This will be a much quicker post, but let's look at conference schedule imbalances for the lesser conferences.
WCC, MVC - Round robin schedules!
A-10: 16 league games, 13 teams: play 4 teams twice and 8 teams once
A very unusual one-year format for the A-10 with an oblong number of teams.
Let's focus on the top 5 teams: UMass, St Louis, and VCU (near-locks right now) and Dayton/GW (probable bubble teams).
UMass gets those other four only once apiece, and get VCU and StL at home. This upps the ante to have a shiny record in order to get a high seed.
St Louis gets a chance to play up. 2 games against Dayton and VCU. This means they have room for error. VCU gets St Louis and GW twice.
Mountain West: 18 league games, 11 teams: each team misses 2 other teams a 2nd time
No breakdown needed. They've manipulated the schedule so that all the relevant bubble teams and NCAA teams play each other twice. Move along.
In mid-major conferences, let's do some quick hits:
In the MAC, the two teams still breathing for at-large consideration, Ohio and Toledo, play each other twice.
CUSA is a mess. 16 game schedule, 16 teams. Charlotte has to go to USM and La Tech, so they're probably done. Southern Miss gets to host La Tech.
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