Women's Final Four thread

[Dick Whitman]

Is anyone else watching?

My first comment isn't about the game itself, which is good so far, but about the broadcast: ESPN needs to lose the in-game interviews with the coaches. It's the god-blessed Final Four, for pete's sake. They add nothing. The coaches are both off-the-charts pissed they have to do them at all. It's completely uncomfortable to watch. They make the broadcast worse, not better.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I'm stunned the coaches would agree to do them.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I mean, this isn't pulling a coach to the side on the way to the locker room at halftime. They are pulling them out of their huddle during freaking timeouts during the basketball game. The second half of the national semifinal. Between two heated ass rivals.

 

[Yodel]

Working so not watching, but yeah, that seems ridiculous.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I just tuned in and received my annual reminder of "Skylar Diggins. Yum."

 

[Dick Whitman]

I just tuned in and received my annual reminder of "Skylar Diggins. Yum."

On a basketball note, I cannot imagine how irritating it must be for Geno that the best point guard in the country grew up in South Bend.

 

[Dick Whitman]

This is a hell of a game.

 

[Lieslntx]

Against the urging of some of friends, I have stopped the recording of The Killing to watch the games. There will be repercussions later, I am sure.

 

[imjustagirl]

Against the urging of some of friends, I have stopped the recording of The Killing to watch the games. There will be repercussions later, I am sure.

You're a freak

 

[franklin lincoln]

Skylar Diggins is very good. She does need to assert herself more, though.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Is anyone else watching?

My first comment isn't about the game itself, which is good so far, but about the broadcast: ESPN needs to lose the in-game interviews with the coaches. It's the god-blessed Final Four, for pete's sake. They add nothing. The coaches are both off-the-charts pissed they have to do them at all. It's completely uncomfortable to watch. They make the broadcast worse, not better.

Agree and disagree.

Mainly, they'll do what they can to make broadcasts more accessible, and if this helps bring in some people, there are much worse things to which ESPN could resort. Geno Auriemma is a piece of work - a piece of something else, too - but he'll do what he can to help the women's game.

Completely agree that the in-game interviews aren't doing anything, but the coaches would probably feel like they're trying to not help by refusing to aid the broadcasts.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Against the urging of some of friends, I have stopped the recording of The Killing to watch the games. There will be repercussions later, I am sure.

You're a freak

Maybe so. But she's our freak.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I really think that Doris Burke has been outstanding tonight. In events like this, I think there is a temptation to just sell the sport. You see it all the time. But she's been a consummate pro. Critical when she needs to be. Way more than a lot of the clowns who kiss everyone's ass on men's broadcasts.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Doris Burke is excellent, period. Men's games or women's games. She has richly earned her credibility. She'll help the women's game, but do so without being over-the-top about it.

And Holly Rowe is trying to bat away a recorder from another media member. Someone from print media? Can anyone confirm?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Doris Burke is excellent, period. Men's games or women's games. She has richly earned her credibility. She'll help the women's game, but do so without being over-the-top about it.

And Holly Rowe is trying to bat away a recorder from another media member. Someone from print media? Can anyone confirm?

Somebody definitely had a recorder in the shot when she was interviewing the ND coach.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Doris Burke is excellent, period. Men's games or women's games. She has richly earned her credibility. She'll help the women's game, but do so without being over-the-top about it.

You know what the best way to sell the sport is? I'm sure you'll agree with this.

You treat it like a sport, not a cause. You criticize. You analyze. That makes me want to watch.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Doris Burke is excellent, period. Men's games or women's games. She has richly earned her credibility. She'll help the women's game, but do so without being over-the-top about it.

You know what the best way to sell the sport is? I'm sure you'll agree with this.

You treat it like a sport, not a cause. You criticize. You analyze. That makes me want to watch.

For the mountains of crap ESPN takes - deservedly so in many cases - they handle the NCAA women's tournament quite well. If only this meant even more stories from Mechelle Voepel, one of the truly excellent writers. If you like Doris Burke as a color person, you would probably like Voepel.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Apparently Nike is dressing coaches now...

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Apparently Nike is dressing coaches now...

Nah ... that's almost tame by Kim Mulkey standards ...

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Apparently Nike is dressing coaches now...

Nah ... that's almost tame by Kim Mulkey standards ...