I know first-hand how gruelling the conference schedule of meetings and interviews can be.

The press conference schedule for the two days before a major tournament typically centres around players in the world's top ten.

Previously, the schools did not play one non-rival opponent, resulting in an eight-game conference schedule (four home games and four away).

Before the 1990 expansion to 12 schools, teams played a double round-robin, leading to an exhausting 18-game conference schedule.

Additionally, it was decided that each team's conference schedule would expand from 16 to 18 games so all of the teams would play each other.