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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5159733, member: 7511"] UConn, as well as all the other BE teams have input into schedules, particularly when it comes to home games. For UConn, that means whether games are played at Storrs or Hartford and what time they start. In addition, the tv networks who pay millions of dollars to the conferences also have a say. As for the WBB game at Marquette and the MBB game at DePaul both starting at 2:00 Eastern/1:00 Central, let’s start with Marquette & DePaul, the two home teams. It’s New Year’s Day. You want to maximize home attendance and the network doesn’t want to run basketball telecasts late afternoon or early evening when the CFB playoff audience is at its peak. Marquette & DePaul both agree to 1:00 pm local starts. Gives everyone who attends the games an opportunity to shake off a late night New Year’s celebration. While those start times overlap somewhat with the TX-Boise St playoff game, they steer clear of tOSU-OR in a midwestern market that loves Big Ten Football. Once again, it’s all about money, and while UConn fan’s might be unhappy with the start time, UConn signed up to the tv contracts that generate millions of dollars for the University as a member of the BE. [/QUOTE]