"If indeed we're still playing a full round-robin and we have a championship game, I think our means of determining our champion is the strongest of all the conferences," Bowlsby said. "We're two years in and we're batting .500. And we'd like to bat higher than that. And we think this gives us the best chance to do that."
Bowlsby said the Big 12 would "in all likelihood" move to divisions, and has looked at models with two five-team divisions and a round-robin schedule. That would leave the option to schedule games between teams from opposite divisions earlier in the season, creating a time gap before the rematch of division winners in December.
"One of our prime considerations is to avoid the situation where there are back-to-back games," Boren said. "There are weeks to do that and ways to work through that."
Bowlsby said the Big 12 would "in all likelihood" move to divisions, and has looked at models with two five-team divisions and a round-robin schedule. That would leave the option to schedule games between teams from opposite divisions earlier in the season, creating a time gap before the rematch of division winners in December.
"One of our prime considerations is to avoid the situation where there are back-to-back games," Boren said. "There are weeks to do that and ways to work through that."
