[megamillionslose]

Why should conference tourney CHUMPS with a mediocre season record get an automatic bid into the NCAA tourney?Why don't the 68 tourney teams simply pick their opponent out of a hat like the KY Derby draw for post positions?BIG MONEY TV CONTRACTS!That's why!Teams like Butler & VA Commonwealth deserve to have a legit chance to make the semifinals of the NCAA tourney each & every year.Unfortunately all the MONEY WHORES have FIXED it so it's virtually impossible for that to happen!Bookies worldwide breaking out the champagne & cigars with all the future money they just cleaned up on since all the top seeds have been knocked out before the semis.Definitely glad to see that happen for once in my lifetime!

[nyplayer33]

don't care...it's just like playing lottery..fkin random...my friend makes a good point...when u see this crap..it's time to either have the better teams at home in the early stages of tournie play or cut down this field..64 teams too many..it really makes a mock out of the better teams cause u lose one game ur gone..fwiw i didn't bet Knasas..instead uim playing the ny lotto..

[CanuckG]

Zeta it will be the complete opposite.

[blowseq]

f**k tv ratings!!! Congrats VCU & Butler

[k13]

I like it, one more chance for one of the loser schools to finally win a big one.

[floridagolfer]

I'll watch the FF regardless of which teams are there. I'd much rather see these 8 and 11 seeds rather than the usual teams that have been there too often. It's good for the kids at Duke, Kansas, etc., to sit and home and wonder what it's like to be there.

[face]

yes more people hate some of the big teams too, and these teams are more nuetral.

[Cap dat 4ss]

These kids don't care about winning the NC at big schools anymore. All they care about is collecting their paycheck one day.

[sparkyasu]

Cbs executives ate more worried how they can bring back charlie sheen to 2 and a half men

YUP

[sparkyasu]

last year with butler the fina four had its highest rating in 5 years

Butler had the highest rating in 11 years for the national title game

source: go learn how to perform a google search

[Richards]

I think CBS wouldn't be happy of a Butler vs. VCU championship, but they'd be fine I think with a Butler vs. KY final for example, they can hype the hell out of the David v Goliath matchup, as Yisman, sparkyasu, and others have pointed out.

[stealthyburrito]

i for one am glad we get to see different teams in the final four, not the same fukkin teams that make it every year, especially when mostly everyone did not have 3 of the 4 making it.

can't wait, will hopefully be in richmond this saturday to go nuts with the student body. they know how to party hard.

[jjgold]

People will watch jut like superbowl

Its an event now even for non sports fans and they do not give a fuk who is playing

[ZetaPsi808]

guys have proven me wrong in thread.

mods delete this thread as i do not want this thread on my posting record

i take posting seriously and do not like when sharps like yisman and jjold bury me

[rickbo528]

will jump off a roof. the general public wants to watch household teams like kansas and duke in the big games. i am fairly knowledgeable about ncaa hoops and i have never even heard of vcu until this tournament

might be record low tv ratings.

who the fuk is shaka smart?? coach looks young enough to be my brother

Hope someone has a camera rolling when they do.

[Tree Rollins]

I don't know know about the average fan but i'm rooting hard for VCU. If Butler wins i'll root hard for them. I love the underdog story.

[BRAVES1985]

Stevens 28 million next year Smart 23 mill.

Stevens is already locked up in a 12 year deal

[BRAVES1985]

i have Kentucky to win in a future bet but i kinda want butler to win because they were a shot away from winning last year. What a story that would be if they could win it this year

[Wiggums5]

cbs is fine because its not the national championship game when two mid major play each other in the national championship thats when it will get ugly bc there will be no david vs Goliath intrigue

wrong..I think that's what everyone wants to see...or at least me. I'm sick of the big name teams winning every year.

[cant call it]

put your shirt back on

[rm18]

Stevens is already locked up in a 12 year deal

you think he coaches at Butler 12 years get real?

[frostno98]

People like me could care less which College team goes to the Finals. Although UCLA or USC would have an impact on ratings, since they have so many ex alumni all over the world. Unlike Duke or UNC.

[GunShard]

This should be an interesting game.

[BRAVES1985]

you think he coaches at Butler 12 years get real?

i was joking you fuk

[EDDIE MONEY LINE]

zeta u dumb shit

[SprayBoy]

Butler's gonna win the championship

[PaperTrail07]

this could be the MOST watched game.....most people HEARD about VCU beating KANSAS..........now they want to SEE the hype....hate to say it but most older people who follow basketball missed that game....the rest of us were all over watching that game

[Robber]

...will be happy

or are happy

[pittmatt80]

I'm sorry but I want to see a small school get into the championship game. Thats what the tourney is all about anybody can win it. Don't think it will effect the ratings at all, regardless of who gets in out of the VCU and Butler game they will be up to the challenge of playing against UConn or Kentucky. The game will be close as well.

[soxwin]

This has been the best march madness that I can remember. Most of the games were close. Lots of upsets.

This is the result of the BCS schools having all the kids who go pro after 1 or 2 years. It is like they are constantly rebuilding vs the Mid majors who have all kids who stay in school for 4 years. The talent difference between Mid majors and Big 6 conferences is growing smaller every year.

Get used to it b/c this will happen year after year unless the big 6 conferences do something about it. They undoubtably will when a team like VCU or Butler wins it all.

[tylerguy02]

I'm glad these two teams made it. Makes ESPN look like a bunch of fools for criticizing VCU when they got in.

[slatter]

will jump off a roof. the general public wants to watch household teams like kansas and duke in the big games. i am fairly knowledgeable about ncaa hoops and i have never even heard of vcu until this tournament

might be record low tv ratings.

who the fuk is shaka smart?? coach looks young enough to be my brother

If you hadn't heard of VCU until the tournament, then you aren't even a little knowledgeable about NCAA hoops. They were a bubble team in a conference that sent three bids to the dance. I hope you don't tell people you're a hoops junkie.

[slatter]

I'm sorry but I want to see a small school get into the championship game. Thats what the tourney is all about anybody can win it. Don't think it will effect the ratings at all, regardless of who gets in out of the VCU and Butler game they will be up to the challenge of playing against UConn or Kentucky. The game will be close as well.

Exactly. Not sure why some people would rather see a team like Kansas or Duke in the finals rather than a team that has never (and may never again) gotten to the Final Four.

[asdfghasdfgh]

I think the VCU/Butler game might get lower ratings than usual, but I'll still be watching (as I'm sure most people here will be). The championship game will draw good numbers though, because regardless of who wins the Final Four matchups, it'll be another David vs. Goliath story, with Connecticut/Kentucky facing VCU/Butler.