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ACC, ESPN extend deal for 15 years

  • 11-14 have zero chance of ever winning five games in five days so I don't see what the point is. I'd rather see the top two get byes and then split the six first round games on Wed/Thurs if they have to invite everyone.

    Tabe ●

  • Tabe said...

    11-14 have zero chance of ever winning five games in five days so I don't see what the point is. I'd rather see the top two get byes and then split the six first round games on Wed/Thurs if they have to invite everyone.

    There's no chance that you don't have teams bitching about unequal rest if you do it that way.

    fuzzy510

  • Play 3-5 on Wednesday and 6-8 on Thursday. If anything, it's less of a disadvantage for the lower teams than now because there are fewer teams that can win the whole thing by playing one less game.

    Tabe ●

  • Tabe said...

    11-14 have zero chance of ever winning five games in five days so I don't see what the point is. I'd rather see the top two get byes and then split the six first round games on Wed/Thurs if they have to invite everyone.

    Was thinnking about this and I agree. I'd much prefer this to be the case. Or you "reward" the 3 and 4 seeds (who theoretically should win pretty easily anyways) by allowing them an extra day of rest (ie, have them play Wednesday).

    Seems like a slightly better solution, IMO.

    alexterp ●

  • Tabe said...

    Play 3-5 on Wednesday and 6-8 on Thursday. If anything, it's less of a disadvantage for the lower teams than now because there are fewer teams that can win the whole thing by playing one less game.

    I wouldn't split the 5 seed and 6 seed onto different nights. I can see 2 games on Wed. and 4 on Th. or 4 on Wed. and 2 on Th:

    3 v. 14, 4 v. 13, 5 v. 12, 6 v. 11 on Wed.
    7 v. 10, 8 v. 9 on Th.
    This way, 3 through 6 have a day's rest, but the teams playing 1 and 2 do not.

    3 v. 14, 4 v. 13 on Wed.
    5 v. 12, 6 v. 11, 7 v. 10, 8 v. 9 on Th.
    This way, 3 and 4 (or 13 and 14) get the advantage of the day off before playing the 5-12 or 6-11 winner.

    I can see arguments for both of these models. And they are both better than a 11-14, 12-13 Wednesday night.

    This post was edited by ChrispyWF on 5/17/2012 at 7:49 AM

    ChrispyWF

  • Tabe said...

    11-14 have zero chance of ever winning five games in five days so I don't see what the point is. I'd rather see the top two get byes and then split the six first round games on Wed/Thurs if they have to invite everyone.

    I'd agree with that except for the fact that a team did that just last year on its way to making the NCAA tournament and then winning the national championship.

    terps99

  • terps99 said...

    I'd agree with that except for the fact that a team did that just last year on its way to making the NCAA tournament and then winning the national championship.

    That team wasn't seeded as low as 11-14, though. It started off in the 8-9 game in the league tournament. If you are a double-digit seed in your own league tournament, you probably aren't good enough to do that.

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  • And the 9 seed in a 16-team Big East (stacked that year, got 11 bids) is significantly different than an 11-14 in a 14 team ACC

    This post was edited by JDawgBBall9 on 5/17/2012 at 8:23 AM

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • I wish we could go back to being a 9 team conference.

    jsh ●

  • I don't think anyone would make the argument they have the chance to win, I just don't know why you'd be against it. If you're a fan of one of those teams then if gives you some slimmer of hope and you get to watch an extra game. If you're not then it doesn't effect you anyway, so how does it cheapen anything?

    Devils0720

  • jsh said...

    I wish we could go back to being a 9 team conference.

    I wish money/greed and television programming entities hadn't decided to destroy the awesomeness of college sports too, but this is the world we live in now.

    bkmalik ●

  • jsh said...

    I wish we could go back to being a 9 team conference.

    Your words hurt.

    classlessthug: I have too much on my plate to worry about the fact that my junk intimidates some needle D undergrad.

    eamhokie94

  • Devils0720 said...

    I don't think anyone would make the argument they have the chance to win, I just don't know why you'd be against it. If you're a fan of one of those teams then if gives you some slimmer of hope and you get to watch an extra game. If you're not then it doesn't effect you anyway, so how does it cheapen anything?

    In 2009 the ACC tournament was at the Georgia Dome and Georgia Tech brought like 1200 fans to see their 2-14 squad play in the 5-12 game.

    Stuff like that will be more frequent

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • eamhokie94 said...

    Your words hurt.

    I didn't say I'd kick out VT!

    jsh ●

  • jsh said...

    I wish we could go back to being a 9 team conference.

    Dodds may be your genie.

    Many of Pitt's 58 "rushing attempts" were the result qb Tino Sunseri fleeing the pocket like a man whose clothes were on fire.

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  • Syracuse's AD Daryl Gross gave an interview up in Syracuse, which included questions about the TV contract. In addition to the He points out that with the individual contracts for multimedia contracts that some other conferences have signed away, the average will be $24-$25 million a year for ACC programs.

    If you believe FSU has a better multimedia contract than the average ACC school (reasonable assumption), that puts the deal needed for the Big 12 even higher to lure Florida St. Also, this may be a case where FSU realizes they can get better money for their Tier 3 rights for baseball and other sports than they previously thought.

    Syracuse University Athletic Director Daryl Gross talks ACC, moving games to the Meadowlands, and more (Podcast)

    Syracuse University Athletic Director Dr. Daryl Gross joined me recently of this interview here in the blog next week after we chat again. On to the interview. Brent Axe baxeman@yahoo.com or post a comment below @BrentAxeMedia on Twitter...

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    ChrispyWF

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