((HT: Lost Lettermen/JWeber238 via Instagram))
This is a reporter's worst nightmare... an athlete during a celebration who wants to tell you something...
Just ask Shabazz Napier
What he's referring to is the ban given to UConn by the NCAA for their low APR grades...
And the irony given that Mark Emmert was the one handing out the trophy is not lost on folks...
Showing posts with label Final Four. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Final Four. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Bad Night To Be A Miller... Florida And Wisconsin Advance
((HT: March Madness TV))
Two Millers had a chance to get to the last four teams to play this season in men's college basketball...
And neither will get to North Dallas...
Archie Miller and his Dayton Flyers lost by ten to Florida, 62-52, so Billy Donovan and the Gators go...
In the last game of the night, Sean Miller had a chance to get there- first surviving regulation with Wisconsin and playing another five minutes. But, the extra five ended really goofy...
An offensive foul call down one led to an inbounds pass that had a 37-minute review before a reversal that gave Arizona another chance at getting the game-winner...
Actually, in all fairness, the review wasn't 37 minutes... but it seemed that long...
But they did get it right...
But, more interestingly, the offensive foul call was the more debatable of the two calls by officials late-late-late in the free hoops portion of the program...
Props to Bo Ryan and to the B1G- the conference has a team in the last three games of the year for the 11th time in last 16 years - but Michigan State in 2000 is the only team to get a title...
Two Millers had a chance to get to the last four teams to play this season in men's college basketball...
And neither will get to North Dallas...
Archie Miller and his Dayton Flyers lost by ten to Florida, 62-52, so Billy Donovan and the Gators go...
In the last game of the night, Sean Miller had a chance to get there- first surviving regulation with Wisconsin and playing another five minutes. But, the extra five ended really goofy...
An offensive foul call down one led to an inbounds pass that had a 37-minute review before a reversal that gave Arizona another chance at getting the game-winner...
Actually, in all fairness, the review wasn't 37 minutes... but it seemed that long...
But they did get it right...
But, more interestingly, the offensive foul call was the more debatable of the two calls by officials late-late-late in the free hoops portion of the program...
Props to Bo Ryan and to the B1G- the conference has a team in the last three games of the year for the 11th time in last 16 years - but Michigan State in 2000 is the only team to get a title...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Kim Mulkey Gets A Suspension
Okay...
How many of you remember this from the Final Four weekend...???
((HT: ESPN/NCAA))
The HQ didn't, but the folks in Indianapolis did...
So, as a result... the Baylor head coach has been given a one-game suspension for the March post-season tournament. The folks who run the college game also are holding the Bears championship per diem for the regional round...
Which, probably hurts more than the suspension does...
Mulkey, in the eyes of the NCAA, is a repeat offender. She was reprimanded in 2011 for criticizing the NCAA when they put texas A&M in her bracket- a team it had faced three times that season. Texas A&M won the game in the tourney and the national title.
"The committee unanimously felt that the behavior of Coach Mulkey was unacceptable and has no place in the women's basketball championship," said Carolayne Henry, committee chair and senior associate commissioner for the Mountain West Conference.
And there you go...
How many of you remember this from the Final Four weekend...???
((HT: ESPN/NCAA))
The HQ didn't, but the folks in Indianapolis did...
So, as a result... the Baylor head coach has been given a one-game suspension for the March post-season tournament. The folks who run the college game also are holding the Bears championship per diem for the regional round...
Which, probably hurts more than the suspension does...
Mulkey, in the eyes of the NCAA, is a repeat offender. She was reprimanded in 2011 for criticizing the NCAA when they put texas A&M in her bracket- a team it had faced three times that season. Texas A&M won the game in the tourney and the national title.
"The committee unanimously felt that the behavior of Coach Mulkey was unacceptable and has no place in the women's basketball championship," said Carolayne Henry, committee chair and senior associate commissioner for the Mountain West Conference.
And there you go...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Next Year's NCAA Hoop Semi's Move to TBS
((ncaa.com))
So basketball fan, did you hear the one about the NCAA Basketball Semi's moving from CBS to TBS?
It's a move that's been in the works since the last NCAA/CBS TV deal that allowed Turner Sports the opportunity to broadcast all the tournament games CBS, the long-time rights holder, didn't.
The deal was to initially move the semi's to TBS, but not for a couple of years.
The timetable was moved up.
Beginning next year, the weekend's Final Four games will be broadcast on TBS. Should that be surprising. No. It's part of Sports move away from Network TV.
Read more on the move from the NCAA their ownselves RIGHT HERE
Beginning in 2016, the Finals will alternate between both networks.
What this means to you: Well, it depends on whether you have cable/satellite programming or not. If you do, it doesn't mean much, it just means you'll find more games on cable, where most NCAA sports have migrated (ESPN has the Football championships).
However, if you don't have cable/satellite, well, you probably weren't watching many Sports anyway.
But, just keep this in mind. The days of Network TV being the go-to are changing. Yes, the NFL is there, and will continue to be, but they are a huge drain on the Network bottom line (not very profitable). And unlike cable, they can't increase the subscriber fee the same way.
The morale of the story is this: TV is getting close to exponential change. The model will eventually eat the cable companies as well. Subscribers are currently footing the bill for Sports (all of them) whether they are watched, or not.
And that model includes major Sports moving away from the places you've always seen them while growing up. And into a place that will cost you a lot of money.
So basketball fan, did you hear the one about the NCAA Basketball Semi's moving from CBS to TBS?
It's a move that's been in the works since the last NCAA/CBS TV deal that allowed Turner Sports the opportunity to broadcast all the tournament games CBS, the long-time rights holder, didn't.
The deal was to initially move the semi's to TBS, but not for a couple of years.
The timetable was moved up.
Beginning next year, the weekend's Final Four games will be broadcast on TBS. Should that be surprising. No. It's part of Sports move away from Network TV.
Read more on the move from the NCAA their ownselves RIGHT HERE
Beginning in 2016, the Finals will alternate between both networks.
What this means to you: Well, it depends on whether you have cable/satellite programming or not. If you do, it doesn't mean much, it just means you'll find more games on cable, where most NCAA sports have migrated (ESPN has the Football championships).
However, if you don't have cable/satellite, well, you probably weren't watching many Sports anyway.
But, just keep this in mind. The days of Network TV being the go-to are changing. Yes, the NFL is there, and will continue to be, but they are a huge drain on the Network bottom line (not very profitable). And unlike cable, they can't increase the subscriber fee the same way.
The morale of the story is this: TV is getting close to exponential change. The model will eventually eat the cable companies as well. Subscribers are currently footing the bill for Sports (all of them) whether they are watched, or not.
And that model includes major Sports moving away from the places you've always seen them while growing up. And into a place that will cost you a lot of money.
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