Non-Conference Scheduling Leads to Lopsided Scores, Balanced Books

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Paid-game scheduling agreements often lead to lopsided scores, but they help many schools balance their books.

William Bright Jr. knows better than anyone that it's hard to market something sight unseen. That's the situation Mississippi Valley State University's director of athletic communications faces this season as the Delta Devils open the men's basketball season with 13 consecutive games away from home. MVSU, which hosted just one non-conference game in each of coach Sean Woods' first two seasons, will again head into some of college basketball's most hostile territory, with road games at Kentucky, Butler, Marquette and a handful of other schools expected to vie for NCAA tournament bids come March.

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