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Big Ten Announces Changes to Format of Future Basketball Schedules - Transic_nyc - 10-19-2017 05:02 PM http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101917aab.html Quote:The Big Ten Conference Administrators Council approved a change to the format of future men’s and women’s basketball schedules at its annual meeting last week. Beginning with the 2018-19 season, the men’s basketball schedule will increase to 20 conference games and the women’s basketball schedule will feature 18 conference games. RE: Big Ten Announces Changes to Format of Future Basketball Schedules - ohio1317 - 10-21-2017 07:37 AM Tried to figure out how this would work and think I got it. The "regional opponents" are almost certainly going to be: Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, and Rutgers. Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota -That makes sense for everyone except Ohio State who doesn't identify as an east coast school and has stronger history elsewhere, but I can see how they came to it even if not a fan of the grouping (OSU was simply odd man out). So the schedules look like this: Michigan/Michigan State/Illinois/Northwestern/Indiana/Purdue: -Home and home every year vs. instate team -Play home and home with other 12 schools every other year (with 6 extra games) Other 8 schools: -Start with a schedule of playing everyone home and home every other year outside of your "regional opponents" (10 teams, 15 games a year) -Will play 5 games vs. your "regional opponents" every year meaning a home and home with 2 of the 3 each year on a rotation basis (hence the 6 year cycle). On a personal level, I don't really like the regional grouping from an Ohio State fan perspective (I personally get most excited playing Michigan followed by Wisconsin and Indiana), but I like the 20 games a year in conference and think it works out well for everyone else there. It also still only amounts to one extra game vs. each of the 3 eastern schools over 6 year vs. anyone else and we still at least get everyone else more too. In short, not exactly what I was looking for, but I'll take it given how it makes sense for the other 13 schools and the 20 game schedule. |