I don't mean to sound sexist or anything, but why is it that ESPN is showing the GIRLS NCAA tourney instead of some girls some boys. I agree that one reason womens NCAA doesn't have a large following is because they don't have the same exposure as the boys, but in my market CBS was showing the WVU vs North Western state game. Come on. How do they pass up a nail biter (had to listen on radio) rank 1vs8 (UConn,UK) to show a lack-luster 6vs14? I understand that N'West ST upset #3Iowa, but even after you could see it would be a blow away, they still refused to show the 8-1 game even when there was 2 minutes left in that game and like 12 minutes left in the WVU game. CBS needs to get their crap together. I live in Kentucky and couldn't watch my team play.
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CBS has exclusive rights to the Men's NCAA and ESPN has them for the women.  I understand your frustration with the UCONN game.  I was in the same boat.  During that game we had to watch some blowout of another game.  How rude!!
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I have Dish Network too, and also missed some awesome games this past season. When I heard that Dish brought OLN back for the playoffs, I was happy that I could watch the Hurricanes play. I like being able to watch other hockey games in the NHL besides the Hurricanes (which are always on FSN South), but I agree with what everyone has told me over the season. They're announcers suck. I don't care for the NBC announcers either, which seem to be the same ones on OLN. I think that ESPN should bring back coverage of the NHL and stop playing so many freaking basketball and baseball games. Anyway, I'm glad I now get OLN, which is changing its name to VERSUS in September.
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Dickie V, BABY, you gotta love it, the diaper dandies, the alley oops, the plus 1, the and 1, the high risers baby! I agreee, I'm pumped about NCAA hoops. There has already been a bunch of exciting games. Man, check out some of the ESPN 2 games.
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I would like to know too.  I don't get OLN and I don't understand how ESPN shows poker and not hockey.  Seriously, whoever watches poker on TV needs to get a life.
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OK since a bunch of stupid people thought it was for Americans how about if I give the REAL STORY of this. Hockey isn't a very popular sport among ratings. Actually if the ratings were 1-2% the league just about has a heart attack. Well Fox has become a sports network and did excellent with the NFL. They thought they would try to bring intrest to hockey. After all they were paying all that money for the contract they thought MAYBE they could raise the ratings and make it worthwhile. So they went out and talked to non-fans(not just Americans to those in Canada that need to GROW-UP) and asked why they didn't like/watch hockey. They were being told it was hard to follow, among other things people weren't sure where the puck was. So Fox put the chip in so they could make the puck glow, and they could show it "through" the wall when it got too close to the wall. It allowed people to know where the puck was better. Well here comes the problem. The purists HATED the glowing puck, it was actually kinda distracting by how big it made the puck look. The bigger problem though was that RATINGS WENT DOWN. See the non-fans didn't start watching and the purists and people who were fans for the most part stopped watching. So the "Glow" puck and the Comet Trail were ended. The Comet trail for those who forget was when a slap shot was taken. If the puck went above like 90mph a little trail was shown from where the shot was taken to where it stopped and the speed. That wasn't really liked by the purists either but honestly it wasn't as bad as the glow puck. I mean it only showed on for a few seconds at most.
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I,m not a fan of any of those teams either, and yes Notre Dame is always overated every year.  Corso is an idiot and ESPN only talks about the teams that THEY want to win, no matter who the best team is in reality.  Notre Dame almost always has a weak schedule, which makes me wonder, if they are so good, why don't they go undefeated more often.
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ABC definitly won't repeat, they never do\n\nESPN might but it is unlikely since they are showing all 64 games\n\nI looked on ESPNs web site but it is to far off and they don't have the TV shedule up yet.
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Pablo,\nHow can you say that the Shockers (Wichita State) are not any good?!  They don't give bad teams an at large bid into the NCAA tourney!!
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I guess it's kinda like this .....   If you boldly proposition 10 different  girls, 9 will smack your face. But that 1 might just take you up on your offer. It's the same with the wolverweinies. We play them 10 games and they might just win1. If, and I say IF they finally beat us, then the monkey might just be off their back.\n   The game really wasn't close. Take away the two muffed snaps that had nothing to do with Michigan's play, and the game is entirely different. I know that everything counts. I'm not trying to make excuses, I'm just saying that Hart should shut his mouth. He says that he's not impressed. I wasn't impressed with their overrated defense.
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I like it.\nNot that I really have any alternative since I'm living in a dorm and can't buy some sort of cable sports package.\n\nBut it's nice. I like being able to watch my team. It's not quite as fun to just listen. It's not horribly expensive, and it's pretty good quality.\n\nMy only complaint is that you don't get to choose which broadcast you watch. It's annoying sometimes to have to listen to the announcers of a rival team.
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First of all, I am a Maize and Blue fan through and through. Secondly I am not in favor of rematches in college football. Especially when it is Michigan-OhioState. This is the greatest rivalry in college sports and playing once a year is part of the charm . That being said however, the BCS is designed to match the two best teams in college football against each other in the National Championship game. And right now, til one of the schools with one loss who are still playing steps up and wins out and impresses the pollsters enough to vault ahead of Michigan, my beloved Wolverines are #2. It may be a flawed system that calls for a rematch but right now, it is the only one we have. and if that happens, so be it. Bring on the Buckeyes....Go Blue!
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Even if D1-A adopted a playoff system, people would still complain about WHICH 8 (or however many) teams should be in it... you KNOW that fans of the #9 team would claim THEY should be in it instead of #7, because #9 beat #7 early in the season.\n\nPlus, a playoff makes it LESS likely we'd see the two best teams in the championship game, not more likely....the more playoff games you have, the greater the chance for an upset... this year is the exception, but the BCS has be correct more often than not.  It just SEEMS like it hasn't because all fans have their biases.\n\nI'd love to see the top 4 college basketball teams play in the final four...but it's NEVER happened... why do fans and sportswriters supposedly love stories like George Mason getting to the final four? Who wants to watch THAT? I wasn't happy they got there last year....I want to see the #1 seeds from each bracket play in the final four....but because of having so many rounds, it's something we'll most likely never see.\n\nIt's the same with football... an 8 team field would just about guarantee that we wouldn't see the top two teams. And who decides which 8 teams get there?
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florida's schedule?  c'mon now.\n\nsouthern miss, UCF, kentucky, vanderbilt, and west carolina?  are you kidding me?  two conference USA opponents and a divison 2 opponent?  get real.  that schedule is WEAK.  and you guys almost lost to unranked south carolina!  auburn, tennessee and LSU are respectable.  okay so you have 3 ranked teams on your schedule.\n\nUSC has arkansas, nebraska, oregon, cal, and notre dame which makes 5.  \n\njust sounds like sour grapes to me!
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It would make more money and the NCAA knows it. I saw an interview a few years back where a NCAA official admitted that they had indeed done a feasibility study on a playoff and that study showed that it could be done easily and the revenues it would generate would blow the bowl system out of the water. He said the biggest thing preventing a playoff system is the college Presidents. They are hiding behind the excuse that it will cost players too much class time......of course, how many universities and colleges are in school for more than a week or 2 in December/early January? How much class time is missed by playing Mon-Thurs night games for ESPN???
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Were Americans watching anyway?  The answer to that is no, unfortunately.  I am a massive hockey fan, but I also happen to work in the television industry so I understand how ratings work and why ESPN dropped its coverage - it's hard to fault them for turning their back on the NHL (bowling was getting higher ratings... BOWLING, people...).  Americans don't particularly care about hockey enough in general, and while an All-Canadian final is unlikely (only Calgary and 8-seed Edmonton are alive out West), it would certainly turn off a few more televisions in the States.
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There isn't that large of a fan base for the pros.  We used to go to the games and virtually no one was there in the stands.  I think that they should have left softball in the olympics.  Softball has always been a hot topic of the olympics.  Since I have graduated from college, I had to hang up my glove.  Damn, it hurt so bad.  Now all I have to look forward to is the NCAA championships to watch each May.  I tried coaching varsity high school softball, but the girls didn't have the heart that I had for the sport and it was just too frustrating.  The problem is that people like watching men play sports more so than women.  What's sad is that I have to listen to my boyfriend say that MLB is much harder than Fastpitch softball.  It really pisses me off.  I think that ESPN has noticed that they get great ratings during NCAA championships, so now they might play the National games.  I have a couple of friends that played pro in Akron, but they didn't get paid good and the fan base was not great.
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i know of the WNBA but its not as fun to watch!! with  the NBA the guys can dunk and do more and when you watch WNBA its all pretty much watchin 10 girls run up and down the court for 2 hours (ive seen a few games), ur right it is boring!!they dont get that agreesive and they cant make the good shots.......like dunking and making the DEEP 3 pters