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Any talk of SEC Basketball scheduling with 14 teams?
Posted on 11/10/11 at 7:53 am
Posted on 11/10/11 at 7:53 am
Will it be a round robin (home and away) within each division, and play each team from the opposite division once, home or away?
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Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:08 am to Smoke Ring
That's what we do now. And no I haven't seen this discussed anywhere. There was talk last year of eliminating divisions for basketball but I can't remember what was decided.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:20 am to angryslugs
No more divisions in basketball.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:28 am to mre
Surely there's no way to do a full SEC round robin, home and away, all teams?!? That's a lot of conference basketball. 
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:32 am to Smoke Ring
Well there was, but two teams from the midwest kind of screwed that up. :p
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:37 am to mre
Whatever Texas is, it ain't the MIDWEST. 
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:45 am to Smoke Ring
The coaches were not receptive to a 22 game schedule, and did not want to expand past 16 games. I am guessing we will see the schedule include playing 5 teams twice and the other 8 once for 18 games.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 8:45 am to Smoke Ring
Middle of the country and west of Alabama. :p
Posted on 11/10/11 at 9:54 am to mre
quote:So, you're throwing Louisiana and Arkansas in there, too. Fayetteville is considerably further west than Columbia.
Middle of the country and west of Alabama. :p
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:19 am to mre
quote:I thought that there were still divisions for the regular season but then not for the tournament.
No more divisions in basketball
Like this coming season, a team will play 16 games - home and home with the five teams in their division and then three home and three away with the other division.
However, when you get to the tourney, seeds will be overall, so you could potentially have 3 or 4 teams from one division with Thursday byes as opposed to the old way of having the top two east and top two west teams get byes.
Next year could be interesting - would have to go to a 19 game conference schedule with 6+6+7, unless you don't play everyone in the opposite division.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:34 am to PJinAtl
I think that setup is just for this season because the schedules were already determined. I don't think the divisional scheduling was supposed to continue past this season.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:37 am to bgator85
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The coaches were not receptive to a 22 game schedule, and did not want to expand past 16 games. I am guessing we will see the schedule include playing 5 teams twice and the other 8 once for 18 games.
I think you are correct. Not sure how the opponents each team plays twice will be chosen though. It could be completely be a rotation, could be permanent opponents, or could be determined by the TV people.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 11:08 am to PJinAtl
No, there is no divisions starting this season.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 11:32 am to bgator85
They're going to have to go back to divisions next year with the addition of A&M and Mizzou.
Play 19 conference games. That's around what the Big East has been playing the last few years.
Play 19 conference games. That's around what the Big East has been playing the last few years.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 12:08 pm to BayouBengals03
None of the other major conferences has divisions in basketball.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 12:21 pm to twk
I have no problem throwing half of Arkansas up there. Louisiana? Nah.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 12:56 pm to mre
Posted on 11/10/11 at 1:25 pm to Smoke Ring
You have to know what you are dealing with here. Half of these gumps have never made it West of Gordo,AL.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 3:11 pm to mre
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No more divisions in basketball.
There may not be division standings but aren't teams still going to play each team from their division twice and each team from the other division once?
That's the same way the Big 12 used to do it. We had one conference standing but we played the other Big 12 north teams twice and the Big 12 south teams once. Wasn't always fair but it worked out.
Couldn't the expanded SEC do the same thing. Play each division team home and away and the other division once for a 19 game schedule? 19 games seems like a lot but both the Big 12 and Big East are now playing 18 game schedules so I doubt one more game makes a huge difference.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 3:48 pm to Smoke Ring
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Whatever Texas is, it ain't the MIDWEST.
Ain't SOUTHEAST either.
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