....from Jon Wilner's Blog....
Action: West Coast Conference closes in on new TV deal with ESPN (to start in 2011-12).
Reaction I: We’re probably a month or two from the deal being finalized, and there’s little chance that the dollar figure will ever become public. But the guess here is that the WCC lands one of the best TV contracts, and maybe the best, of any basketball-only conference.
Reaction II: And by that I mean the best in both the dollar figure and the exposure. The conference is already doing very well on the exposure front — 13 of St. Mary’s 14 league games are on TV this season, for instance — and it should get even better now that it’s adding BYU.
Reaction III: One of the two mysteries surrounding the revised WCC is how the round-robin schedule will work with nine teams. I’m not sure we’ll get the answer until the spring/summer, but my guess is the Thursday-Saturday schedule will remain in place — although fans should expect to see some league games on Mondays.
Reaction IV: The other WCC hoops mystery is the format for the basketball tournaments. Will there be a “play-in game” … will only eight teams participate … will the double-bye configuration remain? Those answers may come sooner rather than later.
Action: West Coast Conference closes in on new TV deal with ESPN (to start in 2011-12).
Reaction I: We’re probably a month or two from the deal being finalized, and there’s little chance that the dollar figure will ever become public. But the guess here is that the WCC lands one of the best TV contracts, and maybe the best, of any basketball-only conference.
Reaction II: And by that I mean the best in both the dollar figure and the exposure. The conference is already doing very well on the exposure front — 13 of St. Mary’s 14 league games are on TV this season, for instance — and it should get even better now that it’s adding BYU.
Reaction III: One of the two mysteries surrounding the revised WCC is how the round-robin schedule will work with nine teams. I’m not sure we’ll get the answer until the spring/summer, but my guess is the Thursday-Saturday schedule will remain in place — although fans should expect to see some league games on Mondays.
Reaction IV: The other WCC hoops mystery is the format for the basketball tournaments. Will there be a “play-in game” … will only eight teams participate … will the double-bye configuration remain? Those answers may come sooner rather than later.
