“To beat the best team in the nation on their home course in front of about 5,000 people wearing orange was just remarkable."

When you read the accounts of the NCAA Men's Golf, played at 5-man match play after cutting the field to eight teams, it's just unfathomable that the event isn't televised (yet I saw the elimination game of the NCAA Women's Softball on ESPN this morning)

Especially after Saturday's fireworks, when Augusta State knocked off Oklahoma State on their home course to setup the final match against Georgia.

Sean Martin reports on Saturday's upset:

“To beat the best team in the nation on their home course in front of about 5,000 people wearing orange was just remarkable,” said Augusta State head coach Josh Gregory. “They were playing much more than the golf course, and much more than Oklahoma State, today.”

Now Augusta State will have the opportunity to become the first golf team since Houston in 1984-85 to win consecutive national championships. Augusta State will face in-state rival Georgia in Sunday’s final, giving the Jaguars the opportunity to win another national title by beating another of college golf’s powerhouses. Sunday’s final also will pit Augusta State’s top player, Patrick Reed, against his old team. Reed transferred to Augusta State after one season in Athens.

Making the lack of television even more tragic is that Ryan Herrington says if the NCAA kept attendance records, Saturday's showing would have shattered them thanks to the hometown team and the promise of a rematch of last year's epic match.

You know, we read all the time about how the LPGA and Champions Tours need to contemplate some early week finishes to accommodate television, but how about the NCAA Men's and Women's golf? Since Golf Channel is fully stocked this weekend with programming, I'm guessing that's part of the problem here.