UW-MU game on CBS

[Mr. Nielsen]

If you are college football junkie like me, you are a bit sad when the UW-MU game falls on the first Saturday of December, on "Championship Saturday"

The UW-MU game will be at 11:30am at the Bradley Center before the SEC Championship on CBS!

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html

[keefe]

If you are college football junkie like me, you are a bit sad when the UW-MU game falls on the first Saturday of December, on "Championship Saturday"

The UW-MU game will be at 11:30am at the Bradley Center before the SEC Championship on CBS!

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html

Well, all that matters that day is what time Michigan plays for the Big 10 Title

[muhoops1]

Michigan = Also ran in a weak conference.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Well, all that matters that day is what time Michigan plays for the Big 10 Title

You have a good shot, but certainly a tougher one.  The Badgers have essentially a layup each year in their division...whatever the heck they call those divisions nowadays.  Not close to the gauntlet that the east is.

[Nukem2]

You have a good shot, but certainly a tougher one.  The Badgers have essentially a layup each year in their division...whatever the heck they call those divisions nowadays.  Not close to the gauntlet that the east is.

Actually, it's between Wisky and the Huskers for that division.  The Big 10/11/12/14 really screwed up in dividing the teams into the East and West Divisions. 

[real chili 83]

Nebraska winning the big 10. Ha. Nice traditional league.

Can't wait till Rutgers wins the basketball championship.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Actually, it's between Wisky and the Huskers for that division.  The Big 10/11/12/14 really screwed up in dividing the teams into the East and West Divisions. 

Still think it is a layup.  Not sold on Nebraska.

A team in the east that has to deal with Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State is far tougher, year in and year out, IMO.

[🏀]

Apparently, CBS wants to highlight a lop-sided 'rivarly'

[GGGG]

Actually, it's between Wisky and the Huskers for that division.  The Big 10/11/12/14 really screwed up in dividing the teams into the East and West Divisions. 

Pretty much all the schools wanted it.  No one really liked the previous set up.

[Nukem2]

Pretty much all the schools wanted it.  No one really liked the previous set up.

Yeah, it makes geographic sense.  My point is in terms of strength of programs.  Now you have a majority of solid programs beating up on each other.  Will lead to mediocrity as good programs will not do well yEar after year.

[We R Final Four]

If you are college football junkie like me, you are a bit sad when the UW-MU game falls on the first Saturday of December, on "Championship Saturday"

The UW-MU game will be at 11:30am at the Bradley Center before the SEC Championship on CBS!

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html

The Marquette/Wisconsin has fallen on the first Saturday of December for many years now. It will again next year......so there is no reason to be sad.
December is for basketball anyways.

[MUDPT]

Anyone know if Virginia Tech's basketball team also plays on CBS that Saturday?

[Tugg Speedman]

National TV!!!!!!!!

[keefe]

National TV!!!!!!!!

Baby Blues!!!!

[Warrior Code]

What affiliation does Marquette or Wisconsin have with CBS?

[tower912]

Well, all that matters that day is what time Michigan plays for the Big 10 Title

Equally likely that is the day Michigan starts their next coaching search.   

[Tigidal]

If you are college football junkie like me, you are a bit sad when the UW-MU game falls on the first Saturday of December, on "Championship Saturday"

The UW-MU game will be at 11:30am at the Bradley Center before the SEC Championship on CBS!

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html

I don't seem to see anything about a TV broadcast on that link... Only shows Duke and Milwaukee being broadcast.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Equally likely that is the day Michigan starts their next coaching search.   

That is my prediction #gospartans

[Mr. Nielsen]

The Marquette/Wisconsin has fallen on the first Saturday of December for many years now.

Not always. It's how the calendar falls. Last time in Milwaukee in 2012 it was the 2nd weekend.

[Mr. Nielsen]

What affiliation does Marquette or Wisconsin have with CBS?

FS1 sold some games to CBS/CBSSN.

[Mr. Nielsen]

I don't seem to see anything about a TV broadcast on that link... Only shows Duke and Milwaukee being broadcast.

UW must have taken it down. It was up last night and TV blogs had it out.

[GGGG]

Yeah, it makes geographic sense.  My point is in terms of strength of programs.  Now you have a majority of solid programs beating up on each other.  Will lead to mediocrity as good programs will not do well yEar after year.

The problem is that you had a bunch of conflicting interests that pretty much necessitated a geographic split.

**Penn State want to play out east.
**Ohio State and Penn State want to play every year
**Michigan and Ohio State want to play every year (obviously)
**Michigan and Michigan State want to play every year.

So you can accomplish this by having a "protected" inter-division rivalry each year.  (The SEC does this with 14 teams.)  The conference is doing this now with Purdue and Indiana in separate divisions.

They could have put Michigan and Michigan State in the west, protected the Michigan / Ohio State game, put Northwestern and Purdue in the east, and then protect the Northwestern / Illinois game.

But in the end I think they simply thought that a geographic split was best.

[Nukem2]

The problem is that you had a bunch of conflicting interests that pretty much necessitated a geographic split.

**Penn State want to play out east.
**Ohio State and Penn State want to play every year
**Michigan and Ohio State want to play every year (obviously)
**Michigan and Michigan State want to play every year.

So you can accomplish this by having a "protected" inter-division rivalry each year.  (The SEC does this with 14 teams.)  The conference is doing this now with Purdue and Indiana in separate divisions.

They could have put Michigan and Michigan State in the west, protected the Michigan / Ohio State game, put Northwestern and Purdue in the east, and then protect the Northwestern / Illinois game.

But in the end I think they simply thought that a geographic split was best.

Just pointing out that the geographic split is silly from a competitive standpoint in FB.  But, then, this is the league that came up with "legends" and "Leaders"...

[mu03eng]

The problem is that you had a bunch of conflicting interests that pretty much necessitated a geographic split.

**Penn State want to play out east.
**Ohio State and Penn State want to play every year
**Michigan and Ohio State want to play every year (obviously)
**Michigan and Michigan State want to play every year.

So you can accomplish this by having a "protected" inter-division rivalry each year.  (The SEC does this with 14 teams.)  The conference is doing this now with Purdue and Indiana in separate divisions.

They could have put Michigan and Michigan State in the west, protected the Michigan / Ohio State game, put Northwestern and Purdue in the east, and then protect the Northwestern / Illinois game.

But in the end I think they simply thought that a geographic split was best.

Eh, they could have easily split Michigan or Michigan State into the west in exchange for Purdue and protecting everything and had a better competitive balance.  I think this was just lazy planning and not wanting to make a "tough" decision.  It will hurt the conference as a whole because PSU, OSU, Michigan, and MSU will beat each other up practically assuring no one undefeated comes out of the east.  Then Wisconsin has a cake walk in the west, but the SOS will be so weak as to be inconsequential.

[GGGG]

Eh, they could have easily split Michigan or Michigan State into the west in exchange for Purdue and protecting everything and had a better competitive balance.  I think this was just lazy planning and not wanting to make a "tough" decision.  It will hurt the conference as a whole because PSU, OSU, Michigan, and MSU will beat each other up practically assuring no one undefeated comes out of the east.  Then Wisconsin has a cake walk in the west, but the SOS will be so weak as to be inconsequential.

I think the lazy thing would have been to put Rutgers or Maryland in different divisions....or the same division and moving one school out of it.  But I don't think that a major conference, especially one like the B10 who systematically plans out everything, is just going to say "well whatever" and do things that are easy. 

One thought I have is that they did this to maximize their television value just before the new television contracts.  This way they have arguably some of their marquee television games guaranteed to happen every year.