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Originally Posted by DreamTeams
Thanks for responding Le Grand Orange. What parameters closest to 154 games (balanced) will work out in order to have all four game series? It's ok if the schedule is more than 154 games, but I'd rather it not be less.
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39 series x 4 games per series = 156 games; 40 series x 4 games per series = 160 games.
Assuming 4-game series are the most important aspect, then the 156 game schedule would have a club playing 9 opponents 12 times each and 6 opponents 8 times each (9 x 12 = 108 plus 6 x 8 = 48 for a total of 156 games). The 12 games against an opponent would have a home-away split of either 8-4 or 4-8. Due to the uneven number of teams played 12 times, clubs will not be playing an equal number of games at home or away; it'd be either 76-80 or 80-76.
A 160-game schedule would have a club playing 10 opponents 12 times each and 6 opponents 8 times each (10 x 12 = 120 games plus 5 x 8 = 40 games for a total of 160 games). The total number of games played at home and away by every club is equal in this format (80-80). Since ten clubs are played 12 times, that means five of them are played 8-4 and the other five 4-8.