Congrats! You’ve all made it through a Monday, survived the tariff madness, and you now get to sit back, relax, and enjoy a March Madness NCAA championship battle between Florida and Houston.
Well done. Round of applause for everyone …
… who doesn’t fall asleep!
Here’s your yearly reminder that the start time for the Men’s NCAA National Championship game is among the dumber things we, as a country, have to suffer through every single April. Forget Augusta … THIS is our tradition unlike any other.
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For some reason – I would assume it’s TV, because that’s all that matters – the national title game is routinely set for a 9 p.m. (ish) tip each year. Tonight, Florida-Houston is set to go off at 8:50 p.m. on the East Coast.
Frankly, that’s better than last Saturday night’s Duke-Houston tip, which inexplicably happened around 9:30.
Nine. Thirty.
Nine-thirty!!!
The best game of the tournament started at 9:30. Now, the MAIN game of the tournament starts just before 9. On a Monday.
Again, we are so dumb – and people are noticing.
What time is the NCAA championship game? Too late, that’s when!
See? It’s a bloodbath. Americans are furious – and we’re all on edge right now. Haven’t you heard? The least the NCAA could do was give us a game that tipped before the sun went down.
And yes, I know – this is why you should live on the West Coast!
No, I don’t want to live on the West Coast. I want to live in Florida, and I want championship games to start at a decent hour.
Do you know the biggest sport in America right now behind the NFL? College football. January’s national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame kicked off at 7:30.
The Super Bowl starts at 6:30 every year.
So why in the world is a college basketball game tipping off at 9? I don’t get it. Nobody does. It’s nonsense, and it only hurts the fans. Not even the fans of Florida or Houston. They’ll stay up. They have a rooting interest.
But the casual fan? The average joe? The 32-year-old dad with two kids who starts work at 6 a.m.? He’s going to sleep!
That’s me, by the way. And it’s also not completely true because I’m off tomorrow. But you know what I mean.
Anyway, it’s all ridiculous, and everyone hates it, yet the NCAA and CBS keep pulling this charade every April. Whatever, I guess.
Good for the Tuesday morning coffee shop business, at least!
