2011 NCAAs

I suppose you're a Cal fan, eh Karen?

Great swimming tonight and SUPER tight races. Four guys in the mile within a few second of each other (and a 2nd place tie!) and Texas getting a HUGE win there. 200 Back a two horse race won by AZ by .12

looks like the Longhorns came to swim 1, 2, 6 in the ***. But no flyers. A platform diver......gonna come down to the last relay most likely!!:applaud: SO glad to see Mark Dylla win the 200 Fly (for real this time)!!

Congrats to Cal. It takes some awesome, awesome swimming by a whole team of guys to win this thing without divers. I loved the streaming video, if for no other reason than I finally got to watch a whole 1650 'televised' from start to finish! That was a great race race to watch. Props to McBroom for dropping 18 seconds off his personal best and bringing home Texas' first ever 1650 NCAA title. Sweet. long swims are pretty compelling to watch. I loved that there was a tie for 2nd. Chad La Tourette really fought to keep that second place position. It just didn't look well when you see the first 400, commerical break, and then last 200. NBC really needs to show the whole 1500 and women's 800 next year. Do they any commerical breaks or summarized coverage of the 1500 in Australia?

long swims are pretty compelling to watch. I loved that there was a tie for 2nd. Chad La Tourette really fought to keep that second place position. It just didn't look well when you see the first 400, commerical break, and then last 200. NBC really needs to show the whole 1500 and women's 800 next year. Do they any commerical breaks or summarized coverage of the 1500 in Australia?I don't know about Australia, but I really hope NBC will show the complete 800 and 1500. After all, they televise hours of golf and baseball and other far longer, far less 'action' oriented sporting events. I am very biased and I do also enjoy watching the sprints, but there's some much more strategy. To enjoy in the distance races.

Congrats to Cal. It takes some awesome, awesome swimming by a whole team of guys to win this thing without divers. I loved the streaming video, if for no other reason than I finally got to watch a whole 1650 'televised' from start to finish! That was a great race race to watch. Props to McBroom for dropping 18 seconds off his personal best and bringing home Texas' first ever 1650 NCAA title. Sweet.

It just didn't look well when you see the first 400, commerical break, and then last 200. NBC really needs to show the whole 1500 and women's 800 next year. Do they any commerical breaks or summarized coverage of the 1500 in Australia? I have VHS tapes of the full 800 and 1500 Free from trades I made over the years with others that have taped Australian swims on TV. They almost always show the both events at Commonwealth Games, World Championships, and Olympics. CBC TV in Canada will show both events as well if they have a swimmer in the final and in 2005 and 2007 World Championships they showed the whole event because they had Brittany Reimer and Ryan Cochrane. I have only seen both the 800 Free and 1500 Free shown in its entirety once on USA TV and that was in 1992 when NBC had a special package that you could buy with your cable service that would show all Olympic events live without commercial interruption. I remember seeing both Janet Evans and Kieren Perkins swims live on TV in its entirety.

I can pretty well assure you we won't get to see either the 800 or 1500 in it's entirety. Hell, NBC probably would like to have a commercial break during the 400s if they could manage to fit them in.

I can pretty well assure you we won't get to see either the 800 or 1500 in it's entirety. Hell, NBC probably would like to have a commercial break during the 400s if they could manage to fit them in. During the 2008 Olympic Trials, the streaming coverage went to a black screen in place of each commercial break. During the second "break" in the 1500, the piano dropped on Erik Vendt. When the coverage resumed, all of a sudden Vendt was well behind the leaders instead of right with them. NBC would rather show us NOTHING than have us not see a commercial break :bitching:

CBC TV in Canada will show both events as well if they have a swimmer in the final and in 2005 and 2007 World Championships they showed the whole event because they had Brittany Reimer and Ryan Cochrane.I was fortunately in Canada in 2005 on vacation and caught GREAT coverage of World Championships, no doubt bolstered by them hosting the event. I might have to try streaming their coverage again for London since Cochrane is bound to be a favorite.