With expansion next year, the Big Sky is going to a new post-season tournament format: 7 teams, all games hosted by the regular season champion, with the top seed getting a first-round bye. The regular season will include 20 conference games, with conference play beginning Dec. 17.
With bracketbuster commitments filling two slots each season, teams will only have 7 non-conference games to schedule. That's good from the logistics standpoint, but tough on teams like Idaho State that have to play a lot of "money games" in non-conference. There will be very few opportunities to bring in good non-conference opponents. That will be off-set somewhat by the fact there will be 10 home conference games.
This format will be used by both the men and women.
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With bracketbuster commitments filling two slots each season, teams will only have 7 non-conference games to schedule. That's good from the logistics standpoint, but tough on teams like Idaho State that have to play a lot of "money games" in non-conference. There will be very few opportunities to bring in good non-conference opponents. That will be off-set somewhat by the fact there will be 10 home conference games.
This format will be used by both the men and women.
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