9:20 EDT Tipoff

[Chin Diesel]

First in bitchin' and moanin' about how tough this is on east coast fans and how much of an outrage this is.

It's a travesty of justice to put FF on west coast time (Arizona doesn't do daylight savings).

There ought to be a law game starts no later than 8pm Eastern Time.

And for those who believe thst, I say.......

Suck it up buttercup.

 

[Kitaman]

Being old ain't easy, you all will see one day:

 

[lonsharkin51]

Someone needs to build a dome in the Northeast ... well, a dome that isn't a decrepit reminder of a sad, has-been college hoops program, that is.

 

[JonnyRI]

Still Ramadan. This helps us. Don’t forget we have what, 2 or 3 guys fasting still during the day (Diarra, Johnson).

 

[husky8273]

this has been the championship start time for decades

 

[WhereistheDove?]

this has been the championship start time for decades

Gotta start it after the west coast folks get out of work.

 

[Poe]

Love the late start. Can get all my stuff done for the day and sit and watch afterwards.

 

[Mister P]

These late game starts do suck but more so because of just waiting for the start time. To much anticipation as the day goes on.
I’m also on week 2 of retirement so the late ending won’t affect me Tuesday morning.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Gotta get up at 4:30 Tuesday morning. Certainly not ideal, but worth it to see the boys win a title.

 

[Jaker]

6:20 here in Cali,

 

[mussels]

Bai has caffine.

Took me two bottles in the second half to get us to finally stomp Bama. Hoping for an easier game on Monday or I‘m not sleeping till Tuesday night.

 

[JB75]

It’s been 920 tip since I was a kid -nothing has changed. There’s 365 days in a year. Gotta be able to stay up for a few of them. Love the late tip times. Gives me time to put the kids to bed , get settled, eat dinner etc…. Then of course gotta watch one shining moment and all the post game. I’ll be in bed by 1am. F it. I got the rest of the year to go to bed at 10

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Still Ramadan. This helps us. Don’t forget we have what, 2 or 3 guys fasting still during the day (Diarra, Johnson).

This. Hopefully the guys can refuel at about the under 12 timeout.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

First in bitchin' and moanin' about how tough this is on east coast fans and how much of an outrage this is.

It's a travesty of justice to put FF on west coast time (Arizona doesn't do daylight savings).

There ought to be a law game starts no later than 8pm Eastern Time.

And for those who believe thst, I say.......

Suck it up buttercup.

I work full time and I’m in college full time and only sleep four hours a night and I’m almost 50 years old. On top of that I drive 3 hours a day. Man up.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Grown men complaining about "only" getting 4 to 5 hours of sleep due to watching their team play for a national title.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I mean it’ll be 6:20 local time, what do you want/expect?

 

[phillionaire]

God his gives his earliest bedtimes to his tiredest sleepyheads

 

[Kitaman]

Grown men complaining about "only" getting 4 to 5 hours of sleep due to watching their team play for a national title.

Yeah I said the same thing in 99, now I understand. Just wait.....

 

[IndyLives]

I think they are just trying to maximize their audience and therefore $$$. Get the West Coast audience. College basketball increasingly becoming fragmented.

 

[NJHusky]

Someone needs to build a dome in the Northeast ... well, a dome that isn't a decrepit reminder of a sad, has-been college hoops program, that is.

Blame sheldon silver pre indictment…he single handedly squashed the Jets NYC stadium as Dolen‘s proxy

 

[huskyjawz]

Blame sheldon silver pre indictment…he single handedly squashed the Jets NYC stadium as Dolen‘s proxy

So stupid too. Football stadium and basketball stadium are not in competition with each other.

 

[HitDog]

I like the late start as it gives me time to see the eclipse and make it home in time for the game.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yeah I said the same thing in 99, now I understand. Just wait.....

I have two kids under 4. 5 hours of sleep is just called night here!

 

[NJHusky]

So stupid too. Football stadium and basketball stadium are not in competition with each other.

Dolan was afraid of msg loosing nyc concerts and other events. Why play garden with 19k when could play jet’s stadium with 70k. Same work 3.5x money

 

[NJHusky]

I mean it’ll be 6:20 local time, what do you want/expect?

It’s good for the Ramadan guys. they can hydrate at some point during the game

 

[Marat]

I like the late start as it gives me time to see the eclipse and make it home in time for the game.

Isn't eclipse at about 3 20pm ?

 

[huskyjawz]

Dolan was afraid of msg loosing nyc concerts and other events. Why play garden with 19k when could play jet’s stadium with 70k. Same work 3.5x money

I know what he thought, but a band that can sell 70K in tix is going to play Giants stadium instead, they aren't going to play MSG.

 

[BlueMAB]

I know what he thought, but a band that can sell 70K in tix is going to play Giants stadium instead, they aren't going to play MSG.

They can play both depending on the season. This isn’t an either/or situation.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Put a retractable roof on MetLife.

 

[Scoe]

Just take the next day off.