09-15-2020, 02:32 PM
The NCAA will (hopefully) finalize the parameters for the 2020-21 college basketball season tomorrow. Here is the current thinking of how it will go. Some or all of this will surely change as it is debated.
• Season start date - November 21 (or 11/23 or 11/25)
• Minimum number of games played to be considered for the NCAA Tournament - 13 (currently 25) . For schools choosing to play the minimum, all 13 games must be against Division I competition.
• Maximum number of games allowed - 26 (currently 31); 28 if playing in a Multi-Team Event (tournament). Another report set the proposed maximum at 24 or 25 games.
• Schools must play a minimum of 4 non-conference games.
• Conferences will be given flexibility to name their regular season champion as the recipient of their automatic bid. Freeing conferences from the expense of staging a conference tournament, if desired.
• The NCAA Tournament structure and timeline will remain the same - 68 teams, 14 sites beginning in Mid-March.
• Testing will be required 3x a week.
• Season start date - November 21 (or 11/23 or 11/25)
• Minimum number of games played to be considered for the NCAA Tournament - 13 (currently 25) . For schools choosing to play the minimum, all 13 games must be against Division I competition.
• Maximum number of games allowed - 26 (currently 31); 28 if playing in a Multi-Team Event (tournament). Another report set the proposed maximum at 24 or 25 games.
• Schools must play a minimum of 4 non-conference games.
• Conferences will be given flexibility to name their regular season champion as the recipient of their automatic bid. Freeing conferences from the expense of staging a conference tournament, if desired.
• The NCAA Tournament structure and timeline will remain the same - 68 teams, 14 sites beginning in Mid-March.
• Testing will be required 3x a week.