What about it?
Isn't that a different contract? I thought each conference worked out separate network deals for the different sports, the #2 and #3 sports being men's and women's basketball, respectively.
Read the story. Basketball is included. Peacock is getting about 80 games combined, men and women. Other networks will get basketball as well. As I said, read the story.
College baseball is relegated to the hinterlands unless your local college team does exceptionally well.
It's a big deal at several SEC and Big 12 schools, maybe a few out west, but that's about it. I'm in the hinterlands of northern New England and went to a few Dartmouth College games this past spring -- attendance was about 200 for one of them, about 450 for the other. Of course, the weather was typical, 50s and 60s. Most of the current Big 10 schools have similar spring weather issues. USC and UCLA entering the conference in 2024 will be interesting, schedule-wise and travel-wise. A lot of expensive air travel for a sport that's not a revenue producer at schools like Iowa, Northwestern and Rutgers. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the conference's weaker programs pull the plug on baseball entirely before the expansion takes effect. Of course, softball will have the same logistical issues -- coast-to-coast travel -- but schools will be wary of eliminating any women's sport given the current atmosphere in society and academia.
I live in the market with the University of Tennessee (SEC) and with Coach Tony Vitello, and a couple of winning seasons, they've had to add seating and are re-doing their stadium.
Yep, and I was down in Arkansas in the late '70s when the Razorbacks went to the College World Series for the first time. One of the Little Rock stations carried the games and lots of people watched. UA baseball has been a big attraction ever since and also plays in a nice modern ballpark.
Hard to see that doing anything but staying on the Big 10 Network. ESPN will still have rights to the NCAA tournament, which is the only time college hockey gets any exposure there.
In fact, only seven Big 10 teams have hockey teams, and adding USC and UCLA to the conference will be no help. Big 10 baseball lacks only one school, Wisconsin.
