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UConn–San Diego State Final Delivers Historically Low Ratings

nelsonmuntz said:
Not surprising. Some upsets are good for fan interest. Too many upsets are bad.
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I hope future games don't get rigged in some manner to "improve ratings". Game need to be fair and honest regardless of how nany upsers occur throughout the tournament.
 
Agree with what everyone else said, but San Diego State's physical rockfight style didn't help either. There were a few beautiful passes, like Jackson's drop off for the Calcaterra three, but they were greatly outnumbered by plays where it was hard work to do anything.
 
3rdbass said:
Yeah, I saw this on the Syracuse board. It was one of the few things they could make fun in that UCONN thread for the championship game.
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I wonder what their Helms trophy ratings numbers looked like.
 
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Of course, the haters will use this stat as one of their arguments that we are not a true Blue Blood.
 
I think The Onion hit the nail on the head with the last sentence of this article (? - do they call them "articles" on The Onion?)

www.theonion.com

NCAA Awards Title To Duke In Final Upset Of March Madness

HOUSTON—Capping off a wild tournament defined by surprising underdog victories, the NCAA awarded the national championship title Monday to Duke University in the final upset of March Madness. “After 40 minutes of riveting basketball between San Diego State and the University of Connecticut in a...
www.theonion.com www.theonion.com
 
Miss-seeding us and SDSU cost them ratings. Casuals get caught up in the seedings when it comes to Final Four/Championships. On paper a 4 vs. 5 seed doesn't sound great.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
It is a stretch to take a shot at the Big East using the fact that a mid-major ish program that is located in paradise (and therefore does not generate great fan interest on its best days) and at various points in the 48 hours leading up to the game was the biggest underdog in over 25 years, did not rock the ratings.

San Diegans do not focus much on indoor sports when the weather is 75 and sunny 350 days of the year.
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Indeed. They had NBA and NFL teams when I lived there, but neither remains.
 
Maybe I'm biased, but I 100% think it's because of the late start time + the fact that SDSU was in the title game and everyone expected us to blow them out. If the game started at 8 and it was UConn vs. any of the 1 seeds or blue bloods then it would've had good ratings.
 
Everything is the lowest rated everything lately, and will continue to be. A higher percentage of people this year don't have cable, and next year and beyond will be worse.

Frankly, i think the networks are in a bit of a bind here, or will be soon. Over the last 30+ years, the big networks started new networks under their umbrellas (24 hour news/sports/movies/etc...), and now less and less people are watching, but they still have to pay for programming to fill the air time.
As of now the advertisers seem to still be paying, but you have to think that will change soon as they decide to invest their ad dollars elsewhere. This includes live sports. They are all down except for the NFL really. Seems like a bubble primed to burst.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
It's funny, I was going to post something similar.

Could care less about ratings, whether people find it interesting or whatever.

People who really love college basketball watched the game. That's all that matters.
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Unfortunately, it does matter, particularly when the Big East is poised to renegotiate a new broadcast rights agreement. More eyeballs means more money ; networks will look at the leagues biggest brand attracting disappointing ratings in a National Championship game and argue the BE is not that valuable a commodity
 
ibleedhuskyblue said:
Everything is the lowest rated everything lately, and will continue to be. A higher percentage of people this year don't have cable, and next year and beyond will be worse.

Frankly, i think the networks are in a bit of a bind here, or will be soon. Over the last 30+ years, the big networks started new networks under their umbrellas (24 hour news/sports/movies/etc...), and now less and less people are watching, but they still have to pay for programming to fill the air time.
As of now the advertisers seem to still be paying, but you have to think that will change soon as they decide to invest their ad dollars elsewhere. This includes live sports. They are all down except for the NFL really. Seems like a bubble primed to burst.
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Less people maybe watching for whatever reason, but it's not because cord cutters don't have cable. The Final 4 was on CBS, which is a legacy OTA network, this year. One does need cable to get the CBS mothership. Only an Internet/data connection. I just tuned into The Price Is Right as I type (Incidentally, when did Drew Carey get in touch with his inner Darryl Hall?).
 
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Fore! said:
Unfortunately, it does matter, particularly when the Big East is poised to renegotiate a new broadcast rights agreement. More eyeballs means more money ; networks will look at the leagues biggest brand attracting disappointing ratings in a National Championship game and argue the BE is not that valuable a commodity
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But unless they're deciding to move completely away from basketball that's not what the numbers will say. UConn still had the #1 and #4 most watched basketball games this year
 
UConn was a heavy favorite and led double digits 35 minutes of the game. If I was a casual fan at 11pm and saw UConn by14. I would move on too. Same thing if Duke and Kansas are playing for a title.
 
Fore! said:
Unfortunately, it does matter, particularly when the Big East is poised to renegotiate a new broadcast rights agreement. More eyeballs means more money ; networks will look at the leagues biggest brand attracting disappointing ratings in a National Championship game and argue the BE is not that valuable a commodity
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LOL
 
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Rocktheworld said:
Interesting how that Kentucky/Ohio/Tennessee/Indiana area watched like that. And Boston and even NY didn’t watch as much.
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Say what you want, but that quad state area you mentioned LOVES college hoops and is very knowledgeable on the day to day state of the game. That's actually not surprising at all. NY not college town, and Boston way worse. Even with UConn.
 
Because a lot of UConn Nation was at the game
 
August_West said:
Say what you want, but that quad state area you mentioned LOVES college hoops and is very knowledgeable on the day to day state of the game. That's actually not surprising at all. NY not college town, and Boston way worse. Even with UConn.
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Yeah I guess a lot of UK grads fan out around the area. Still interesting

Cincinnati is basically in Kentucky
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Was it just largely because it started late at night, or, was it a lack of national interest in the game.

www.si.com

UConn–San Diego State Final Delivers Historically Low Ratings

The showdown between the Huskies and Aztecs didn’t exactly move the needle.
www.si.com www.si.com
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Combination:
1. Bad time! I realize game always on Monday, but not as appealing as a weekend. Too late! Why couldn't they tip at 7p Central? Half of America and most kids in bed after 9pm on East Coast.

2. The trend away from live viewing. I think we are going to continue to see a downtrend in viewership for big games as people move toward streaming and On-Demand. Less incentive to take time out day and sit down to watch when can watch on delay with no commercials or when convenient.

3. Lack of teams with large viewership. A lot is being made of the "No Bluebloods" but that misses the point and I don't think is the issue. The average viewer likes cinderellas and underdogs as much as big names, maybe more. The issue was that all 4 teams in the Final Four have small dedicated viewerships (including UConn even though we are a "blueblood). Other than alumni and locals to the universities, UConn, SDSU, Miami, and FAU don't have large casual fanbases.
 
The final round of the Masters had 12.6 million viewers -two million less the Natty.
 
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