Comments on: The Case For Friday Night Hoops

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:09:21 +0000

“Twiddling their winks” I love it

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:40:58 +0000

The Big West was fun back when I was a kid watching the late Big Monday game… UNLV was there, Long Beach State (Byron Russell, Lucious Harris, Seth Greenberg head coach), Fresno State had Avondre Jones (heh) and some other LA-area HS star I’m forgetting now, UCSB, New Mexico State was good then… Fun stuff. That league has sure gone downhill since then (although seems like they all got a chance to beat up on UCLA this year)….

By: jstevrtc

jstevrtc — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:24:29 +0000

In reply to rtmsf.

Even though I should never have been up at those hours as a kid, I used to sneak that late game on Monday nights when I was much younger. I learned a lot about programs and players from the western US through that late game. I miss it.

John Stevens
RTC

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:41:18 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

Agree with everything you said there, Andrew. And yes, I do remember when Big Monday was a triple-header with the Big West jumping in for the late game.

But if ESPN can literally have a college football game on every night but Monday during certain weeks, it doesn’t make sense that they can’t do one or two games at all on Friday nights.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:18:21 +0000

One of the main reasons historically why college basketball (and college football for that matter) have steered away from Friday night telecasts is to not step on the toes of high schools… College football has in recent years (and mostly in order to appease the Necessary Evil in Bristol) thrown such concerns on the garbage heap, and I’d agree that it is time for ESPN to bring college hoops along for the ride…

And, I’ve said it for years now, one of the mid-major conferences should be the first to try this out… Take the WCC for example. A couple years back they switched to playing their weekday games on Thursday nights. You know, the same night that the Pac-10, the WCC’s main competition in terms of getting eyes on sets (well, most years at least), has had their games for as long as I can remember. Part of that is because they want to play the Thursday/Saturday thing, but I think the WCC would be much better off sending a couple of their games to Friday night. (And, while I’m on the topic, remember when Big Monday used to have a third game at 9pm PST, either Big West in the early days or WCC for a couple years there at the end? That needs to happen again. Perhaps in conjunction with the WCC’s move to Friday, they could also have a game on Monday night).

And, since no West Coast team is going to want to play at 4pm, sign up the A-10 (or ConfUSA or MVC or somebody) to have the early game on Fridays.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:34:33 +0000

In reply to jstevrtc. Sucka Free prices. Inflation and all that.

By: jstevrtc

jstevrtc — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:21:30 +0000

Dude, where are you paying $2 for PBRs?

One dollar. That’s the most you should ever pay — not because that’s all it’s worth, but because that’s all the PBR expects of you.

John Stevens
RTC