Pac-10 basketball begins subtle shift away from Thursday-Saturday games
by Brian Floyd on Aug 6, 2010 12:54 PM PDT
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PrintPercy Allen checks in with some Pac-10 basketball scheduling changes.
Washington's home and away games against Washington State and its road game at California have been moved from Saturday to Sunday next season.
UW plays WSU Jan. 30 in Pullman and Feb. 27 at Edmundson Pavilion. Both games begin at 7 p.m
The WSU-UW games move to Sunday night in an effort to spotlight rivalry games in the Pac-10. As Allen says, this falls in line with Larry Scott's plan to increase visibility for the conference nationally.
Instead of throwing Pac-10 games into the hopper that is Saturday basketball, showcasing top games with little opposition from other conferences is a great marketing move. The fact that UW and WSU were chosen also shows the conferences renewed emphasis on rivalries between the travel pairs.
Over the next few years, the Pac-10 should completely move away from the traditional Thursday-Saturday schedule, instead focusing on days that allow conference games to be picked up nationally.
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Oregon has had a couple of Sunday Pac-10 games over the last few years
but we need to get our games on TV, and I’m not talking FSN. Get our games on ESPN, pronto. And if we have to play on Tuesdays to do it, so be it.
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Sunday games -- especially for rivalries -- aren't too abnormal
Sunday night games, not running opposite of really anything else, are a bit different.
I’m fine with having to schedule in a radically different way. If it gets the conference more exposure, do it.
I'm totally for moving our schedule around for exposure
Even though, selfishly, it kinda messes up my travel plans as far as making it in for work on Monday.
I always enjoyed the thursday/saturday lineup
but I suppose it would be better to have games on say Tuesday night on ESPN or what not.
it's a give and take thing i guess.
i always liked driving over to Pullman for the WSU/UW game and can’t really see myself doing it for a Sunday game. On the plus side, a lot of Huskies who make the trek are probably thinking the same thing.
I have mixed feelings about all of it
On the one hand, I’m glad we’re moving toward more exposure — it just doesn’t make sense to have four or five conference games on the same day. But on the other hand, I enjoy the rhythm of the season the way it’s set up.
But hey, I hated the idea of expansion initially. Progress is inevitable. Might as well embrace it.
i think last year during basketball season after our fourth consecutive non-tv conference game
we would taken that deal no questions asked.
i still think the best way to do this is have two sets of games thurs/sat, two sets of games fri/sun and stick the rivalry game in somewhere on sat/sun wherever it fits. using that system, does FSN or whoever have any excuse not to televise every game?
Sweet
We just killed off chances for a good sellout crowd against UW next year.
The conference rarely does WSU any favors, so why does WSU always bend over for the conference?
We'll be fine
A Sunday night game should still draw, it’ll just be a tougher sell.
The conference did WSU a favor by featuring these games on national TV. The monetary loss of not selling out the game is offset by the money from the game being on national TV. That and UW will still draw a good crowd because it’s UW.
Really?
I didn’t see anything in that article that guaranteed national TV. Just an effort to garner TV attention. Likely going to be a regionally shown game on FSN, since it would be a 10pm tip back east on a work night.
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I swear I know how to reply properly, just messed that one up!
by B-Lot tailgater on Aug 9, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
From the article
FSN is expected to broadcast the UW-WSU games nationally, however, the network has not released next season’s schedule.
They won’t announce the schedule this early, but UW-WSU is running unopposed on Sunday night. It’ll be picked up nationally and likely marketed very well by the conference. The whole point of spotlighting games like this falls in line with the Pac-10 looking to increase exposure.
And of course this isn't a guarantee
But I think it’s more likely than not that the game is nationally televised on FSN (yes, I know…big woop).
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