Tip Time 937 Thursday
- Thread starter HalHR2500
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^ it's true, brother. times are confirmed, South games are on CBS, West are on TBS. Nevada-Loyola is first, and we are second. Michigan-Texas A&M is first on TBS, then Gonzaga-FSU.
As an aside, to show what a TV draw Kentucky is, the South games were chosen to be on the broadcast network, CBS, kinda makes me laugh that Nevada vs Loyola is on network TV while Michigan vs Texas A&M, a far sexier matchup of power conference schools is on cable TBS directly opposite.
Great. So, yet again, our guys are left to end their game at around Midnight in a tournament. I knew that was going to happen.
I will be there with thousands more UK fans to drunkenly cheer on these kids. This is not a bad thing. College kids can handle being up til midnight, IIRC.
Thursday, March 22
South Region | Phillips Arena, Atlanta
No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 11 Loyola-Chicago, 7:07 p.m. (CBS)
No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Kansas State, 9:37 p.m. (CBS)
West Region | Staples Center, Los Angeles
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 7 Texas A&M, 7:37 p.m. (TBS)
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Florida State, 10:07 p.m. (TBS)
Friday, March 23
East Region | TD Garden, Boston
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 5 West Virginia/No. 13 Marshall, 7:37 p.m. (TBS)
No. 2 Purdue vs. 3 Texas Tech, 10:07 p.m. (TBS)
Midwest Region | CenturyLink Center, Omaha
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 5 Clemson, 7:07 p.m. (CBS)
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 11 Syracuse, 9:37 p.m. (CBS)
All times are EST.
South Region | Phillips Arena, Atlanta
No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 11 Loyola-Chicago, 7:07 p.m. (CBS)
No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Kansas State, 9:37 p.m. (CBS)
West Region | Staples Center, Los Angeles
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 7 Texas A&M, 7:37 p.m. (TBS)
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Florida State, 10:07 p.m. (TBS)
Friday, March 23
East Region | TD Garden, Boston
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 5 West Virginia/No. 13 Marshall, 7:37 p.m. (TBS)
No. 2 Purdue vs. 3 Texas Tech, 10:07 p.m. (TBS)
Midwest Region | CenturyLink Center, Omaha
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 5 Clemson, 7:07 p.m. (CBS)
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 11 Syracuse, 9:37 p.m. (CBS)
All times are EST.
Kind of BS that we are the highest seeded team, and get the late game (with only 20 minutes to warm up, and 2.5 less hours of rest before the EE game).
The game ends at Midnight. The interviews end at 12:30-1am. The falling asleep happens about 3am. That's a quick turnaround for a Saturday afternoon game.
Why would they play on Saturday afternoon and not at night? There’s only 2 games to be played at that point, wouldn’t they both be at night?
I'm jussayin: goin to bed 2.5 hours later than the opponent, two nights before the game, is completely inconsequential.
"they" schedule game times for optimal ratings - so it is way different on Sat vs Thurs.
I agree - the higher seed should be playing first. They've earned the right to rest more.
Plus, it gives the staff/players a chance to come out and watch their next opponent, which IS an advantage. Why should the lower seeded team get that?
They have access to game film and can scout that way. The players would be sent back to the hotel anyway.
When they claim they don’t do things for ratings, I’d like them to explain why Kansas and Villanova get the earlier/first game? It’s most always been this way. . . .
I think that is likely. For whatever it’s worth, yesterday afternoon I called Philips Arena and they said games on both Thursday (2 games, one in the 7 o’clock hour and the other in the 9 o’clock hour) and Saturday start at 7pm, but that doesn’t completely jive with the TV schedule, as the tv schedule shows 6:09pm EST and 8:49pm Saturday game times (one of those in Atlanta, the other in LA, see https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracket-beat/march-madness-dates-tournament-schedule). The info ended up being fairly accurate for Thursday’s game time, but I’m guessing perhaps the doors open at 7pm Saturday? In the past, I have found the arena to be a good source of info as the time gets closer.
Elite 8 games are 6:07 and 8:37 pm. No afternoon games on Saturday
Well at least we are "still playing" so why all the complaining ? It is always us against everyone else. Just get use to it.