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AAC commissioner: Wichita State, chili, media money and the Power 6
How active is the American conference office in helping and directing non-conference men’s basketball scheduling?
Aresco: We’re heavily involved. Not in terms of mandating things as much as trying to encourage people to do what’s necessary to generate a higher RPI, generate more conference bids and strengthen our conference. You earn respect by winning those big non-conference games.
We discourage playing over No. 300 (ranked) RPI schools. We don’t permit (NCAA) Division II schools, things of that nature. We like to see a certain level of RPI with your non-conference schedule. We’ll have requirements about how many teams you can play with a certain RPI.
You want to make sure everyone in the conference is doing what they need to be doing. If a few schools aren’t doing those things, it’s going to hurt everyone. Basketball is really dependent on an overall conference RPI, much moreso than football.
Is there talk of a men’s basketball challenge series with a conference?
Aresco: We have talked to some of the P5 (Power 5) conferences. I won’t name them, but we absolutely have talked to them about it. We think we’re getting closer, actually. We know that’s important. It doesn’t have to be a full challenge. It could be a mini-challenge. We have some attractive venues where we could play. It’s definitely a priority for us.
How active is the American conference office in helping and directing non-conference men’s basketball scheduling?
Aresco: We’re heavily involved. Not in terms of mandating things as much as trying to encourage people to do what’s necessary to generate a higher RPI, generate more conference bids and strengthen our conference. You earn respect by winning those big non-conference games.
We discourage playing over No. 300 (ranked) RPI schools. We don’t permit (NCAA) Division II schools, things of that nature. We like to see a certain level of RPI with your non-conference schedule. We’ll have requirements about how many teams you can play with a certain RPI.
You want to make sure everyone in the conference is doing what they need to be doing. If a few schools aren’t doing those things, it’s going to hurt everyone. Basketball is really dependent on an overall conference RPI, much moreso than football.
Is there talk of a men’s basketball challenge series with a conference?
Aresco: We have talked to some of the P5 (Power 5) conferences. I won’t name them, but we absolutely have talked to them about it. We think we’re getting closer, actually. We know that’s important. It doesn’t have to be a full challenge. It could be a mini-challenge. We have some attractive venues where we could play. It’s definitely a priority for us.