Conference realignment means unbalanced basketball schedules. How did Michigan make out for the 2015-16 season?
Back when the Big Ten had, you know, ten teams, the release of the conference schedule was not a noteworthy event – each team played all others twice and the only question was when. This is no longer the case with the league in its current fourteen-team state; I suppose that’s the price of adding perennial juggernauts like Rutgers.
Obviously, an 18-game schedule with more than ten teams in the conference means that things will not shake out evenly. The collection of single plays some programs receive will be more advantageous than those given to others.