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Commissioner Greg Sankey champions SEC women’s basketball ratings beating MLB
By Will Ogburn
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After a mostly disappointing football season that saw many teams in transition and the Alabama machine lose to Clemson, the SEC has bounced back hard in the month of March.
Basketball season saw three SEC teams in the men’s Elite Eight, and the Mississippi State women upset UConn to play South Carolina in the national championship.
And now, time for some minor shade:
So…National Champ Game between two @SEC Women's Basketball teams outrated Cubs-Cards opener #ItJustMeansMore https://t.co/jBoO1H5KuY
— Greg Sankey (@GregSankey) April 3, 2017
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey witnessed two SEC teams play for one of the most captivating women’s championships of all time, and he couldn’t help but compare it to America’s pastime.
When things don’t go according to plan in sports, it makes for great television. Mississippi State’s upset of UConn to end their 111-game win streak meant exactly that, as millions of viewers tuned in to see the women’s championship.
On the flip side, baseball has lost a bit of its sheen in the national conscious, and even the luster of MLB’s opening day couldn’t save their numbers from being passed by this women’s basketball final. As Sankey points out, it just means more in the SEC.
A former resident of both Baton Rouge and the heart of Crimson Tide country, Will Ogburn handles multimedia content and news coverage for Saturday Down South.
