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NBA ready for star-studded Play-In Tournament

Morning Buzz - 04/15/2024

The 2024 NBA play-in tournament features star power, "making those games more high profile and making the league happy." The league "wanted to create more interest" in its regular season and "make it possible for more teams to reach the playoffs, while trying to curtail tanking." On the final...

Combine the Final Fours and optimize March Madness!

Journal - 04/15/2024

In the 2021 NCAA Gender Equity Media & Sponsorship Analysis , we wrote that the Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Final Fours should be staged at a single location on the same weekend, starting ideally in 2023. Imagine if the NCAA had done so! Last year, the...

Could a combined men’s and women’s Final Four be the future for college basketball? Lots of tipping points remain

Journal - 04/15/2024 | CU Professor News - 04/12/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 04/12/2024

The central courtyard bar at the Arizona Biltmore buzzed. Dignitaries from the college sports world posted up around the circular space and in the cabanas scattered around the ritzy resort 30 minutes east of State Farm Stadium, the site of the NCAA...

Inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show

Journal - 04/15/2024 | CU Professor News - 04/12/2024

It was a coming out party for women’s basketball. The 2024 NCAA final between South Carolina and Iowa averaged 18.9 million viewers on ABC, nearly doubling 2023’s 9.9 million, and breaking a record set less than 48 hours before. And while the gameplay...

Men's Final Four Notebook: From Phoenix to Scottsdale to Glendale, the men’s Final Four had it all

Journal - 04/15/2024

Spread across the greater Phoenix area over the week, the annual basketball championships that have increasingly doubled as an industry event boasted a bit of everything out in the desert. Here’s a look at the sights and sounds. Nissan’s NCAA...

Univ. of Minnesota to bid on future Frozen Fours

Weekend Rap - 04/14/2024

Xcel Energy Center played host to the 2024 NCAA men's Frozen Four for the fourth time this weekend and Univ. of Minnesota Senior Associate AD Tom McGinnis , who oversees the hockey programs, said that the school and Visit St. Paul "plan to put...

Edge Sound Research demoing new audio technology for broadcasts at NAB

Power Up Newsletter - 04/15/2024

Edge Sound Research will demo a new application of its audio technology at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas. Called “Real-Time Virtual Sound Engine,” the invention automates the mixing of live sports audio and uses computer vision algorithms to track...

Expected top picks to attend NFL, WNBA drafts

Morning Buzz - 04/12/2024

Thirteen prospects have "accepted invitations to the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit," which begins on April 25. The list is headlined by possible No. 1 overall pick USC QB Caleb Williams , along with LSU QB Jayden Daniels and North Carolina QB Drake Maye ....

Defending Boston Marathon wheelchair champ Marcel Hug talks carbon chair ahead of 2024 race

Marcel Hug is a legendary wheelchair racer with 21 major marathon victories as well as nearly three dozen medals in Paralympic Games and world championships spanning distances from 400 meters to the marathon. In 2023, Hug became the first man to sweep all six Abbott World Marathon...

Xcel Energy Center prepares to host fourth Frozen Four this weekend

Daily - 04/11/2024 | Daily - 04/11/2024

The Xcel Energy Center will host the NCAA Frozen Four for the fourth time today, tomorrow and Saturday, and before today's opening faceoff, “myriad preparations will take place inside the building,” according to Jess Myers of the St. Paul PIONEER PRESS. Organizers from Minnesota have traveled to recent tournaments...

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NBA ready for star-studded Play-In Tournament

Combine the Final Fours and optimize March Madness!

Could a combined men’s and women’s Final Four be the future for college basketball? Lots of tipping points remain

Inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show

Men's Final Four Notebook: From Phoenix to Scottsdale to Glendale, the men’s Final Four had it all

Univ. of Minnesota to bid on future Frozen Fours

Edge Sound Research demoing new audio technology for broadcasts at NAB

Expected top picks to attend NFL, WNBA drafts

Defending Boston Marathon wheelchair champ Marcel Hug talks carbon chair ahead of 2024 race

Xcel Energy Center prepares to host fourth Frozen Four this weekend

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