(02-24-2018 10:37 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(02-24-2018 10:24 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  I bet they won’t agree on a #12 and Murray gets screwed.

Why do they need a #12 when 11 is perfect size for a 20 game schedule?

Good point. A lot of posters worry excessively about the difficulty for the intern to use scheduling software to make a schedule with 11 schools. The horror of each school have 2 bye days over an 11 week schedule or alternately playing a December game in conference for TV exposure. How inhuman to demand an intern input 11 schools and their gym available dates into the software instead of 10; The horror!

But I also think 20 games is a separate issue. You have some tight parameters to work with, such as the date of Arch Madness (a week later might not get TV coverage, or as much attention), and the beginning of league play (already starts December 22nd-28th for first games), and compactness (I guess you could play 3 games in one of the weeks, especially at the start of January before classes get going, but is that ideal?). So I'd put that separate from a decision to take an 11th.

They may prefer 12, but why push for the 12th immediately if the right candidate isn't there? Things are likely to shake up in the next few years, making a better choice down the road available than today. This is an option that should be considered.

That said, a few posters on the MVC board hardly constitute a decision by the MVC to add anyone. So I'd be skeptical of all this.