I couldn't disagree with you guys more. The people that truly care about OU basketball will be there and those are the only fans I care about anyways.

There already is the Green Fever student promotion going on for the game so that'll definitely get some students in the seats and OU has done a great job of marketing national tv games as of late to students here.

Maybe we won't get the crowd we could've gotten for this game but I blame that more on the 25+ age group/non student population more than anybody else. IMO, the students will show up for this game as long as we continue to do well.

And the Oscars, seriously u guys???? What % of people at Ohio games are females or people that give a crap about that stuff? I mean seriously, if someone chooses the Oscars over a big OU/Akron game, I'm not sure you want those types of fans at the Convo anyways.

     I like to think that I truly care OU basketball. However, I won't be at this game now that it has changed to Sunday night. Just not practical. And the reason has nothing to do with the Oscars.

Yes, it's too bad that the Oscars and the NBA All-Star game are the same day.  (Isn't the NBA game on at a different time/in the afternoon...I doubt that they want to compete with the statuette.)  And the Oscars typically draw massive viewership, though I bet descending over time because they moved the ceremony to Sunday from Monday, where it was functionally a holiday, something people really looked forward to and planned for...instead of, now, just a somewhat stand-out program on the night before the drudge work week begins again.

That said, I earned my bona fides by repeatedly, incesseantly, annoyingly posting that mid-week ESPN games for football would be/were genius even if they made games difficult to attend for people who live more than, say, 30 miles from Athens.

So now, having my M.O. (Master of the ObviOUs), I bring you:  DON'T BE AN IDIOT.  SUNDAY NIGHT NATIONAL TV COMING TO YOU FROM THE CONVO IS ABOUT PERFECT.  Yes, it will be difficult to attend the game unless you live near Athens, given that it's a school night.  Otherwise, the game itself should be terrific--'kron playing really good ball and yOUr OHIO BOBCATS not backing down from anyone.  CONVO GONN' BE CRRRRAZZZZZZZZZZY!!!

Simply, this is how you build a program.




How can anyone think that there is anything bad about this.  Oh.  No.  Sorry, we don't want our game to be on national TV.  If you were in a business and your decision in this situation was 'no,' you would be deserving of being fired.

Outside of Gary Trent day, I'm not sure this has happened this year.

No one said it was about the platinum and gold seaters.  However, they are the ones that are there year after year with open check books that support the program while the players and students come and go.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/nielsens-top-10-2011-super-bowl-most-watched-tv-broadcast-american-idol-most-watched-series

Actually last year's was the ninth-most watched show of the year (of course the rest of the top 10 was football, so at least it's not going against that). Its rating was only about one and a half times that of a typical episode of American Idol. A 12.9 share. Only about 1 in 8 people are watching. I really don't think that's an issue. And when you consider there is likely to be no live sporting events on ESPN or ESPN2, I think the TV rating will be decent.

Yeah, the time will mean there won't be a lot of families with kids and people who have to travel a long way. Some students might even skip out. But I am certain Ohio gets a lot more total eyes watching by being on TV this way than not. It's a good thing to be on TV, even if there's a few thousand less fans.

btw, for anybody wondering, my comment "for anybody who truly cares" was directed at current students of OU and townies that live close by.

I totally understand people that live farther away if they can't make it or that the time change can affect whether people can make it or not. I'm just talking about the normal people that you see on a regular game basis at the convo.

This is War 1.  Don't like each other.  Talented.  Late in season and jellin'.  Home cOUrt crowd.  This is TV.

War 2--a week or so later; is it clear when we'd play 'kron again in the tourney? 

arrgh, I hate it when something I get enjoyment from inconveniences me. (shakes fist at the sky)

I honestly don't think anything will ever touch the M*A*S*H finale.

Not sure how this will go over, but we have forgotten to mention another event on the 26th.

Oscars
NBA all-star game
Daytona 500