WAC Announces Updated Basketball, Fall Sports Schedule Formats
10/21/2020 9:24:00 AM | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Cross Country & Track
In an effort to minimize both travel and exposure, the Western Athletic Conference Board of Directors approved updated schedule formats for men's and women's basketball on Wednesday. In addition, the board approved updated conference schedule formats for men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country to compete in the spring.
For basketball, the conference portion of the schedule will begin on Jan. 7 and will feature back-to-back games against the same opponent at the same site. Each team will host four opponents and travel to four opponents over the course of nine weeks. The WAC Basketball Tournaments are set for March 10-13 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The rescheduled WAC Cross Country Championship will take place on Feb. 27 at Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle.
Volleyball is expected to begin the nine-week conference schedule in the last week of January. The nine-week schedule will be a double round-robin with back-to-back matches between the same two teams at the same site.
Men's soccer will open the rescheduled WAC season on Feb. 6. The schedule will consist of a single round-robin.
Women's soccer is expected to begin on Feb. 18 and will feature a double round-robin with back-to-back matches against the same opponent at the same site. The schedule also features two single-match weeks for all teams.
Conference schedules for all involved sports will be released when finalized.
