SluSignGuy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 @HoosierPal posted a similar article in the schedule thread, but to get it more attention, I started a new thread https://deadspin.com/conference-usa-is-completely-revamping-its-conference-s-1826386373?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Quote Next season, C-USA’s men’s basketball schedule will look nothing like that of any other Division I conference. Instead of releasing a hard-set regular season conference schedule, C-USA will seed its teams after the opening 14 games of the conference slate. The conference will then face its best teams off against one another over the next four games, with the end goal of placing multiple teams in the NCAA tournament and securing higher seeds for those teams. It’s the old “iron sharpens iron” adage, basically, with some added strength-of-schedule boost built in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said: @HoosierPal posted a similar article in the schedule thread, but to get it more attention, I started a new thread https://deadspin.com/conference-usa-is-completely-revamping-its-conference-s-1826386373?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow This is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 They’ve invented a 2nd conference tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Wasn't this the intent of our league doing something similar? A couple of year ago, there was talk of us playing Dayton twice, VCU twice, and a few others. Which is what we still do but wasn't the thought that higher performing teams would get home and home with higher performing teams, thereby enhancing the internal RPI as best as one could once conference season rolled around. Of course, this would be based on crystal ball projections which can and do fall apart. Just thinking about how Duquesne started the year last year and then fell apart. Mid-level conferences will always be stuck trying to gimmick the heck out of this just to gain a foothold or two into the P5 dominance of Selection Sunday. The bottom line first and foremost is CUSA is bad basketball, in perspective. Their only hope is a recovery at Memphis and I suspect even if Penny Hardaway runs the CUSA table, he'll be outmatched in the Dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, Taj79 said: Wasn't this the intent of our league doing something similar? A couple of year ago, there was talk of us playing Dayton twice, VCU twice, and a few others. Which is what we still do but wasn't the thought that higher performing teams would get home and home with higher performing teams, thereby enhancing the internal RPI as best as one could once conference season rolled around. Of course, this would be based on crystal ball projections which can and do fall apart. Just thinking about how Duquesne started the year last year and then fell apart. Mid-level conferences will always be stuck trying to gimmick the heck out of this just to gain a foothold or two into the P5 dominance of Selection Sunday. The bottom line first and foremost is CUSA is bad basketball, in perspective. Their only hope is a recovery at Memphis and I suspect even if Penny Hardaway runs the CUSA table, he'll be outmatched in the Dance. Memphis is in the American now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I didnt read the whole thing so sorry if in the article. Would they just space out the games, i assume they wouldnt play a conf tourney, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Ooops .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Taj79 said: Wasn't this the intent of our league doing something similar? A couple of year ago, there was talk of us playing Dayton twice, VCU twice, and a few others. Which is what we still do but wasn't the thought that higher performing teams would get home and home with higher performing teams, thereby enhancing the internal RPI as best as one could once conference season rolled around. Of course, this would be based on crystal ball projections which can and do fall apart. Just thinking about how Duquesne started the year last year and then fell apart. Mid-level conferences will always be stuck trying to gimmick the heck out of this just to gain a foothold or two into the P5 dominance of Selection Sunday. The bottom line first and foremost is CUSA is bad basketball, in perspective. Their only hope is a recovery at Memphis and I suspect even if Penny Hardaway runs the CUSA table, he'll be outmatched in the Dance. Yes it was, and maybe still is, the intent of the A10. But the A10 model is based on last year (and historical) results, where this CUSA model is based on current results. With the upcoming squeeze on scheduling higher RPI teams for OOC, this makes sense. Having an in-season correction so to speak might let one bubble team sneak in. Just making this up, but substituting a Davidson game for a Duquesne game this past season could turn the trick for a team. Yes it might mean playing one team four times (double H-H plus via schedule revision plus tourney) but it might be worth it. And I like once your in the top tier, you stay in the top tier for the tourney seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Given the Power 5 protecting its own, C-USA is on to something. This C-USA scheduling scheme appears to be a good idea. The A10 could do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJumpUp Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 WCC is also changing up their conference schedules to lower RPIs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-sun-belt-is-the-latest-to-alter-its-scheduling-in-order-to-enhance-its-ncaa-tournament-chances/ Sun Belt following lead of CUSA and WCC on altering conference schedules. IF, and big IF, any of these three manages to get in an extra team, who looses a bid? You know it won't be the P5 6th, 7th or 8th place team. It will be a mid-major 3rd team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Interesting. I like it. Worth a shot anyway. I'm curious to see how it plays out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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