I get the workaround, which is usually reserved for a previous game going to OT or just running really long, but how is it the previous game was assigned a 90 minute time slot? What kind of bullshit were they trying to pull? Was the MAC office aware of this?
My Directv guide showed that the Houston-Memphis was supposed to start around 5:30 pm and go to 7:30. Ohio and Buffalo had the 7:30 to 9:30 slot. But for some reason Memphis-Houston didn't start until 6 pm. The Wichita-Cincy game started at 3 pm and was done around 5:15, so the Houston game would've started a little late. I haven't seen any reason for such a long delay between games.
My gripe with ESPN is that when 7:30 rolled around and there was still about 15 minutes left in the Houston game, they didn't inform anybody that the Ohio game was moved to ESPNews. If we had been from a "P" conference, they would have put the info in neon. I guess they eventually did get the word out, but at 7:30 ESPNews was still running "World of X Games."
The MAC should also find out why ESPN didn't put the trophy presentation on ESPN+. They did it for all the "P" conferences they covered but not for any of the other D1 conferences. Another indication that ESPN considers the MAC a second-class conference. If ESPN isn't going to do it, the MAC should have it live on its website.