Conference USA's Revamped Conference Schedule

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Second and Chalmers

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This is a clever idea:

https://deadspin.com/conference-usa-is-completely-revamping-its-conference-s-1826386373

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.
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FiveStar

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Desert Illini said:
Sucks for season ticket holders. In addition, the teams that get relegated to the lower tier will suffer in per game ticket sales/attendance. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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The league gets better games in the top tier in theory. More top 100 opportunities in theory. Strength of schedule boost in theory. Increased tourney opportunity in theory. More attractive league in theory.

In reality? We’ll see as you say.
 
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KrushCow31

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Desert Illini said:
Sucks for season ticket holders. In addition, the teams that get relegated to the lower tier will suffer in per game ticket sales/attendance. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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To be fair, it's only 4 out of the 18 games that are played like this.
 
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skyIdub

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Also sucks for teams that struggle early then put it together late?