BSC meetings and new schedule plans

[heyoh22]

The Big Sky is meeting in SLC and plans for the expanded schedule for basketball is on the agenda. Interesting notes from the article:
- 10 conference home games
- redone conference tournament, possibly including 8 or all 11 teams
- having to play on the road lowers RPI (glad they recognize this)
- neutral site conference tourney looks like it is back-burnered, too many downsides, not enough up.

Good article and recap.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/sports/article_748e7ab6-85c3-11e0-8d4a-001cc4c03286.html

 

[n.ogdencat]

Nice find Heyoh!!!

I liked Rahe's quotes. As for playing on the road, one thing I've noticed, especially when playing at bigger venues, that the officiating isn't the fairest. I don't mind tournaments, especially at a neutral court, it seemed that the best officiating I saw this year, was in Alaska.

As for the end of season conference tournament, I think the Regular Season winner should host and that it should go to an 8 team format.

 

[n.ogdencat]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigsky/home.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; some additional information on Big Sky basketball...

 

[weberwildcat]

8 team tourney sounds pretty cool since we will have 11 teams. i liked the current format of 6 of 9 better than before unc joined when it was 6 of 8. there really is no point in having all 11 in the tourney unless it is at a neutral site which i dont see changing.

so would it be...

quarterfinal
1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

then semifinal and final

the only difference other than 2 more teams in is the top 2 seeds play in the quarterfinal instead of the bye.

 

[heyoh22]

Thx, Tal. Funny, but some of the officials that did our games in Alaska were from Arizona, so they must have to cast a pretty wide net to get any coverage.
Wasn't the Big Sky ref I think named Casas (sp?) in Alaska too? He did us no favors in most games.

 

[n.ogdencat]

Casas!! YIKES!! Definitely the worst or the worst. If the game is on a neutral court, and he is with officials from other conferences, he is a bit more fair, but you could tell that he was trying to get a spot in the PAC-12 with his performance at Utah and Oregon. Talk about awful!! He should be fired from the Big Sky for his one-sided performances.