rmilia1
Well-Known Member
How many more people watch a 2 vs 15 NCAA tourney game than would watch that same game if it were regular season ?Well, are you really getting away from games that are irrelevant? Are many people really going to tune into a 5 vs 28 game? Or a 8 vs 25 game? I'm not going to watch Notre Dame vs San Diego St, or West Virginia vs NC State. With 16 games in a week or so's time, I'm probably going to watch maybe 3 of them. It's the same way I watch the NCAA tournament in the first and second rounds. I watch my team (if they are still around), and maybe 5-10 minutes of the top teams (they often dominate in the first few rounds). Then, I may turn to a game that is an "upset alert".
It seems like WAY too many games to me if you include 32 teams. It would likely be more viewers than the bowl games, but you are competing against the holidays and the end of the NFL at this time. I just don't know if a 32 team tournament would be as popular as you think it would be.