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Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:27 pm
Posted by adamau
Member since Oct 2020
4248 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:27 pm
Definitely one of the coolest Final Four's I've been around to see.
Posted by blackandgolddude
Virginia Beach
Member since Apr 2012
3585 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:28 pm to
Love it
Posted by Riggle
Member since Feb 2013
4593 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:28 pm to
The parity is what makes college basketball so good
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37176 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:28 pm to
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Love it
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
15480 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:29 pm to
One and done culture has made college basketball a shell of its' former self.
Posted by usc6158
Member since Feb 2008
38806 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:29 pm to
UCONN is a beast of a 4 seed that’s for sure
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51733 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:30 pm to
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One and done culture has made college basketball a shell of its' former self.

Oh shut up
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
67432 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:30 pm to
AAU culture of coaches and players.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36515 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:36 pm to
This will possibly be the lowest-rated Final Four so far this century.
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 6:38 pm
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
60936 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:36 pm to
Sports are fixed, I’m sure this a ratings bonanza
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
36728 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:40 pm to
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This will possibly be the lowest-rated Final Four so far this century.

why do we as fans even talk about this or care? don't let the media fool you into caring about ratings. these are new fun teams (and uconn)! watch! or don't!
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39159 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:42 pm to
30 years ago...

Final Four
#1 North Carolina
#1 Kentucky
#1 Michigan
#2 Kansas

Blue bloods and #1 seeds.

Boy have times changed.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:43 pm to
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former self.


Which was?
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
60936 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:43 pm to
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these are new fun teams (and uconn)! watch! or don't!


If not for UConn I’d watch but they will probably win
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36515 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:46 pm to
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why do we as fans even talk about this or care? don't let the media fool you into caring about ratings. these are new fun teams (and uconn)! watch! or don't!


I guess I don’t disagree in theory. But I don’t think it’ll be as entertaining or high-quality basketball as most typical Final Fours. Bluebloods/highly-seeded teams typically make for great games. Even FAU’s “Cinderella” run isn’t them playing 1-seed Alabama or 2-seed Arizona, it’s 5-seed SDSU (who I do think is a pretty good team, but doesn’t have the name cache).
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
46380 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:52 pm to
My guess is it will get very good ratings with legalized sports betting coming to more and more states.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
17328 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:04 pm to
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The parity is what makes college basketball so good
Is it parity or the nature of a 1-game playoff in a sport in which off nights by superior teams where they can’t buy a basket or on nights by inferior teams where they can’t miss happen regularly?

It’s entertaining but it remains a terrible format to crown a champion
Posted by Rb52224
Member since Dec 2019
424 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:10 pm to
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Boy have times changed.


Last years final four was Duke, UNC, Nova and Kansas. Anomalies are going to happen every once in a while (similar to 2011)
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
28064 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:22 pm to
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This will possibly be the lowest-rated Final Four so far this century.


Blah blah blah…

Anyone complaining is doing so because they don’t think G5 type programs belong competing with the “big boys”.

I don’t watch basketball of any level. I’ve watched maybe two whole halves so far this year. I’ll watch this next round because programs like FAU and SDSU are still in the mix.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 8:03 pm to
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It’s entertaining but it remains a terrible format to crown a champion

Yep. It would be great if conference tourneys were eliminated and then each round could be best of 3.
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