Shuffling Big 12 eyes 20-game men's hoops slate
The Big 12 is preparing to play a 20-game conference schedule in men's basketball and an 18-game women's schedule as it prepares to lose two schools and gain four others.
20-game MBB B12 schedule
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makes sense, I think a 20 game basketball conference schedule is the future of high major basketball. Same should go for a 9 game conference football schedule. I heard news the SEC is thinking about going to 20 games as well but I'm not sure if they confirmed it or not.
Unlike football, I don't mind losing a few non-conference games for basketball. Apart from a tournament and the (Eastern) Iowa game, I'm not that interested, except for the first few games where you get to see the new players.
HEY! You gave me crap for talking about a 20 game conference schedule like two weeks ago!Shuffling Big 12 eyes 20-game men's hoops slate
The Big 12 is preparing to play a 20-game conference schedule in men's basketball and an 18-game women's schedule as it prepares to lose two schools and gain four others.www.espn.com
Did I...?
I've always been in support of more "quality" games and fewer cupcakes.
I think I was advocating (as much as anybody is going to listen to me) for a 22-game conference slate back when we thought the New Big 12 was going to have 12 teams instead of the currently projected 16.
22 home-and-home against the Big 12
1 Iowa
1 Big Ten challenge
1 Big East challenge
3 non-con tournament
3 cupcakes
= 31
Fewer homes games, sure, more losses, sure, but that's a much more interesting schedule to watch.
Obviously that can't happen now with 16 and maybe more incoming.
So, if I did... and I don't think I did but maybe I did... oops.
I wonder if this is a prelude to going to 18 teams (most likely Gonzaga and Connecticut) next season.
The 20 game schedule is better for tv and will help with metrics that impact making the tournament. More money sounds great to me.
Anything to reduce the number of boring games in November and December against low majors I am cool with.
3x2 = 6 --> locked home-and-home against your "football pod" (e.g., ISU, KU, KSU, and Colorado)
2x2 = 4 --> rotating home-and-home against two other of the remaining 12 Big 12 teams (six-year cycle)
12x1 = 12 --> home OR away against the remaining 12 teams
So ISU could end up in a home/away with KU, KSU, Colorado and say randomly TCU and WVU and then once with everybody else. This, of course, could blow up if you suddenly are adding Gonzaga.
I think you need a few of those as a de facto preseason.
It is fun to let some of the guys at the back of the bench have a chance to play in real games, too.
But after 3-4 of them per season I'm done and want some real opponents.
Orlando can't come fast enough to see what this team can do against its peers.