I never said struggling. It just seems to me (and the others I have talked to) that most people took the game more serious back 10-15 years or so ago.
Just seemed like a bigger deal (espicially the game of CBB). It has to be the 4 years or so in school thing. I just remember all the great players and rivalries. Now it is more programs and coaches. The players just come and go to fast, this is the same compliant fans have with free agency. They lose touch of the sport and their heros. It takes the fun out of rooting for someone when there is no one to root for but a shirt.
There will always be the beer crowd and the bracket folks all across the United States but the hard core passionaite fan seem to be gone (IMO).
consensus opinion dispells your proposition of basketball being a dying sport...it is not.
Parity may be discouraging to some, which is tied in part to sentimentality, but that is the state of the game both in the pros and colleges. It is not going to change in the foreseeable future.
Besides, most thirtysomething guys don't have as much time to devote to their childhood passions, such as basketball and football.
For those of us that can still indulge in our obsessions, I think that there may yet be a God.
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Parity may be discouraging to some, which is tied in part to sentimentality, but that is the state of the game both in the pros and colleges. It is not going to change in the foreseeable future.
Besides, most thirtysomething guys don't have as much time to devote to their childhood passions, such as basketball and football.
For those of us that can still indulge in our obsessions, I think that there may yet be a God.
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Thursday night overnight ratings for the first round games show people are wacthing other things..The tourney used to win its time slot in past years.
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March 16, 2007
Overnight hour by hour ratings for Thursday prime time TV
(All times Eastern)
At 8pm "Ugly Betty," 7.4/12, put ABC on top in households, but FOX's "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?" (7.3/12) had more viewers, performing fairly well without help from "American Idol." CBS' coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament's opening night was third at 6.2/10. An hour of "Office" reruns, with some new footage added, earned a 4.2/7 for NBC. The CW trailed with "Smallville."
At 9pm ABC took sole possession of first as "Grey's Anatomy" scored a 14.6/23, the night's best rating. CBS improved to second 6.9/11 with its hoops coverage. NBC moved up to third with "Scrubs," 4.1/7, and the premiere of "Andy Barker, P.I.," 3.7/6. FOX went with two repeats of "Family Guy," while "Supernatural" posted a 2.3/4 for The CW.
At 10 p.m., "October Road" delivered a 9.7/16 for ABC, easily the best retention for the show following "Grey's" this season. NBC got a 6.7/12 from the premiere of "Raines," while CBS' NCAA games fell to thrid 5.4/9.
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March 16, 2007
Overnight hour by hour ratings for Thursday prime time TV
(All times Eastern)
At 8pm "Ugly Betty," 7.4/12, put ABC on top in households, but FOX's "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?" (7.3/12) had more viewers, performing fairly well without help from "American Idol." CBS' coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament's opening night was third at 6.2/10. An hour of "Office" reruns, with some new footage added, earned a 4.2/7 for NBC. The CW trailed with "Smallville."
At 9pm ABC took sole possession of first as "Grey's Anatomy" scored a 14.6/23, the night's best rating. CBS improved to second 6.9/11 with its hoops coverage. NBC moved up to third with "Scrubs," 4.1/7, and the premiere of "Andy Barker, P.I.," 3.7/6. FOX went with two repeats of "Family Guy," while "Supernatural" posted a 2.3/4 for The CW.
At 10 p.m., "October Road" delivered a 9.7/16 for ABC, easily the best retention for the show following "Grey's" this season. NBC got a 6.7/12 from the premiere of "Raines," while CBS' NCAA games fell to thrid 5.4/9.
i used to like hockey, that was the one sport that couldnt afford to go on strike
i cant tell you one player anymore...i dont even know if mario lemeiux is still playing...and i dont think i am alone.....hockey, if anything, is the dying sport
basketball with it's new crop of yougn stars like melo, wade, and lebron...is on the upswing
people out in vegas that i talked to said it is packed out there for gambling on march madness, maybe some vegas people can confirm
cbs, espn, etc non stop round the clock coverage is indicative of the demand that they have
i think i have two words for you iceman: sample size.
i dont care how many people you spoke to, your sample size sucks.
you also seem to be a big baseball guy. you had the tigers avatar all year if you are the same iceman. i think you are biased towards your favorite sport, and you look as basketball as 2nd or 3rd. you also think college football sucks if i remember correctly, and im really starting to think that you dont have a horse in the race for these college games, so they obviously dont have any natural interest for you, and that these tourneys are losing interest for you because you are older have more things and responsibilites on your mind
i cant tell you one player anymore...i dont even know if mario lemeiux is still playing...and i dont think i am alone.....hockey, if anything, is the dying sport
basketball with it's new crop of yougn stars like melo, wade, and lebron...is on the upswing
people out in vegas that i talked to said it is packed out there for gambling on march madness, maybe some vegas people can confirm
cbs, espn, etc non stop round the clock coverage is indicative of the demand that they have
i think i have two words for you iceman: sample size.
i dont care how many people you spoke to, your sample size sucks.
you also seem to be a big baseball guy. you had the tigers avatar all year if you are the same iceman. i think you are biased towards your favorite sport, and you look as basketball as 2nd or 3rd. you also think college football sucks if i remember correctly, and im really starting to think that you dont have a horse in the race for these college games, so they obviously dont have any natural interest for you, and that these tourneys are losing interest for you because you are older have more things and responsibilites on your mind
great post. You hit on alot of good points. I imagine if my Wolverines were in it than I would care a little more.
Just long for the days of Isiah Thomas and the bad boys and the Fab Five. The thing is my interests in sports is still fanactical with NFL and MLB, more than anyone I know (I just bought a Tigers media guide on ebay the other day for $82). I started noticing this last year with the Pistons playoff run and I didn't care to watch most of it.
Never would have thought in a million years that I would lose interest in any of the big 3 (MLB, Football, Hoops) but it has happened as hoops is clearly a distant 3rd for me and most of the people I grew up with.
i see
hey ice on a side note, i got a question for you....i'm looking to add some money to my account at bookmaker(cris), i pulled way too much out after the super bowl in panic mode of them closing shop, and i can't take $25 units anymore, i havent re-upped in over a year and i havent been keeping close track of the netteller issues and all of that
i see now there is something called ewallett xpress and all of this other stuff
do you know of any of these and do you reccommend a favorite or reliable option for re-upping/transferring money?
thanks
hey ice on a side note, i got a question for you....i'm looking to add some money to my account at bookmaker(cris), i pulled way too much out after the super bowl in panic mode of them closing shop, and i can't take $25 units anymore, i havent re-upped in over a year and i havent been keeping close track of the netteller issues and all of that
i see now there is something called ewallett xpress and all of this other stuff
do you know of any of these and do you reccommend a favorite or reliable option for re-upping/transferring money?
thanks
