Pac-12 Scheduling Standards

[kcg88]

Should be adopted by the Big Ten ASAP

As expected, the conference announced it will implement minimum standards for non-conference basketball schedules beginning in 2020-21:

“The approved new non-conference scheduling standards include the following elements:

“(i) a non-Conference five-year trailing average of opponents’ NET ranking must be 175 or less,

“(ii) no participation in road buy games,

“(iii) no regular season games against non-Division I opponents and

“(iv) no road games versus a non-conference opponent with a five-year trailing average of 200 NET.

 

[littlenis5]

Not to be conspiracy guy, but is it possible that the power conferences are trying to make it harder to schedule mid-major teams so that big conferences will get more at-large bids? If mid major schools have no opportunities to play power conference teams, it might be impossible for them to get a NET score worthy of a bid

 

[kcg88]

Not to be conspiracy guy, but is it possible that the power conferences are trying to make it harder to schedule mid-major teams so that big conferences will get more at-large bids? If mid major schools have no opportunities to play power conference teams, it might be impossible for them to get a NET score worthy of a bid

Conference re-alignment has had more to do with the littler conferences getting fewer bids.

Louisville, Cincinnati, Utah, Xavier, Wichita State, Temple, Creighton, Memphis, Houston, TCU, UCF, and Marquette (to name a dozen) have all moved up in the past 15 years.

In 2005 the ACC was was 11 teams (it's now 15)

The Big Ten was 11 (it's now 14)

The Pac-10 was 10 (it's now 12)

The SEC was 12 (it's now 14)

The AAC did not exist (it's now 12)

Big East shrunk from 12 to 8. And Big 12 shrunk from 12 to 10. But on the whole that's 17 more teams who are in a major-ish conference than in 2005.

 

[Russ Wood]

Not to be conspiracy guy, but is it possible that the power conferences are trying to make it harder to schedule mid-major teams so that big conferences will get more at-large bids? If mid major schools have no opportunities to play power conference teams, it might be impossible for them to get a NET score worthy of a bid

This is a by-product of the 20-game conference schedule (which the Pac-12 is adopting) and the NET.

However, why any P5 conference team would play in a road buy game is beyond my comprehension. At that point just admit that you shouldn't be in a P5 conference and join the AAC, A-10, WCC or something.

 

[Local Shill]

Conference re-alignment has had more to do with the littler conferences getting fewer bids.

Louisville, Cincinnati, Utah, Xavier, Wichita State, Temple, Creighton, Memphis, Houston, TCU, UCF, and Marquette (to name a dozen) have all moved up in the past 15 years.

In 2005 the ACC was was 11 teams (it's now 15)

The Big Ten was 11 (it's now 14)

The Pac-10 was 10 (it's now 12)

The SEC was 12 (it's now 14)

The AAC did not exist (it's now 12)

Big East shrunk from 12 to 8. And Big 12 shrunk from 12 to 10. But on the whole that's 17 more teams who are in a major-ish conference than in 2005.

Big East has 10.

 

[kcg88]

Big East has 10.

Whoops