But between games, with the bus in a parking lot adjacent to the soccer field, players and coaches sat with laptops, fielding e-mail messages and doing homework -- basically turning the bus into a Wi-Fi cafe, said Cody Bingham, the bus driver for the trip.
It is worth to mention there is a difference between games with equal gains from switching and games with independent random payoff entires on the population dynamics.
The rivalry began in 1933, starting with a 56-0 Giants victory that was sandwiched between games with the Boston Redskins and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
There was also a matter of the music being played between games with themes of rain and thunder.
They must travel to No. 9 Virginia (18-6) between games with Florida State and North Carolina State, nontournament teams.
For those first two sets, when he could do no wrong, and Ferrero could do nothing right, Costa shuffled across the court between games with his eyes fixed resolutely on the floor.
To put Melbourne's turnaround disadvantage into context, just three other teams have four short turnarounds while every club has 11 or more long breaks between games with the exception of Melbourne and Canterbury (nine).
"The environment is so different from the other courts there, from the sheer size of the stadium to the elements that occur between games, with the N.B.A.-style show and the music and questions and people talking on microphones and answering questions from the crowd on changeovers," he said.
Tempers frayed after the players made contact at the net between games, with Murray going on to tell Rosol across the court: "No-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you".
