College basketball is quite different from football in that respect
Everyone basically shares film willingly. Whether its televised or just your own recording from your own camera, not much is hidden wrt film.
Sometimes you'll have an agreement not to share the film, but many times thats broken. Youll give it to Team X in exchange for their film on Team Y and then it gets passed around anyway.
In-season its mandated to share film, so a televised game actually helped me do my job when I would upload our video because I didnt have to render our film or cut anything.
So, to more simply answer your question, I dont think they get too worked up about a televised scrimmage. I think they prefer closed scrimmages because you dont have to play by the rules of a regular game. You can set up situations, play 6 periods, etc. that you cant do when there's an audience who would have no idea what's going on
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Did we really lose Scrimmage to Seton Hall? They are basement BE team.**
-- vtox1
Oct 18, 2025 at 05:48 PM ET
vtox1
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10/18/25 05:48 PM ET
We won the spring football game but hasn’t
-- GreenvilleVT
Oct 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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10/21/25 12:34 PM ET
Yawn. Losing a football spring game is a bigger worry.**
-- marcbvtgm
Oct 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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10/20/25 12:17 PM ET
This is WHY coaches dont like the 'scrimmage model Just kidding
-- 1947Sunbowl
Oct 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM ET
1947Sunbowl
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10/20/25 10:51 AM ET
Only bad coaches try to win scrimmages
-- 3Manysons
Oct 20, 2025 at 08:13 AM ET
3Manysons
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10/20/25 08:13 AM ET
There are limited options to try different player combos before...
-- EDGEMAN
Oct 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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10/20/25 10:33 AM ET
Fear not, word is that this team will be so good that T-shirts
-- BEST2VT
Oct 19, 2025 at 08:05 AM ET
BEST2VT
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10/19/25 08:05 AM ET
The only thing that matters less than secret scrimmage results...
-- GCHokie34
Oct 18, 2025 at 06:49 PM ET
GCHokie34
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10/18/25 06:49 PM ET
Kinda figured like nfl pre season**
-- vtox1
Oct 18, 2025 at 08:31 PM ET
vtox1
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10/18/25 08:31 PM ET
Think they try to win a little more intentionally against Duquesne
-- bjw810
Oct 18, 2025 at 07:14 PM ET
bjw810
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10/18/25 07:14 PM ET
They might treat it a little more like a real game...
-- GCHokie34
Oct 18, 2025 at 07:49 PM ET
GCHokie34
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10/18/25 07:49 PM ET
do you think it's weird to televise scrimmages?
-- VermontDDS
Oct 19, 2025 at 08:49 PM ET
VermontDDS
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10/19/25 08:49 PM ET
College basketball is quite different from football in that respect
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-- GCHokie34
Oct 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM ET
GCHokie34
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10/20/25 12:16 PM ET
UVA lost their scrimmage too.
-- VT ChemE 1986
Oct 18, 2025 at 06:00 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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10/18/25 06:00 PM ET