MikeR wrote:

St. Joe also still alive in the NIT after beating Colorado State. Can't help but wonder if GMU got the NIT bid mostly on their 12-1 OOC record. Lesson for the Dukes.

Oops!  Thanks for noticing I missed/dissed St. Jos's I corrected the record 5-2 overall in post season for the A 10.

Last edited by Great Ghost Alive (3/20/2026 11:34 am)

They have four options for you to view games at any time.  CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV.  The top of the screen gives you the scores and the network.

coffee wrote:

I believe that's the point Ghost was trying to make.  Televise a free garbage game and make the public pay for the good ones.

I don’t think that Ghost was referring to TV coverage at all. I would suspect that 90+% have access to those other national networks that are usually included in most basic viewing plans.

I heard the Raftery quote and loved it.  The announcers seem to be more objective in their assessments, seedings and rankings and don't have to defend the selection committee's bowing to the power 5 conferences.

Seedings are almost as much of an issue as non-power conferences making the tournament.  Neither A 10 teams were seeded fairly.  It is  rare that an A 10 team gets upset but pretty common for us to win as the underdog once in the dance.

This entire NET system is nothing more than the power conference's way of controlling ratings.  Witness the controvercy of a 30 win team narrowly making the tournament and the playin and seeding they got.

Cinderella teams are finding it harder and harder but are still breaking through but not easily.

Last edited by Great Ghost Alive (Today 9:28 am)