(06-24-2019 05:52 AM)wavefan12 Wrote: (06-24-2019 05:10 AM)TodgeRodge Wrote: the rules allow for divisions to be uneven....they have to be "as even as possible", but they can be uneven
and UConn leaving has nothing to do with needing to change the rules for what he wants
with or without UConn the AAC is in the same position relative to the rules and that is the only way to have the top teams in the conference play in the CCG is to play a full conference round robin
You can’t do a round robin with 11 and you can’t have a CCG without either a round robin or divisions when u have less than 12. It’s really that simple, have my doubts the NCAA would care enough to grant a waiver to the AAC for fear of setting a precedent.
you can have divisions with 11 teams the rule allows for uneven divisions as long as they are "as even as possible"
so an 11 team conference can have divisions of 6 and 5 (they cannot have 7 and 4 because that is not as even as possible)
the MAC was unbalanced in 2000, 2001, and 2007 and had a CCG all three years
the rule changed allowed a CCG with fewer than 12 teams and the requirement that for a conference to put their top two teams in the CCG they had to play a full conference round robin
before that there was no need for that requirement because it was required to have at least 12 teams to have a CCG and no conference was going to play 11 conference games and the CCG would match the division winners
so again the AAC can actually do either under the rule.....they can have the allowed divisions of 6 and 5 and play a divisional round robin and have the division winners in the CCG or they AAC could play 10 conference games and have the two best teams in the CCG
I think the AAC should show everyone they are "P6" and move to 10 conference games because it is a terrible idea and more conference games is horrible for a conference
either way the AAC can have uneven divisions and a CCG as long as the divisions are 6 teams and 5 teams and the division winners are in the CCG
so UConn leaving is no reason at all to need the rule changed