Should be adopted by the Big Ten ASAP
As expected, the conference announced it will implement minimum standards for non-conference basketball schedules beginning in 2020-21:
“The approved new non-conference scheduling standards include the following elements:
“(i) a non-Conference five-year trailing average of opponents’ NET ranking must be 175 or less,
“(ii) no participation in road buy games,
“(iii) no regular season games against non-Division I opponents and
“(iv) no road games versus a non-conference opponent with a five-year trailing average of 200 NET.