Scheduling this game for 2pm (3pm local time) on a working day is ridiculous, but you can see how it resulted from other decisions. The Pac 12 decided to create more space between the end of the regular season and the start of the Pac 12 tourney, and to do that they moved the women's games back to a Thu-Sat schedule instead of the normal Fri-Sun schedule.
That is, unfortunately, the same as the men.
For some reason, they could not guarantee that the women were playing opposite the men on the Home/Visitor determination. So the Colorado men and the Colorado women are both playing at home today.
Naturally, marketing and male bias dictate that the men get the prime time slot, and that relegates the women to the off-off-off slot of 2pm. That is 3pm local time.
Somehow, it seems as if they could have and should have handled this better.
Perhaps it will ultimately be to our advantage, depressing Colorado's home court advantage. Colorado has been drawing around 2000 for their home conference games, but the last time they played an afternoon game on a weekday was back in November and they drew 479. I imagine Stanford will bring out more fans than New Mexico State, but however many turn out, it will certainly be less than if the game were better scheduled. Some number of fans actually work for a living and won't be able to get off early.
https://coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.c...-stanford/
An odd quote from Quay Miller:
What she is probably getting at is that Stanford routinely takes away or limits the opponent's best player or two, forcing others to step up. But the way it came out seemed pretty disrespectful to her teammates of last year.
That is, unfortunately, the same as the men.
For some reason, they could not guarantee that the women were playing opposite the men on the Home/Visitor determination. So the Colorado men and the Colorado women are both playing at home today.
Naturally, marketing and male bias dictate that the men get the prime time slot, and that relegates the women to the off-off-off slot of 2pm. That is 3pm local time.
Somehow, it seems as if they could have and should have handled this better.
Perhaps it will ultimately be to our advantage, depressing Colorado's home court advantage. Colorado has been drawing around 2000 for their home conference games, but the last time they played an afternoon game on a weekday was back in November and they drew 479. I imagine Stanford will bring out more fans than New Mexico State, but however many turn out, it will certainly be less than if the game were better scheduled. Some number of fans actually work for a living and won't be able to get off early.
https://coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.c...-stanford/
An odd quote from Quay Miller:
Quote:“We are going to do whatever it takes to win,” senior Quay Miller said. “Last year, we depended on a few players and when they did not show up, we did not know what to do. This year we are all trying to take over and whoever has the hot hand we will just keep feeding this person.”
What she is probably getting at is that Stanford routinely takes away or limits the opponent's best player or two, forcing others to step up. But the way it came out seemed pretty disrespectful to her teammates of last year.