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Today there are games in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Omaha, and Salt Lake City. The first game starts at 12:45 eastern. Naturally the NCAA and CBS chose to start with the Salt Lake City games. That means they are starting before 11 am local time.

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Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:28 am

Today there are games in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Omaha, and Salt Lake City. The first game starts at 12:45 eastern. Naturally the NCAA and CBS chose to start with the Salt Lake City games. That means they are starting before 11 am local time.

But maybe more normal times back at players' schools.

catnhat wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:28 am

Today there are games in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Omaha, and Salt Lake City. The first game starts at 12:45 eastern. Naturally the NCAA and CBS chose to start with the Salt Lake City games. That means they are starting before 11 am local time.

TV can really screw things up. Colorado had several home football games kickoff at 10 a.m. local time.

Just think how goofy the times will be with the West coast schools now in the ACC & Big 10. I would hope they would make a concession to always put the games at West Coast schools in the 3:30 pm Eastern Time slot, but they probably won't. Big Noon Saturday in the Big Ten will likely feature Penn State at USC. Ticket buyers be damned, all that matters is TV.

Dayton plays AZ in the first game. I doubt Dayton’s body clock advantage carries the day.

I just got a text message from SMU inviting me to join the Mustang Club to help the transition to the ACC. I'm not ponying up this time, but I might check amounts out of curiosity.