Complex sentence: Until 2011, each team also played home and away interconference games against the team from the opposing conference that finished the previous season on the same rank however, this was abandoned with the league expansion to 16 teams.
Split into simpler sentences: Until 2011, each team also played home and away interconference games against the team from the opposing conference that finished the previous season on the same rank. However, this was abandoned with the league expansion to 16 teams.