# Mundane Question about NCAA Elite Eight

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014 "2009-03-19T13:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014/1 "2009-03-19T13:42:15Z")

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What time will the games be on that weekend? I’m specifically interested in knowing what times the games will be played on Saturday, March 28th. Everything I’ve been able to find has the dates but not the times.

Thanks,

Shibb

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014/2 "2009-03-19T14:43:23Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> What time will the games be on that weekend? I’m specifically interested in knowing what times the games will be played on Saturday, March 28th. Everything I’ve been able to find has the dates but not the times.
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> Thanks,
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> Shibb

IIRC, the times will be announced after this weekend. CBS will want the most compelling potential matchups to be shown when the viewership is at its greatest.  
For instance in the West region, they would rather showcase a UCONN-Memphis game versus a Missouri-Washington game in the final 8.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014/3 "2009-03-19T14:46:45Z")

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Ok, so the times aren’t listed because they are flexible. Is it possible to at least find out what the time slots are? Are the games shown during the afternoon or later in the evening?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014/4 "2009-03-19T14:55:17Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Ok, so the times aren’t listed because they are flexible. Is it possible to at least find out what the time slots are? Are the games shown during the afternoon or later in the evening?

In the past, Saturdays matchups are a twilight double header on the east-coast (starttime ~ 6pm edt) and Sundays doubleheader has been a afternoon double-header (startime ~1 pm edt).

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-about-ncaa-elite-eight/490014/5 "2009-03-19T14:56:09Z")

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Thank you, sir(?).