With a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. ET, college football fans flocked to ESPN to see the latest release of the College Football Playoff Top 25, as chosen by the selection committee. Instead, they were greeted by a tight men’s basketball game between USC and Seton Hall at the Maui Invitational—one that had most of the second half to go before it would end.
The game followed an 81–70 win for NC State over Boise State, and because of delays in the game typical of college hoops games and the break between contests, ESPN’s schedule of programming wound up being pretty significantly backed up. USC would ultimately come out on top, avoiding overtime with an 83–81 win in Maui.
