johnnyzip84 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 We welcome you to the 13th season of the CBI tournament finals here in lovely Carmel, Indiana. There’s no place more closely interwoven with the fabric of basketball than this Midwestern state. As many of you know, the Cash Buy In tourney was previously known as the College Basketball Invitational tournament during the period from 2008 through 2015. It was only after the NCAA elected to expand their tournament from 96 to 288 teams following the 2015 season that the CBI felt compelled to take a different approach. In reality the CBI was merely removing any veil of doubt concerning its raison d’être. When the Zips of the University of Akron won the tournament 4 consecutive seasons in the early teens, numerous on-line universities in the US began to view the CBI as a major opportunity for revenue growth. DeVry got the ball bouncing in 2014 with an announcement that they would field a D-1 team beginning in 2016 vowing to “never play a road game”. The University of Phoenix swiftly followed. When ITT Tech joined the wave in 2017, it became clear that a cataclysmic shift in collegiate hoops was underway. Sure the NCAA still ran their tourney for the “orthodox” hoops fan, but the CBI offered a much more direct approach that clearly resonated with competition loving capitalists everywhere. The home game guarantee fee which originated at a paltry $60,000 is now more than ten times that figure. But with Facebook kicking in $1,000,000,000,000,000 for the lifetime rights to broadcast every Gazelle Group sponsored game, the on-line programs keep lining up. This year’s finals feature ITT-Florida vs. The University of Phoenix in Hawaii. We will return to Carmel after a word from Farmville, our first-half sponsor. While I think it's easy to make light of this tourney, I'll be the 1st to admit that I'm thrilled the team is still playing for all of the reasons previously expressed here on ZN. I'll be there tonight. Go Zips!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 After watching the games last night on HDNET, I'm into it. HDNET did a good job. This looks like the tournament we belong in. I'll be there tonight. PS Can Akron sign a contract with HDNET to show all their away games? Football & basketball. Looks like Mark Cuban figured it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 After watching the games last night on HDNET, I'm into it. HDNET did a good job. This looks like the tournament we belong in. I'll be there tonight. PS Can Akron sign a contract with HDNET to show all their away games? Football & basketball. Looks like Mark Cuban figured it out. Can Time Warner Cable carry HDNET? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I think it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Check here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Wow .. TWC must have dropped it. I know when we were still on Adelphia, we had it .. that pretty much blows. Good thing 2 of the Championship games will be at the JAR. Watch them in person. B) Go Zips! ... let's get one tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Check here. Checked that earlier and according to the HDNet site Time Warner doesn't carry it for my area (44310 family & 44319 my house). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The good thing is that Dish & Direct TV carry it, so any bar should be showing for those of you stuck in the monopoly that is Time Warner. Having it in HD is just awesome. It's better than being there when you can watch it on a 9 foot movie screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Every provider (DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-Verse) in the area except TWC carries HDNet. This will speed up the process I'd already begun of selecting a new service to replace TWC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xu9697 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 WOW! has it (Cleveland Area) on channel 212 however it is an additional cost above and beyoned DVR/HD/DIGITAL..includes only 4 channels: High Definition Pak 210 HD Theater 212 HDNet 213 HDNet Movies 214 Universal HD No watchy for me tonight, dammit!!! If it weren't St. Paddy's day, I would be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 WOW! has it (Cleveland Area) on channel 212 however it is an additional cost above and beyoned DVR/HD/DIGITAL..includes only 4 channels: High Definition Pak 210 HD Theater 212 HDNet 213 HDNet Movies 214 Universal HD No watchy for me tonight, dammit!!! If it weren't St. Paddy's day, I would be there. For those closer to Akron, you can always kill two birds with one stone by heading to BW3's (for example) before and/or after the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalapeño Zippy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 AT&T has it - Channel 1105 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I'm expecting some belligerent fans there tonight. What's better than drinking heavily and going to watch the Zips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I'm expecting some belligerent fans there tonight. What's better than drinking heavily and going to watch the Zips? Then I sure hope Bo Boroski or Terry Wymer aren't working the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 We welcome you to the 13th season of the CBI tournament finals here in lovely Carmel, Indiana. There’s no place more closely interwoven with the fabric of basketball than this Midwestern state. As many of you know, the Cash Buy In tourney was previously known as the College Basketball Invitational tournament during the period from 2008 through 2015. It was only after the NCAA elected to expand their tournament from 96 to 288 teams following the 2015 season that the CBI felt compelled to take a different approach. In reality the CBI was merely removing any veil of doubt concerning its raison d’être. When the Zips of the University of Akron won the tournament 4 consecutive seasons in the early teens, numerous on-line universities in the US began to view the CBI as a major opportunity for revenue growth. DeVry got the ball bouncing in 2014 with an announcement that they would field a D-1 team beginning in 2016 vowing to “never play a road game”. The University of Phoenix swiftly followed. When ITT Tech joined the wave in 2017, it became clear that a cataclysmic shift in collegiate hoops was underway. Sure the NCAA still ran their tourney for the “orthodox” hoops fan, but the CBI offered a much more direct approach that clearly resonated with competition loving capitalists everywhere. The home game guarantee fee which originated at a paltry $60,000 is now more than ten times that figure. But with Facebook kicking in $1,000,000,000,000,000 for the lifetime rights to broadcast every Gazelle Group sponsored game, the on-line programs keep lining up. This year’s finals feature ITT-Florida vs. The University of Phoenix in Hawaii. We will return to Carmel after a word from Farmville, our first-half sponsor. While I think it's easy to make light of this tourney, I'll be the 1st to admit that I'm thrilled the team is still playing for all of the reasons previously expressed here on ZN. I'll be there tonight. Go Zips!! "I can remember when we used to dominate this tournament until that damn University of Phoenix came along." (A much older) Zach the Zip, 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 WOW! has it (Cleveland Area) on channel 212 however it is an additional cost above and beyoned DVR/HD/DIGITAL..includes only 4 channels: High Definition Pak 210 HD Theater 212 HDNet 213 HDNet Movies 214 Universal HD No watchy for me tonight, dammit!!! If it weren't St. Paddy's day, I would be there. You can watchy online here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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