When will those in charge realize CBB is now a 2 hour 15 minute game?

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brockytop said:
It’s ridiculous the number of later games are joined in progress because of the television schedule.
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Amen, brother.

This is what happens when a network sees the games as nothing more than 'inventory' to fill every moment.

And for anyone who asks if I'd rather not have every game televised, my answer would be a resounding 'yes' if it resulted in better production and broadcasters, and actually seeing the whole damn game.
 
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NFL regular season games are pretty good too ending around their “allotted” time. They hover around the 3hr mark.
 
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I think it’s on purpose for ratings. It’s easier to keep viewers on the channel by showing the end of a close game and transitioning well into the first half of the next game. Killing time in a studio results in losing eyeballs switching to other networks for live action.
 
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Unconditional Surrender said:
Unpopular opinion, but I have always thought that college basketball games are too short anyway, especially when you attend in person. (Not sure why everyone always wants to "shorten the game.") I'd like to see them go to the NBA 12 minute quarters.
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Going against the media’s narrative doesn’t make it unpopular. The consumer isn’t typically the one wanting less for the money.

In football: We wanted less play clock. What we got is less game clock.

People have only ever complained about tv timeouts and official timeouts. They punish us for complaining by removing gameplay.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think it’s on purpose for ratings. It’s easier to keep viewers on the channel by showing the end of a close game and transitioning well into the first half of the next game. Killing time in a studio results in losing eyeballs switching to other networks for live action.
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This
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think it’s on purpose for ratings. It’s easier to keep viewers on the channel by showing the end of a close game and transitioning well into the first half of the next game. Killing time in a studio results in losing eyeballs switching to other networks for live action.
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This is 100% true, and it just fits with what every big time pro and college sports policy is about - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 
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Is the ESPN app that hard to operate for some or is it just not available through some cable systems? I'm just asking and not picking on anybody. I don't have cable but I just put in my dads email and password and never miss more than a play or two of the beginning of a game.
 
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ColinS said:
Is the ESPN app that hard to operate for some or is it just not available through some cable systems? I'm just asking and not picking on anybody. I don't have cable but I just put in my dads email and password and never miss more than a play or two of the beginning of a game.
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Same, I just click the tile for whatever alternate stream they decide to use as it becomes available.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think it’s on purpose for ratings. It’s easier to keep viewers on the channel by showing the end of a close game and transitioning well into the first half of the next game. Killing time in a studio results in losing eyeballs switching to other networks for live action.
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Good point, but starting 2:15 after the first game is going to require more than a minute or two of studio time on a rare occasion.
 
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I just change my channel to ESPN News or use the app and never miss a tipoff. But yes, most games run over and they just cram in as many as possible.
 
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Unconditional Surrender said:
Unpopular opinion, but I have always thought that college basketball games are too short anyway, especially when you attend in person. (Not sure why everyone always wants to "shorten the game.") I'd like to see them go to the NBA 12 minute quarters.
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I sort of agree I think. I remember for the first few years of my life when I was aware of what was going on (7ish) we only went to Tennessee and sometimes Vanderbilt football games if we got tickets and it wasn't until I was about 10ish that I went to my first Vols basketball game in person in Knoxville. I remember thinking everything about it was pretty great (even though UT sucked then) except it felt like it was over really quickly. My only comparison was a college football game and I was kinda expecting a similar experience but I remember thinking "Wow that didn't last nearly as long as I was expecting."

Granted that was the Houston years and then it probably wasn't on TV or if it was it was like JP Sports so not sure how the TV timeouts and all went.
 
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adam.vol said:
Going against the media’s narrative doesn’t make it unpopular. The consumer isn’t typically the one wanting less for the money.

In football: We wanted less play clock. What we got is less game clock.

People have only ever complained about tv timeouts and official timeouts. They punish us for complaining by removing gameplay.
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Agree, NFL uses split screen commercials. I thought the NCAA would do the same but it is all about the $$$$. Once the NCAA is reorganized and set up like a real organization governing college athletics it would work.
They need to fire and hire as well. The NCAA is full of fat cats earning a paycheck that cannot keep a tab on any sport and not moving forward because they don't want to change.
 
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I could cut the games down to less than 30 seconds tops. Start the game with 5 seconds on the clock, put 2 points on the board for the home team, and let the visiting team inbound the ball at half court.
 
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