(05-12-2020 03:44 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote: 20 MAC games coming and divisions dropped.
Also 8 teams only in post season MAC tournament.
I agree with all this.
https://www.wtol.com/mobile/article/spor...a5a6d8fe3c
I agree w/none of it!
Playing 20 MAC games is suicide for a mid-major conference like the MAC. If this was the WCC, where three teams (Gonzaga, St. Mary's, BYU) dominate the league, that's one thing. But MAC history is loaded with MAC BB teams that rise up down the stretch then win the MAC Tournament, but overall sit in the back of the pack.
There is no dominant MAC BB program. Buffalo, Akron, Kent, Eastern Michigan, Miami, Ball State have all had strong runs. But nothing dominant. That's just not MAC basketball.
MAC BB history is loaded with tiebreakers up and down the standings. Do you want your team designated No. 9 via tiebreaker? I mean, how much did it cost Miami to go to Buffalo and pull a first-round upset? (Remedy? - Stay at 18 games and keep the first round home sites. DUH...).
To think this saves any appreciable $$$ is comical compared to the losses it leads to in regards to recruiting at the beginning of the year, transfers at the end of the year, coaching hiring/firing. This is clearly an administrative decision that did not look at the entire picture.
Remember, the MAC already dictates/mandates BB teams have to play a majority of their non-conference games at home, where the majority can mostly only pay for D2/D3 and HBCUs to come in.
Are teams now allowed to go almost exclusively on the road in non-con to help their budgets? The MAC ADS/Presidents/Commish can have it both ways?
No. None of this is good.