East Coast bias
March 28th, 2008, 3:01 pm · Post a Comment · posted by bobsutton
Here we are on the East Coast, and the East Regional final will be played Saturday at Charlotte Bobcats Arena.
So what do we get: A 9:05 p.m. scheduled tip-off.
Meanwhile in Phoenix, the West Region final will begin about 2 1/2 hours earlier.
We have the University of North Carolina to blame for this because the Tar Heels have become so popular that they’ve been tagged for the more prime time spot. The matchup against Louisville on Saturday was too appealing for CBS, which televises the NCAA Tournament and dictates the tip-off times for games.
So Louisville / North Carolina trumped Xavier/UCLA in terms of driving the decision on the game times.
As it turns out, being on the East Coast doesn’t help as the game is bound to end after 11 p.m. (and maybe closer to midnight).
– Bob Sutton
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