Why no home weekend night games?

[Freeport Warrior]

What's the rationale behind zero home weekend night games? Two years ago I remember a few, but pretty much nothing this year and more than a few opportunities (1 pm starts on Saturdays). Is it Bucks/Admirals scheduling? MU seems to be the biggest consistent draw and would bring in more $$ to the area. Always liked the opportunity to bundle a night out with wife and friends downtown AND catch a game (to me, the perfect storm). The last home Sat. game is a TBA, so maybe there's still a chance.

[Benny B]

If you look at the overall slate of college hoops on a Saturday during the conference season, very few games have a start time of 7:00 p.m. local or later.  The same seems to run true with college football.

My opinion is this --- fans attending a college game (be it football or basketball) will typically travel from greater distances to the stadium/arena than the average pro-sport spectator.  (Case in point -- very few, if any, stay in Pullman, WA, State College, PA, or South Bend, IN after they graduate.)  Obviously, you can't schedule a mid-week game at 2:00 p.m., but when it comes to weekends, perhaps universities originally avoided scheduling games that conclude late in the evening/night so that their attendees could travel 2+ hours and still arrive home at a decent hour.  That, and you probably don't want to give your student section 10 hours to sauce themselves up prior to every weekend home game.

In any event, I would say the lack of a Sat night game this year has more to do with open television slots than it does BC availability... but again, just my opinion.

[Dr. Blackheart]

What's the rationale behind zero home weekend night games?

First game is a Friday night at 8PM.  No MSM's love?

[Brewtown Andy]

That, and you probably don't want to give your student section 10 hours to sauce themselves up prior to every weekend home game.

They have a hard enough time making it to the games without the chance of passing out first.