Oregon Tech's Joseph Foster (left) and College of Idaho's Nicole Gall will try to help their teams successfully defend their 2009-10 CCC titles.
2010-11 CCC Basketball Schedules Released
2010-11 CCC Basketball Schedule
PORTLAND, Ore. – A new doubleheader format featuring men’s and women’s teams alternating time slots in conference play headlines the release of the 2010-11 Cascade Collegiate Conference men’s and women’s basketball schedules, CCC commissioner Dave Haglund announced.
The CCC’s 19th season of conference play gets underway Friday, Dec. 3 with five games in each gender. Each CCC team will play an 18-game conference schedule, facing the other nine conference teams twice during the season. The first half concludes Jan. 15; the second half runs from Jan. 21 to Feb. 19.
The CCC recently voted to modify the structure of its conference doubleheaders, which historically have featured the women playing at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men at 7:30 p.m. Beginning with the upcoming campaign, genders will split the two time slots. In the first half of conference play in 2010-11, men will play at 5:30 p.m. and women at 7:30 p.m.; in the second half, the genders will flip time slots. Men’s and women’s teams will flip their playing orders on a yearly basis.
“The conference intently studied the impact of scheduling the basketball games and ultimately decided in favor of alternating the time slots,” said Haglund. “Overall, the feeling is this will be a positive change for the CCC, its student-athletes and the fans who support our teams."
The postseason conference tournaments will continue to include the top eight teams in each gender in single-elimination events held at campus sites. The women’s tournament is scheduled for Feb. 22, Feb. 25 and Feb. 28. The men’s tournament is slated for Feb. 23, Feb. 26 and March 1.
College of Idaho is the women’s defending CCC regular season and tournament champion; Oregon Tech is the men’s defending regular season and tournament champion.