re: CBS thinks a lot of the LSU/Butler Matchup

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CBS wants to maximize ratings! Views LSU/Butler as best chance to do so in the 1st round.

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This has nothing to do with it. Call it "rantard" or "CBS Hates LSU" or whatever, but these are facts:

1. Duke always plays in Primetime on Thursday
2. Duke always plays the first game on Saturday morning, which is the only game that is broadcast to the entire nation (just watch)
3. Duke is in the other half of the region that LSU is in, so the LSU and UNC games were dumped to the early half of the bracket.
4. CBS is not going to make UNC play at 11, because they don't want to make their fans show up early, and UNC is a bigger "brand" than LSU.
5. Therefore, CBS sticks LSU with the spot that nobody wants, and they try to spin it as "we wanted a good game to open the tournament" to cloud logic.

Anybody who understands television and knows how CBS picks the gametimes in each region knows this is true.