The Pac 12 typically plays Thursday-Saturday (or Friday-Sunday games). I can see games involving UCLA/USC having this kind of setup. A nice recruiting angle for all the other Big 10 schools is an annual three-day winter trip to SoCal. OK, not for all years - but most years.
Thoughts on playing USC and UCLA
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The Pac 12 typically plays Thursday-Saturday (or Friday-Sunday games). I can see games involving UCLA/USC having this kind of setup. A nice recruiting angle for all the other Big 10 schools is an annual three-day winter trip to SoCal. OK, not for all years - but most years.
This is how the Pac 12 has typically scheduled conference games. It helps that the Pac 12 has nice symmetry with two teams in each state/region.
I see no problem with the whole conference shifting towards this model. If 3 games in a row away is too much, road trips can entail a pair of games. Every team in the conference is within a 4 hour drive of another team. It works both ways. Playing Iowa and Nebraska over one trip means we’re home straight for longer stretches too. It’s not that big of a deal to fly out Thursday, play Friday - drive after game 4 hours. Rest Saturday. Play Sunday and go home.
I did not know that, I checked AZ's schedule, even their home games are like that.
No 3 game trips, but the same principle.
It's perfect for them - teams match up by state or at least sort of
Split league into East/West division.
Play home/home against the teams in your division = 14 games
Play 1 game against teams not in your division = 8 games
22 games
Play home/home against the teams in your division = 14 games
Play 1 game against teams not in your division = 8 games
22 games
I kinda like this.
Come Big Ten Tournament time would you seed everyone 1-16 or would you have teams seeded 1-8 in their division and winner of East bracket plays winner of West bracket?
I like the idea of doing smaller tourneys among divisions with teams seeded 1-8 and then East Champ vs West Champ for the B1G Champ Game.
One East plays 8 West first round and so on. That reduces likelihood of playing multiple teams in your division 3 times over the course of the year. So for example, RU (#1 East) plays Nebraska first round and UCLA plays Indiana (#8) and so on.
