Marquette vs. Ohio State - TV

[swoopem]

Why are you guys complaining? It's on national TV. For those who don't watch it that's their fault, fvck em.

[Pakuni]

The important point here is that this network is only found when people search for it.  Unlike if the game was on ESPN and we'd pick up a whole crap-ton of casual eyeballs and get our name in front of people who wouldn't otherwise know Marquette Basketball, only the Ohio State and Marquette fan-bases as well as the 34 people trying to find a hockey game to watch will put in the necessary effort to get this game on their TV.

Wait, you're suggesting that kind of person who's watching ESPN college basketball at 6 p.m. on a Friday evening "wouldn't otherwise know Marquette Basketball?"
Who are these dedicated ESPN viewers that have never heard of Marquette? And why would they spend a Friday evening watching a Marquette game (note: the aircraft carrier novelty wears off after about five minutes) if they're the kind of person who hasn't even heard of MU, i.e. a non-college basketball fan?
And, most importantly, why do we care whether these imaginary people are watching? How does it benefit Marquette that some non-college basketball fan in Arizona catches two minutes of a game while searching for World Series of Poker reruns or NHRA Today? Do you believe that person magically will be transformed into a diehard Marquette supporter because they're playing on a boat?

Why am I asking so many questions?

[Pakuni]

I really hope that the NBC Sports Network makes it.  I've really come to loathe most of the "talent" at ESPN.   Most of the analysis on any of ESPN's non-game programming is just people shouting nonsense. 

[Benny B]

Does anyone know what type of online streaming NBC Sports provides?  The ability to get games through ESPN3 was also a nice benefit.

Not sure about NBC Sports, but programming on ESPN3/WatchESPN is going to be severely limited this year... last year, anything that was on ESPN or ESPN2 was simulcast on ESPN3; this year, only subscribers to Brighthouse, Xfinity, FIOS, Time Warner, and Mid-Con will get access to those games airing on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Right now, 24 MU games are slated to be streamed on ESPN3 this year, and 18 of them will only be available to subscribers.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Indeed. Because of the NHL lockout they'll need to show something between a constant loop of Roadhouse.

That has nothing to go with it. NHL hockey is not on Friday's on NBC.