Hey, tourney coverage: Feel free to show free-throw stats

IN THE course of watching and listening to TV, consider how many relevancies are lost to irrelevancies.

At the very top of Sunday’s Cincinnati-Nevada, CBS’ Andrew Catalon, on TBS, was compelled to deliver this emphasized news: “Nevada is 24-3 after a loss.”

The significance of such a stat in a singleelimination tournament? Zero.

Yet, a significant stat — free throws — has been eliminated from CBS/ Turner’s in-game stat summaries.

Points-off-turnovers, often irrelevant or misleading, make the cut, but not foul shots.

Monday, ESPN’s “First Take” chose this as its posted topic for NCAA Tournament discussion and debate: “Are All These Upsets Good For The Game?”

Not sure what the answer is or why such a question would engender serious thought, let alone thoughtful opinion, but it’s irrelevant.

And if upsets are bad for the game, how do we solve it? Ban upsets or just legislate fewer? Do teams that outplay and defeat more talented teams hurt the game?

Are teams that make their free throws good for the game?

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Jets, claiming the indisputable: The Jets, by now selling per-game tickets to sit among those previously forced to buy PSLs, have made those PSLs, purchased for thousands of dollars beyond the cost of per-game tickets, virtually worthless.

The purchasers — the most financially devoted Jets’ fans — became baited-and-switched suckers.

The suit does not, as far as I know, yet include

Roger Goodell as a defendant. But, given his bogus public come-on claim that PSLs “are good investments,” it should.