NCAA discussing moving Men's Basketball season back a month
I know, we're in the middle of Hate Week right now, but seeing as Beilein has made March relevant for UM again, I figured I'd share this with the board
Apparently, to avoid competing with football (both pro and college), the NCAA is in preliminary talks to start college basketball in the few weeks after Fall exams and before Christmas.
But the season cannot be condensed because of student-athlete welfare issues, so starting one month later means ending one month later. Conference play would commence after the Super Bowl, allowing more than 50 percent of the season to take place out of football’s long shadow. The NCAA Tournament would move to late April or early May, which is the most radical aspect of the idea.
Seems like a pretty interesting idea, to say the least
October 14th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^
April Amazingness?
October 14th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
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Absurd April
October 15th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
October 14th, 2015 at 8:21 PM ^
No. Expand the sports calendar. I don't get much hockey coverage in my area, so the less CFB and CBB overlap, the better.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:59 PM ^
April Anarchy
October 14th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
it is annoyance week
Hate Week is at the end November
October 14th, 2015 at 7:35 PM ^
How about May Madness? You still get the alliteration and we'll get used to it after a few years. I'm down for that.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
I never liked those games between Christmas and New Year as a student. Not sledding back to Ann Arbor to freeze at Chrisler watching Michigan play Northwestern or some shit.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^
But would you sled back to Crisler?
October 15th, 2015 at 12:21 AM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
It would still end in April. Also, how is basketball a winter sport? It's played during winter because it's indoors so it can be played when other sports aren't. I don't see anything strange watching people come out of a basketball arena in shorts and t-shirts like I do with hockey in June in Tampa.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^
NCAA: we want to make more money.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^
Determine when the season will be to maximize revenue like its a movie at Christmas. Because amatuer athletics are all about the students and the educational experience and stuff.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
How the fuck the NCAA can even attempt to argue that they are all about "amateur" student athletes is just staggering. It's ridiculous. This discussion is 100% purely about maximizing their profits from TV dollars. But no cream cheese bagels (actually changed this year) for the student athletes, that would be unfair.
That shit makes me angry.
October 14th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
Nailed it.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
October 14th, 2015 at 8:09 PM ^
100% this, I fucking loathe the time from the end of ncaa basketball to the start of ncaa football when I have to suffer though sports radio talking about nothing but all 162 games of coin flipping, i mean baseball. This would be Amazing.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
Woops, double post, though, I do really hate it.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
lol @ whatever baseball fan negged you
October 14th, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^
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I thought they try to avoid that with all their major championships.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 7:50 PM ^
I like this idea. As a fanatical UM football and basketball fan, it essentially extends my season a whole month. Now I can root for UM football or UM basketball from September through April. I'll take it.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 8:06 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 8:11 PM ^
The first two weekends of the tournament (when 64 of the 67 games are played) are in March. Only the Final Four is in April.
October 14th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^
Define..."most". On second thought., have you actually ever watched the topic at hand?
October 15th, 2015 at 2:14 AM ^
For example,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_…
1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers Tournament Run
| March 13* | #1 |
vs. #17 St. John's NCAA Tournament |
W 90–70 | 28–0 | South Bend, IN |
| March 18* | #1 |
vs. #6 Alabama NCAA Tournament |
W 74–69 | 29–0 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| March 20* | #1 |
vs. #2 Marquette NCAA Tournament |
W 65–56 | 30–0 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| March 27* | #1 |
vs. #5 UCLA NCAA Tournament |
W 65–51 | 31–0 | Philadelphia, PA |
| March 29* | #1 |
vs. #9 Michigan NCAA Tournament |
W 86–68 | 32–0 | Philadelphia, PA |
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Did I miss the /s?
October 14th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 8:19 PM ^
The college football season is halfway over and it feels like the season started two days ago. There are extra inning baseball games that last longer than an entire cfb season.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:21 PM ^
College football season is too long? Um there is like an 8 month off season...
October 14th, 2015 at 8:15 PM ^
We can call it April Anxiety. Lose and you are sent home disgraced. Don't want that to happen.
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October 14th, 2015 at 8:23 PM ^
I didn't read your comment before making mine, great minds tho!!!
October 14th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
moving the season back 2 weeks instead of a whole month, a bit of a compromise.
October 14th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 8:25 PM ^