Wow - this board is losing steam. Is there a different Big East forum that's more popular?

Anyway, from today's Houston Chronicle:

"In another example of the platform frequently determining the audience, American Athletic Conference basketball games on ESPN networks are averaging 356,000 viewers. Big East games are averaging just 77,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1."

I'm sure the numbers will improve once FS1 becomes less of a niche channel over time.

(01-27-2014 01:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Wow - this board is losing steam. Is there a different Big East forum that's more popular?

Anyway, from today's Houston Chronicle:

"In another example of the platform frequently determining the audience, American Athletic Conference basketball games on ESPN networks are averaging 356,000 viewers. Big East games are averaging just 77,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1."

I'm sure the numbers will improve once FS1 becomes less of a niche channel over time.

Not saying these numbers aren't true but just looking at last two weeks of numbers:

USF vs. SMU = 44K
UCF vs. Rutgers = 50K
UCONN vs. Memphis = 383K
SMU vs. UCF = 48K
Cincy vs. USF = 85K
Louisville vs. UCONN = 1.5 million (ESPN)
Memphis vs. Louisville = 232K
USF vs. Temple = 31K
Memphis vs. Louisville = 349K
UCF vs. UCONN = 96K

Overall the average is 281K. So it's possibly that those numbers are true, not sure how the non-conference numbers look. Those are good numbers but if you look deeper, 3 of the 4 top games involve Louisville who won't be around much longer. Also, the FS1 numbers look about right just based on what I've seen. However, keep in mind that non-conference games for which almost all the Big East games were shown included teams like Chicago State, NJIT, Manchester and what not which would get horrible ratings with almost any team (but it's alot better to get some viewers than to be put on ESPN3). I think the true barometer will be next year. By then, FS1 will be pretty known by then and Louisville will be gone to the ACC. I didn't bother including CBS Sports Network games which don't even get ratings.

Btw, google holy land of hoops and you will see where all the big east fans are.