Bear Down Wildcats

Game 6: ARIZONA VS. AUBURN
Maui Invitational Game 3

Date: NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Tip Time: 9:32 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPN2 (Benetti/Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) 1290am, 107.5fm, Sirius 126, XM 198

Game Article: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2018/1 ... -game.aspx" target="_blank
Game Notes: https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2 ... nNotes.pdf" target="_blank

that start time :/

PAC-12/SEC After Dark

What is it, after the championship game? Hoping the cats have something left in the tank.

PieceOfMeat wrote:that start time :/

I love it!

Allows me to get some thanksgiving dinner prep done!

The ship is at 5 ET I don't get it

azcat49 wrote:What is it, after the championship game? Hoping the cats have something left in the tank.

Both teams were gassed after yesterday’s game so I’m expecting a sloppy game and a loss, becuse their level of talent on the bench is better than ours.

Jeter will be rested though

cats101 wrote:The ship is at 5 ET I don't get it

Sure you do.

East coast start time and a tired Gonzaga team for matador duke.

All hail duke! (Per espn)

Auburn favored by 6.

CalStateTempe wrote:

cats101 wrote:The ship is at 5 ET I don't get it

Sure you do.

East coast start time and a tired Gonzaga team for matador duke.

All hail duke! (Per espn)

The start times was determined months ago. If Duke lost last night they would be playing at 1130 Eastern

PHXCATS wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:

cats101 wrote:The ship is at 5 ET I don't get it

Sure you do.

East coast start time and a tired Gonzaga team for matador duke.

All hail duke! (Per espn)

The start times was determined months ago. If Duke lost last night they would be playing at 1130 Eastern

Correct, however in the NCAA tournament, the advancing team from the lower seeded bracket always gets around 24hrs to recover or at least the later start time on the next slated games. This is why higher seeded teams are slotted in the earlier games, it give them a slight advantage and reward of more rest time for being the higher seeded team.

No reason why that couldn’t have held true here. Tip the championship game at 7pm est, prime time in the east coast, nearly after work on a holiday weekend for the west. Put the loser bracket game in the early slot. Would suck for me to watch Arizona at 2pm but at least it would make sense.

I wouldn't be too happy if I was in Maui, had to watch an early game, then come back much later for a late game. Don't expect a large crowd outside of UA and AU fans.

CalStateTempe wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:

cats101 wrote:The ship is at 5 ET I don't get it

Sure you do.

East coast start time and a tired Gonzaga team for matador duke.

All hail duke! (Per espn)

The start times was determined months ago. If Duke lost last night they would be playing at 1130 Eastern

Correct, however in the NCAA tournament, the advancing team from the lower seeded bracket always gets around 24hrs to recover or at least the later start time on the next slated games. This is why higher seeded teams are slotted in the earlier games, it give them a slight advantage and reward of more rest time for being the higher seeded team.

No reason why that couldn’t have held true here. Tip the championship game at 7pm est, prime time in the east coast, nearly after work on a holiday weekend for the west. Put the loser bracket game in the early slot. Would suck for me to watch Arizona at 2pm but at least it would make sense.

Two things

I think you mean conference tournaments not the NCAA because the NCAA is all about matchup and tv ratings and there is a day off in between.

You can do that in conference tournaments because the conference runs it. Who runs the Maui and most other pre season tournaments? MSPN or Fox. All about fitting time slots and ratings for them

Root root root for big sports media!!!

And no...I mean NCAA tourney as I watch that scheduleing much closer than conference tourney. I need to, to adjust my work schedule accordingly.

CalStateTempe wrote:And no...I mean NCAA tourney as I watch that scheduleing much closer than conference tourney. I need to, to adjust my work schedule accordingly.

That does not make sense. For the NCAA tournament they dont announce game times for Saturdays until after all games are completed on Thursdays. You have no idea what time the games can possibly be until then. Even the arena staffs dont know until all games from the prior round are done

True BUT when they do announce the times the above holds true.

1. Higher seeds get favorable start times for obvious and multiple reasons.
2. When possible the advancing lower seed and match up gets slotted in a time to maximize recovery for the team that played later the preceding match

But regardless, becuse I don’t have time for this, the 2pm start time for the championship game is bullshit.

That’s my opinion despite what big sports media wants me to believe.

In any event, outside of the right coast, and even then, who can watch the game? Most people are working today, and even at 5 PM many are on the way home.

Not that Eastern Sports Programming Network cares about west coast viewers.

Zags up 13 with 11 min left

Ugh 930?

Merkin wrote:I wouldn't be too happy if I was in Maui, had to watch an early game, then come back much later for a late game. Don't expect a large crowd outside of UA and AU fans.

Laker/Cavelier game in between.

I am looking forward to seeing DD.

Eight more hours to tip.

azgreg wrote:Eight more hours to tip.

Not going to make it... can I blame it on my 11 month old?

I think our starters will be too gassed to win the game, but if we can keep it close for the majority I'd call this a very successful trip.

AZCatGirl wrote:I think our starters will be too gassed to win the game, but if we can keep it close for the majority I'd call this a very successful trip.

This is my concern also. Do we have anything left in the tank to play for 40 minutes? We looked absolutely spent last night

Sounds like Bilas is ready to pull a train

Call the fucking foul

Thus far this game resembles a playground pick-up game

More charges this tourney that all of last year

I'm turning on the radio. This commentary is atrocious.

First time Dylan touches the ball and he turns it over

Jeter definitely mastered the art of the charge at Duke.

Team otherwise looks terrible so far.

This offense is painful to watch

KillerKlown wrote:I'm turning on the radio. This commentary is atrocious.

You don’t care about other games?

6 to's already

Well, the good news is that no one is awake to watch this mess.

prh wrote:First time Dylan touches the ball and he turns it over

And the next time he dribbles so he can shoot a step back 19 footer with 14 on the clock

We are a dumpster fire

Postmaster wrote:

KillerKlown wrote:I'm turning on the radio. This commentary is atrocious.

You don’t care about other games?

I care about Arizona. I didn't wait till 9:30 pm to hear ramblings that has nothing to do with this game.

Jeter and Coleman both have two fouls?

Akot made a jump shot...after he traveled.

It is amazing how highly rated Akot was coming out of HS. Talk about 0 returns.

I was kidding about caring about other games

Two goaltendings and they called one

Akot shoots Akot of threes now. Has he made one?

Please don't let Akot shoot 3's