Oregon forward Dillon Brooks, from left, forward Jordan Bell and guard Tyler Dorsey celebrate after defeating Utah in an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Pac-12 Tournament on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in Las Vegas. Oregon won 88-57. (AP Photo/John Locher)

 John Locher

Late-night games kill TV ratingsΒ 

The Oregon-Utah finals of the Pac-12 basketball tournament had a TV audience of 388,000 on Fox Sports 1. That’s not good. Compare it to the Arizona-Wichita State NCAA Tournament game that drew 2.6 million, or the Gonzaga-Utah NCAA game that had a TV audience of 1.8 million. Those late-night starting times are ratings killers.Β 

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