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The additions of Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast Conference has raised the number of conference teams to 14.  If the ACC decides not to expand further, or if expansion to 16 teams is postponed until later, they will need to figure out how to make a basketball schedule for 14 teams.

Currently, the ACC does not use divisional play in its schedule, but instead has "partners" and "groups" that exist for each team.  As described in Wikipedia: 

"Each team is assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners over a three-year period. Teams play their permanent partners in a home-and-away series each year. The rotating partners are split into three groups: three teams who are played in a home-and-away series, three teams who are played at home, and three teams who are played on the road."

This plan creates a schedule each year with each team playing two games each against five teams (home and away) and one game against each of the other six teams (either home or away).   It is a 16-game conference schedule.  It also means that over time, each team plays its partners twice a year and plays all other teams four times in three years.

A 14-team ACC (or any other conference) has at least a few options to create a basketball schedule:

Plan A: Expand the Partner & Group Method, Round-Robin, 18 Conference Games

This is simply adapting the existing plan so that it works for 14 teams.

Presumed setup: Each team has three permanent partners and the remaining 10 schools are divided into five two-team groups.  Within a year, a team plays its partners twice (home & away), one of the two-team groups twice (home & away), four of the remaining teams at home, and the other four remaining teams away.

Maryland battles Duke in the 2001 Final Four. In 2001 and 2002, the ACC had back-to-back National Champions with Duke and Maryland each winning one title.Brian Bahr/Getty Images

Over time, a team would play its three partners twice every year, and every other team six times over five years.

This would have the advantage of allowing each team to have several partners (chosen specifically for that team) so it can maintain those strong rivalries, and still keep round-robin play (games against all conference teams) each year.

The number of conference games would increase from 16 to 18.  In a 14-team ACC tournament, the two teams with the best records would presumably get a first-round bye.

Plan B: Two Divisions, Round-Robin, 19 or 20 Conference Games

The conference could decide that a two-division setup is preferred, but the round-robin play must stay.

Presumed setup: Each team plays two games against all division opponents and one game against all non-division opponents.  If desired, a team could play one of the non-division opponents twice, either a "designated rival" each year or all of the teams on a rotating basis.

A team would play its six division opponents twice every year.  It would play its seven non-division opponents once each year (unless it played a non-division rival or a rotating non-division opponent twice).

Over time, a team would play its six division opponents twice every year (and non-division rivals twice each year if they exist).  It would play non-division opponents once every year unless the rotating non-division opponent plan is used, in which case it would play non-division opponents eight times in seven years.

The number of conference games would increase from 16 to either 19 or 20.  In a 14-team ACC tournament, the two division winners would presumably get a first-round bye.

Plan C: Two Divisions, Not Round-Robin, 16 or 17 Conference Games

This is probably the most controversial idea because it would result in some conference teams not meeting each other during a season.  Presumed setup (two possible scenarios):

(1) Each team plays its six division opponents twice and four non-division opponents (and not play three of the non-division teams), or

(2) Each team plays its six division opponents twice, a non-division rival twice, and two or three non-division opponents (and not play three or four of the non-division teams).

Over time, a team would play its six division opponents twice each year (and non-division rivals twice each year if they exist).  It would play non-division opponents less than once per year.  At best, non-division opponents would play every other year; at worst, non-division opponents would play twice every seven years.

The number of conference games would either remain at 16 or increase to 17.  In a 14-team ACC tournament, the two division winners would presumably get a first-round bye.

Pondering the Possibilities

I think given the choices, "Plan A" is the preferred method.  It gives the most flexibility to craft the schedule so that each team can play its own rivals as much as possible, and does not force a structured division onto all of the teams.  It also preserves the round-robin play, which I think is important.

How would you schedule the basketball games for a 14-team league?

Teams from Moscow and St. Petersburg became champions of Russia in basketball 3x3

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Teams from Moscow and St. Petersburg became champions of Russia in basketball 3x3

Teams from Moscow and Petersburg became the champions of Russia in 3x3 basketball -Petersburg. RIA Novosti Sport, 05/03/2022

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CHELYABINSK, May 3 - RIA Novosti, Semyon Galkevich. The Moscow Inanomo team became the winner of the Russian men's 3x3 basketball championship, the COP-Petersburg team defended the women's championship title. The final of the Russian championship was held in Chelyabinsk from April 29 to May 3. In the final match of the men's part of the tournament, Inanomo defeated "Bad Boys" from Bryansk with a score of 21:13. In the women's final, the COP-Petersburg team beat Moscow "Paribet" with a score of 16:15 in overtime. The bronze medals of the national championship were won by the men's team "Runa" (Moscow) and the women's "Samara". The most valuable players of the season were recognized Alexander Pavlov (Inanomo) and Mayra Sergazinova (COP-Petersburg). The Russian professional 3x3 basketball championship among men's teams has been held since the 2017/18 season. The Inanomo team won four out of five tournaments, in 2020 the Gagarin team (Khimki) won the gold medals. Women's championships of Russia under the auspices of the RFB have been held since the 2018/19 season. The winners were MBA (Moscow), "Tulpar" (Kazan) and COP-Petersburg.

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CHELYABINSK, May 3 - RIA Novosti, Semyon Galkevich. The Moscow Inanomo team became the winner of the Russian 3x3 basketball championship among men, the COP-Petersburg team defended the championship title among women.

The final of the Russian championship was held in Chelyabinsk from 29 April to 3 May. In the final match of the men's part of the tournament, Inanomo defeated "Bad Boys" from Bryansk with a score of 21:13. In the women's final, the COP-Petersburg team beat Paribet Moscow with a score of 16:15 in overtime.

The bronze medals of the national championship were won by the men's team Runa (Moscow) and the women's team Samara.

Alexander Pavlov (Inanomo) and Mayra Sergazinova (COP-Petersburg) were recognized as the most valuable players of the season.

The Russian professional 3x3 basketball championship among men's teams has been held since the 2017/18 season. The Inanomo team won four out of five tournaments, in 2020 the Gagarin team (Khimki) won the gold medals. Women's championships of Russia under the auspices of the RFB have been held since the 2018/19 season. The winners were MBA (Moscow), "Tulpar" (Kazan) and COP-Petersburg.

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"No worse than in Tokyo": a basketball player in 3x3 format - about the Czech Republic in Chelyabinsk

Silver catch: the results of the Olympics for the Russian national basketball team 3x3

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Silver catch: Olympiad results for the Russian 3x3 basketball team

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Silver catch: results of the Olympics for the Russian 3x3 basketball team

The first ever 3x3 basketball tournament at the Olympics ended on Wednesday in Tokyo. The men's team of Latvia and the women's team from the USA won gold medals... RIA Novosti Sport, 07/28/2021 olympiad 2020

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The Russian team takes first place in the combined rating of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which is compiled not only on the basis of results, but also on the work to promote discipline in the country. It is thanks to the positions in the corresponding ratings that the Russian national teams were selected for the Tokyo Games in November 2019of the year. At the moment, the women's national team ranks second in the world ranking (first in 2019), and the men's team is sixth (second). The Russian women's team won the gold of the World Championship in 2017 and became the best in Europe twice (2014, 2017). The best result of the men's national team is the bronze of the 2014 World Championship. The Russian men's team (head coach Vladimir Agababyan) for the Games in Tokyo included: Alexander Zuev, Stanislav Sharov (both Gagarin, Khimki), Ilya Karpenkov (Temp -SUMZ-UMMC", Revda) and Kirill Pisklov ("Uralmash", Yekaterinburg). For women (head coach - Alexander Diratsuyan) Russia will be represented by: Yulia Kozik, Evgenia Frolkina, Olga Frolkina (all - "Dynamo", Kursk) and Anastasia Logunov (MBA, Moscow). Maria Cherepanova was included in the preliminary application, but before flying to Tokyo due to an injury, she was replaced by Evgenia Frolkina.:9) and the Mongolian team (21:5). Next, the national team was waiting for a serious test: a meeting with the US team, for which the two first numbers of the women's NBA draft (Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young) played in Tokyo. The Russians lost, but lost in a bitter struggle. And, according to the players themselves, this match only added confidence to the national team. “We realized that we can play with them calmly. There were mistakes, we missed our shots, we got fouled, but now we know how to play with them. I really want a new meeting with the Americans here,” Evgenia Frolkina told RIA Novosti. Russia opened with a rather easy victory over the Romanians (21:12), after which they stumbled on the French (14:17). But this defeat did not deprive the Russian team of the chances of reaching the semi-finals directly: for this, it was necessary to beat the Italians in the last match of the group stage. The task was solved without any problems (17:9).In the semi-finals, the Russians faced the Chinese team. After losing to the Russian team in the opening match of the tournament, the Chinese won six of the seven matches, losing only to the US team. The Russians could not lose the semi-final on the birthday of the Frolkin sisters, and when the Chinese made the score 7:7, Yulia Kozik scored four points in half a minute. This touch was enough for the Russian team to bring the game to victory (21:14). The second match with the Americans turned out to be no less stubborn than the game in the group. The key factor was the difference in the number of fouls: ten for the Russians, five for the Americans. Almost half of their points (8 out of 18) the US team scored from the foul line. In such a situation, the Americans could hardly miss the victory (18:15). The first to congratulate the Russians after the match was the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach. According to Olga Frolkina, the head of the IOC wished the Russians victory at the next Olympics in Paris. Men's team - surpassed The Russian men's team began the Olympic tournament with a victory over the Chinese team (21:13) in front of Yao Ming, head of the national basketball federation. The Russian team lost the next three matches: to the Dutch (15:18), the Belgians (16:21) and the Poles (16:21). “Psychologically, it’s crushing that the series of defeats has dragged on. But I can’t say that the team is squeezed because of this. I think that the guys are able to cope with this,” said head coach Vladimir Agababyan. A defeat from the Japanese would most likely deprive the Russian team of hopes to the playoffs, but the team was able to pull together and achieve victory (19:16). However, the unexpected victory of the Chinese over the Poles again put the Russians in a difficult position. Now it was necessary to beat either the Latvians or the Serbs - the main favorites of the Olympic tournament. And at the right time, the Russians gave their best match in the group stage, achieving an important victory (19:15). “Last matches we were kind of sluggish, it’s not clear what we were thinking about. We thought how not to seem like some kind of someone ... Today, the game was good anger, which it should be. We finally became really angry. I tried start the team and I will do it further. We have shown ourselves that we can," Pisklov said to RIA Novosti. with the invincible Serbs (6-0) was no longer of great tournament importance. And the Russians lost it almost without a fight (10:21). But all this did not matter at all before the quarterfinal game with the Dutch. The Russian national team from the first seconds showed its spirit and led 4:0. In the end, this backlog was enough, although the end of the game was extremely nervous - 21:19.It was hard to believe that in the semi-final of the Russian national team, the best team in the world ranking, the formidable and invincible Serbs, opposed. Russian basketball players made them look so helpless. Alexander Zuev hit four out of six shots from a distance, Ilya Karpenko converted four shots out of five from under the basket, Stanislav Sharov selflessly dived even for the most hopeless balls, and Kirill Pisklov traditionally charged the team with emotions. The Russians defeated the Serbs with the same score with which they lost the day before (21:10), and after the game they did not hold back their emotions. "All my life I thought it was right to restrain my emotions until the end of the tournament. There you can already cry and rejoice. But "I didn't succeed today, my emotions burst out on their own. When you realize that this is the Olympics, that you are here, what you just did, there is no chance to hold back. Often, falling asleep, I thought about how I would behave after winning such an important match. Usually tears immediately welled up in me, and I drove away these thoughts. Today such a match and such a victory happened. These emotions are worth everything. But we are not finished yet, we are waiting for an opponent in the final, "Pisklov said after the semi-finals. The Russians led most of the final game in the score against the Latvian team, but in the end they allowed the opponent to snatch the victory. In the course of the meeting, the Latvian Edgars Krumins received an ankle injury, and two minutes before the siren, he was forced to end the game. Emotional support from Krumins from the edge of the field brought the Latvians, and they literally gnawed the gold medals out of the hands of the Russians.

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TOKYO, July 28 - RIA Novosti, Semyon Galkevich. The first ever 3x3 basketball tournament at the Olympics ended on Wednesday in Tokyo. Gold medals were won by the Latvian men's team and the US women's team. Russian national teams won silver medals. The bronze medalists were the men's team of Serbia and the women's team of China.

Olympic background

3x3 basketball was included in the Olympic program in June 2017 at an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne.

In 3x3 basketball, each team consists of three main players and one substitute. The match lasts 10 minutes or until one of the teams scores 21 points. A hit from behind the arc is worth two points, any other - one. Games are played on a special platform with one basket. The 3x3 Basketball World Championships have been held since 2012.

The Russian national team takes the first place in the combined rating of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which is compiled not only on the basis of the results, but also on the work to promote the discipline in the country. It is thanks to the positions in the corresponding ratings that the Russian national teams were selected for the Tokyo Games in November 2019of the year. At the moment, the women's national team is ranked second in the world rankings (first in 2019), and the men's is sixth (second).

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The Russian women's team won gold17 in the year 17 and twice became the best in Europe (2014, 2017). The best result of the men's national team is the bronze of the 2014 World Championship.

The Russian men's team (head coach Vladimir Agababyan) for the Tokyo Games included: Alexander Zuev, Stanislav Sharov (both Gagarin, Khimki), Ilya Karpenkov (Temp-SUMZ-UMZ-UMMC, Revda) and Kirill Pisklov (Uralmash, Yekaterinburg).

Women (head coach Alexander Diratsuyan) Russia will be represented by: Yulia Kozik, Evgenia Frolkina, Olga Frolkina (all - Dynamo, Kursk) and Anastasia Logunova (MBA, Moscow). Maria Cherepanova was included in the preliminary application, but before flying to Tokyo, due to an injury, she was replaced by Evgenia Frolkina.

The women's team lived up to expectations

The Russians started the tournament more than confidently, beating the Japanese (21:18), the Chinese (19:9) and the Mongolian team (21:5) one by one. Next, the national team was waiting for a serious test: a meeting with the US team, for which the two first numbers of the women's NBA draft (Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young) played in Tokyo.

The Russians lost, but lost in a bitter struggle. And, according to the players themselves, this match only added confidence to the national team. “We realized that we can play with them calmly. There were mistakes, we missed our shots, we got fouled, but now we know how to play with them. I really want a new meeting with the Americans here,” Evgenia Frolkina told RIA Novosti.

© REUTERS / ANDREW BOYERS Game moment of the match of the women's 3x3 basketball tournament between the national teams of Russia and the USA

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Game moment of the match of the women's 3x3 basketball tournament between the national teams of Russia and the USA

The Russian team opened the next game day with a rather easy victory over the Romanians (21:12), after which she stumbled on the French (14:17). But this defeat did not deprive the Russian team of the chances of reaching the semi-finals directly: for this, it was necessary to beat the Italians in the last match of the group stage. The task was solved without any problems (17:9).

© REUTERS / ANDREW BOYERS Russian basketball player Yevgenia Frolkina in the match against the Italians

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Russian basketball player Evgenia Frolkina in the match against the Italians

In the semifinals, the Russians faced the Chinese team. After losing to the Russian team in the opening match of the tournament, the Chinese won six of the seven matches, losing only to the US team. The Russians could not lose the semi-final on the birthday of the Frolkin sisters, and when the Chinese made the score 7:7, Yulia Kozik scored four points in half a minute. This touch was enough for the Russian team to bring the game to victory (21:14).

"When we were warming up before the game, the coach said that our guys tore apart the Serbs. This inspired us even more. If the guys beat the invincible Serbs, then we could not let them down, ourselves, the whole country. The Americans are not so even here play, no one says that they are some kind of heavenly or inaccessible. We will fight," Kozik said before the final game with the Americans.

© REUTERS / ANDREW BOYERSRussian national team basketball player Yulia Kozik in the match against the Chinese women

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Basketball player of the Russian national team Yulia Kozik in the match against the Chinese

The second match with the Americans turned out to be no less stubborn than the game in the group. The key factor was the difference in the number of fouls: ten for the Russians, five for the Americans. Almost half of their points (8 out of 18) the US team scored from the foul line. In such a situation, the Americans could hardly miss the victory (18:15).

"It seems that the referees whistled 10-20 times more than they should. It seemed to me, at least," said Anastasia Logunova after the game. tougher, he is more contact. It was the final of the Olympics, the first in our lives. Of course, we have nerves ... A little bit was not enough. Maybe I hide my emotions very well now, but I will not stand and cry. We are very we get upset because we lost, and there is still no understanding that we are silver medalists."

© RIA Novosti / Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the media bank Russian national basketball players Yulia Kozik, Olga Frolkina and Anastasia Logunova

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Russian national basketball players Yulia Kozik and

Anastasia Logunova Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, was the first to congratulate the Russians on their silver medals after the match. According to Olga Frolkina, the head of the IOC wished the Russians victory at the next Olympics in Paris.

Men's team - surpassed

The Russian men's team started the Olympic tournament with a victory over the Chinese team (21:13) in front of Yao Ming, head of the national basketball federation. The Russian team lost the next three matches: to the Dutch (15:18), the Belgians (16:21) and the Poles (16:21). “Psychologically, it’s crushing that the series of defeats has dragged on. But I can’t say that the team is squeezed because of this. I think that the guys are able to cope with this,” said head coach Vladimir Aghababyan.

A defeat by the Japanese would most likely deprive the Russian team of hopes for the playoffs, but the team managed to pull together and achieve victory (19:16). However, the unexpected victory of the Chinese over the Poles again put the Russians in a difficult position. Now it was necessary to beat either the Latvians or the Serbs - the main favorites of the Olympic tournament.

And at the right moment, the Russians gave their best match in the group stage, achieving a major victory (19:15). “Last matches we were kind of sluggish, it’s not clear what we were thinking about. We thought how not to seem like some kind of someone ... Today, the game was good anger, which it should be. We finally became really angry. I tried start a team and I will continue to do so. We have shown ourselves what we can do," Pisklov told RIA Novosti.

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Kirill Pisklov (left)

The Belgians' victory over the Poles with a long-range shot in 0.7 seconds on the last game day of the group stage ensured the advancement of the Russian team to the quarterfinals , so that the match with the invincible Serbs (6-0) was no longer of great tournament importance. And the Russians lost it almost without a fight (10:21).

But none of that mattered before the quarter-final game against the Dutch. The Russian national team from the first seconds showed its spirit and led 4:0. In the end, this backlog was enough, although the end of the game was extremely nervous - 21:19.

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Alexander Zuev

beat everyone. Which we proved. I won’t say that we jumped above our heads, but we have already exceeded expectations,” said Andrei Kirilenko, head of the RFB, after the quarterfinals.

It was hard to believe that in the semi-final of the Russian national team, the best team in the world ranking, the formidable and invincible Serbs, opposed. Russian basketball players made them look so helpless. Alexander Zuev hit four out of six shots from a distance, Ilya Karpenko converted four shots out of five from under the basket, Stanislav Sharov selflessly dived even for the most hopeless balls, and Kirill Pisklov traditionally charged the team with emotions. The Russians defeated the Serbs with the same score as they lost the day before (21:10), and after the game they did not hold back their emotions.

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I didn’t succeed, emotions escaped by themselves.When you realize that this is the Olympics, that you are here, what you just did, there is no chance to hold back. I often thought, falling asleep, about how I would behave after winning such an important match.Usually I have tears immediately welled up, and I drove away these thoughts. Today such a match and such a victory happened. These emotions are worth everything. But we are not finished yet, we are waiting for the opponent in the final, "Pisklov said after the semi-final.

The Russians led most of the final game against the Latvian team, but in the end they allowed the opponent to snatch the victory. In the course of the meeting, the Latvian Edgars Krumins received an ankle injury, and two minutes before the siren, he was forced to end the game. Emotional support from Krumins from the edge of the field brought the Latvians, and they literally gnawed the gold medals out of the hands of the Russians.

© REUTERS / ANDREW BOYERSIlya Karpenkov (center)

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Ilya Karpenkov (center)

"Silver is a success, although I'm not happy, I wanted gold.

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