams. They paid the BE for those rights to carry the games. How exactly did UConn fit into that? Questions. Answers?

Not sure they paid the BE. I thought, and I’ve been wrong too many times to count, that UConn has Tier 3 rights to itself. The tier 1-2 rights were the league’s, but tier 3 was up to individual teams. No one team in country had the same tier 3 that we did, and I’m pretty sure SNY made money on us from what I have seen from ratings in the largest media market in the US.

 

[DataNerd]

Husky nation has been blessed twice in coverage. CPTV gambled doubly bigly, bringing women’s sports & specials to staid PBS, with monster ratings building an appetite for women’s basketball. SNY brought sportscasting experience, budget, and polished packages to showcase our teams and groom several sidelines reporters for bigger careers. I was needlessly apprehensive of the move to SNY, but am concerned about the potential lack of coordinated coverage of the UConn stories in the new deal.

 

[Centerstream]

Not sure they paid the BE. I thought, and I’ve been wrong too many times to count, that UConn has Tier 3 rights to itself. The tier 1-2 rights were the league’s, but tier 3 was up to individual teams. No one team in country had the same tier 3 that we did, and I’m pretty sure SNY made money on us from what I have seen from ratings in the largest media market in the US.

Someone posted on this forum yesterday that MLB was purchasing SNY. If true, could that be the reason why SNY is no longer in the picture????
BTW The only news I have seen about this is that SNY streaming is now available on the MLB app.

 

[Skeets]

Oldtimers might remember (probably pre-SNY) when the pre-game festivities included a PA announced trivia question. The answer always was "Meghan Pattyson". 10,000 people in Gampel would shout out that answer. Funny at first, but after a bunch of games it got old.

 

[Blond D.]

Paige gave a pretty good shout out to SNY at the end of her interview right after the game.

 

[ctkaiser]

The deal the BE struck calls for games to be broadcast on Fox, NBC and TNT.

I'm thinking they'll be putting some games on Peacock to mess us up. First 5 games of the men's Big East Tournament are on Peacock.

 

[ctkaiser]

I've tried that, but isn't the radio always a fraction ahead?

There's an app that synchs it up. Can't recall name.

 

[uconnfan68]

Someone posted on this forum yesterday that MLB was purchasing SNY. If true, could that be the reason why SNY is no longer in the picture????
BTW The only news I have seen about this is that SNY streaming is now available on the MLB app.

I was thinking we didn’t have a choice in the negotiations. If the smaller schools get actual money for T3, instead of nothing, I’m sure they’ll go for it. No other wbb team has what we do.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I also enjoyed Kerith, Justine, Maria, and Chelsea!