Friday night basketball-- yea or nay.
I find myself sitting here planning out my weekend and there is no slot where I need to either go to the game or open a beer and and cheer in front of the TV. The reason for this is of course the B1G/ FS1 contract putting a few of our gmes on Fridays (next Fri. 7pm EST from Iowa City). With out any researsh I would assume the ony time we normally have played on a friday night is in a tournament (NCAA, B1G, NIT, or a holiday tournament) or for a day after Thanksgiving like we did this year.
Does it free up your weekend or leave a big blank spot where you want to see Beilein's young men compete?
January 26th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
My musings thread wishes you were there! Lol
January 26th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
Yea - Great and free entertainment on a Friday night, especially with the advent of the DVR is a win from my viewpoint.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:36 AM ^
As long as we win, I don’t care. For football my answer is different. I can’t explain why.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:24 AM ^
Football is a ritual. It should only be played on Saturday. Basketball, with so many games, has to be played on random days. I enjoyed leaving work a little early to run home and watch a beat down before starting the weekend yesterday.
January 26th, 2019 at 4:27 PM ^
They used to play basketball on Thursdays and Saturdays only. It was a ritual until TV took over.
January 27th, 2019 at 8:42 PM ^
With the occasional big game moved from Saturday to Sunday for TV. Michigan used to save the maize jerseys for the once-a-season Sunday game.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:37 AM ^
I vote nay. Not sure why, but it just feels wrong.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:41 AM ^
As long as Michigan wins by 23 I hope all of their games are on Friday nights!
On a serious note, it was kinda weird but I wonder if the Assembly contingent wasn't as rowdy as a weekend one may have been. Seems like weeknight crowds (I know Fri isn't a weeknight but it is still a work day) aren't usually quite as full as weekend ones.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^
Starting out down 17-0 might have had something to do with that.
January 26th, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
Yep, impossible to get a gauge on the crowd last night given how the game went.
I'm not sure how much fans at schools like IU tailgate for basketball games (maybe more than M fans?), but I would think Friday night games are a nice follow-up to a happy hour drink for the non-student crowd and are much more likely to have rowdy students sections than at, say, noon on a Sunday.
Gotta think there's an increase of alcohol-induced rowdiness on Friday nights. As a student, I would have loved Friday night games. Get the weekend started right and leave your Saturday and (more importantly) Sunday afternoons open for studying or attempting to be productive in some way.
6:30 is a bit on the early side though, 7 or 8 would be better.
January 26th, 2019 at 6:44 PM ^
Good points. I guess we'll find out next Friday when Michigan travels to Iowa City.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Meh. Easily my least favorite but I’ll watch anyway. Much prefer the rest of the weekend where driving down for the game would at least be possible.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
I am 86 years old . great start to my weekend . 7 o'clock game . In bed by 9;30. nice. Wish there were a Saturday game about 3.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
What time was dinner?
Giving you crap.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
I wasn’t sure if I believed you that you are 86. But then I saw:
1. Misuse of punctuation commonly associated with someone perhaps not well versed in using smartphone or regular keyboards.
2. Run on sentences that still make sense.
3. In bed by 9:30
4. “Naples” in your name.
(Note: like the other poster, just giving you shit. Hope no offense was taken)
January 26th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
this all describes me and I'm 45 years younger than him
January 26th, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
You're retired in Naples at 40? Good for you, man.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
On the other hand: 86 years old, 86 points. Correct use of subjunctive mood.
January 26th, 2019 at 3:17 PM ^
Fragments, not run-on.
January 26th, 2019 at 5:50 PM ^
Yup. 3 pm game and you can still make it for the Early Bird Special at the local diner.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
I like Friday night games.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
I'm not a fan of Friday or Monday games. It throws the schedule off-kilter and can lead to abnormally long or short breaks between games. And I generally think these guys should play fewer weekday games since that means (if it's on the road) missed class time.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^
Basketball is not an all day event (who tailgates for a bball game?), so I'm fine with it when not conflicting with hockey.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^
Not conflicting with hockey is the key, though I doubt it's any consideration for the AD or TV schedulers. As far as I'm concerned, hockey has first dibs on Friday night sports in the winter.
And as I type this, I see that next week's games conflict - Basketball @ Iowa at 7, hockey @ Minnesota at 8. On top of the timing, of course this is the first weekend so far this year both hockey games are on TV (FS Detroit Plus). So for the second half/first period, both games will be on simultaneously.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
I tailgaite for hoops games.
By tailgating I mean shotgunning a few beers in the car.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:58 AM ^
I loved it. Game started at 430 in Colorado. Started the weekend a little early with a Michigan W. Good stuff.
I was a little scared that going into Assembly Hall on a Friday night was gonna be rough. The 17-0 start says otherwise. Their crowd was awesome though. Watching on TV it felt a lot closer because every time IU scored a couple of buckets in a row the crowd reacted like the were on a 10-0 run.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
My mom is in town and wanted to see the Denver alumni bar (LoDo's). We went there for the game and there were a total of zero other people in the bar when we showed up lol. But the game still made it fun.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
I don't mind Friday night games but I loved the 6:30 tip. Same drill next Friday
January 26th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
I prefer a Saturday or Sunday game. However, I like the Friday night games better than 9pm on a Tuesday.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:03 AM ^
It definitely crimped my dinner plans -immediately started chili when I got home , cornbread was going in the oven during the timing snafu, made my deluxe coleslaw during TV timeouts and dinner was ready at the 4 min break. An 8pm tip would have been perfect. .Iowans next week have a 6pm tip(maybe a pizza night for them).
January 26th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
Impressive clock management! Sweet or salty cornbread? Have you tried Marie Callender’s... good stuff, highly recommend.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
Better clock management than the Indiana scoreboard guys. Or Les Miles.
January 26th, 2019 at 5:54 PM ^
Or Jim Harbaugh, unfortunately.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
I stick with the local Jiffy mix (Chelsea, MI) but I will consider Ms. Calender’s sometime.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
Didn't like it - ruined my happy hour, distracting me from my favorite after work hobby - drinking several Ketel One dirty martinis w blue cheese olives, and leering at young professional ladies in their tight business skirts.
Reminded me of going to the strip club on Saturdays back in the day, and trying to watch Michigan football while getting a lap dance. Too much action, hard to focus on one...
January 26th, 2019 at 11:09 AM ^
Absolutely not. My son plays high school basketball and the only reason we were able to watch last night is because it's the only Friday they didn't have a game scheduled. Football stays away from the traditional HS game slot. Basketball should too.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
Though we agree - your reasoning makes me ashamed of mine, detailed right above. LOL!
January 26th, 2019 at 1:22 PM ^
As you should be. I don't know how the MGoPoints thing works, but I'd have negged you if I could. ???
January 26th, 2019 at 12:07 PM ^
Have to agree with this. Lot to be said for good high school ball and getting out and being part of the community.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
identical reasoning for us, with our two oldest boys playing varsity together but with no game last night. B10 stay away from friday!
January 26th, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
This is why they stayed away from it for so long (like with football on Fridays).
I guess the demand for TV programming on Friday nights became too great. I wonder what the affect is on viewership though. There are hundreds of thousands of basketball fans attending HS games in the state of Michigan on Friday nights - all people highly likely to be interested in watching college basketball games. Wonder if the ratings are still worth it.
January 28th, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
I agree there should not be Friday college basketball, but for a different reason. My Friday happy hour begins at 4 p.m. and usually ends sometime early Saturday morning. Basketball is a buzz killer.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Yay when we win.
But man that B1G schedule sure does not encourage going to class much.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
I think it's hard to sleep right after a basketball game so earlier is better and Friday/Saturday is better than Sunday or Monday.
January 26th, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
Hard to sleep for the players or for the fans?
For the players (at least, for me) it was a lot harder to sleep the night before the game because of nerves and anticipation and my brain running through the gameplan and scouting report, etc. than after the game. After the game is like getting a breather.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:39 AM ^
It was great having the game last night!
But now I've got two uninterrupted days for snow shoveling, house cleaning, and kid chauffeuring.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
I’m not crazy about Friday night games. I was at services at my synagogue and kept taking peeks at the ESPN app on my watch to check the score. Hope the Rabbi didn’t notice. But what an era we live in!
January 26th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
Ditto the last thread.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:27 PM ^
I wouldn't want to see it all the time, but once in a while is OK.
I almost missed the IU game because I did not pay attention closely enough that it was actually on a Friday.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:36 PM ^
Umich should never play on the same night that high school basketball players play on. Not only for recruiting purposes, but the people who watch highschool basketball also like to watch college basketball.