Random Thoughts

Coach of the Year candidates

Bruce Pearl at TN

Billy Donovan at FL

John Thompson III at Georgetown

Belein at West Virginia

Karl Hobbs at GW

Roy Williams at NC

Tim Floyd at USC

Jay Wright at Nova

Calipari at Memphis

half of the coaches in the Missouri Valley conference :)

more candidates coming soon

Villanova wins the Big 5, although it didn't look that way during the first half of their game against St Joe's in the Palestra. Details at collegesports.com.

ESPN should really NOT interrupt a game with that stupid 30-30 update. It would be okay if they did it during timeouts or interruptions, but interrupting a game is stupid. All the latest news are ticking at the bottom of the screen anyway, and they do a recap during half-time and Sportscenter promos after timeouts. Please stop interrupting games with 30-30 updates!

While CBS is paying a lot of $$$ for the rights to the NCAA tourney, things for us (the viewers) would be a lot better if ABC/ESPN got the rights. Why? More games and more features in parallel. CBS only shows one game at a time, occasionally a different game on their HD channel. If Disney got their paws on the NCAAs, they could potentially broadcast every single game. Four games, one each at ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU/ESPNClassic/ESPNews/Deportes. Or they could do what CBS does with ABC (switch between the exciting games and regional games), and then show the four games straight on their other channels. They could also offer a Full Court pay-per-view package with all the games, ideal for those with basic cable. If CBS is clever, they should put CSTV to good use during March Madness, but the problem is CSTV is not available everywhere and when it is, it is usually in some special digital tier cable package.