In a Siruis XM Radio appearance, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus explained just how bad the loss will hurt the network.
“From a television standpoint, you really root for the big teams,” McManus said. “Last night’s Kentucky outcome was not good for us and not good for TBS at all. Kentucky being the blue bloods that they are, and having the television draw that they have, that really hurt us. Kansas State winning — I have nothing against Kansas State as a school or a team — but that really hurt us.”
By the end of his lamentation, he almost sounded like a scorned bettor: “And that was a game Kentucky should’ve won.