The Tennessee Vols are off to the Sweet 16, but fans are already annoyed about one situation
The Tennessee Vols are two games away from the Final Four after advancing to the Sweet 16 via a 62-58 win against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night. Tennessee will play Creighton on Friday in Detroit. The winner of Creighton vs Tennessee will then play the winner of Purdue vs Gonzaga for a spot in […]
The Tennessee Vols are two games away from the Final Four after advancing to the Sweet 16 via a 62-58 win against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night.
Tennessee will play Creighton on Friday in Detroit. The winner of Creighton vs Tennessee will then play the winner of Purdue vs Gonzaga for a spot in the Final Four.
The Vols will tip off against Creighton on Friday night around 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Purdue vs Gonzaga matchup.
That means Tennessee likely won't play until 10:15 PM ET at the earliest. And fans are understandably not happy about the late tip off time.
Here are some of the reactions to the late game time for the Vols.
The obvious answer here would be to start the Purdue/Gonzaga game around 6:15 PM ET. Then there would be a reasonable chance to start the Tennessee game around 9:00 PM ET.
But as it is, the Purdue/Gonzaga game is slated to start at 7:39 PM ET, which means 10:15 PM ET is the absolute earliest that Tennessee's game against Creighton will start. If the end of the Purdue/Gonzaga game gets wild (or if it goes to overtime), then the Vols could be looking at a 10:30 PM ET start time (or even later).
It's not an ideal scenario for Vols fans who plan to watch Tennessee's Sweet 16 matchup, but it's the scenario that fans will have to deal with on Friday night.
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