Selection Sunday and Final Four on TBS: huh?

Submitted by wolverine1987 on

The Final Four and Selection Sunday today are on TBS, not CBS as in the past. Are CBS executives just stupid? First of all, there is around 10% of this country that does not have cable at all, with only local channels and no streaming, and there is another 10% or so that are streaming only, and many streaming packages do not carry TBS. These stats guarantee that programs on Cable have lower ratings than programs on network TV. Why would CBS decide to have lower ratings for the Final Four? It makes no sense whatsoever that I can think of. 

uofmchris

March 11th, 2018 at 6:31 PM ^

Right now Michigan will either be paired with Duke or NC. State will get whoever we dont get.

ST3

March 11th, 2018 at 6:40 PM ^

Why did the committee set up rematches between us and UNC and between MSU and Duke? Just flip us and Sparty and get new matchups.

fishgoblue1

March 12th, 2018 at 8:24 AM ^

A friend of mine works for the NCAA here in Indy.  He told me that Turner sport bought the entire tournament, and then sold a few games to CBS.  Turner was the secondary partner to CBS prior to this year, then they came in with a much larger offer than CBS.