It would make more sense for them to do away with conferences and have each team play each other 3 times. That way the standings would be perfectly balanced and you wouldn’t have the “this conference is tougher than the other” argument. Most soccer leagues in the world use a similar format.
Home vs away games. In any case, play twice against the other conference (30 games), and four times against your own conference (56 games) for a total of 86. Still, the NBAPA will eat you.
even this makes more sense than having divisions