Trying to fill bus to Philly

[alexd]

I met many 'yarders. If his goal is to fill the bus, he can probably do it with about a dozen 'yarders.

Hey... I lost 20 lbs last year.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yep. I'll probably take a nap after dinner. 😉

I'm also bummed that Kansas plays at 9:45 on Friday. Normally I can watch both teams' games. Not this year it seems. The universe conspired against me.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'm also bummed that Kansas plays at 9:45 on Friday. Normally I can watch both teams' games. Not this year it seems. The universe conspired against me.

You just need more TVs

 

[superjohn]

Yeah, it's complete BS. Really horrible decision by whoever made it. No game in eastern time should start that late, and we know the game before will run 20-25 minutes long. So we're looking at game end around 12:30. Most sports bars won't even be open, so the opportunities for fans to get out to watch the game is reduced, let alone those who are actually there.

It's a Friday night, why do you care what time it starts? Of course sports bars will be open.

 

[superjohn]

I'm also bummed that Kansas plays at 9:45 on Friday. Normally I can watch both teams' games. Not this year it seems. The universe conspired against me.

Go to a sports bar.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Go to a sports bar.

There aren't any and the bars with TVs nearby will close.

@WhereistheDove? one thing I don't need is more TVs. But I'd rather focus fully on both games and can't.

 

[Husk04ies]

Update. Switched to sprinter van...need 3 more and its 35 bucks lol

 

[UCTitleTown]

I met many 'yarders. If his goal is to fill the bus, he can probably do it with about a dozen 'yarders.

That was the pre-Ozempic Boneyard.

 

[aceboon]

How old are some of y'all if a 10pm start time on a Friday night is putting you in a blender? My pops is 83 and even he is wide awake at that time.

 

[HooperScooper]

10pm game local time? No thanks. I dont mean specific to uconn fans. No game needs to start that late unless its being played on west coast. Even with the the tournament playing on 15 channels at once they couldn't manage a more reasonable start. All glory to money!

It's always been like this. There are usually 2 night games at a venue and the later one usually starts around 9:30 or 10:00.

I remember being at the TD Garden in Boston for the Sweet 16 games in 2024 on a Thursday night. Our game against San Diego St. tipped off at 7:39. The second game between Iowa St. and Illinois started after 10:00. I didn't get out of there until about 12:30 am. Which did seem kind of ridiculous at the time but it's always like this.

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[CTBasketball]

10p tip in a NCAAT game will get me to bed before a Big East officiated game between UConn and PC that tips at 830p.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Yep. I'll probably take a nap after dinner. 😉

I've resigned myself to DVRing it and watching it bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning with the Mrs. Not much of a difference to watching live and instantly going to bed.
Having 2 east cost teams (UConn & Furman) play at 10 is silly.
Having 2 Big East teams in the East region is criminal.

 

[HuskyHawk]

How old are some of y'all if a 10pm start time on a Friday night is putting you in a blender? My pops is 83 and even he is wide awake at that time.

59. I am certainly awake at 10:00 and even 11:00. But this will tip at about 10:25-10:30 and go until probably about 12:40-12:45. That puts it about an hour later than I'd normally be up, and if you add the prospect of going out to watch it (which I would prefer to do if it was earlier) then you're getting back well after 1:00 AM. Even 20 years ago that was easy, not so much now.

The point remains, two east coast teams have a late game in an east coast venue. It should have been done differently. The last game is 10:10 but in St. Louis, so 9:10 local time. KU plays at 9:45 eastern, but in San Diego. So why is the very latest game in San Diego 15 minutes earlier on eastern time than our game in Philly? It's all very illogical.