Mountain West Conference changes 2020-21 basketball slate

Then-sophomore guard Adam Seiko drives to the hoop during the Aztecs’ 66-49 win over the University of San Diego on Nov. 20, 2019 at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego.Earlier today, the Mountain West Conference announced a 20-game men’s and women’s basketball conference-only schedule to comply with each county, local and state COVID-19 guidelines of each university. The conference slate is expected to be played in 11 weeks.

This changes the original conference schedule that was unveiled a month ago from 18 games to 20.

In the new conference slate, MWC teams will play each other in a two-game series in the same week with a one-day break in between games in order to prevent the spread of…