3-and-D style isn't the problem. More games = less intensity and effort.

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Mar 25, 2025
2:15:57pm

LegitCoug All-American

College ball is adopting NBA tactics and player types, but it's more interesting because players obviously play harder.

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LegitCoug

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Joined: Mar 2, 2011
Last login: Mar 30, 2025
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Time

Agree with Travis?

Niiineteeen84 Blowhard

Mar 25, 1:46pm

Yep...I would rather watch March Madness than the NBA

Cougar TD

Mar 25, 1:47pm

People love the NCAA tournament. People do not love regular season CBB.

benny1982

Mar 25, 1:48pm

Also, I will be interested to see how much the viewership drops off after the

benny1982

Mar 25, 1:53pm

I know I prefer CBB to NBA - have for a while. I'm not surprised by the NCAA ratings, but I do agree that the

Bob Vance

Mar 25, 5:47pm

I used to watch jazz, but lost interest when DM became a diva. Is not just that

cougaman

Mar 25, 1:51pm

I would rather watch a good High School game than the NBA. So boring.....

cougarnw

Mar 25, 3:56pm

March Madness is only interesting for the first week, or if your team is in it.

ochobeeguy

Mar 26, 1:29pm

The 1st week may be more interesting, but I prefer the entire tournament over

Cougar TD

Mar 26, 1:43pm

What I think is interesting is people talk about how BYU is such a fun team to

BYUMizzou

Mar 25, 1:49pm

One of the problems with an NBA game-

Archaea

Mar 25, 1:50pm

correct, same with MLB, too many games. If either were like the NFL every game

Durden

Mar 25, 1:53pm

When I think of the nba, I don't think of ball movement.

bald man

Mar 25, 2:13pm

KY is brining the best of the NBA and leaving the worst behind

ValiantCoug

Mar 25, 4:11pm

His brined turkey is the best!

Florwood

Mar 25, 5:57pm

The ball movement, spacing, great shooting, and inside game paired with intense defense, and the passion of the fans

Hammurabi

Mar 25, 4:27pm

Personally, I don't have an NBA team, so I don't watch it much until ...

Bossk82

Mar 25, 1:50pm

The NBA is broken, and the only way to fix it is to move to FIBA rules

Coug

Mar 25, 1:52pm

I’m curious, how does the lottery reek of the league fixing it?

BYUCLA

Mar 25, 1:53pm

100% it is

Coug

Mar 25, 2:08pm

And do what instead? Give the worst team the best player? Even more tanking will

cougsareforreal

Mar 26, 4:14pm

IDK how he came up with this 75% number but it's obviously false/exaggerated

JuicyJam

Mar 25, 1:52pm

Sounded rather extreme to me too, maybe he's only counting people that

Mitty

Mar 25, 2:01pm

Yes, but those are some of the biggest names in CBB. I do really enjoy the

Sparkling Delirium

Mar 25, 1:53pm

either one could get an advantage by switching to elon ending or some other

cwilke1

Mar 25, 1:54pm

The elon ending hurts gambling companies, which the NBA has embraced.

Mabuhay Coug

Mar 25, 6:49pm

i am sure the companies could set up their gambling metrics around the

cwilke1

Mar 25, 7:48pm

It’s a pretty terrible point by Clay Travis, and not even comparing the same things.

TCuz

Mar 25, 1:57pm

Additionally NBA averages about 1.5M per game with about 10 games/day for 6 mos.

ochobeeguy

Mar 26, 1:32pm

I couldn’t care less about the NBA but I’m not sure that’s a fair comparison.

Traveshamockery

Mar 25, 2:00pm

Yormark was right that bball undervalued

Hammurabi

Mar 25, 2:03pm

People like games that matter. Very few NBA games actually matter

Spiff

Mar 25, 2:03pm

NBA provides too much of its product too cheaply, meaning the regular season

Mitty

Mar 25, 2:05pm

3-and-D style isn't the problem. More games = less intensity and effort.

LegitCoug

Mar 25, 2:15pm

NBA has been playing 82 games for almost 60 years. People have been complaining

Parker Schnabel

Mar 25, 5:22pm

Same with NCAA.

russkiejedi

Mar 25, 2:48pm

Isn't Clay just talking about the NCAA tourney and not NCAA bball writ large?

Spiff

Mar 25, 6:07pm

Yes, but he's comparing it to regular season NBA games, not their playoffs where

russkiejedi

Mar 25, 7:30pm

100% agree. It lacks passion and urgency. The NBA game actually looks SLOWER

byusage

Mar 25, 3:07pm

I went to a NBA game last week

cougarBee

Mar 25, 5:08pm

NBA players care too much about image and marketing. They come across as not

maYbe

Mar 25, 2:08pm

Which is why it is disheartening to see college follow the NBA model

kccougar

Mar 25, 2:16pm

You can not have a league that’s interesting when

gurt

Mar 25, 2:17pm

I don't hate the NBA - I've had Jazz season tickets since '84

mncstr

Mar 25, 2:30pm

I stopped caring about the NBA a while ago. Zero interest.

ZuluBlue

Mar 25, 2:32pm

Same.

Black Sunshine

Mar 25, 2:42pm

Same here

byusage

Mar 25, 3:02pm

I was a kid in So Cal during Laker's showtime years. Lakers fanatic in high

O Gaucho

Mar 25, 2:43pm

Not usually. Or in this case.

russkiejedi

Mar 25, 2:44pm

NCAA is so fun. Fill-out a bracket with friends and office mates. Its all over

GMGlenn

Mar 25, 2:52pm

It's basically over after the first weekend. It's the greatest 4 days in sports.

ochobeeguy

Mar 26, 1:33pm

I quit watching NBA games around 1998, so that analysis works for me.

cougarmeister

Mar 25, 3:22pm

That 75% stat isn't true. The NBA has lost 48% of its viewership since 2012.

Trappist1F

Mar 25, 3:43pm

Not clear what he means by the 75%. US TV viewership has declined, but inter-

Still Blue

Mar 25, 4:16pm

NBA watered down change reg season to 30 games & I’ll watch again!

HeyU

Mar 25, 4:31pm

I blame Lebron starting super teams. Non-free agent divas. Load management.

palangi

Mar 25, 5:01pm

I agree with this. NBA needs hard caps and way more parity.

Niiineteeen84

Mar 25, 5:03pm

Hard cap would be great, then disgruntled stars couldn’t demand trades and land

palangi

Mar 25, 5:11pm

I’d rather watch the most meaningless college game over NBA finals

zerome4sooners

Mar 25, 6:56pm

Viewership numbers are supported by the 16MM members that weren’t let down by

Q-grr

Mar 26, 10:16am

Hammurabi

Mar 26, 8:10pm

I generally prefer the NBA

mncstr

Mar 26, 1:59pm

The Jazz are wasting years of Markkanen's career

CameronG

Mar 27, 9:50am

The NBA playoffs are too long, as much as we talk about liking the grind of a 7

CameronG

Mar 27, 9:56am

It is, but I've enjoyed it every time the Jazz are in it

mncstr

Mar 27, 4:37pm

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