Bracketology 8.0: May 8, 2023 Postseason Projections
College softball’s premier Bracketologist is back for another year with Extra Inning Softball. In 2022, Eric Lopez correctly selected the entire NCAA tournament field of 64 and successfully predicted all 16 regional hosts. This is Bracketology 8.0, projections as of May 8th. ***** The Field
TV Numbers: LSU/Alabama Matchup Leads Week 12 Viewership
Sunday’s game between LSU and Alabama drew 408,000 viewers on ESPN, checking in as the most-watched TV game during Week 12 according to television ratings released by ShowBuzzDaily.com. The viewership number made the game the 4th-highest watched softball game of the regular season. Notably, Alabama has been involved in three of those four most-watched broadcasts, […]
TV Numbers: Softball Iron Bowl Beats College Baseball Head-to-Head
Sunday’s matchup between Alabama and Auburn drew 435,000 viewers on ESPN, according to television ratings released by ShowBuzzDaily.com. The game is the 3rd-most-watched softball telecast of the season, trailing only the March 1st matchup of Texas vs. Oklahoma (439,000) and February’s Alabama vs. Florida State game from Clearwater; the most-watched telecast of the season to […]
Jeff Conrad Named North Florida Head Coach
UPDATE: North Florida officially announced Conrad’s hiring on Friday morning. ORIGINAL STORY: North Florida is promoting Jeff Conrad to the position of head coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball on Friday. Conrad spent the last seven seasons on the UNF coaching staff, serving as an assistant coach and working with the Osprey offense. He was part of the coaching […]
TV Numbers: Alabama/Florida Out-Draws “KayRod” Broadcast… the Same Program it Was Preempted For
Viewers of Sunday’s game two in the softball series between Alabama and Florida were forced to scramble for their remotes in the midst of the last portion of the game, when the debut of the “KayRod” alternate broadcast of Sunday Night Baseball forced softball to relocate on a new channel at the last minute. Sunday’s […]
Softball Bracketology 4.0: It’s a Big-Name Bubble
College softball’s premier Bracketologist has joined Extra Inning Softball! Eric Lopez has been analyzing the NCAA softball tournament selections for more than a decade, including trends and key metrics utilized by the NCAA Softball Committee in selecting the postseason field. Last season, he correctly predicted 63 of the 64 teams in the NCAA tournament and […]
TV Numbers: LSU/Arkansas Draws a Crowd, Beats Pro Sports in Total Viewership
Saturday night’s matchup between LSU and Arkansas, which aired on ESPN2, drew an audience of 355,000 viewers, according to ShowBuzzDaily.com. That number made the game the most-watched softball telecast of the weekend, narrowly edging out Sunday afternoon’s telecast of game two of the Tigers/Razorbacks series, which also aired on ESPN2 and drew 335,000 viewers. Both […]
Eric Lopez’s Softball Bracketology: The First Regular-Season Predictions of 2022
College softball’s premier Bracketologist has joined Extra Inning Softball! Eric Lopez has been analyzing the NCAA softball tournament selections for more than a decade, including trends and key metrics utilized by the NCAA Softball Committee in selecting the postseason field. Last season, he correctly predicted 63 of the 64 teams in the NCAA tournament and […]
TV Ratings: Clearwater Finale Between UCLA and Florida State Draws Record Numbers
Florida State’s 4-3, extra-inning win over UCLA on Sunday night brought in 620,000 television viewers on ESPN, according to ShowBuzzDaily.com. Based on immediately-available historical television broadcast numbers, the game appears to be the first regular season college softball contest to cross the 600,000-viewer plateau since at least 2015. The matchup – which featured a walk-off […]
Eric Lopez’s Softball Bracketology: Preseason Projections for the NCAA Tournament Field of 64
College softball’s premier Bracketologist has joined Extra Inning Softball! Eric Lopez has been analyzing the NCAA softball tournament selections for more than a decade, including trends and key metrics utilized by the NCAA Softball Committee in selecting the postseason field. Last season, he correctly predicted 63 of the 64 teams in the NCAA tournament and […]