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CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2010 4:19 pm
by CalallenStang
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/201 ... mmissioner

Look for a really easy schedule next year:

"C-USA also will pay schools a share of basketball postseason revenue based on each nonconference win, giving members more incentive to follow the scheduling guidelines."

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 12:21 am
by Wuba
Conference USA men's basketball teams will begin following the same division system in college football. Previously, the teams perceived to be among the strongest played each other twice a year.


Hilarious, so assuming that Memphis was perceived to be among the strongest, I guess that means they perceived SMU to be among the strongest as well since they played each other twice a year lately...

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:40 am
by RGV Pony
Wuba wrote:
Conference USA men's basketball teams will begin following the same division system in college football. Previously, the teams perceived to be among the strongest played each other twice a year.


Hilarious, so assuming that Memphis was perceived to be among the strongest, I guess that means they perceived SMU to be among the strongest as well since they played each other twice a year lately...


they play twice a year because Doh requested as much at the CUSA meetings his first year here

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:35 am
by Wuba
RGV Pony wrote:
Wuba wrote:
Conference USA men's basketball teams will begin following the same division system in college football. Previously, the teams perceived to be among the strongest played each other twice a year.


Hilarious, so assuming that Memphis was perceived to be among the strongest, I guess that means they perceived SMU to be among the strongest as well since they played each other twice a year lately...


they play twice a year because Doh requested as much at the CUSA meetings his first year here


I remember him saying that, but it certainly is not consistent with the quote above about them scheduling the best teams against each other.

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:43 am
by MustangIcon
CalallenStang wrote:http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-05-17/sports/os-cusa-notes-0518-20100517_1_scheduling-britton-banowsky-c-usa-commissioner

Look for a really easy schedule next year:

"C-USA also will pay schools a share of basketball postseason revenue based on each nonconference win, giving members more incentive to follow the scheduling guidelines."


CUSA has always paid teams based on their OOC record. Doherty stated this on his radio show at TEN Sports Grill a couple seasons ago as a reason for scheduling softer OOC- $$$.

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 12:12 pm
by CalallenStang
RGV Pony wrote:
Wuba wrote:
Conference USA men's basketball teams will begin following the same division system in college football. Previously, the teams perceived to be among the strongest played each other twice a year.


Hilarious, so assuming that Memphis was perceived to be among the strongest, I guess that means they perceived SMU to be among the strongest as well since they played each other twice a year lately...


they play twice a year because Doh requested as much at the CUSA meetings his first year here


If I remember right Calipari was complaining because UTEP didn't want to play Memphis twice and he said that "no one will play the Tigers twice by choice" and Doherty stood up and said "We will!"

Re: CUSA wants to dumb down Nonconference Hoops schedules

PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 2:56 pm
by max the wonder dog
Here's the Memphis paper's take on the same story. They refer to it as "fine tuning" the schedule.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/may/23/c-usa-fine-tuning-rpi/