http://mrsec.com/2013/03/ex-sec-coach-a-d-newton-still-in-favor-of-starting-basketball-later/ Up to the minute SEC football and basketball news Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://mrsec.com/2013/03/ex-sec-coach-a-d-newton-still-in-favor-of-starting-basketball-later/comment-page-1/#comment-126830 AllTideUp Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:06:40 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/?p=267863#comment-126830 It would probably be a good thing overall.  Being that no other collegiate sports compare to basketball and football when it comes to popularity, it only makes sense to give each sport their own semester and put them on display.  No real reason to force the top 2 sports to compete with one another unless you have to.  Add to that all the students that go home during Christmas break while the season is still in full swing.  You could still have preseason holiday tournaments and things like that, but you don’t have to play the season itself until football is over.  Maybe have made for TV kickoff events the day after the football national championship game.
 
I think college basketball could be a lot more popular.

]]> http://mrsec.com/2013/03/ex-sec-coach-a-d-newton-still-in-favor-of-starting-basketball-later/comment-page-1/#comment-126798 I4Bama Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/?p=267863#comment-126798 I don’t know about you, but when I think Masters, I think college basketball.
 
Something tells me the audiences do not overlap the way one might wish.

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