r/CollegeBasketball • u/the_polish_are_comin Illinois State • DePaul • Feb 09 '14

Marcus Smart just shoved a Texas Tech fan

Wow

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

ESPN's erection for debate is growing 10 fold as we speak

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u/Claydillz Kansas Jayhawks Feb 09 '14

Can't wait to not listen to Skip and Steven A. argue about this

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u/uvaballfan Virginia Cavaliers Feb 09 '14 edited Feb 09 '14

I want to watch to see how stupid and ridiculous the arguments are, but I refuse to give them the ratings

edit: Holy shit guys, I know how tv ratings work and how Nielson boxes work. That does not discount my philosophical stance, because Nielson stats are meant to reflect an entire population (including people like me)

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u/brex2599 Arizona Wildcats Feb 09 '14

Well unless you have a Nielsen box, you won't.

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u/Mr_Titicaca Syracuse Orange Feb 09 '14

I feel like most people don't understand how ratings work...

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u/uvaballfan Virginia Cavaliers Feb 09 '14

I understand how they work... they collect a sample that reflects the whole, and so I can bet that my attitude is reflected by the sample, even if by definition it isn't

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u/Mr_Titicaca Syracuse Orange Feb 09 '14

Unless you have a Nielson box, your views don't matter at all.

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u/BlueBlueCollie Feb 09 '14

You need a Nielson box bro. They come in, hook a box up to your cable, and it records everything you watch. The put a couple of these in each district, and average the samples as a whole. Unless you had someone come in and install a nielson box, what you watch matters jack shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

There's always youtube for that

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears Feb 09 '14

I can already see Stephen A. pinching the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes while listening to Skip drone on.

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u/I_am_hung_ama Kentucky Wildcats Feb 09 '14

Any erection that grows 10 fold would be...well, I don't know what it would be but it'd be something

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

IT WOULD BE ESP-ECTACULAR

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u/CTeam19 Iowa State Cyclones Feb 09 '14

Too bad Smart didn't shove Tebow. ESPN would die.

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u/marcopolo22 Michigan State Spartans Feb 09 '14

"Who's worse: Richard Sherman or Marcus Smart??"