MUPanther wrote:stever20 wrote:Bluejay wrote:I have never heard a recruit mention TV ratings when selecting a school.
I have heard them mention being on TV.
We offer damn near every game for every school on TV. That is all kids really care about.
I think you are kidding yourself if you think they just want to be on TV. A lot of the recruits want to be on ESPN. You and others here continue to want to downplay ESPN, but fact is ESPN is the gold standard. Only 4 of the top 50 recruits have gone to schools that aren't predominantly on ESPN- 3 to the Big East and then 1 to VCU. Only 8 of the top 100- 6 Big East and 2 VCU(and even with them, they are on ESPN some).
He never said "just". Plus, nobody other than you again is talking about ESPN.
MUPanther wrote:I never heard a recruit say that. It's important that their family can watch their games and that is what the "Soul of College Hoops" the Big East Conference gives them thanks to FS1 and CBSSN. The antonyms five gives that and AAC as well, so it's all a wash, in a tiny part of recruiting.
MUPanther wrote:Did I say ESPN is equal to FS1. We have recruits on alot, TV is never talked about in why they pick a school. Give it a rest!
stever20 wrote:MUPanther wrote:Did I say ESPN is equal to FS1. We have recruits on alot, TV is never talked about in why they pick a school. Give it a rest!
You said that the family can watch their games that's what FS1 and CBSSN gives them and that the Autonomous 5 and AAC as well so it's all a wash. That statement is inferring that FS1 is equal to ESPN.
TV definitely matters. To act like you are that it's meaningless is comical. Why are so many folks like Ken Pom even mentioning how the conference could use more publicity? That's the issue. And you don't think recruits see that? I think you are giving them WAY too much credit. You can drink the Fox Kool-Aid all you want, but like it or not, it is an issue. We'll see how spring recruiting finishes up for the class of 2015- but this year we have 6 top 100 recruits so far. The AAC had 7. You don't think ESPN has anything to do with that? Hell, UCF got a top 100 recruit! That should tell you everything there.
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