Game Thread 2019 March Madness Thread

I feel like a fool, as I did not win the sports two bracket!
I apologize for jumping the gun on a victory that dint happen. Ouch!
Congrats to the genuine winner!

 

Virginia wins and I win my money pool. If not, @TorturedBlazerFan does.

I've won two years in a row. Trying to make it 3.

 

I love what Chris Beard has done there, amazing job. And good for the Big12.

 

I saw Ionescu says shes coming back to Oregon next year! Thats good news as an Oregon fan!

 

Women usually stay four years, they don't make the kind of money in the pros men do so having that degree is important.

 

I feel bad for liking the post without an explanation. I agree that its important for getting the degree. Im not super happy with how much WNBA players get paid, while I dont think they bring in enough money to warrant NBA contracts it would be nice if the percentage the players got was much closer to what the men get. Someday it would be great if women's ball got popular enough to make similar money overall as the men.

 

WNBA players should be making 50% of their leagues profit imo.
But the WNBA and the players need to make their game interesting.

Right now, it's not interesting to me therefore I haven't spent a dime on their product.

 

In the NBA I believe the players get 50% of the revenue. In the WNBA I believe its currently like 22%, the need to bring that up to where the NBA players are.

 

yes it does, the WNBA also needs to negotiate better media deals.
They need to be able to broadcast their games over-seas where the players make more money.
That's an additional fanbase which needs to be tapped into because the WNBA has shown a lack of ability to draw the interest of the NBA fan.
The players also need to make the game interesting to me.

Even though I find the WNBA players more fundamentally sound. I don't think I'd be in the minority to find the game is boring.
My only concern is with as little revenue as the WNBA generates. How many of the 12 teams would fold if it was a 50/50 split?

 

Also to add on to it, I think its kind of terrible that the average WNBA player makes quite a bit less than I do. I realize the revenue of the WNBA isnt even close to the NBA but they need to fix this stuff.

 

Its a decent question but the WNBA is getting more popular. I hope that trend continues.

 

So it's Texas Tech vs Virginia.

Who ya got?

I'm going with Virginia. At least that's who i'm rooting for.

 

Looked like Baylor was going to blow Notre Dame out of the arena, but after furious comeback, they just managed to hang on for an 82-81 win.

Must suck to lose a national championship by one point, you kill yourself thinking of the one mistake, the one missed free throw, the one turnover....

 

This is like watching Detroit and the Blazers. Literally just terrible basketball

 

Predictably, Jarrett Culver looks noticeably shorter than DeAndre Hunter (who's maybe 6'8").

 

Oh, that was a nice leftie finish.

 

That was a stupid shot by TT there, 5 seconds left tie game you jack up that shot...