Scheduling A Major College Basketball Conference
By: George L. Nemhauser and Michael A. Trick

Operations Research, Vol. 46, No. 1, January - February 1998

Summary:
The nine universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) have a basketball competition in which each school plays home and away games against each other over a nine-week period. The creation of a suitable schedule is a very difficult problem with a myriad of conflicting requirements and preferences.