ESPN's College Basketball Kickoff

[Dish]

24 straight hours of hoops! If I can't sleep the early morning hours of November 18th, I'll at least have Idaho State at Hawaii to look forward to.

I actually love this idea, as college basketball needs an official opening of some kind. Hopefully this pushes that idea forward.

Tuesday, November 18th:

Midnight: UMass at Memphis (ESPN)
2 am: Fresno St. at St. Mary's (ESPN)
4 am: Idaho St. at Hawaii (ESPN)
6 am: College Hoops Tip-Off Special (ESPN)
10 am: Penn at Drexel (ESPN)
Noon: Liberty at UNC-Asheville (ESPN)
2 pm: Iowa at Kansas (women) (ESPN)
4 pm: Centenary at Baylor (ESPN)
6 pm: Richmond at Syracuse (ESPN)
7 pm: NIT Regional Final-Purdue (ESPNU)
7:30 pm: NIT Regional Final-Boston College (ESPN2)
8 pm: College GameDay-Chapel Hill (ESPN)
9 pm: Kentucky at North Carolina (ESPN)
9 pm: Florida Gulf Coast at Kansas (ESPNU)
9:30 pm: NIT Regional Final-Oklahoma (ESPN2)
11:30 pm: NIT Regional Final-Arizona (ESPN2)

[jficke13]

It's cool in principle, but 24 hours is a whole lot of bball.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

It's cool in principle, but 24 hours is a whole lot of bball.

but most importanly, jficke, will this be aired in HD or DV?   

[4everwarriors]

Do they have HD in Madison? EA in high def is like she's right there in your living room. Of course ZFB has his TV in the bedroom.

[dsfire]

I'd have to think those pre-dawn games would be a rough adjustment for the players, especially if there's class happening at the same time.

edit: admittedly those times are all EST so the Hawaii game will actually tip off at 11 PM locally, but still...

[Cooby Snacks]

I'd have to think those pre-dawn games would be a rough adjustment for the players, especially if there's class happening at the same time.

I'm assuming the times given are either Eastern or Central, so the tip-offs are definitely later than usual, but not too bad.  As for Memphis playing at midnight, it's not like those guys were going to get up for class the next day anyway.

[reinko]

As for Memphis playing at midnight, it's not like those guys were going to get up for class the next day anyway.

+1, hilarious