Well the individual conferences schedule out their conference games first… to balance their internal schedules so that everyone plays each other 1-2 times in their own divisions.
After that is set (and approved by the NCAA competition commitee… a group made up of college presidents and coaches) the individual schools are allowed to set games with other colleges outside of their conferences.
Big schools like to play other big schools generally… UConn vs Duke, UCLA vs North Carolina, etc… this is about big money and they negotiate with each other visa vie TV rights and home field. Typically they alternate home field if they play somewhat regularly (Im a Uconn fan and notice they play Texas nearly every year for some reason.. so thats "regular").
Once those outside schedules are set, they again have to be approved by the NCAA committee.. but thats usually not a problem, so long as the $$$ is being made.
Also there are tournaments sponsored commercially. Like the Maui Invitational, preseason NIT, etc… they send out invites to various schools and its up to the individual team to decide if they want to accept such an invite… usually they do if there’s no prior commitments.
So basically its a wide open system left to individual schools to best dictate their out of conference schedules. Big time programs getting preferential treatment of course. TV also plays a role and sometimes "suggests" matchups… I’m sure there’s money over and under the table involved with that.
#1 by rmm on August 31st, 2009
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Big 12 basketball – the league makes the conference schedule – I’m sure with input from the each teams (and television stations).
The teams make the non-conference schedule – I’m sure with input from the television stations.
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#2 by Daze on August 31st, 2009
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Well the individual conferences schedule out their conference games first… to balance their internal schedules so that everyone plays each other 1-2 times in their own divisions.
After that is set (and approved by the NCAA competition commitee… a group made up of college presidents and coaches) the individual schools are allowed to set games with other colleges outside of their conferences.
Big schools like to play other big schools generally… UConn vs Duke, UCLA vs North Carolina, etc… this is about big money and they negotiate with each other visa vie TV rights and home field. Typically they alternate home field if they play somewhat regularly (Im a Uconn fan and notice they play Texas nearly every year for some reason.. so thats "regular").
Once those outside schedules are set, they again have to be approved by the NCAA committee.. but thats usually not a problem, so long as the $$$ is being made.
Also there are tournaments sponsored commercially. Like the Maui Invitational, preseason NIT, etc… they send out invites to various schools and its up to the individual team to decide if they want to accept such an invite… usually they do if there’s no prior commitments.
So basically its a wide open system left to individual schools to best dictate their out of conference schedules. Big time programs getting preferential treatment of course. TV also plays a role and sometimes "suggests" matchups… I’m sure there’s money over and under the table involved with that.
References :