Sun Belt is following CUSA's lead.
Strategic Mens Basketball Plan
1. Save 2 non-conference dates for peer conference scheduling. 1 home/1 away. Starts with 2019-20 season, but some may start in 2018-19 season. "Each team will have one home opponent and one away opponent from this
scheduling alliance." (emphasis mine)
2. Go from 18 to 20 conference games starting in 2019-20 season.
3. The first 16 being H/H within 5 division teams, and 3H/3A against opposing division.
4. The last 4 games are 2H and 2A based on the team's position in the first 16 games. Teams are grouped in 3's.
So, 4 less games for buy games. The question would be, is that being taken from the Power5/BE conferences, or from "mid-majors" like A10/WCC/MVC/CUSA/AAC?