Midnight tip off?

[CL82]

I have three kids age 8 and under. The last 8 years I have trained my body to be able to function on minimal sleep. This should not be a problem.

Lol, that's always been my attitude, but I couldn't make through the 2nd half of the women's game the other day. I'll give it a shot.

 

[White Dwarf]

Suck it up buttercups. You can sleep in tomorrow.

 

[CL82]

The leading cause of death for 50 yo males in the US is midnight basketball.

Because their wives kill them after one to many shouted "take care of the damn ball"? Or my personal favorite "How is that not a foul?!"

 

[Hankster]

Is it really that big an issue to Stay up until 2 am on a Friday night on a holiday weekend? I mean I’m no spring chicken ( I’m 50) and I haven’t gone to bed before 330 -4 am on weekend night in 30 years. You won’t die, trust me on this, and your Saturday will be just fine.

Fifty? What I would give to be fifty again.

 

[Hankster]

Bad move really. Think about it. 3 hour difference from East to West. That means Central US and all points east will have 11 and 12 viewing time. That is a large market that might not catch the game for sponsors. My wife says record it. Why would I want to do that when I will know the score early tomorrow morning. At the end of last nights game thay said UConn will play the 9:30 game. Thought...no big deal. Oh well PST.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Load up the caffeine. Stay awake you pansies. You have plenty of time to sleep when you are dead.

 

[sledog]

Such cra-pola. I'd better weave some nap time into schedule today

 

[Jaker]

ROAR!

Be happy we beat Oregon and are playing in a marque game tonight.

 

[MadDogRevival]

Fifty? What I would give to be fifty again.

As a guy turning 50 this coming summer, I'm both amused and chagrined by this comment. As rough as my body can be at times now, I know it's only downhill from here.

 

[Scoe]

I love the midnight tip off time. You got the entire day to go out and do something with family and then you can take a nap later. Then watch the game with some left over food, dessert, alcohol, coffee (with ameretto). You can sleep in on a Saturday not bad at all.

 

[king conn]

ESPN is just making sure nobody sees it in case we win.

 

[Danzz]

I'm battling some kind of respiratory issue that is almost, but not quite taking hold. Making me sleepy early, tho. May be tough to stay up late tonight but hoping...

Sleep early and get your butt up for midnight. Old farts like you don't need much sleep.

 

[Walker11]

I would rather have lost so we could play DePaul in a more favorable time slot.

 

[nhHusky]

Another whiny attempt at winning the argument. In the end it is just the Connecticut taxpayer funded network disrespecting us

Correct. I checked the PK 80 website near the end of the UCONN game, and the winners’ bracket showed the game in 9:30 slot. So it was a last minute change when ESPN didn’t get the Oregon/ Michigan State match it expected.
I’ll stay up anyway, but I agree, it’s ESPN disrespecting UCONN as usual..

 

[auror]

So an Oregon vs. Depaul game is better for the ratings than the UConn vs. Michigan St. game? Sure bud!

That timeslot is on ESPNU, late game is regular ESPN. So they bumped us up to a better channel at worse time while helping their own attendance (Oregon fans come at primetime and hopefully stay through UConn).

 

[navery12]

I missed last night's game working overnight so I don't care what time the game starts, I'll be up watching it even though I have to be up at 5 tomorrow

 

[Hankster]

Correct. I checked the PK 80 website near the end of the UCONN game, and the winners’ bracket showed the game in 9:30 slot. So it was a last minute change when ESPN didn’t get the Oregon/ Michigan State match it expected.
I’ll stay up anyway, but I agree, it’s ESPN disrespecting UCONN as usual..

That'exactly what I thought. I have apps that I can show on my TV. ESPN and Direct TV. Clearly said 9:30. Again, I am sure that is PST. I am in agreement somewhat that if you are not the darlings of ESPN you getting kicked to the curb.

 

[Hankster]

What worries me that games rarely start at the time announced. I am thinking maybe a 12:30 start.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Bad move really. Think about it. 3 hour difference from East to West. That means Central US and all points east will have 11 and 12 viewing time. That is a large market that might not catch the game for sponsors. My wife says record it. Why would I want to do that when I will know the score early tomorrow morning. At the end of last nights game thay said UConn will play the 9:30 game. Thought...no big deal. Oh well PST.

It’s not a “large market”, it’s virtually the whole market. Over 75% of Americans live in the eastern or central time zone. Both these schools are in those time zones, both east actually, so they killed the ratings here. Nobody anywhere in those time zones cares about Oregaon - DePaul, except 1000 people in Chicago.

 

[EROCK CONN]

This isn’t ideal but it shouldn’t be a problem. The real test is Tuesday at 9:30 on a mothereffing Tuesday. Not so much the game — but Wednesday is going to blow.

 

[ccsuphanner]

Load up the caffeine. Stay awake you pansies. You have plenty of time to sleep when you are dead.

Yeah, load up on "caffeine".

Read: booze.

 

[dennismenace]

Just another reason it's great to live out west. Go out, have a nice dinner and a couple of drinks and come home and watch the game at 9. 7pm tip offs during the week are even better. It's only 4pm out here so I leave work early to watch.

I used to complain when I was into pro football about the old Monday night games which used to get over at 12:30 on weekday nights. A friend from the West Coast said "how would you like to watch The NFL Today at 9:00 AM on Sunday'?

 

[NEforceUConn]

Tonight's schedule (rolling solo) for posterity:

Large take out pepperoni and sausage pizza $17
Bottle of A t0 Z Pinot Noir $16
Watching Bourne 1 and 2 (pre game) Free (I own them)
Chilled bottle of Grey Goose $28

Watching UConn play Mich State Priceless


Thank you lord.

 

[Jerry1714]

Correct. I checked the PK 80 website near the end of the UCONN game, and the winners’ bracket showed the game in 9:30 slot. So it was a last minute change when ESPN didn’t get the Oregon/ Michigan State match it expected.
I’ll stay up anyway, but I agree, it’s ESPN disrespecting UCONN as usual..

Sad thing is you and others are probably dumb enough to think ESPN was like hey let’s change the time so we can screw over UConn! My god I wonder how some of you make it through the day

 

[Jerry1714]

That'exactly what I thought. I have apps that I can show on my TV. ESPN and Direct TV. Clearly said 9:30. Again, I am sure that is PST. I am in agreement somewhat that if you are not the darlings of ESPN you getting kicked to the curb.

Playing at 930 puts us on ESPNU, which we were 0n last night, and the usual cry babies had a whole thread dedicated to complaining about that. Now we get moved to ESPN but at a later time and you cry.