Conference USA coaches aren’t yet sure how the league’s new late-season scheduling format will play out.
“I really don’t have an answer for that yet,” Western Kentucky coach Rick Stansbury said. “You ask me at the end of the season how it works out and I can probably get a better feel for it.”
The new format divides teams into tiers (1-5, 6-10, 11-14) based on standings after the first 14 C-USA games. Teams play a round-robin schedule within their tiers over their final four games leading up to the conference tournament.
The idea is that teams in the at-large hunt can pick up wins against quality opponents late in the season.