BouncyBall 2013/2014

[RaceBoarder]

NCAA Tip-Off Marathon is currently up and running... Nothing really exciting yet... Looking forward to Michigan St./Kentucky tonight...

I figure I can resurrect this thread once we start talking brackets in March


Also hear there is some ****** named Lebron that plays bouncyball too

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

MSU now #1. Great spot to be in but that was not a very enjoyable game to watch. I didn't think the handchecking rules would be that bad but it added an extra half hour to the game.

[gounhwildcats]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

Only slightly off topic.

Apparently only about 3500 people took advantage of an offer from Kansas State University of free bacon to attend the home opener of the women's basketball team. This tells me one of two things. Either women's basketball is truly horrific, or free bacon is plentiful in the state of Kansas.

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

Only slightly off topic.

Apparently only about 3500 people took advantage of an offer from Kansas State University of free bacon to attend the home opener of the women's basketball team. This tells me one of two things. Either women's basketball is truly horrific, or free bacon is plentiful in the state of Kansas.

I think that was only for students. If so that's pretty impressive. The Izzone at MSU is only 1700, and then with the upperbowl students included this year (which is a record number) I think the total is somewhere around 3000.

[gounhwildcats]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

I think that was only for students. If so that's pretty impressive. The Izzone at MSU is only 1700, and then with the upperbowl students included this year (which is a record number) I think the total is somewhere around 3000.

I know, but it's free bacon. They should have been hanging from the rafters, and from the video I saw the place looked more than half empty.

Anyways, sorry, I'm not trying to hijack your thread with superfluous posts.

[RaceBoarder]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

I know, but it's free bacon. They should have been hanging from the rafters, and from the video I saw the place looked more than half empty.

Anyways, sorry, I'm not trying to hijack your thread with superfluous posts.

Bacon talk is always welcome

Women's basketball is something that even bacon can't save.... That's just fact...

[MavHockey14]

MSU now #1. Great spot to be in but that was not a very enjoyable game to watch. I didn't think the handchecking rules would be that bad but it added an extra half hour to the game.

You guys and Izzo are going to hate that.

It could really benefit Iowa this year, which should be interesting to see if the B1G keeps this going when we get to league play.

[MavHockey14]

I think that was only for students. If so that's pretty impressive. The Izzone at MSU is only 1700, and then with the upperbowl students included this year (which is a record number) I think the total is somewhere around 3000.

I believe it was just students.. And due to twitter they tripled their order because of the interactions on there.

[owslachief]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

I didn't think the handchecking rules would be that bad but it added an extra half hour to the game.

This.
Completely agree that the enhanced rules take away from the flow of a game. MSU fan here who will nonetheless say it may have benefited the older team more than UK.

[FreshFish]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

I didn't think the handchecking rules would be that bad but it added an extra half hour to the game.

The theory is that, if they keep calling the new rules as written, they players will adjust soon enough and the disruptions to the flow of the game will fade over time.

I guess if you want body checks stick to ice hockey?

[dxmnkd316]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

Big Ten looks good this year. Really good.

[MavHockey14]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

The theory is that, if they keep calling the new rules as written, they players will adjust soon enough and the disruptions to the flow of the game will fade over time.

I guess if you want body checks stick to ice hockey?

That is the theory. It'll be interesting to see how Big Ten play goes and if they continue to call it as they're supposed to. Imagine MSU vs. Wisconsin, Bo and Izzo, who love physical play, all over the refs.

[MavHockey14]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

Big Ten looks good this year. Really good.

They should be the best conference yet again; they really need to win a title though to earn the general national perception. People who really know basketball know it's the best conference, but they've been killed in the tournament match ups they've been faced with.

[owslachief]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

That is the theory. It'll be interesting to see how Big Ten play goes and if they continue to call it as they're supposed to. Imagine MSU vs. Wisconsin, Bo and Izzo, who love physical play, all over the refs.

Resulting in more of this permanent look, natch

[FreshFish]

Re: BouncyBall 2013/2014

Women's basketball is something that even bacon can't save....

I guess that depends quite a bit on the team! In some places, women's college basketball even gets more support than the men's team.

I was surprised when we first moved to Connecticut to find the women's college games broadcast on public television. I started watching and became hooked. They play the game like John Wooden's old UCLA teams played: great team defense, good ball movement, always striving to play their best without regard to the score. At times, against certain opponents, their defense reminded me of the '85 Bears, in that it was always a tossup to see whether the defense would score more points on steals and breakaways or whether the offense would score more. They play an entertaining style, with good players. If you like crisp execution on offense and good team help defense, then the UConn women are often worth watching. If you want dunks, meh. You won't get them.

Their coach even had a weekly talk show during the season.


When the contract with public television expired, there actually was a bidding war between them and SNY, which the latter won. The coach still has a weekly talk show, and the team also has a monthly "magazine" style show as well. For a commercial station to outbid public TV indicates that there is enough interest to advertisers (i.e. enough potential viewers) to make the contract worthwhile.



I've heard that in Tennessee, the women's team routinely would also draw more fans to games than the men's team did.


Overall, though, I'd tend to agree with you: outside of maybe a dozen or so elite teams, you just don't have the depth of talent nationally for a "typical" women's basketball game to be that interesting. The Women's NCAA tournament is a snooze until you get to the Sweet Sixteen or so. But then it can get pretty exciting from there to the Final Four.