Serious Question

[Joe Mayo]

How many of y'all had have never watched a MSU Womens basketball game until last year and if we become mediocre how many people will probably not watch anymore? I was just curious how everybody viewed this question.

 

[tatedog]

Never is a strong word. Used to catch quite a few women's games back in the men's/women's double header days. But if you are asking the chance that interest will remain strong if we revert to the norm... 0.0% (source: men's basketball).

 

[Dawgzilla]

I have still never watched an entire WBB game on TV from start to finish.

Last night I watched most of the 1st quarter, 8 minutes of the third quarter, and then I kept changing the channel because it appeared I was a jinx. If they had won I wanted to see it happen, but I don't enjoy the games enough to watch a full 40 minutes.

 

[Awwhellnaw]

I don't think I had ever watched a women's basketball ball game before last year. Sole reason I watched this and last year was because we were so damn good. Kinda like my Auburn friends who are all of a sudden interested in men's basketball. It's sucks but it would hurt way more if it was one of the other three sports.

 

[kired]

I've really only started watching the last ~5 years, I guess basically since we hired VS. I might have watched parts of 1 or 2 games each season before that. But I've certainly watched more the last 3 years than the rest of my life combined - these teams have been fun to watch. I figure I'll continue to watch as long as we're halfway decent... but I'm not going to watch a team that sucks. Honestly a mediocre WBB team is almost too boring for me to watch - I've seen some that were about equivalent to watching a junior high basketball game.

MSU Football or men's BB - I'll watch every chance I get, good or bad
MSU Baseball or women's BB - I'll watch when we're good

 

[rynodawg]

Started watching more often 4 years ago, would probably stop again if program became mediocre.

There are just so many games in basketball and baseball, I don’t always make time to watch if odds are it won’t be enjoyable. Didn’t bother tuning into baseball last weekend either, but checked the scores.

Football is the only sport I’ll make time to watch, regardless of how well the team is doing.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

Started watching last year. Much easier game to watch than ncaa men’s because of quarters, fouls, and less play stoppage. Watched Men’s for 30 years - they have to switch too to save the game. Wouldn’t crap on an nba fire - haven’t watch in 20 years.

 

[MSUDC11]

Started watching regularly during Victoria’s freshman year. I knew she was a special talent and that we were about to improve drastically. Never thought we would get to THIS level though.

Vic’s first team was hot garbage. Rick Ray levels of bad. His second team was only 5-11 in league play but they made a deep run in the WNIT and seemed to play really well at home, so I had a feeling we were about to be back in the tourney again if Victoria was anything close to as good as advertised. Morgan came in then too and she was way better than expected. It’s been an awesome ride since.

 

[Dawgzilla]

From what little I have watched, I agree that quarters are the way to go. The men's game should change right now....well, maybe after tonight's game.

 

[Philly Dawg]

I don’t have an interest in women’s basketball outside of MSU. I’ll continue to watch it occasionally as long as the team is decent.

 

[L4Dawg]

I have no interest in it outside of MSU. I started going and watching 3 years ago.

 

[johnson86-1]

How many of y'all had have never watched a MSU Womens basketball game until last year and if we become mediocre how many people will probably not watch anymore? I was just curious how everybody viewed this question.

I would occasionally catch women's basketball and would see highlights between ten and twenty years ago and the game just looked like hot garbage. Saw the second half of the UCONN game last year and enjoyed it. Obviously a different game than men's basketball but entertaining and way better than what I saw ten to twenty years before.

Watched bits and pieces of all three final four games and it's still way better than it used to be, but lots of sloppy play also. Not as good of a product as the UCONN game last year, but obviously that's not a reasonable measuring stick.

Going forward, I probably will make more of an effort to watch come tournament time and maybe a couple of the big games throughout the year, but that's about it.

But I don't get to watch enough football, men's basketball, or baseball as it is, so I don't really have a lot of reason for or interest in adding new sports.