RE: CAA Expansion
If those three teams join, Hofstra could be travel partners with Stony Brook, and you could be travel partners with Monmouth, meaning the northernmost two would not be partners. Hampton is near W&M, but in order for them to be travel partners Towson would have to be partners with Elon. If there are two divisions of six, and teams play three home and three away games against the other division, teams could make a two game trip and a one game trip to the other division. Alternatively, the CAA could make three pods of four like they do for Football (but won't be able to do if those teams join to make more than twelve Football teams). Teams could play two games against their pod (2x3 = 6, teams don't play themselves), two games against one other pod (2x4 = 8), and one game against one other pod (1x4 = 4), to keep 18 games. Let's call the pods North (N), Central ©, and South (S), and make teams N1, N2, N3, N4, C1, C2, C3, C4, S1, S2, S3, and S4. Here's the schedule for an N team against the other pods in a four season rotation:
1. Two games vs. each C, host S1 and S2, go to S3 and S4
2. Two games vs. each C, host S3 and S4, go to S1 and S2
3. Two games vs. each S, host C1 and C2, go to C3 and C4
4, Two games vs. each S, host C3 and C4, go to C1 and C2
When the CAA had 12 teams, they made a six season rotation.
If the plan is to make the CAA Tournament have seeds within divisions, they will choose two divisions over three pods. If the plan is to seed teams from 1 to 12, three pods is fine. I prefer the latter.
(This post was last modified: 01-16-2022 07:42 PM by EvanJ.)
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