A CUSA Conference Talk thread is talking about this Statesboro Herald article by the Georgia Southern beat writer that says the Sun Belt Conference is on the verge of adopting a "dyanmic" schedule for its in-conference basketball games that is aimed at assuring that at least two of its members have RPIs and resumes that will get them NCAA tournament bids.

An excerpt relating the gist of the scheme:

Quote:Under the proposed new format, the Sun Belt would split into 6-team East and West divisions. Each team would play home-and-home against the five teams in its division, while playing each team in the opposite division once, with three of those games at home and three on the road.

After those 16 games — around early February — the standings will freeze. The 12 schools will be grouped into four pods of three teams, with the top three comprising one pod, places 4-6 the next pod, and so on. The final four games of each team’s regular season would be a home-and-home series against the other two teams in its pod.

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The teams from the top pod will be guaranteed the top three seeds in the conference tournament, which will only feature 10 teams. ...

In a callback to recent Sun Belt tournaments, the top two seeds will automatically be placed in the semifinals, with the third and fourth seeds sitting in the quarterfinals. The games leading up to the quarterfinals will be played at on-campus sites, hopefully drumming up larger crowds for lower-seeded teams and reducing the cost to the league of playing out an entire week’s worth of games in New Orleans.

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The proposed changes haven’t yet been approved by the Sun Belt, but Adams (*) said that he has received positive feedback after meeting with all 12 member schools.

Then in the last paragraph:

Quote:Conference USA is expected to announce a schedule similar to this structure in the near future,

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>> (*) Mark Adams, an ESPN broadcaster and former collegiate head coach who also runs a consulting business that has taken an interest in benefitting mid-major conferences. <<