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RE: ACC coaches pushing for all 346 teams in NCAA tournament
(09-11-2020 09:29 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote: (09-11-2020 02:50 PM)Stugray2 Wrote: What we are heading for is a bit smaller tournament due to a P5 break away.
TV pays for the grand spectacle of March Madness, not a first round matchup between 15-17 Boston College and 17-15 TCU.
Yep. Just look at the ads CBS runs every year for March Madness - Valvano, Laettner, Sister Jean, Bryce Drew. That’s your tv executives, with the marketing data at their fingerprints, telling you right there the value they place on Cinderella. Half their recurring commercials are mid-majors.
For every P5 ad, there’s Larry Bird, UMBC, Dunk City, Farokmanesh, and an assortment of 1st Round buzzer beaters.
There’s no way around it. CBS has more access to data than anyone on the internet, and they know what sells.
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