COLLEGE PARK — The elevator pitch for the two-hour show would get it a meeting with most cable networks: Revenge. Mentor versus mentee. All-American appeal. Pyrotechnics.
Maybe dragons and zombies were needed instead of Terps and Cardinals, because in a crowded sports calendar Thursday night, that's not enough. What otherwise would be a nationally televised showcase of top-10 women's basketball teams — No. 5 Maryland (6-0) and host No. 7 Louisville (6-1) — will instead be relegated to the ACC Digital Network, viewed on smartphones and laptops or maybe not at all.
Who would have thought that the ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge's marquee game would be a challenge to watch?