Instead of the second round being Thursday and Friday, why not move it back to Saturday and Sunday when so many more people could see the full days of games? The more limited third round schedule would be more suited to weekdays and evening viewing. The regionals could be moved back two days as well.
It seems the networks would love that second round on a weekend, as would a lot of fans.
No
Chicken dinner.
Chicken dinner.
No Thanks
Thursday and Friday are a nearly a national holiday. How are you going to watch all those games on a Saturday or Sunday? There will be about 8 going on at one time, so the networks would actually hate it.
three days
Play the entire tournament in three days Friday through Sunday.
Friday all pods have first game at 10am, second game at 12:30pm, winners play that night in prime time 7pm. (Highest seed gets the extra 2 hours of rest)
Winners jump on a plane to the regionals which play out the same way on Saturday.
Play the Final Four on Sunday.
Boom. MADNESS.
I like this, it's like an 8th
I like this, it's like an 8th grade basketball tournament. Hell, we can screw Adidas and just have the players wear pennys over white undershirts and mismatched shorts.
~Herm
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Thursday and Friday
Gives me a reasonable excuse to miss 2 days of work. I love it!
-BP-
The players would miss more
The players would miss more class that way. The average college student has a pretty light schedule on Friday, so Thursday is generally the only day they're really missing of class under the current format. If you shift things over, they'd be missing Monday and Tuesday, which would affect them a lot more.
Pretty funny. Oh wait, were
Pretty funny. Oh wait, were you serious?
Players miss class on Wednesday...
...if they're playing on Thursday. Open practice at the arena is the day before the game.
But only half as many players.
Instead of 64 teams playing on schooldays - only 32 would
The real thrill is knowing
The real thrill is knowing every single person at work (including your boss) is watching the games, but nobody really acknowledges it.
Until every says f*ck it and heads to the nearest sports bar at 3pm.
"Winners never quit. Quitters never win."
Your Idea is meritless and weak
I will disregard it like so much noise
Tremendous!
Looks like that's a no then
Looks like that's a no then
I took Thurs and Friday off
I took Thurs and Friday off work already though!
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
But then what would I do in
But then what would I do in Vegas next Thurs and Fri?
^^
This would have saved
^^
This would have saved some folks vacation time!
Or better yet,
complete the entire tournament in one weekend. Start it on Friday at noon then Saturday morning at 7am at a central location, ie St. Louis.
Then have 4 different arenas for each region. Then play the Final Four (3 games) Sunday night. Boom goes the dynamite.
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To me, the real madness of
To me, the real madness of the tournament is have so many games going on during the day on thursday/friday while you are trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy. The madness is trying catch all of the crappy matchups all afternoon because the worst matchup is better than working. Move that to saturday/sunday, and I'm not nearly as interested.
Besides, it doesn't work for the rest of the tournament anyway. If you push back the first weekend of the tournament, you either have to push back everything, which means the Final Four is played on monday (not likely) and the title game is on wednesday (even less likely), or you compress the schedule at some point. Can you imagine making it to the Sweet 16, then playing Sunday, Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday, Monday to win the title?
Yeah and let's play
Yeah and let's play Thanksgiving football games on Saturday.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi
What would I do at work on Thursday and Friday?
Frank: A little housewarming gift. To new beginnings.
Me: I actually gave this to you for your wedding.
Frank: This model?
Me: This exact one