UNC Men’s Basketball 🏀 2026-27 | Michael Malone Era Begins

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After a brief scan, it looks like Clemson doesn't have to play UNC, and VT doesn't have to play dook at all.
 
nycfan said:
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We don’t play Clemson in the regular season (unless for some reason we schedule them as a non-conference game).
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The randomness of the second H/A school makes no sense. Imagine the Wolfpeckers are not happy about not getting us in their place.
 
Dumbest scheduling imaginable

Glad they are playing Louisville twice though with how weak the OOC is shaping up to be
 
How would you design the conference schedule with so many teams? Simply play every team + your designated rival twice? They do it the way they do in order to create additional attractive TV matchups. Hence, we play Louisville twice.
 
Ramrouser said:
How would you design the conference schedule with so many teams? Simply play every team + your designated rival twice? They do it the way they do in order to create additional attractive TV matchups. Hence, we play Louisville twice.
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Pod based divisional rivalries each get home and home. Rotate through other folks.

UNC dook Lol@ncstste Wake
Ga Tech Clemson Florida State Miami
Uva VaTech Syracuse BC
Pitt Notre Dame Lville SMU
Stanford Cal are the only rivals in their pod.
 
I hate what has become of conferences now. Just take the power 4 or whatever 64 schools and put them all in one league like the NBA and NFL, and then break them up in geographical regions of 8 teams that actually make sense.
 
My solution to fix the current state of college basketball, and the stupid conference system it currently has, is this:

Split D-1 college basketball into two tiers. Tier 1 consists of the teams currently in the major basketball conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC) and most of the teams from some of the conferences that are a notch below major conferences, but a notch above mid-major conferences (American, Atlantic 10, Mountain West, West Coast). Tier 2 consists of everyone else.

For Tier 1, do away with conferences entirely. Teams can schedule games against any other team in the country, with a few requirements:
  • Each team must schedule 32 regular season games.
  • Of those games, 26 must be against Tier 1 teams, and 6 must be against Tier 2 teams.
  • Each team has a designated all-time rival that they play against in a home-and-away series each season. For example, for UNC, that would be Duke (and vice versa). For Kentucky, that would be Louisville (and vice versa). All-time rivals do not have to be teams that have played in the same conference. Understanding that most teams do not have rivalries as intense as UNC-Duke, and that some rivalries may produce lopsided results over time, any all-time rivalry may be reviewed to determine whether it should remain an all-time rivalry, or whether some all-time rivals should be switched.
  • Each team also has four designated historical rivals (apart from the designated all-time rival). Again, they do not have to be teams that have ever played in the same conference. For UNC, that could potentially be NC State, Kentucky, Kansas, and Michigan State (three of which are teams UNC has played against many times in big games over the years and who have all had great deal of success, thus creating a bit of a rivalry between those teams; the other has literally been a historical rival). These teams play once each season, alternating between home and away games. They may also meet on neutral sites, in which case the next non-neutral site game would be on the home court of the team that played the last true away game in the series.
For Tier 2, conferences remain. The few Tier 2 teams that lost a home to due most of the teams in thier respective conferences going Tier 1 can join other Tier 2 conferences. As with Tier 1, each of these teams schedule 32 games. Conversely to Tier 1, 26 of the games are against Tier 2 teams, and 6 of them are against Tier 1 teams. Tier 2 teams also play conference games just as they always have.

For Tier 1 postseason, before the NCAAT, there are a few "regional" tournaments. This takes the place of conference tournaments. And winning them can actually mean something. For these tournaments, the top 32 teams in Tier 1 are divided up into four different regions-- Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, West-- each consisiting of eight teams, based (sometimes loosely) on where the school is located. It is possible that, among the top 32 teams, the number of teams located in certain geographical regions may outnumber that of other regions. Because of this, the geographic lines are not strictly drawn. To make sure each region has eight teams, some teams may be placed in the closest region to whichever region they are technically located in. Also, a team may not always end up in the same region from one year to the next. For the four tournaments consisting of the top-32 teams, if the a top 1-2 seed wins its respective tournament, it gets a guranteed no. 1 seed in he NCAAT. If a 3-4 seed wins, it is guaranteed to get no worse than a no. 2 seed in the NCAAT. If a 5-6 seed wins, it is guranteed no worse than a no. 3 seed in the NCAAT. If a 7-8 seed win, it is guaranteed now worse than a no. 4 seed in the NCAAT.

Then, also before the NCAAT, there is another set of regional tournaments, with the the next top 32 teams (i.e., 33-64) divided up the same way as the above-discussed regional tournaments. The winners of each of these "regional" tournamants get a guaranteed seed in the NCAAT, and no worse than a no. 8 seed.

Tier 2 teams play conference tournaments as they always have. The winner of each conference tournament gets an automatic bid to the NCAAT. There is also one spot left open in the NCAAT to the top Tier 2 tram that does not win its conference tournament.

The NCAAT consists of the Tier 1 teams that won their regional tornaments, Tier 1 teams tha got at-large bids. Tier 2 teams that won their conference tournaments, and that one at-large Tier 2 team. And it's back to 64 teams.
 
Icky Mettle said:
My solution to fix the current state of college basketball, and the stupid conference system it currently has, is this:

Split D-1 college basketball into two tiers. Tier 1 consists of the teams currently in the major basketball conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC) and most of the teams from some of the conferences that are a notch below major conferences, but a notch above mid-major conferences (American, Atlantic 10, Mountain West, West Coast). Tier 2 consists of everyone else.

For Tier 1, do away with conferences entirely. Teams can schedule games against any other team in the country, with a few requirements:
  • Each team must schedule 32 regular season games.
  • Of those games, 26 must be against Tier 1 teams, and 6 must be against Tier 2 teams.
  • Each team has a designated all-time rival that they play against in a home-and-away series each season. For example, for UNC, that would be Duke (and vice versa). For Kentucky, that would be Louisville (and vice versa). All-time rivals do not have to be teams that have played in the same conference. Understanding that most teams do not have rivalries as intense as UNC-Duke, and that some rivalries may produce lopsided results over time, any all-time rivalry may be reviewed to determine whether it should remain an all-time rivalry, or whether some all-time rivals should be switched.
  • Each team also has four designated historical rivals (apart from the designated all-time rival). Again, they do not have to be teams that have ever played in the same conference. For UNC, that could potentially be NC State, Kentucky, Kansas, and Michigan State (three of which are teams UNC has played against many times in big games over the years and who have all had great deal of success, thus creating a bit of a rivalry between those teams; the other has literally been a historical rival). These teams play once each season, alternating between home and away games. They may also meet on neutral sites, in which case the next non-neutral site game would be on the home court of the team that played the last true away game in the series.
For Tier 2, conferences remain. The few Tier 2 teams that lost a home to due most of the teams in thier respective conferences going Tier 1 can join other Tier 2 conferences. As with Tier 1, each of these teams schedule 32 games. Conversely to Tier 1, 26 of the games are against Tier 2 teams, and 6 of them are against Tier 1 teams. Tier 2 teams also play conference games just as they always have.

For Tier 1 postseason, before the NCAAT, there are a few "regional" tournaments. This takes the place of conference tournaments. And winning them can actually mean something. For these tournaments, the top 32 teams in Tier 1 are divided up into four different regions-- Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, West-- each consisiting of eight teams, based (sometimes loosely) on where the school is located. It is possible that, among the top 32 teams, the number of teams located in certain geographical regions may outnumber that of other regions. Because of this, the geographic lines are not strictly drawn. To make sure each region has eight teams, some teams may be placed in the closest region to whichever region they are technically located in. Also, a team may not always end up in the same region from one year to the next. For the four tournaments consisting of the top-32 teams, if the a top 1-2 seed wins its respective tournament, it gets a guranteed no. 1 seed in he NCAAT. If a 3-4 seed wins, it is guaranteed to get no worse than a no. 2 seed in the NCAAT. If a 5-6 seed wins, it is guranteed no worse than a no. 3 seed in the NCAAT. If a 7-8 seed win, it is guaranteed now worse than a no. 4 seed in the NCAAT.

Then, also before the NCAAT, there is another set of regional tournaments, with the the next top 32 teams (i.e., 33-64) divided up the same way as the above-discussed regional tournaments. The winners of each of these "regional" tournamants get a guaranteed seed in the NCAAT, and no worse than a no. 8 seed.

Tier 2 teams play conference tournaments as they always have. The winner of each conference tournament gets an automatic bid to the NCAAT. There is also one spot left open in the NCAAT to the top Tier 2 tram that does not win its conference tournament.

The NCAAT consists of the Tier 1 teams that won their regional tornaments, Tier 1 teams tha got at-large bids. Tier 2 teams that won their conference tournaments, and that one at-large Tier 2 team. And it's back to 64 teams.
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Just a quick read and that seems complicated. It also discourages the tier 2 teams.
 
UNCatTech said:
Just a quick read and that seems complicated. It also discourages the tier 2 teams.
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It’s not really complicated. Probably simpler than the way things are now. And I don’t see how it discourages Tier 2 teams. It’s not really any different than now, as they make the tournament if they win their league championships. And one if them gets a shot if they don’t win the league championship.
 
uncsig said:
The randomness of the second H/A school makes no sense. Imagine the Wolfpeckers are not happy about not getting us in their place.
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I just read they get neither us nor dook at home this year.

They are going to lose their minds. I wonder how many season ticket refund requests they'll get?
 
CarolinaFever said:
I hate what has become of conferences now. Just take the power 4 or whatever 64 schools and put them all in one league like the NBA and NFL, and then break them up in geographical regions of 8 teams that actually make sense.
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Agreed. I used to think I'd miss the ACC as I remember its glory days in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but I'm done with it now. The ACC has become a complete joke of a conference, and if UNC chooses to leave I won't be sorry. At this point the P5 schools should just leave the NCAA and form their own league, and divide themselves into 8-team subconferences that make sense geographically. The travel costs alone must now be enormous for a lot of these schools, and there will never be any real rivalry with schools that are spread so far apart. I doubt whether anybody at Nebraska gives a shit about Penn State or Maryland, or vice versa. Or WVU playing Texas Tech and Baylor. Or Stanford and Cal playing UNC and Wake or Louisville.
 
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