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Message: [QUOTE="BFieldHusky, post: 5137361, member: 2154"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/42805108/mens-college-basketball-players-era-festival-change-nonconference-november-traditional-mtes[/URL] [B][I]TWO DAYS AFTER[/I][/B][I] [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies']UConn[/URL] returned home from a disastrous 0-3 trip to the Maui Invitational, Dan Hurley took to the podium following the Huskies' 99-45 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore -- and dealt a blow to the multiteam event (MTE) format that has been a mainstay of the college basketball calendar. "I'm not doing another three-game MTE again," Hurley said. "Moving forward, we will only play home-and-homes and single-game events in big-time arenas. I don't think I'll ever do a three-game MTE again." While it might have come across as sour grapes, Hurley's comments were not just a reaction to the previous few days. The Huskies had expressed their future nonconference scheduling plans to multiple entities prior to the Maui Invitational, sources told ESPN. They aren't the only ones taking this approach. High-major programs, including UConn, are steering away from eight-team events and moving toward four-team events, one-off neutral-site games and home-and-home series. At least five teams ranked in the top 20 of this year's preseason AP poll are in various stages of discussions over home-and-home series beginning next season, sources said.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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