2 of the next 3 at 9pm

[oldpinepoint]

I just don’t watch it. That way the next morning I’m suprised and get to read 500 postgame reactions

 

[cusefan88]

It's not much but they could easily go 6:30/8:30 for these games. The half hour is not a ton but appears slightly better.

 

[Nicknack]

I just don’t watch it. That way the next morning I’m suprised and get to read 500 postgame reactions

That sounds like fun

 

[IthacaMatt]

Although late starts stink, if we can win these next 3 games - Fl State, @BC, Va Tech - we will be 14-5 when. Miami comes to the Dome.

Miami is currently 14-2 (30 KenPom), and has 2 road games - @ND and Clemson, and then a home game against FSU before they play us.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Thank you, Cherie. Thank you for your compassion.

Was a 40 year season ticket holder - feel your pain.

 

[tbonezone]

9 pm ? well back in the day i'd just be heading out ! these days i'm just tucking in.
this rat's done run his race. doubt even an afternoon nap get's me to that buzzer.

 

[Knicks411]

I know it's all tv related but I really think 9PM local time starts are just such a slap in the face to the people going to the games.

It's not much but they could easily go 6:30/8:30 for these games. The half hour is not a ton but appears slightly better.

I believe FS1 does that for some big east games? Very doable.

 

[cusefan88]

I know it's all tv related but I really think 9PM local time starts are just such a slap in the face to the people going to the games.


I believe FS1 does that for some big east games? Very doable.

To me from a psychology factor 8:30 stinks but is palatable enough.

 

[Sherman20]

Normally I would say that it’s due to our irrelevance and there being a better 7pm option for the ACCN but in this case BC is involved in both 7pm games (Clemson then Pitt), so I don’t know.

Nobody wants to watch a BC game. The SU/VT game should be the 7pm game over BC/Pitt, that’s for sure.

These start times stink, especially since they are home games but what can you do.

That’s absurd that they put BC-Pitt at 7pm and SU-Virginia Tech at 9pm. Our matchup is by far the better game. This has got to stop. One 9pm game a season is one too many.

 

[Sherman20]

Was a 40 year season ticket holder - feel your pain.

When I used to go to all the games in the heyday of the Big East in the 80s and 90s, didn’t the weeknight games used to start at 8pm? Or was it 7pm and my memory is faulty?

 

[Cheriehoop]

When I used to go to all the games in the heyday of the Big East in the 80s and 90s, didn’t the weeknight games used to start at 8pm? Or was it 7pm and my memory is faulty?

Yes, in the early 80’s for Big Monday and the Big East, lots of games were at 8pm. In the middle 80’s for some reason some were at 8:30 pm but by the late 80’s most were all at 7pm. Have no idea why the start times were changing. I was playing city rec ball at the time and I hated having to miss Big Monday SU games because of scheduling conflicts with our Monday rec games. One year we did get the city to change the rec games to Thursday because of Big Monday.

 

[hungrychuck]

I like the 9s.

Can do Happy Hour and dinner out as a pre-game.

 

[bballbeadle]

For all the people predicting a listless crowd, we were pretty darn noisy. And the SU students showed out and did a lot of hollering. I was surprised it was such a fun, exciting game. Maybe too exciting but that’s okay.

 

[Irishsecra1]

My section was quite noisy and in to the game.
But these 9 pm start times suck.
I have been to two of them and you are dragging the next day.

I won’t be doing VTech as I have an early morning meeting and would not be in any kind of decent shape with only 4 hours sleep. I will give them to a friend.

 

[Nicknack]

Hey Bulldog... here ya go. Now stop bitching

 

[Nicknack]

Yes, in the early 80’s for Big Monday and the Big East, lots of games were at 8pm. In the middle 80’s for some reason some were at 8:30 pm but by the late 80’s most were all at 7pm. Have no idea why the start times were changing. I was playing city rec ball at the time and I hated having to miss Big Monday SU games because of scheduling conflicts with our Monday rec games. One year we did get the city to change the rec games to Thursday because of Big Monday.

Yeah, I remember that. And weren't the later games often the marquee/premier games? That's what I recall, but it's been a while.

 

[rocklloyd]

I’m forced to watch condensed game the next morning at 5am. 9pm games are a no go for me.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Brutal for kids too. You lose a lot of eyeballs.

 

[Knicks411]

I was so tired last night I fell asleep at 8:45

 

[Chip]

9 pm games suck. I can't say it enough.

But as I just said in the postgame thread, I thought the crowd was great.

 

[Fan Always]

Another 9 pm game? Who decides the time?

 

[Dcuse]

9:00 games that were as entertaining as this one result in 3 hours of sleep for me. But to win is a good trade off.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Another 9 pm game? Who decides the time?

The fans on twitter.

 

[bballbeadle]

9:00 games that were as entertaining as this one result in 3 hours of sleep for me. But to win is a good trade off.

Yeah, me too. But at least I don’t have to go to work. Mwah ha ha ha!

 

[bballbeadle]

Another 9 pm game? Who decides the time?

The ACC. I said earlier that I wrote to Pete Sala who then referred me to another big wig who wrote and told me it was all the ACC’s fault.