GoldenWarrior11 wrote:any expansion would eliminate the round robin format,
GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an odd number of teams cause scheduling issues for conference games? At least one team would always need to be on a bye for the days the games are produced (specifically, the NYE Marathon we currently employ). It would also eliminate 2 OOC games. The only other conference that I know of that has an odd number of teams is the Horizon League, but they just have 9 teams (16 total conference games).
And I know you were just using them as an ideal example, but Notre Dame just won the ACC Tournament. They have an ideal scheduling alliance with a P5 conference. They aren't going anywhere for a long time.
NJRedman wrote:I say go to 14 with WSU, VCU, Dayton and Gonzaga. That'll get everyone's attention.
GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an odd number of teams cause scheduling issues for conference games? At least one team would always need to be on a bye for the days the games are produced (specifically, the NYE Marathon we currently employ). It would also eliminate 2 OOC games. The only other conference that I know of that has an odd number of teams is the Horizon League, but they just have 9 teams (16 total conference games).
And I know you were just using them as an ideal example, but Notre Dame just won the ACC Tournament. They have an ideal scheduling alliance with a P5 conference. They aren't going anywhere for a long time.
NJRedman wrote:I say go to 14 with WSU, VCU, Dayton and Gonzaga. That'll get everyone's attention.
NJRedman wrote:I say go to 14 with WSU, VCU, Dayton and Gonzaga. That'll get everyone's attention.
Bluejay wrote:NJRedman wrote:I say go to 14 with WSU, VCU, Dayton and Gonzaga. That'll get everyone's attention.
The problem with that is that at least two of those head coaches are likely to be at other programs in the next 2 years.
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