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Message: [QUOTE="BostonCanuck, post: 4265753, member: 6931"] SC should get the early game this year, because they are the number one overall seed. The problem however is that over the last at least half-dozen years at least, UConn has always been assigned the late game for purposes of television ratings, even when they were the overall number one. That's blatantly unfair. It mean's less recovery time for the championship game, and has sometimes has east coast teams playing past midnight per the player's body clock, while teams from points further west are not. I have brought this up on the board pretty much every year, and it always gets pooh-poohed by some here. But I'm telling you it matters for purposes of elite-level athletics, even for young college players. And look at how the Huskies have fared over their last four tries, each time having had to play the late game. Stanford body clocks at scheduled game time: 6:30 pm UConn body clocks at scheduled game time (and with one less day to adjust/prepare as they played on Monday): 9:30 pm Advantage Stanford. [/QUOTE]