By now you know that the Fresno State women̢۪s team lost against Baylor.

And you see that the headline̢۪s misspelled.

You also probably know that Fresno State wasn’t on television — even though they were supposed to be.

In many ways, it̢۪s more ridiculous than you might imagine. As would be expected, the NCAA is trying to take zero blame. That̢۪s pathetic. Here̢۪s why.

The NCAA knew that the game was not on television. There was plenty of time to fix the mistake.

In Albuquerque I was sitting next to Matt James, a columnist for the Fresno Bee. He discovered that the game was not on television because of phone calls and probably because of comments on his blog about the game.

“Who’s the SID?â€Â he asked me. SID stands for Sports Information Director.

I told him I didn̢۪t know. So he went to investigate, sometime in the first half.

He came back and told his editor and me that the producer for the NCAA was too busy to talk to him.

Finally, the producer came over in the second half. James explained that the game was not on in Fresno. The producer said that he wasn̢۪t responsible.

They never are.

Supposedly, it was the fault of the cable companies. But I̢۪m guessing that the NCAA has Comcast̢۪s phone number.

Meanwhile, I looked like an idiot when I texted my friends and family to watch the game.

They texted back and told me it wasn̢۪t on.

All it would have been, apparently, is one phone call or one push of a button. The NCAA didn̢۪t want to deal with it.

For all of the wonderful treatment to the media and the women̢۪s basketball team, the NCAA probably messed up the biggest recruiting tool possible for Fresno State.

Even though Fresno State lost, there might be one high school student-athlete out there that could have been watching the game.

Maybe they like the way Fresno State plays. Maybe they don̢۪t.

Maybe they̢۪re being recruited by Fresno State and another school that didn̢۪t make the big dance.

At least that girl had a chance to find out.

It is the NCAA̢۪s problem when a game they promote isn̢۪t on in the market that the team recruits to.

Then again, maybe it̢۪s karma against Fresno State women̢۪s basketball.

I just hope it̢۪s the last sliver of karma, because those girls deserved every second of exposure for the finale of their historic season.

Even if it̢۪s the last two minutes in a 21-point loss.