ISU MBB on College Gameday - Maybe

[hawksuck75]

http://mattsarzsports.blogspot.com

This website is saying the MBB College Gameday schedule has been released and it will be a choice on 1/17 between KU vs ISU in Ames and WVU vs Texas with the chosen game on ESPN at 8 and other game on ESPN 2 at 5.

 

[hawksuck75]

Sorry not sure how it got on Volleyball discussion. Mods can delete if they want or switch it to MBB.

 

[DesMoinesCy]

This part of the link doesn't look encouraging:

FOX put out a release for its entire college basketball schedule. A few items on it, or missing from it, of note:

• It did not have the Iowa St. vs. South Carolina game from Barclays Center. I'm reasonably confident this one is airing on CBS Sports Network now that the C-USA schedule for that network has been announced

 

[CyFan61]

WVU has a pretty easy non-con schedule. Texas plays UConn, Kentucky, and Stanford.

Seems weird to me to have a flex so early in the season, but I'm guessing it's mostly them waiting to see if UT is the real deal or not - or maybe if we are the real deal or not.

 

[Cychedelia]

KU Vs. ISU is a more intriguing matchup.

 

[Rogue52]

Dumb. Just commit to it for gosh sakes. They had a College Gameday in Stillwater last year with no one in attendance.

 

[cyguytillidie]

Thinking ISU gets this one barring a flop out of the gates. I'm pumped!

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Thinking ISU gets this one barring a flop out of the gates. I'm pumped!

They announce all the game days before the season starts.

Also, this didn't need another thread

 

[gocubs2118]

This site doesn't look fishy at all. Why hasn't ESPN announced it if yet if this is really the schedule?

 

[CyFan61]

They announce all the game days before the season starts.

Also, this didn't need another thread

I don't think this is right; if I remember right last year had a Pac-12 flex game in it. One of them was a Colorado game. I don't remember the details other than that, but there was a flex. Maybe ESPN is expanding the number of flex games this year for Gameday.

P.S. It is always the creator of the first thread who is the only one that cares about there being an extra thread

 

[gocubs2118]

I can't see ESPN ever doing Gameday for a Big 12 game where KU isn't involved.

 

[CyFan61]

I can't see ESPN ever doing Gameday for a Big 12 game where KU isn't involved.

I have to think we are the preferred option right now. KU > UT and ISU > WVU in terms of draw. As long as we don't blow it in the non-con, the crew should be coming to Ames.

 

[cyclones12321]

Wow is it really even a question which game to show. Ku in ames with hilton magic in full force and two power teams or a game with a mid b12 team @ an empty texas gym

 

[MNCyGuy]

This part of the link doesn't look encouraging:

Probably was too much to hope for fs1 to pick up a noncon game between two mbb conferences pretty deep in bed with ESPN.

 

[CyArob]

I don't think this is right; if I remember right last year had a Pac-12 flex game in it. One of them was a Colorado game. I don't remember the details other than that, but there was a flex. Maybe ESPN is expanding the number of flex games this year for Gameday.

The only flex last year was Arizona vs. Colorado OR UCLA vs. Stanford.

 

[cyguytillidie]

They announce all the game days before the season starts.

Also, this didn't need another thread

I was referring to if it was ISU/KU and Tex/WV being a flex until a certain point in season. Thinking ISU gets that it that way.
If they are announcing before the season, I am still confident ISU gets gameday between the two games.

 

[roundball]

I can't see ESPN ever doing Gameday for a Big 12 game where KU isn't involved.

Non-KU Gamedays with Big 12 teams:

Texas @ OSU (2005)
Texas @ Oklahoma (2006)
Oklahoma @ Texas (2009)
Texas @ Baylor (2011)

Pretty easy to pick out the other team ESPN adores.

 

[gocubs2118]

Non-KU Gamedays with Big 12 teams:

Texas @ OSU (2005)
Texas @ Oklahoma (2006)
Oklahoma @ Texas (2009)
Texas @ Baylor (2011)

Pretty easy to pick out the other team ESPN adores.

That's more than I thought it would be, however, those are all rivalry games. What is WVU-Texas?

 

[cyclones12321]

Non-KU Gamedays with Big 12 teams:

Texas @ OSU (2005)
Texas @ Oklahoma (2006)
Oklahoma @ Texas (2009)
Texas @ Baylor (2011)

Pretty easy to pick out the other team ESPN adores.

Thats when texas was actually good. Not saying they aren't this year but playing wv in front of probably 7000 fans. Is there even a question who should get GameDay. If texas gets it it would show obvious favoritism

 

[SoapyCy]

Espn doesn't care about obvious favoritism