(04-20-2017 10:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  I just love idiots who think the RR is so ******* precious and needs to be protected at all costs.

The round robin is valuable due to the guaranteed home/home for all teams, which is a conference benefit considering all teams have an athletic focus towards men's basketball. It does not need to be protected at all costs, but until a realistic "fit" emerges, the potential advantage of adding programs via expansion is not as valuable as keeping the current collection of teams and the round robin set up.

Having a round robin in college basketball is the ideal conference set up.

Hypothetically, adding a VCU/Dayton would not be worth it to eliminate the round robin - so, if/when expansion occurs, the additions need to outweigh the costs of getting rid of it.