Deandre Ayton is expecting a lot of “energy” in the Bahamas this week.

Bleary-eyed UA football and basketball fans working on  sleep debt after years of late-night TV broadcasts, might be delighted to know that this week’s Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament has the following schedule:

Wednesday: Arizona v. North Carolina State at 5 p.m.

Thursday: Arizona, if it wins Wednesday, will play either SMU or Northern Iowa at 1 p.m., on ESPN2.

Friday: Arizona, if it reaches the title game, will likely play powerful Villanova at 10 a.m., also on ESPN2.

There’s one catch: Wednesday’s opener against NC State won’t be broadcast on traditional television outlets. It will be on ESPN3. No, it’s not on your cable system, but rather on your laptop.

Best of luck with that.


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