re: Lost in last night: Was that the most blatant attempt to steal a game?

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UCONN is most likely a ratings machine in a sport that is a ratings wasteland.

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Many of the top attendance schools for WBB are in the SEC

Iowa State is always in the Top 4 for attendance but you never hear ESPN pushing them. Louisville and Notre Dame (in the basketball crazy states of IN and KY) draw more live fans than Connecticut. South Carolina and Tennessee are #1 and #2 in attendance and nobody in the country travels like the VOLS. Baylor and Kentucky draw numbers just below Connecticut yet they do not get near the ESPN love and exposure. 4 or 5 B1G schools draw 100K or so and get no love even tho some of them have a banner or 2 hanging in their rafters. Stanford has multiple Natty's + HoF coach + west coast exposure and you have real troubles finding them on TV because the PACN is not owned by ESPN.

Not saying Connecticut is terrible but without ESPN propping them up the ratings would be better for the rest of the country. Case in point it the UK vs UL women's game every year.

#1 Top national programs playing each other
#2 Both are usually ranked in Top 10 or Top 20 when game is played
#3 Attendance numbers are high at either location
#4 Louisville KY is a top college basketball media market (UL, UK, WKU, and ND)
#5 SEC vs ACC hits 2 massive footprints
#6 Games are usually close and are often decided in OT or final seconds of game

This game never gets national feed and on year Connecticut had that time slot instead when they were playing a patsy they beat by 50 - 70 points.