def _parse_conference(self, stats):
        """
        Parse the conference abbreviation for the player's team.

        The conference abbreviation is embedded within the conference name tag
        and should be special-parsed to extract it.

        Parameters
        ----------
        stats : PyQuery object
            A PyQuery object containing the HTML from the player's stats page.

        Returns
        -------
        string
            Returns a string of the conference abbreviation, such as 'big-12'.
        """
        conference_tag = stats(PLAYER_SCHEME['conference'])
        conference = re.sub(r'.*/cbb/conferences/',
                            '',
                            str(conference_tag('a')))
        conference = re.sub(r'/.*', '', conference)
        return conference
Parse the conference abbreviation for the player's team.

        The conference abbreviation is embedded within the conference name tag
        and should be special-parsed to extract it.

        Parameters
        ----------
        stats : PyQuery object
            A PyQuery object containing the HTML from the player's stats page.

        Returns
        -------
        string
            Returns a string of the conference abbreviation, such as 'big-12'.