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NCAA Games in Raleigh Tomorrow, March Madness Social Presence
Posted on March 20th, 2008
March Madness is here. Time to watch some basketball, avoid work, family, friends, girlfriends, wives and sig. others (who don’t want to watch). Tomorrow is a first for me–I’ll be watching the four first round NCAA games in Raleigh, and I’ll get to see my Tar Heels play, too. Doesn’t get much better.
SportsBusiness Daily reported that tickets to these games in Raleigh were selling for an average of $209 each on StubHub. I just checked and it looks like StubHub is sold out for now. If you’re going to these games though, I bet you can get tickets from a scalper just before game time.
If you’re stuck at work you can still watch the games via CBS’s March Madness on Demand, where you can watch every game online for free. But you probably already knew that.
In case you’re curious about March Madness presence on social networking sites, there are currently four March Madness-related groups on Facebook with over 500 members each (the top two each have 1,400+ members). I’ve already discussed the March Madness Brackets Facebook application, which is one of the few FB apps that is actually useful (in my humble opinion).
There is a lot less March Madness presence on MySpace–only 3 groups (public), with the largest group having a whopping six members.
On YouTube there is a Men’s NCAA Tourney Channel, which has over 5,700 subscribers.
I hope you all stay glued to your TV/laptop/work computer and enjoy these games. Go Heels!
March Madness On Demand is Back
Posted on February 20th, 2008
March Madness On Demand is back this year but with an upgrade–for the first time, fans will be able to watch all 63 games live online for free. Gotta love the ad-supported model…
In case you missed it, CBS Sports also recently launched a Facebook app for NCAA Tourney brackets.
You have to applaud the NCAA and CBS Sports for doing their best to let fans view content on their own terms. Thank you for giving fans all over the world the opportunity to watch (instead of work) at the office in March.
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