The NCAA is the best sports event there is.
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ibahawkeye
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I agree.. this weekend is my favorite... you get 4 days, not 4 hours (Super Bowl)
HawkeyeRyno
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Me either but I think we are going to have to wait 2-3 more years or longer though.
gohawkz
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You might be right but I hope you're wrong.
Last year was just so-so,but this year it has been a great tourny.
That whole parity deal is working out great in this tourny...most games are down to the wire,with seeds rendered pretty meaningless. I will not be surprised with any outcome today....and would love to see Michigan and Illinois upset the whole applecart by taking out Duke and KU.
If OSU and PU advance, it will be a solid tourny for the Big Ten.
That whole parity deal is working out great in this tourny...most games are down to the wire,with seeds rendered pretty meaningless. I will not be surprised with any outcome today....and would love to see Michigan and Illinois upset the whole applecart by taking out Duke and KU.
If OSU and PU advance, it will be a solid tourny for the Big Ten.
Fun in a bingo sense, but I haven't watched one full game. Have watched a few endings. Also, lots of empty seats.
sportstalent
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It has been for a long time, doesn't get any better, even when the lower seeds don't get a ton of upsets, there are always great games.
I don't know how last year wasn't great, just the Xavier-KSU game made the tournament what it is.
How can you forget Butler was in the FINAL and almost won?
I don't know how last year wasn't great, just the Xavier-KSU game made the tournament what it is.
How can you forget Butler was in the FINAL and almost won?
Do the empty seats detract from your enjoyment of the games?
Not me.
I have watched most of many games,especially the Big Ten teams.
The ability to click over for the finish of a few games does nothing but enhance the experience for me.
The Wisky-KSU game was really intense.
Michigan-Duke was a near-thriller.
MSU comeback vs UCLA was nearly epic.
PSU-Temple was taut.
OSU's sheer machine-like precision was cool.
Butler vs Pitt was nice.
I admit that part of the deal for me is rooting against ''the greatest bb conference of all time''...Big East,and seeing them go down so much.
I hear a lot of the media decry the quality of college bb...to me it is still all relative....it is competition,which might not always be pretty,but it is always intense...that makes it compelling to me.
I think it makes a direct argument as to whether or not this is the greatest sporting event. Particularly comparing it to the Superbowl. Is there one empty seat in an NFL playoff game? I doubt it.
Basically, the NCAA's work really well to play bingo. We fill out our brackets and check up on scores to figure out how the brackets are doing. But people don't actually go to the games, nor do they watch compared to other sports.
Seriously, Cops and America's Most Wanted beat out the tournament.
Now, it helps to stick the thing on four channels. But it still doesn't come close to the NFL or college football.
It is a betting novelty. I love it as a betting novelty. But, we really shouldn't be propping it up as something it isn't.
Ok, I will not argue it is the greatest sports event....altho I still maintain that attendance and tv ratings do not intrinsically determine the ''value'' of an event holds for anyone that is a fan of the sport.
Objectively speaking ,the World Cup is probably the greatest sporting event,but I do not care for soccer so I could not care less.
I enjoy the tourny because I am a bb fan. I also love the NBA playoffs. They are different games,but I am not hung up on how the college game is inferior to the pro game...like some media guys.
You say it is like bingo for you. You don't like bb better than bingo?
I would call you a casual bb fan,I guess,based on that comment,which is fine,nothing wrong with that,but the bracket filling aspect for me is a minor sidebar for me. I like the games, the one and done desperation,the tension,the competition,and really,I like seeing players that I have not seen all year....exciting players,like the little pg on VCU or Derrick Williams the big dude from AZ. And as a Bulls fan, I am always on the lookout for a 2 guard for them to draft to replace Bogans.
Objectively speaking ,the World Cup is probably the greatest sporting event,but I do not care for soccer so I could not care less.
I enjoy the tourny because I am a bb fan. I also love the NBA playoffs. They are different games,but I am not hung up on how the college game is inferior to the pro game...like some media guys.
You say it is like bingo for you. You don't like bb better than bingo?
I would call you a casual bb fan,I guess,based on that comment,which is fine,nothing wrong with that,but the bracket filling aspect for me is a minor sidebar for me. I like the games, the one and done desperation,the tension,the competition,and really,I like seeing players that I have not seen all year....exciting players,like the little pg on VCU or Derrick Williams the big dude from AZ. And as a Bulls fan, I am always on the lookout for a 2 guard for them to draft to replace Bogans.
