In case our Philly viewers were wondering, the Kent St.-Pitt game will be the featured game in the Philly market.
Aresco said the Bucknell game would be shown in 43 percent of the country. The Villanova game will be aired in 17 percent, mainly in the Northeast. The Penn game will be broadcast to 16 percent of U.S. homes, and the Pittsburgh contest to 12 percent.
Even though Pittsburgh is a Pennsylvania school, interest in the Panthers is not overwhelming for many in the Philadelphia area.
“We are aware that Pitt doesn’t resonate in eastern Pennsylvania, but if there was a game of more interest, we would have considered it,” Aresco said. “You are a Big East city, and with Pitt in the Big East, we felt there would be interest.”
People in those markets won’t be able to watch the game on the computer.
I assume that all of Pennsylvania and Ohio will see the game to make up the majority of the viewership. West Virginia also seems likely to see the game. Looking at the choices at the 7 pm time slot, I am guessing most will get the NC St.-Cal game. Sorry DC-area. Looks like that or perhaps George Mason-Michigan St.
Pitt is favored by 6.5 over Kent State. WVU is only a 3.5 point favorite over Southern Illinois. Kansas by 7.5 over Bradley.
And I know many of you have already seen this article about Kent St.’s game.
History and tragedy repeated themselves on the Kent State campus Thursday as 12th-seeded MAC champion Kent State Golden Flashes were decimated in front of a chanting, screaming home crowd by the superior offensive firepower and tactical game plan of the fifth-seeded Ohio National Guard in the very first round of this year’s NCAA tournament.
“It was an absolute bloodbath,” said Kent State head coach Jim Christian, who said he was “still in shock” from the on-court massacre. “We certainly weren’t ready for what happened out there. It seemed like one minute we were getting ready to square off, and the next they were just taking shot after shot. They kept shooting all day long, and we just couldn’t defend against them out there.”
Don’t mess with the ONG.
