Houston at Tulane | 230pm CT Wed 9/21

[trojansc]

Sept 25, 2022 20:26:32 GMT -5 flyingMoose said:

Sept 21, 2022 14:27:10 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Houston (9-2) at Tulane (5-6)
Wed 9/21
2:30pm CT

Only making this thread because there is a 2:30pm match on a Wednesday.

Why. A conference match. Can anyone explain?

With UConn leaving in recent years, there are now eleven teams playing volleyball in the AAC. Each week, there is one set of travel partners that play mid-week. Then on the weekend, the "odd-team-out" (which is Cincinnati) plays the two travel partners, one on Friday and the other on Sunday. Thus, each week each team plays two conference matches.

Right, I understand that. It was the same way last year. There were Wednesday matches.

What I don't understand is the TIME. This did not happen in the past.

Next week, Memphis plays at SMU at 1pm(!) on a Wednesday.

Why did the conference decide to move from Wednesday night matches to 1pm-2pm matches on a Weekday when people are at work and athletes have classes that even the home teams are missing?

Is it because of travel?     

[txvbcoach]

The B1G has wed. night volleyball. so if they can do it then so can others.

[trojansc]

Sept 25, 2022 20:52:59 GMT -5 txvbcoach said:

The B1G has wed. night volleyball. so if they can do it then so can others.

.... Nothing is wrong with a Wed night match.

The B1G does not have 1pm/2pm matches on a Wednesday. Neither does the PAC-12, who had a lot of Wednesday matches in years prior.

The only exception is during Thanksgiving Week, you will sometimes see very early matches on Wednesday because it's a holiday weekend and there's generally no class.

[flyingMoose]

Sept 25, 2022 20:46:17 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Sept 25, 2022 20:26:32 GMT -5 flyingMoose said:

With UConn leaving in recent years, there are now eleven teams playing volleyball in the AAC. Each week, there is one set of travel partners that play mid-week. Then on the weekend, the "odd-team-out" (which is Cincinnati) plays the two travel partners, one on Friday and the other on Sunday. Thus, each week each team plays two conference matches.

Why did the conference decide to move from Wednesday night matches to 1pm-2pm matches on a Weekday when people are at work and athletes have classes that even the home teams are missing?

Is it because of travel?     

Travel sounds right. Some of the Wednesday matches are in the evening (WSU and Tulsa, UCS and USF, both less than three hours drive apart) and some are in the afternoon.