Brilliant scheduling by the AAC. Give the ineligible team the very best schedule time & date to play at an eligible (& potential NCAA bubble team's) home court.
I'm sure Espn has more to do with the starting time than the AAC. The proper thing to do would be only allowing SMU to play OOC games. Why allow them to impact the standings when they are ineligible? Either completely strike their AAC from the schedule or play the games, but vacate the results. The SM verdict was delivered before the season started.
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