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If the SEC did Conference USA's "bonus play" schedule for the last 4 games.......
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:37 am
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:37 am
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Conference USA announced its “bonus play” schedule on Sunday. This is the second year the league has used this format, in which teams play their first 14 games as scheduled and then are placed in three pods based on their records. They then play their final four games in those pods, and only the top 12 teams will be seeded in the conference tournament.
The idea is to improve the schedule numbers of the best conference teams and to send more league members to the postseason. C-USA will be a one-bid league regardless, but this could help with NIT selections and possibly the NCAA Tournament seeding for the conference tournament champ. It would be interesting to see this format in use in other leagues that might have at-large candidates. Anyway, your Group 1 for bonus play is North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Florida International and Charlotte.
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HOW BONUS PLAY WORKS
After all 14 C-USA schools have played one another, teams will be grouped into one of three pods: the top five, middle five and bottom four teams in the standings. Teams will play the opponents in their pod during Feb. 22-March 7, and each team will play two home and two road games.
Regardless how a team does in Pod Play, each team will remain in its respective group for the C-USA Tournament: if the No. 6 team goes 4-0 in Pod Play and the No. 5 team goes 0-4, the No. 6 team can't finish higher than sixth and thus can't be higher than a sixth seed in the conference tournament.
POD 1 - Top Five
Kentucky
Auburn
LSU
Florida
South Carolina
POD 2 - Next Five
Mississippi State
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Missouri (wins tiebreaker with OM/Arky due to HtH)
POD 3 - Last 4
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Not sure how much this would really help the SEC, but I do like it for a large mid-major conference. Definitely helps them possibly get an at-large bid or 2.
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 9:38 am
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Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:41 am to SummerOfGeorge
If your entire goal was the NCAA Tournament and you made these pods by NET Rankings. Gives teams more shots, limits bad loss possibilities and increases SOS of all your tournament hopefuls.
POD 1 - Top Five
#24 Kentucky
#25 Auburn
#29 LSU
#35 Florida
#36 Alabama
POD 2 - Next Five
#48 Arkansas
#53 Mississippi St
#62 Tennessee
#64 South Carolina
#81 Ole Miss
POD 3 - Last 4
#88 Missouri
#100 Georgia
#134 Texas A&M
#148 Vanderbilt
POD 1 - Top Five
#24 Kentucky
#25 Auburn
#29 LSU
#35 Florida
#36 Alabama
POD 2 - Next Five
#48 Arkansas
#53 Mississippi St
#62 Tennessee
#64 South Carolina
#81 Ole Miss
POD 3 - Last 4
#88 Missouri
#100 Georgia
#134 Texas A&M
#148 Vanderbilt
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 9:46 am
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:56 am to SummerOfGeorge
It was an innovative plan and give them credit for going with it but I think at the end of the day
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Not sure how much this would really help the SEC, but I do like it for a large mid-major conference. Definitely helps them possibly get an at-large bid or 2.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:38 am to SummerOfGeorge
Feel like that would be bad for the SEC to get more bids.
A bubble team like Mississippi State loses the opportunity to beat good teams to get into the tournament. All those first pod teams are probably in, but it just makes it harder for the bubble teams to get in.
A bubble team like Mississippi State loses the opportunity to beat good teams to get into the tournament. All those first pod teams are probably in, but it just makes it harder for the bubble teams to get in.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 3:48 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Don’t think this is going to work for C-USA. Just more chances for losses for the top teams.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 3:58 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Its certainly intriguing, but if they are going to be a 1 bid league what is it really accomplishing?
I would argue it would actually benefit a league like ours more by providing potential SOS boosting games at the end for several bubble teams. It could also result in the league cannibalizing itself. But it would provide a few bubbles teams with the possibility to play better games than potentially having a few bottom feeders scheduled at the end and theres nothing that can be done about it.
At the very least its an interesting concept, so hats off to them for thinking outside the box and doing it. I didnt realize they did this last season.
I would argue it would actually benefit a league like ours more by providing potential SOS boosting games at the end for several bubble teams. It could also result in the league cannibalizing itself. But it would provide a few bubbles teams with the possibility to play better games than potentially having a few bottom feeders scheduled at the end and theres nothing that can be done about it.
At the very least its an interesting concept, so hats off to them for thinking outside the box and doing it. I didnt realize they did this last season.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 4:01 pm to SummerOfGeorge
This is smart. We should do this after playing everyone.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 4:03 pm to UKWildcats
Ill add, if nothing else, as a UK guy, Id welcome the opportunity to finish the season with nothing but the top SEC teams that season on our schedule.
I hate the locked in finale. Somehow we ended up with Florida. Florida is not a rival. If you want that, then put Tennessee as our last game. Otherwise we need to be finishing with whomever is the top competition in a given season. All of you know the leagues history and know different schools have had runs of success. Right now LSU and Auburn are the two. It was Florida before that. Then it was Mississippi State. Then Arkansas. Then LSU. And so on we go backwards in time.
Anyway...the SEC basketball scheduling needs to be fixed because our current model is dogshit.
I hate the locked in finale. Somehow we ended up with Florida. Florida is not a rival. If you want that, then put Tennessee as our last game. Otherwise we need to be finishing with whomever is the top competition in a given season. All of you know the leagues history and know different schools have had runs of success. Right now LSU and Auburn are the two. It was Florida before that. Then it was Mississippi State. Then Arkansas. Then LSU. And so on we go backwards in time.
Anyway...the SEC basketball scheduling needs to be fixed because our current model is dogshit.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 4:11 pm to UKWildcats
They are trying to match the top teams up.
Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season the SEC standings are
Kentucky 35-13
Tennessee 34-14
Auburn 33-15
LSU 33-15
No one else with fewer than 20 losses.
Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn all have double round robins with each other this year.
You have to think LSU will get a little tougher schedule next year after two years of getting a nice break.
Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season the SEC standings are
Kentucky 35-13
Tennessee 34-14
Auburn 33-15
LSU 33-15
No one else with fewer than 20 losses.
Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn all have double round robins with each other this year.
You have to think LSU will get a little tougher schedule next year after two years of getting a nice break.
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 2/17/20 at 4:22 pm to volfan30
Yea - it should be noted that the SEC would have had a different schedule to date if this is what they were doing.
The first 13 games would be round robin play everybody once, then your #2 conference games would basically be determined by SOS.
For instance, to date Alabama has played 5 games against Auburn/LSU/Kentucky (3 of them on the road) compared to
- Florida (2)
- South Carolina (2)
- Tennessee (2)
The first 13 games would be round robin play everybody once, then your #2 conference games would basically be determined by SOS.
For instance, to date Alabama has played 5 games against Auburn/LSU/Kentucky (3 of them on the road) compared to
- Florida (2)
- South Carolina (2)
- Tennessee (2)
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 4:24 pm
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