Why Nevada basketball's non-league schedule will cost it $200,000
While every coach of a good team’s goal is to set up a non-conference schedule that can put it in contention for an NCAA Tournament at-large spot, there also is the often overlooked financial element of putting together such a schedule. For a single-game series, there is typically a payout involved from the home team to the visitor. For home-and-home series, payouts typically don’t exist. The more money teams have in their budget, the more home games they can buy during non-conference play.
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Nevada is public institution so through open records request they got the details on Nevada's OOC schedule