I was perusing the Heels’ upcoming schedule and realized that of the 16 games left, six of them will start at 9 PM, three will start at 8 PM and one at 7:45. That is ten games that will end around 10 or 11 PM. Fear not though all these late starts is a benefit to you, the faithful THF reader, since it means I will likely liveblog all of them and then stay up late to write postgame recaps.
The rest of the schedule is a random set of game times. There are two 4 PM games including Senior Day in Chapel Hill. One noon game at home versus Georgia Tech and a 7 PM start at Virginia Tech on March 4th. And yes, UNC has two 3:30 games on ABC. On the road at NC State and Maryland which happens to be two of the teams UNC has lost 3:30 ABC games against in the past two seasons. Joy.
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Tyler projected to be a decent pro, maybe like J.R. Reid:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=bilas_jay&page=predictions09/bilas
Why all the late games? It seems every year they player later and later. Especially on the weekends, the games ought to be between noon and 4. Does Roy pick the times? He’s probably thinking about west coast recruiting. I hate it.
It has been dictated by TV and the matchups. UNC vs Clemson, Duke and Miami are ones ESPN wanted for the 9:00 slot. Not sure why FSN put the CofC game on at 9 PM. Some of the other games are either Raycom or FSN games during the week. None of the late starts are weekend games unless it is a Sunday night.
I just hate the thought of 16 games and only 4 are before 4pm. The Saturday game the 17th of Jan is at 9pm as well.
Ah…that is the ESPN Saturday night game which includes the Game Day crew on campus.
There is a burden that goes along with being the most popular team in the country; you have to play when people can watch you.
I think that may explain’s Roy’s decision to play a New Year’s Eve game on the west coast. It might not be great for the team in a particular game but it helps the program in the long run.
Clemson is having real trouble with Alabama in the second half at Littlejohn….