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Source: Conference USA reducing team tournament participation in 2020-21

Conference USA tournaments will look different next season.

In an effort to reduce future expenses in response to financial burdens from the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News has learned through a league source that presidents of C-USA member schools have passed a plan to reduce travel and team participation in postseason tournaments at least for the 2020-21 season.

To cut costs, C-USA will reduce its men’s and women’s basketball tournament from 12 teams to eight. In addition to the change of basketball seeding, the bonus play format will not be used moving forward.

Among the other changes, the C-USA volleyball tournament will be reduced from eight teams to four with the No.