'The MTE model is outdated': November's nonconference scheduling is getting a shake-up

UConn coach Dan Hurley said he's not doing another three -game MTE again.

The Maui Invitational and Battle 4 Atlantis are among the only prestigious large tournaments remaining.

The Players Era Festival will expand in 2025 to at least 18 schools.

Co-founder Seth Berger wants to make Players Era the biggest event on the November calendar.

Oregon coach Dana Altman : "If our guys get this money, get paid like this, man, that's icing on the cake" Players Era sends the money to the school's NIL collectives, which then pay out the money.

Creighton coach Greg McDermott : "I know there's a lot of questions about this tournament, going in, from the national media.. but this is incredibly well organized" Sources estimate that the upper echelon of power-conference programs make between $500,000 and $1 million per home game.

Some events are downsizing or splitting up into two separate fields under the same umbrella.

Staple nonconference events such as the Maui Invitational and Battle 4 Atlantis aren't getting the elite eight -team groups they've landed in the past.

In their place are marquee neutral-site games such as last week's Kansas vs. Duke showdown.