Re: Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

From: Dan Marshall
Date: 01 Oct 2006 - 10:52 AM EST

I didn't want to mention the name, But if you look at their TV schedule,
they have better coverage than us, those of you that said it had nothing to
do with Huggins, I just wanted to make that point, frankly I really hadn't
seen that school on TV before huggins went there.

"including a pair of regular season contests on ABC Sports "
"In addition, the Wildcats have been selected to appear twice on the ESPN
"Big Monday"
"In addition to the national telecasts, K-State will have nine regular
season games broadcast on ESPN Plus"

What scares me is that now cronin has to recruit to someplace that he can't
say "you will be seen regularly on national TV" which was a recruiting tool
used in the past. That couple with Richards comments on the future of our
recruiting (3 years from now) the shelf will be bare again... That does
scare me.

Again, this is the first year we will really feel the affect of the firing,
I'm afraid it's not going to be pretty.

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of BZ Lob
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:49 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

Hmmm.... could it be.....

K State?

--- Dan Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:

"Four nationally-televised games, including a pair of regular season
contests on ABC Sports for the first time in school history" Guess
what team

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of richard l.
kandell
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:53 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

Yes, it does, and it makes sense for more than just the "X" game -
They're building a sports bar right up the road from us in a brand new
shopping center - maybe they worked a deal with ESPN and they knew
they'd have a built in audience.

Richard K.

Geez, we finally have an off season where we aren't convulsed over gun
shots, dui's, or firings, etc., so I guess we have to have something
to bitch about. Look, if you were ESPN, or the BEast for that matter,
at this moment in time, why would you want to showcase UC?
In fact, they have 2
returning scholarship players, one of whom was a starter last year,
and the other doesn't really deserve a scholarship from a high level
Division 1 athletic standpoint. Otherwise you've got 11 assorted 1st
year mostly junior college players and some walk ons, and a first year
major college coach. This could be a dream season where the little
guy puts it all together and we wind up in the national championship
game - but from a neutral perspective it looks more like we finish
last or next to last in the toughest conference in the country. I can
live with a bad season, or even 2 (I've lived through a lot worse
supporting UC
basketball) but what really
scares the dickens out of me is looking at the roster and realizing
that 2 years from now we are right back in the same fix, with only 2
returning scholarship players who are on the current roster, 3 if Mike
Williams has an extra year. Worry more about that then whether this
year's game against UofL is on national tv. If Cronin doesn't have a
really successful recruiting year we are, indeed, up you know what
creek without a paddle.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Wyrick" <address@hidden>
To: "'UC Basketball Forum'"
<address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

Ok, since I'm out of town I see it like this. TW

vs ESPNU vs. whoever

doesn't matter to me. I have basic cable service

that's pre wired to my
Apt.

complex so I don't get any of it. (It's actually

DISH basic forced through

the cable wiring)

My solution for watching the Cats from the middle

of Texas and a
reasonable

solution for everyone here is GO TO A BAR with

satellite service. Suck up

the cost of some overpriced beer and fattening

food and save yourself a
lot

of money and time in switching, installation, and

etc. fees.

Make sense?

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf

Of Bryan Sherman

Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:26 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] time warner not the

problem

*sigh*

From my perspective, national means that it is

accessible to the vast

majority of the naional audience. the 5 I

mentioned are available to the

vast majority. It could even be argued ESPN

doesn't qualify since you need

cable or satelite to get that, but heck, I will

give you that since there

aren't a ton of folks with just over the air

(though I know a number of

folks that stick to the old aerial).

ESPN2 is not on basic cable on TW, not sure about

Dish/DirectTV. You have
to

have the sports package. ESPNU is not even carried

by some systems (I
don't

*think* TW is the only system spurning ESPNU).

Therefore folks *may* need
to

do something proactively (change to a different

source, buy a supplemental

package...).

SO, let me propose a middle ground. From an

*Access* perspective, it looks

like UC has 10 National games. By that I mean a

fan from anywhere in the

country can choose to pay to get access to 10

games. great.

From an *Exposure* perspective, we have 1

national game. Anyone with
access

to CBS can watch one game this year.

Bottom line, it sucks, it is worse than it has

been in years, and I hope

that this too will soon pass... :-)

On 9/28/06, address@hidden

<address@hidden> wrote:

Seems to me if you are anywhere in the country

with a dish and can pick
up

the feed it would be a national game.

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

To subscribe, please follow the instructions here.