NCAA Tournament TV coverage questions/comments

[throatybeard]

Note to Doug: rudder's are on BOATS.

Airplanes have rudders too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudder

[gewwang]

Unc plays at 12:15 and duke plays 30 minutes after. Both games on CBS.

According to the Charlotte observer.

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With the new tv contract, there's a bit of a strange schedule on Sunday. CBS has a tripleheader starting at noon. TBS & TNT both have evening doubleheaders and TruTv has an evening game around 7:30. This is according to my onscreen guide. Basically CBS gets to show 3 games with no competition and then there are 5 games running from 6:30 p.m. and ending around midnight.

Can I add that I would much rather be the first game on Sunday? So now I may have to sit through a UNC game in anticipation of watching Duke. Not sure I can take it.

[DU82]

I think the Sunday times in that bracket are just placeholders. With the way they are spreading games out, I can't see them having 2 games at noon and 2 at 1pm on Sunday. CBS released Saturday game times last night on their Twitter feed @cbssports at about 11pm last night and I am guessing they will do the same tonight for Sunday.

That being said I would bet large amounts of $$$ that we are either the noon game (or less likely the 2:30 game) on Sunday on CBS

The N&O had on their website a little while ago that we play at 2:45, 30 minutes after the Smurfs lose to Washington.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow...n-games-sunday

[moonpie23]

there sure is a big difference in picture quality among all the different tech crews, transmissions, and network feeds...

i think cbs needs to upgrade some cameras....

i know some of it is due to venue lighting as well...

[burnspbesq]

Is anyone having success with the streaming from MMOD? ESPN3 works fine...

The MMOD iPad app is pure genius. My billable hours suffered on Thursday and Friday.

[burnspbesq]

ESPN is going to do it's traditional whiparound on the broadcast networks for the women's first round, but all of the games are available on espn3.com.

[DukieInKansas]

I'm glad we are the 2nd game on Sunday - it allows me to get home from church and watch the game live instead of dvr delayed.

[-jk]

I've added general tournament links to the TV FAQ in the stickies. Let me know if I've broken any or missed a good one.

-jk

[hurleyfor3]

there sure is a big difference in picture quality among all the different tech crews, transmissions, and network feeds...

i think cbs needs to upgrade some cameras....

The score updates are nearly illegible on standard-def signals. I'm watching from a hotel right now. Cbs and tnt are HD but tbs (cincy/uconn) is standard-def. I can't make out some of the digits in the scores.

[-bdbd]

Airplanes have rudders too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudder

Touche. But that is not what he was referencing. He was talking about the whole empanage (tail section) or at least the vertical stabilizer (the whole vertical surface in the back of most planes). The "rudder" is just the little flap part that moves to alter the airflow.

You had to see the little exchange, but it was just funny to me as Doug was searching for the right words on a subject he didn't know enough about... ..... Sounds familliar coming from Mr. "alarmingly unathletic."

[weezie]

I'm glad we are the 2nd game on Sunday - it allows me to get home from church and watch the game live instead of dvr delayed.

OK, DinK. Say a prayer that I make it up my Everest climb to our seats a few more times today. Haven't noticed any posts here about the simply awful seats the IDs were allotted. Should make all the people who criticize the folks who sit upstairs in Cameron pleased to know we are getting our exercise in Charlotte.