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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3414997, member: 6927"] It's been this way since the conference expanded to 12 teams. Combination of reasons: 1. Conference scheduling is built around 6 pairs of "travel partners." 2. Conference play doesn't traditionally open until after Jan. 1.** 3. They play the women's Pac-12 tournament before the men's. 3. With an 18-game conference schedule, that leaves only one weekend between Jan. 1 and the Pac-12 tournament for the two games vs. travel partners. ** Some of the travel partners mutually agree to move one of their two games to before New Year's. This year, that was the case with the UA-ASU, USC-UCLA, UW-WSU and Utah-Colorado, each of whom played on Dec. 29. For whatever reason (scheduling conflicts?), the Oregon schools and the Bay Area schools didn't do this and kept their original scheduling intact. No idea about the other question on timing. [/QUOTE]