During the Spring Meeting in Destin, Fla., Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings suggested the SEC go to a 22-game, double round-robin scheduling format.
That may have been a tongue-in-cheek suggestion. On a SEC teleconference Monday, Stallings acknowledged that the idea is all but a non-starter.
“We feel drug through Armageddon after 16 games,” he said of the current format. “I don’t think (22 games) has got a lot of traction.”
No coach voiced support for a 22-game SEC schedule, but several noted that it was the fairest way to determine a “true” champion.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
