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Obviously I'm missing something.  Why does anything have to change?  I
suppose VTs travel partner could have an unfair advantage if teams
didn't/couldn't replace the "other" night with an out of conference
game. just wondering, wayne
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We had a controlled experiment a few years back, when UVM's season ended
prematurely due to the hazing scandel. Dartmouth basically got screwed, having
to play twice each weekend while their opponents only had one game to gear up
for. This was especially troublesome the 2nd night.

The single team left over (Who would likely be Princeton, as Dartmouth would
pair with Harvard and Yale with Brown) is disadvantaged, not advantaged.

Plus with 11 teams, you can never have a full slate of conference action,
especially down the stretch. Someone is always taking a night/weekend off.