Happy College Basketball Season 2019-2020!! (Sort of)

So, we have a charity exhibition game this evening between UTEP and Texas Tech.  This is the earliest that I can ever remember an exhibition game being played.  In fact I can remember back when this weekend was Midnight Madness Weekend where teams were only beginning to officially practice for the first time.

It is not a game that counts, and as far as I can tell there is no video stream available so unless you buy a ticket you won’t see it, but it is the first time that two college basketball teams have played against each other in an organized game that was open to the public since last year’s National Championship Game between Virginia and Texas Tech (coincidentally).  So on that note…

HAPPY SORT OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON!!!

In case you didn’t know teams are allowed two exhibition contests, and there are three different formats that they can choose from.  They can play another div1 team in a game that is open to the public and donate all the proceeds to charity (which is what we have tonight), they can have a closed scrimmage against another div1 team for three hours, or they can play another nondiv1 college team where they open the arena and keep all the revenue for themselves.  For the longest time I’ve wanted a third exhibition game, especially now that teams have the option of playing another div1 school, but as of now we still only have two.

CLICK HERE (or scroll up to the top and click the EXHIBITION GAME SCHEDULE 2019-2020 tab at the top of the screen) for a full list of all open exhibition games, and whatever coverage that was listed as being available. 

I know these games are oftentimes boring, even to extreme diehard fans.  It’s great to have basketball, but these early season games, especially against lower division teams, almost never satisfies.  But, at least we are getting close!!  We do have meaningless basketball to tide us over until the meaningful basketball begins!