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Full-court press
Saturday, February 26, 2005 Ted Lewis
STRETCHING THE SUN BELT
One of Sun Belt Conference commissioner Wright Waters' favorite sayings is, "It would be nice if everything was tied up in neat little packages, but that isn't always possible."
In the case of Sun Belt basketball, the package looks like it's been rerouted a few times, the ribbon's come off and the contents are spilling out.
"Our quirks are many and varied," is Waters' description of the situation.
How else do you explain a league where teams play a different number of conference games?
That's right.
The six West Division teams play 15 games, and the five East Division teams play 14.
None of the other 30 Division I leagues do that.
Want more?
How about the fact that there's no regular-season champion?
The two division winners are recognized as such, but the team with the best overall record gets nothing special. Only the Atlantic-10 has a similar policy. In fact, the seven other conferences with 11 schools don't even bother with divisions.
It doesn't end there.
Full-court press
Saturday, February 26, 2005 Ted Lewis
STRETCHING THE SUN BELT
One of Sun Belt Conference commissioner Wright Waters' favorite sayings is, "It would be nice if everything was tied up in neat little packages, but that isn't always possible."
In the case of Sun Belt basketball, the package looks like it's been rerouted a few times, the ribbon's come off and the contents are spilling out.
"Our quirks are many and varied," is Waters' description of the situation.
How else do you explain a league where teams play a different number of conference games?
That's right.
The six West Division teams play 15 games, and the five East Division teams play 14.
None of the other 30 Division I leagues do that.
Want more?
How about the fact that there's no regular-season champion?
The two division winners are recognized as such, but the team with the best overall record gets nothing special. Only the Atlantic-10 has a similar policy. In fact, the seven other conferences with 11 schools don't even bother with divisions.
It doesn't end there.
