Comments on: It’s Halftime Baaaaby!

By: Diesel

Diesel — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:02:22 +0000

Just saw the rebounding numbers from the Duke game, 45-20 for West Virginia. That is ridiculous.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:16:25 +0000

thats fine by me

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:12:03 +0000

Purdue up 7 early.

If they win, UCLA’s road would be at best 16-9-12-6, at worst 16-9-13-7.

One last comment about Duke and TV. I used to tolerate it more, but in recent years, even their games against Albany, Valparaiso, and UNC-Greensboro are on TV. I’m not saying get rid of them. I’m just saying cut it from like 28 to 21, and give a few other schools a chance to play on TV, and people wouldn’t complain so much. And I don’t think ESPN would lose millions of dollars if it happened.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:02:04 +0000

eh ill buy that a lot of duke fans are only fans because they were one of the huge programs in the past twenty years when a lot of these people were growing up. but i dont think thats any different than kansas, uconn, carolina, and (lol) florida fans.
for the homegrown duke fans like myself espn is not much of a factor, every carolina duke game is preempted by raycom sports. as is the acc tournament, all weekend games, etc.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:58:03 +0000

If ESPN aired two dozen Purdue games a year every year, Purdue would have a fan base that rivals Duke’s. It’s not just “they’re on TV all the time because everybody likes them,” it’s part “I like them because they’re on TV all the time.”

And I know that Duke haters are a big reason why they’re on TV all the time. I wish more people got that. But that’s why I watched Lost on Thursday and NASCAR today (I flipped to the Duke game during cautions and commercials)

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:52:44 +0000

because people watch them. that doesnt mean espn people are duke fans, theyre in the business of making money. they make money from people watching games. are kansas and ucla better teams than duke and recently deserved of more attention? absolutely. but dukes fans base is bigger, for better or for worse. almost everyone on espn seems to hate the yankees (rightfully so) but again they get all the headlines because thats what generates traffic is the biggest fan base. trust me i understand the hatred i just think its a bit misplaced.

also fwiw if shaun livingston hadnt bailed on duke the whole ‘only clean cut looking black guys’ thing wouldve been shot to shit

By: HawkEye19

HawkEye19 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:50:28 +0000

@jay – I know. Must be the draw of Beasley and the huge Wisconsin fan base.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:49:57 +0000

OMG ESPN’S HEADLINE IS ‘TWO AND THROUGH’ THEY ARE SUUUUCH FANS OF THE NUMBER TWO

Moleman, I swear it’s not personal. It’s just that this team hasn’t made it through the first weekend in two years. The Sweet Sixteen in four. One Final Four in seven. And yet, next year, 28 of their games will be nationally televised–most of them on ESPN.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:47:32 +0000

you said he doesnt recruit players with cornrows. he recruited lance thomas two years ago and thomas had corn rows. what you said was wrong.

if you had said ‘k doesnt have players playing for him that have cornrows’ you would be right. i dont know if he has some gay ass rule against that or what. i cant think of any player that has had them, the closest would probably be battiers klingon ridges

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:45:40 +0000

Damn, that’s even less coverage than I thought Purdue/Xavier was getting, and I already thought they would get next to nothing.