Pogue Column:
Mirror scheduling hurts MT-WKU rivalry
...there are fans of both MTSU and WKU men’s and women’s basketball that would have loved to attend both games Saturday night, but they weren’t given that option. Conference USA’s mirrored scheduling format and television requirements wouldn’t allow it.
“I’m not big on the mirror schedule,” Lady Raiders coach Rick Insell said of schools playing men’s and women’s games on the same night at separate home venues like this past Saturday night. “I’ve made my feelings known on that. Because I just think in our case, it separates our fans with Western’s. We’ve got fans, and they’ve got fans, and they have to make a decision.”
It certainly is better than last season, when Conference USA totally whiffed on its best basketball rivalry. In their second and first seasons as C-USA members, respectively, MTSU and WKU only played once during the regular season in each sport.....
Mirror scheduling hurts MT-WKU rivalry
...there are fans of both MTSU and WKU men’s and women’s basketball that would have loved to attend both games Saturday night, but they weren’t given that option. Conference USA’s mirrored scheduling format and television requirements wouldn’t allow it.
“I’m not big on the mirror schedule,” Lady Raiders coach Rick Insell said of schools playing men’s and women’s games on the same night at separate home venues like this past Saturday night. “I’ve made my feelings known on that. Because I just think in our case, it separates our fans with Western’s. We’ve got fans, and they’ve got fans, and they have to make a decision.”
It certainly is better than last season, when Conference USA totally whiffed on its best basketball rivalry. In their second and first seasons as C-USA members, respectively, MTSU and WKU only played once during the regular season in each sport.....
