The "New" Pac-10?

Crown@club · #1 06-10-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I think the scenario Cannon is describing would happen over the course of like 50 years. Kansas has probably THE biggest college hoops alumni fanbase outside of Carolina maybe, and those fools travel. Kansas could play the sisters of the poor for years on end and still get the Collisons and Rushes and Collins of the world to come there. Besides, is playing Air Force, San Diego State, and Wyoming really any worse than the usual slate of Iowa State, Nebraska, and Colorado? I'd argue those three teams in particular are actually better.

Kansas will not get the recruits if your forced not to be able to start any conference game before 9pm central time. Its just not going to happen.

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#2 06-10-2010, 10:38 AM

How can it be called PAC with those teams?

Why don't they just make 4 super conferences and name them after the Beatles?

slotdirt · #3 06-10-2010, 10:40 AM

Why would you want to start a game before 9:00 a.m. Central time?

Crown@club · #4 06-10-2010, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Why would you want to start a game before 9:00 a.m. Central time?

There's something called TV exposure.

Antitrust32 · #5 06-10-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Crown@club

There's something called TV exposure.

I think his question was the whole AM/PM thing.

you probably meant PM and not AM

slotdirt · #6 06-10-2010, 10:53 AM

Find me a single time in recent history where a big Kansas game wasn't on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time - KU games are nearly always the late part of an ESPN double header. I don't see the big deal there. Kansas could be in the Ivy League and would still get television exposure. Kansas, UNC, Kentucky, and to a somewhat lesser extent for a variety of reasons, UCLA and Duke, kind of transcend conference when it comes to college basketball.

Cannon Shell · #7 06-10-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Find me a single time in recent history where a big Kansas game wasn't on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time - KU games are nearly always the late part of an ESPN double header. I don't see the big deal there. Kansas could be in the Ivy League and would still get television exposure. Kansas, UNC, Kentucky, and to a somewhat lesser extent for a variety of reasons, UCLA and Duke, kind of transcend conference when it comes to college basketball.

Do you understand that they were on because their conference had a deal with ESPN, not because ESPN decided to show them? They may be going to a conference with a deal with CSTV. Have you ever once seen a game on CSTV? Remember last year when TCU football was undefeated and ranked in the top 5? Did you remember seeing any of their games? Probably not because they were on CSTV which virtually no one gets because it requires a separate subscription on most cable deals.

The world changes and like it or not this is a kick in the balls to Kansas basketball. It isn't like they are going to become terrible but they are certainly going to be negatively impacted

slotdirt · #8 06-10-2010, 11:09 AM

I think we're arguing completely different things here. You are assuming that a basketball conference featuring Kansas will continue to be shown on CSTV. I am assuming that many networks would jump at the chance to form a television deal with a conference that features Kansas/Kansas State and others (maybe Iowa State, maybe Missouri, maybe even Memphis).

There's a 0.0 percent chance that Kansas is going to end up in a conference that has no basketball exposure. Zero. None. Nil. Arguing that a conference like the MWC has only a CSTV deal on June 10, 2010, is completely irrelevant to this discussion, IMHO.