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One of the Marshall posters put this in the Reddit thread referenced above:

I emailed the senior commissioner and brought this up in January. I've been to Memphis, Birmingham, and Tulsa to support my Herd but won't be in Frisco this year. Here is her reply:

The current championship format was selected for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we wanted to give each institution (and fan base) the ability to see both their men’s and women’s basketball teams compete at the Conference championship. With our previous format, we were split between two venues and often times because of the way the seeds played out, an institution’s men’s team and women’s team could be playing at the same time. When such instances occurred, administration had to split up bands, cheer and staff and it forced fans to choose between supporting one gender over the other. In the current format, the women’s teams play in the first session of the day and the men’s teams play in the second session of the day for the first two days of the event. On Friday for the semifinals, we will play all games on one court.

Also, with both courts being in the same venue, there actually will be an opportunity for you to view both games at the same time. The courts will be separated by curtaining but if a fan wants to see all the action, they can select a seat that will give them that viewpoint.

Our staff, men’s and women’s head coaches, Conference Athletics Directors and Presidents analyzed many different options and our member schools ultimately voted on the current format for the 2018 and 2019 Conference USA Championships.

We hope you change your mind on attending the Championship as we would love to see you here in Frisco in a few weeks.