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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 11, 2012 7:49:10 GMT -5
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Post by midsouthhoya on Feb 12, 2012 8:43:21 GMT -5
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Post by kghoya on Feb 14, 2012 0:12:12 GMT -5
NBC Sports just added to its college basketball inventory with a CAA deal.
I guess in the future Big Monday style programming on NBC Sports can include ODU/VCU followed up by Georgetown/Notre Dame.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Feb 14, 2012 0:34:00 GMT -5
And there are some who don't think we can sign a lucrative television contract with a new hoops first architecture. Phooey.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Feb 14, 2012 0:50:30 GMT -5
And there are some who don't think we can sign a lucrative television contract with a new hoops first architecture. Phooey. The deal also includes football, and - per RealTimeRPI - the CAA was the top-ranked conference in FCS last year. Keep in mind the CAA includes 5 flagship state universities (Delaware, UMass, URI, UNH, and Maine). Even here, football is a - perhaps the - driving factor.
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Post by kghoya on Feb 14, 2012 1:15:16 GMT -5
And there are some who don't think we can sign a lucrative television contract with a new hoops first architecture. Phooey. The deal included football. CAA football is the SEC of FCS. Seriously.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Feb 14, 2012 8:16:36 GMT -5
Maybe joining the CAA with a commitment to upgrade our football program is not bad option for us when the Big East ultimately implodes.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 14, 2012 8:51:09 GMT -5
How many people will watch a CAA football game on a Saturday afternoon with a bunch of SEC, B10, B12 games on at the same time? That is why the Big East football couldn't get a better football TV contract and why the ACC needed to try to poach new markets. Saturdays are full of good games without needing weak conferences. Is the CAA going to play on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to get an audience?
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Post by thebin on Feb 14, 2012 9:02:13 GMT -5
Is the CAA going to play on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to get an audience?
Quite possibly, and why not?
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Post by bmartin on Feb 14, 2012 10:09:21 GMT -5
5 football games on NBC Sports Network (Versus) & 13 football games on Comcast Sports regional channels.
12 basketball games on NBC Sports Network & 39 basketball games on Comcast regionals. A few of the latter will be women's games.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 14, 2012 10:11:20 GMT -5
5 football games on NBC Sports Network (Versus) & 13 football games on Comcast Sports regional channels. 12 basketball games on NBC Sports Network & 39 basketball games on Comcast regionals. A few of the latter will be women's games. Yes, that is truly similar to the exposure that Georgetown enjoys. Let's do that.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 14, 2012 11:10:21 GMT -5
If the Big East signs a deal with the Big East, what happens to Big East regional areas that do not have Comcast as a provider? I wonder if that would mean non-Comcast markets would simply not have access to several Big East games. If so, I think that would be a bad deal. For all of its problems, ESPN is probably still the best place for the Big East, at least for basketball.
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Post by kghoya on Feb 14, 2012 15:49:00 GMT -5
Brian Mull, who covers UNCW basketball for the Star News, did a good job detailing the CAA/NBC Sports TV contract yesterday on Twitter.
Some highlights:
Per contract, rights to games not selected by Comcast go back to schools, who can offer digital rights to ESPN, Yahoo, NBC Sports, etc
So, possibility for games on ESPN3 remains. Bass (UNCW AD) hopes to have free HD feed of all men's basketball games by next season.
So the above covers the online aspect which some people are worried about because after being used to seeing so many games on ESPN3, anything less would be a step back.
The CAA folks are also tired of having to play their conference title game on a Monday night.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Feb 22, 2012 13:26:55 GMT -5
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 22, 2012 14:14:44 GMT -5
If we get Temple in, then do you just play each team once for a 17 game league schedule or do they add yet another and go to divisions?
Temple, Memphis & maybe an improved Houston can offset the Cuse, Pitt, WVU hoops losses. The additions of CFU & SMU in hoops add some fluff to the conference schedule in hoops which we lost when Miami, BC & V Tech went to the ACC.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 22, 2012 14:21:27 GMT -5
I think adding Temple would be great, even if it means 18 schools for basketball. Then you would have Memphis, Temple, Georgetown, Marquette, Villanova and Notre Dame as schools with solid coaches that generally field NCAA tournament teams. If you throw in potentially resurgent Providence and St. John's, that could be a good conference. Of course, you also have Connecticut, but it's hard to say how good they will be given the 2013 tournament ban and Calhoun's likely retirement in the near future.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 22, 2012 14:38:43 GMT -5
The article on CBS also states that this is likely a preemptive move based on when/if Louisville bolts. That would hurt. If they can get a good enough deal in the TV contracts to be competitive along with the 10million back end, it might not make a lot of sense for Lville to move. I think WVU is going to lose money on this deal when all is said and done.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Feb 22, 2012 14:43:15 GMT -5
I think adding Temple would be great, even if it means 18 schools for basketball. Then you would have Memphis, Temple, Georgetown, Marquette, Villanova and Notre Dame as schools with solid coaches that generally field NCAA tournament teams. If you throw in potentially resurgent Providence and St. John's, that could be a good conference. Of course, you also have Connecticut, but it's hard to say how good they will be given the 2013 tournament ban and Calhoun's likely retirement in the near future. Basketball Divisions? Southwest Division Cincinnati Louisville DePaul Houston SMU Memphis UCF USF Northeast Division Georgetown UConn Notre Dame Rutgers St. John's Seton Hall Providence Temple It seems most likely that the conference won't divide hoops into divisions, but you never know. The weird thing is going to be dealing with 13 for football.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 22, 2012 15:28:13 GMT -5
The article on CBS also states that this is likely a preemptive move based on when/if Louisville bolts. That would hurt. If they can get a good enough deal in the TV contracts to be competitive along with the 10million back end, it might not make a lot of sense for Lville to move. I think WVU is going to lose money on this deal when all is said and done. I think there's also a possibility that if the Big 12 collapses a few years down the road (when Texas decides it's not happy), West Virginia could be an odd man out with nowhere to go. That would be very ironic.
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Post by calhoya on Feb 22, 2012 16:12:51 GMT -5
I think adding Temple would be great, even if it means 18 schools for basketball. Then you would have Memphis, Temple, Georgetown, Marquette, Villanova and Notre Dame as schools with solid coaches that generally field NCAA tournament teams. If you throw in potentially resurgent Providence and St. John's, that could be a good conference. Of course, you also have Connecticut, but it's hard to say how good they will be given the 2013 tournament ban and Calhoun's likely retirement in the near future. Basketball Divisions? Southwest Division Cincinnati Louisville DePaul Houston SMU Memphis UCF USF Northeast Division Georgetown UConn Notre Dame Rutgers St. John's Seton Hall Providence Temple It seems most likely that the conference won't divide hoops into divisions, but you never know. The weird thing is going to be dealing with 13 for football. Are you evicting Nova and Marquette?
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