No matter what you think of the tip-off times this year as they relate to your viewing pleasure, the tip-off time for the championship game is unquestionably stupid.

Traditionally, the championship game is the final game of the tournament, giving the finalists a full 24 hours rest (well, maybe like 22 for one of them). For some reason, today's tip-off time means Duke is playing ~19 hours after its semifinal game ended and Gonzaga is playing ~16 hours later. 16 hours?! Even if Gonzaga hustled its guys through postgame media demands, etc., they probably hit the hay like 10-12 hours before today's start.

Who the hell came up with this great idea? I know these tournaments are squeezed into as little time as possible due to travel, TV, etc., but it was a really nice touch last year for the PK80 organizers to have a day off between the semifinal round and the final round.