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maybe people were watching the news?
2) The 67th Academy Awards were held 3.27 that year. Could this have impacted it?
same thing that hurt monday night football: overexposure of the sport.
college basketball peaks during the first weekend and selection sunday. thats when the most schools are still alive, most people are interested, everyone is still in their office pool. by the second and third weekends, its really down to the the hardcore fans and handful of people still alive in pools.
people are all “college basketballed” out and are off to focus on opening day of baseball and the nfl draft.
with so much attention to the sport these days, the national championship isn’t what it used to be. same with monday night football, as its just another game. it used to be more, but with all games on tv and the internet and espn, its not the same.
kayarn, I think you may be onto something. Perhaps when every game began to be televised on CBS [instead of just primetime games] it dulled the interest in the final game.
I’ll see if I can find out when that happened.
By Ann Marie on Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
Could it have something to do with low seeded teams winning? If you’re out of the office pool early, why watch? And as a Clemson alumni, I have to say I hate those blue bastards from UNC.
Anne Marie, I think the significant advancement of low seeded teams is hyped by the media a lot more than it actually happens. Being a numbers guy, if I can get some good data on that I will post it.
My hatred of the Tar Hells has cooled significantly since Dean Smith left. He truly was evil. I cannot get myself to hate a Roy Williams coached team to nearly the same extent.

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