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FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, September 11
Time/ET GAME NET
7:00p First round ESPN2
9:00p First round ESPN2
SECOND ROUND
Sunday, September 15
Time/ET GAME NET
1:00p Second round ESPN
3:00p Second round ESPN2
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, September 17
Time/ET GAME NET
7:00p Semifinal Game 1 ESPN2
9:00p Semifinal Game 1 ESPN2
Thursday, September 19
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p Semifinal Game 2 ESPN2
10:00p Semifinal Game 2 ESPN2
Sunday, September 22
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p Semifinal Game 3 ESPN2
5:00p Semifinal Game 3 ESPN2
Tuesday, September 24
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p Semifinal Game 4* ESPN2
10:00p Semifinal Game 4* ESPN2
Thursday, September 26
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p Semifinal Game 5* ESPN2
10:00p Semifinal Game 5* ESPN2
WNBA FINALS
Sunday, September 29
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p WNBA Finals Game 1 ESPN
Tuesday, October 1
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 2 ESPN
Sunday, October 6
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3:00p WNBA Finals Game 3 ABC
Tuesday, October 8
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 4* ESPN2
Thursday, October 10
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 5* ESPN2
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| Posted: 09/06/19 6:58 am ::: |
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| Gotta love when several of the biggest games of your entire season are used to fill up schedules when they know 90% of US sports fans are watching NFL games on other channels. |
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| Posted: 09/06/19 10:34 am ::: |
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| Can someone remind me, are the semifinals and finals both 2-2-1 in terms of who hosts?
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| Posted: 09/06/19 12:50 pm ::: |
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| Can someone remind me, are the semifinals and finals both 2-2-1 in terms of who hosts? |
that's what it was last year.
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| Posted: 09/06/19 2:53 pm ::: |
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| Can someone remind me, are the semifinals and finals both 2-2-1 in terms of who hosts? |
that's what it was last year. |
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| Posted: 09/06/19 2:55 pm ::: |
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| Since Washington and Connecticut have locked in the top two seeds and byes to the semifinals, we're looking at a 10 pm semifinal game for one of those two on Thursday, September 19, no?
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| Posted: 09/06/19 3:07 pm ::: |
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| Since Washington and Connecticut have locked in the top two seeds and byes to the semifinals, we're looking at a 10 pm semifinal game for one of those two on Thursday, September 19, no? |
In 2016 they had Indiana and Atlanta scheduled to host playoff games at 8:00 and 10:00 on the same day. The league was able to move them to 6:00 and 8:00. There was real concern that scheduling a game in Atlanta at 10:00 on a school night might have resulted in the players outnumbering the fans.
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| Posted: 09/06/19 3:09 pm ::: |
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| Gotta love when several of the biggest games of your entire season are used to fill up schedules when they know 90% of US sports fans are watching NFL games on other channels. |
They can't put on Friday or Saturday when ESPN programming is filled with college football games and other sports like soccer.
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| Posted: 09/06/19 5:03 pm ::: |
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| I was surprised that not one playoff game is on CBS Sports Network. Does give them options in the future to have games on Fridays and Saturdays.
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| Posted: 09/07/19 5:27 am ::: |
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With Washington & Connecticut locked in as the top two seeds, one of them will get the 10pm EST start time for game 2. I wonder if the league/ESPN can move the times to 7pm/9pm?
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| Posted: 09/07/19 3:56 pm ::: |
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With Washington & Connecticut locked in as the top two seeds, one of them will get the 10pm EST start time for game 2. I wonder if the league/ESPN can move the times to 7pm/9pm?
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I think that's likely... last year ESPN released the schedule for Round 2 and it originally had start times of 8PM and 10PM and then it was changed. The two teams playing in that round were Washington and Connecticut as well.
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| Posted: 09/07/19 4:01 pm ::: |
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| Any thoughts on the times for Round One if the two hosts are Seattle and Las Vegas (4PM and 6PM local on a weeknight ) ?
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| Posted: 09/07/19 4:47 pm ::: |
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| Another concern are the second round games, likely two west teams(Los Angeles and Las Vegas). Which team gets screwed with the 10am start time on a Sunday?
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| Posted: 09/07/19 11:00 pm ::: |
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| Another concern are the second round games, likely two west teams(Los Angeles and Las Vegas). Which team gets screwed with the 10am start time on a Sunday? |
I was gonna say they surely can't do that and the games would be moved at least an hour, but if your list above is right then that's the only game before the Finals scheduled for ESPN rather than ESPN2. Which probably makes it less flexible, and is probably a slot they wouldn't want to lose. So I guess the league is hoping Vegas screw up tomorrow and Washington rest everybody to help Chicago over the line, because then it's easy.
Unless there's flexibility they're not telling us about, you'd like to see a bit more thought put into these time-slots. Since they essentially removed conferences this has been a problem that always has the potential to crop up. If you're constantly going to play the games as double-headers, any round with both hosts from the same side of the country is going to create issues. |
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| Posted: 09/08/19 7:33 am ::: |
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| In terms of flexibility with TV schedules, the first-round games can get bumped up one hour. As for the second-round games and the possible scenario of two west coast teams hosting them, there's no give in the scheduling. The 1 pm game on ESPN has UFC right after & the 3 pm game on ESPN2 has the Spartan Race Championship after. So if it's necessary to move one, we might get a game on ESPNews at 5 pm (2 pm PST).
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| Posted: 09/08/19 7:59 am ::: |
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| Arena conflicts are always an issue come playoffs. Surprisingly, only two teams have a possible conflict with a playoff date. If Vegas gets the #4 seed, their second-round game can't be played at Mandalay Bay. the only other potential conflict is if the Sparks advance to the Finals and are the higher seed. Game 5 of the Finals can't be played at Staples. Seattle's Alaska Airlines Arena, Phoenix's Talking Stick Arena, Minnesota's Target Center, Chicago's Wintrust Arena, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena & Washington's Entertainment & Sports Arena have no conflicts with any playoff dates. There's been some speculation that if the Mystics advance to the Finals, their games will be at Capital One Arena. September 29, October 1 & 10 are all available at Capital One Arena.
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| toad455 wrote: |
| Arena conflicts are always an issue come playoffs. Surprisingly, only two teams have a possible conflict with a playoff date. If Vegas gets the #4 seed, their second-round game can't be played at Mandalay Bay. the only other potential conflict is if the Sparks advance to the Finals and are the higher seed. Game 5 of the Finals can't be played at Staples. Seattle's Alaska Airlines Arena, Phoenix's Talking Stick Arena, Minnesota's Target Center, Chicago's Wintrust Arena, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena & Washington's Entertainment & Sports Arena have no conflicts with any playoff dates. There's been some speculation that if the Mystics advance to the Finals, their games will be at Capital One Arena. September 29, October 1 & 10 are all available at Capital One Arena. |
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| Posted: 09/08/19 8:45 am ::: |
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| toad455 wrote: |
| Arena conflicts are always an issue come playoffs. Surprisingly, only two teams have a possible conflict with a playoff date. If Vegas gets the #4 seed, their second-round game can't be played at Mandalay Bay. the only other potential conflict is if the Sparks advance to the Finals and are the higher seed. Game 5 of the Finals can't be played at Staples. Seattle's Alaska Airlines Arena, Phoenix's Talking Stick Arena, Minnesota's Target Center, Chicago's Wintrust Arena, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena & Washington's Entertainment & Sports Arena have no conflicts with any playoff dates. There's been some speculation that if the Mystics advance to the Finals, their games will be at Capital One Arena. September 29, October 1 & 10 are all available at Capital One Arena. |
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What date(s) are a conflict at Target Center?
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| Posted: 09/08/19 4:58 pm ::: |
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| Arena conflicts are always an issue come playoffs. Surprisingly, only two teams have a possible conflict with a playoff date. If Vegas gets the #4 seed, their second-round game can't be played at Mandalay Bay. the only other potential conflict is if the Sparks advance to the Finals and are the higher seed. Game 5 of the Finals can't be played at Staples. Seattle's Alaska Airlines Arena, Phoenix's Talking Stick Arena, Minnesota's Target Center, Chicago's Wintrust Arena, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena & Washington's Entertainment & Sports Arena have no conflicts with any playoff dates. There's been some speculation that if the Mystics advance to the Finals, their games will be at Capital One Arena. September 29, October 1 & 10 are all available at Capital One Arena. |
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What date(s) are a conflict at Target Center? |
As far as I'm aware, they weren't going to be playing there until the Finals (if they made it that far). But it's all moot now, since we ain't winning 2 single elimination games.
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| Posted: 09/08/19 5:30 pm ::: |
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I'm sure they're tweaking the schedule now, but we have:
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, September 11
Time/ET GAME NET
7:00p Phoenix @ Chicago; ESPN2
9:00p Minnesota @ Seattle; ESPN2
SECOND ROUND
Sunday, September 15
Time/ET GAME NET
1:00p highest remaining seed @ Las Vegas; ESPN
3:00p lowest remaining seed @ Los Angeles; ESPN2
Don't be surprised if the times for both rounds are changed. Wednesday can be moved to 8pm/10pm. Sunday, depending on ESPN availability, should be changed. Las Vegas' game would start at 10am local time.
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FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, September 11
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p Phoenix @ Chicago; ESPN2
10:00p Minnesota @ Seattle; ESPN2
SECOND ROUND
Sunday, September 15
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p highest remaining seed @ Los Angeles; ESPN2
5:00p lowest remaining seed @ Las Vegas; ESPN2
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, September 17
Time/ET GAME NET
6:30p TBD @ Connecticut; ESPN2
8:30p TBD @ Washington; ESPN2
Thursday, September 19
Time/ET GAME NET
6:30p TBD @ Connecticut; ESPN2
8:30p TBD @ Washington; ESPN2
Sunday, September 22
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p Semifinal Game 3 ESPN2
5:00p Semifinal Game 3 ESPN2
Tuesday, September 24
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p Semifinal Game 4* ESPN2
10:00p Semifinal Game 4* ESPN2
Thursday, September 26
Time/ET GAME NET
6:30p TBD @ Connecticut*; ESPN2
8:30p TBD @ Washington*; ESPN2
WNBA FINALS
Sunday, September 29
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p WNBA Finals Game 1 ESPN
Tuesday, October 1
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 2 ESPN
Sunday, October 6
Time/ET GAME NET
3:00p WNBA Finals Game 3 ABC
Tuesday, October 8
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 4* ESPN2
Thursday, October 10
Time/ET GAME NET
8:00p WNBA Finals Game 5* ESPN2
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| Posted: 09/08/19 5:53 pm ::: |
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| Arena conflicts are always an issue come playoffs. Surprisingly, only two teams have a possible conflict with a playoff date. If Vegas gets the #4 seed, their second-round game can't be played at Mandalay Bay. the only other potential conflict is if the Sparks advance to the Finals and are the higher seed. Game 5 of the Finals can't be played at Staples. Seattle's Alaska Airlines Arena, Phoenix's Talking Stick Arena, Minnesota's Target Center, Chicago's Wintrust Arena, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena & Washington's Entertainment & Sports Arena have no conflicts with any playoff dates. There's been some speculation that if the Mystics advance to the Finals, their games will be at Capital One Arena. September 29, October 1 & 10 are all available at Capital One Arena. |
The Seattle playoff games will be played in Everett. STHs got an email a couple of weeks ago with the possible playoff schedule - going all the way through the finals. If they made it to the finals, the only games at Alaska Airlines Arena would be finals games 3-4, meaning that all prior rounds would be played at Everett.
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