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Get a bottle of wine put in a frozen pizza and enjoy the game.
Yes but given that Arizona is in the Pacific time zone, the natural body clocks of their players last year were three hours earlier that our players. To your point, It isn't as much of an issue when two teams from the same time zone play the late game. That wasn't the case last year and it won't be the case this year.Doesn't the opponent paly at the same time?
Except the entire 2021 tournament was held in San Antonio, so both teams had spent 2 weeks in the same time zone.Yes but given that Arizona is in the Pacific time zone, the natural body clocks of their players last year were three hours earlier that our players. It isn't as much of an issue when two east coast teams play.
I don't get the point here. The tournament was in Texas last year which is an hour behind EST. And by the time these teams played against each other, these teams were in Texas for at least 3 weeks. How does the body clock come into play at this point?Yes but given that Arizona is in the Pacific time zone, the natural body clocks of their players last year were three hours earlier that our players. It isn't as much of an issue when two east coast teams play.
Just beat me to this point.Except the entire 2021 tournament was held in San Antonio, so both teams had spent 3 weeks in the same time zone.
Not this year! In any event, I don't think my point is that UConn is the only team affected. My point was that the overall number one seed should always have the early game per proper seeding protocols. Instead, ESPN has been scheduling who plays when for the semi-final every year.Except the entire 2021 tournament was held in San Antonio, so both teams had spent 2 weeks in the same time zone.
Jealous. I've been there multiple times for trade shows and it's a wonderful place. I'd move, but moving again feels too overwhelming for me, and no job out there..One of the (many) benefits of living in San Diego. Game time is 6:30. Right after dinner and a fine time for drinking!
If they played Saturday/Monday like the men do they most likely would have early afternoon games. They could get both games in during the day and then have the men play at night. On Monday the women could play at 7 pm since the men never seem to tip before 9:30It does matter. Geno has said so himself. The staff tries to mitigate this by shifting the players' days by having them go to bed and wake up a little later, have meals a little later, basically just shifting their entire day a couple of hours later. Not sure how effective that all is, but at least the staff tries to do something about it. Geno says he doesn't like having the team sit around all day and evening waiting to go. I get the feeling if the team had its way they'd have an afternoon start, like a 2 or 3 PM tip.
The women actually did play on the Saturday and Monday at one point, last done in 2016 I believe. I don't remember off hand when the game times were on the Saturday, but it would be interesting to know.If they played Saturday/Monday like the men do they most likely would have early afternoon games. They could get both games in during the day and then have the men play at night. On Monday the women could play at 7 pm since the men never seem to tip before 9:30
I went to the Final Four in 2016. It was Sunday/Tuesday.The women actually did play on the Saturday and Monday at one point, last done in 2016 I believe. I don't remember off hand when the game times were on the Saturday, but it would be interesting to know.
Not sure why they went back to Friday and Sunday, but it probably involves coordination with the men's Final Four game times.
I moved to California to avoid that dilemma. But there is tape. I usually can't watch the game live anyway, because I get too nervous.ESPN is at it again. They figure UConn can win the ratings, plus adding in the top West coast team Stanford.
The fact of the matter is if you are 60+ its too late.
So when does the first game tip off at on a Friday to gain as many viewers possible for ratings? A 6 pm tip off penalizes West Coast fans who may want to see both games instead of just the Stanford-UConn match up.I’m with the OP, minus conspiracy theories, that 9:30 ET is a ridiculous start time. What are the odds it will even tip off on time?
There’s this little league called the NFL, it took a while but they figured out that a 9pm kickoff for MNF was losing eyeballs, moved to 8:15
Kickoff time for SB LVI?, 6pm.
They only managed 110M viewers.
You wonder why they’re so popular? They put their games at reasonable times and cultivate new fans that aren’t sleeping.
MLB take note, your never ending WS games that start after 8, just might with an earlier start reverse those declining ratings.
All good here though in DFW, the site of the 2023 Final 4
I wanted to say this but held my tongue. Thank you
Oh god, if the national media gets ahold of this:
"UConn fanbase says 9:30 is too late. Murder She Wrote at 8:30 is bad enough."
My mother is pushing 80 and she stays up to watch basketball games.
Tennessee's offense will do that to you.She might not be awake at the end of the games though
One of the main reasons why they went away from the Sunday - Tuesday Final Four and Championship game was because of viewership. The NCAA believed that more people would view the women's game if the Final Four and Championship games were before the men's and not after it.The women actually did play on the Saturday and Monday at one point, last done in 2016 I believe. I don't remember off hand when the game times were on the Saturday, but it would be interesting to know.
Not sure why they went back to Friday and Sunday, but it probably involves coordination with the men's Final Four game days.