Creighton vs North Carolina - 4:15 Sunday on CBS

[PorkTornado]

The Zeller/Echenique matchup in the middle should be fun to watch too. Echenique was pretty good at holding down the MVC posts but can he do it against Zeller?

That is the big question glm... GE played a little Big East ball, but I don't know if anything can prepare him for the battle he will have against Zeller.

He's guarded Hansborough. I don't know how well, but Zeller shouldn't have him seeing stars.

[MetDrakeFan]

I think Creighton need to play a near perfect game to win this. I don't have a good feeling about it. I hope the Jays(blue mind you) make me eat CROW on that bad feeling.

I think the Big G.E. is going to getvin early foul trouble on some tick tacky fouls...

[3ontheway]

West, how can the NCAA and the television stations know that the Blue Jays will play on the weekend? The known fact is that two teams will play in XX timeslot in Omaha. The unknown fact is will the Jays or any host city team advance. What am I missing?

Do you not comprehend that the times were announced after all the games yesterday. It could have been set up so that 9000 CU fans could have wouldn't have to choose between watching the Jays on TV and attending games that they shelled out big bucks for. That is what you are missing.

[Ace Dad]

The Creighton/NC time was announced and I assume scheduled last night, Friday. Thus, they could have set the schedule up so the games didn't overlap with the games in Omaha on Sunday.

No. The location and time slot are known before the tourney starts. The two teams are unknown.

[Ace Dad]

West, how can the NCAA and the television stations know that the Blue Jays will play on the weekend? The known fact is that two teams will play in XX timeslot in Omaha. The unknown fact is will the Jays or any host city team advance. What am I missing?

Do you not comprehend that the times were announced after all the games yesterday. It could have been set up so that 9000 CU fans could have wouldn't have to choose between watching the Jays on TV and attending games that they shelled out big bucks for. That is what you are missing.

Are you saying that the NCAA and the tv stations did not block out the 150 minute time frame for the games and that they wait until the first round is over to determine the times?

Think about it? Why did the TV Guide have the time slot annotated for both rounds of games before the tourney started?

I understand the fan's logic of living in Omaha, hosting the tournament, and hoping he can watch his own team. That is a variable that planners are not concerned with.

[3ontheway]

so you are telling me that the only people that knew the game time for the "3rd round" games were the ticket holders for the sessions? The times for the games tomorrow last night at 11 PM were TBA. You are also telling me that there was no way that the Omaha games could have been at 11:15 and 1:45 Central Time games? I don't live in Omaha and am not a season ticket holder so it doesn't effect me personally, but for 9000 jays fans that coughed up good $, it kinda sucks to have to scramble to sell them or eat the ticket to watch the jays game.

kinda curious what skin you have in the game to disagree with a jays fan on the stance that the ncaa could accomodate the schedule a little better? Just seems a little odd.

[3ontheway]

well all the times of 8 games taking place all after noon eastern were obviously pre-determined (not a lot of variations on what times all those games could be squeezed into), but the times of the 2 games per site were decided on last night after all the Friday games were completed, so it logically seems that they chose those late last night.

[FeartheQ]

Hopefully the offense shows up. May need to score 90-100 to win

[MVCfans]

Tar Heels favored by 8.5.

[glm38]

I'm really looking forward to this game. I watched part of NC's last game yesterday via DVR. It kind of makes me nervous. They are good. It will be really disappointing if CU loses but even more so if they get blown out. IMO CU needs to play loose and like they have nothing to lose.

Hopefully McD has them in that mindset. He's been doing a great job the last few weeks.