Saturday, February 20, 2010

More Meaningless Freethrows

Here we go again. The downside to KU playing regularly on ESPN is that the Jayhawks are almost always the late game, at 8pm. That means that the six o'clock game is still being played when KU tips off. Again that wouldn't be so bad, except that most college games which run long do so because the losing team is fouling to prolong the game.

So get ready Monday to watch West Virginia, ten points up, shooting meaningless free throws because UConn (and ESPN) won't give up. Yay. Meanwhile, we're missing the first 15 minutes of the KU game. Again.

Why can't ESPN inset the freethrows in a box in the corner of the screen like CBS does during the tournament? CBS does a great job switching games at the right time. Or does ESPN assume that we'd rather watch East Coast freethrows than the number one (Midwest) team?




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