NEW ORLEANS – While the 2018-19 season carries on, the Sun Belt Conference is gearing up for what will be a significant change to its men’s basketball schedule next season.
The conference adopted a 20-game smart schedule format last June for the 2019-20 men’s basketball season with the aim of matching the conference’s top teams against each other several times. The goal of the scheduling format is to boost teams' NCAA NET Rankings and other important factors taken into consideration by the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee used to help select and seed teams in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.