D-1 Week in Preview, November 17-23

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All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis.

*-indicates event is believed to be eligible for a one-pound weight allowance

Thursday, November 20:

George Mason at American, 7:00 PM
Kent State at Ohio State, 7:00 PM
Utah Valley at California Baptist, 9:00 PM (6:00 PM)

Friday, November 21:

Davidson vs. Greensboro at North Carolina, 2:30 PM
UNC Pembroke at North Carolina, 2:30 PM
Davidson vs. UNC Pembroke at North Carolina, 4:00 PM
Greensboro at North Carolina, 4:00 PM
Davidson at North Carolina, 5:30 PM
Northern Illinois at Bellarmine, 6:00 PM
Maryland at Morgan State, 6:00 PM
Michigan at Columbia, 7:00 PM
Pittsburgh at Iowa, 8:30 PM (7:30 PM)
Oklahoma State at Air Force, 9:30 PM (7:30 PM)

Saturday, November 22:

Campbell at Lucha Open, Douglasville, GA, 9:00 AM
*Northern Colorado at Younes Hospitality Open, Kearney, NE, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM)
Mercyhurst at VMI, 11:00 AM
Hofstra at Pennsylvania, 12:00 PM
Duke vs. Mercyhurst at VMI, 1:00 PM
Duke at VMI, 3:00 PM
*Wyoming at California Baptist, 9:00 PM (6:00 PM)

Sunday, November 23:

Bloomsburg, Brown, Clarion, Cornell, George Mason, Morgan State, Sacred Heart at Big Red Invitational, hosted by Ithaca, 9:00 AM
*Central Michigan, Drexel, Edinboro, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Hofstra, Lock Haven, Michigan State, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Virginia Tech at PRTC Keystone Classic, hosted by Pennsylvania, 9:30 AM
Appalachian State, Ohio at Mountaineer Open, hosted by Appalachian State, 10:00 AM
Army West Point, Binghamton, Buffalo, Chattanooga, Columbia, Gardner-Webb, LIU, Penn State at Black Knight Invitational, hosted by Army West Point, 10:00 AM
Air Force, Cal Poly, California Baptist, CSU Bakersfield, Oregon State, Stanford at Roadrunner Open, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, 12:00 PM (9:00 AM)
Northwestern at Princeton, 12:00 PM
Maryville at SIU Edwardsville, 12:00 PM (11:00 AM)
Rider at West Virginia, 1:00 PM
*Virginia at Michigan, 2:00 PM
North Dakota State at Northern Iowa, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM)
*Oklahoma State at Arizona State, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM)
*Purdue at Davidson, 3:00 PM
Indiana at Oklahoma, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM)
Aurora at SIU Edwardsville, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM)

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[buckshot]

I'm convinced that the people in charge of NCAA wrestling have one goal and it's to make the sport as unattractive as possible to ensure lack of fan interest. If they cared one iota they'd have big matches scheduled at least 3 out of 7 days each week. If basketball can have games on ESPN every night wrestling should be able to schedule top-20 matchups 3 days a week. In reality they ought to be able to have a decent event every night so 3 days a week shouldn't be too much to ask.

[SetonHallPirate]

21 minutes ago, buckshot said:

I'm convinced that the people in charge of NCAA wrestling have one goal and it's to make the sport as unattractive as possible to ensure lack of fan interest. If they cared one iota they'd have big matches scheduled at least 3 out of 7 days each week. If basketball can have games on ESPN every night wrestling should be able to schedule top-20 matchups 3 days a week. In reality they ought to be able to have a decent event every night so 3 days a week shouldn't be too much to ask.

Nobody is in charge of NCAA Wrestling in that regard. Basketball does it because ESPN basically says that they get to show up on TV at X time on Mondays, or Y time on Tuesdays, etc. Wrestling doesn't have that situation, so they schedule things to minimize class time missed, which means they compete on weekends.

The only other sport that competes on weekdays as regularly as basketball is golf, and that's because the courses used are often only available during the week.