Friday, March 2, 2012

WAC seeding

Possible Seeds

Fresno State
7    Locked in

Hawai‘i
4    If Hawai‘i beats Utah State and Nevada beats Louisiana Tech

6    If Hawai‘i loses to Utah State OR
     If Hawai‘i beats Utah State and Louisiana Tech beats Nevada

Idaho
2    If Idaho beats San Jose State and Fresno State beats New Mexico State

3    If Idaho loses to San Jose State OR
     If Idaho beats San Jose State and New Mexico State beats Fresno State

Louisiana Tech
5    If Louisiana Tech beats Nevada OR
     If Louisiana Tech loses to Nevada and Utah State beats Hawai‘i

6    If Louisiana Tech loses to Nevada and Hawai‘i beats Utah State

Nevada
1    Locked in

New Mexico State
2    If New Mexico State beats Fresno State OR
     If New Mexico State loses to Fresno State and San Jose State beats Idaho

3    If New Mexico State loses to Fresno State and Idaho beats San Jose State

San Jose State
8    Locked in

Utah State
4    It Utah State beats Hawai‘i OR
     If Utah State loses to Hawai‘i and Louisiana Tech beats Nevada

5    If Utah State loses to Hawai‘i and Nevada beats Louisiana Tech
 


WAC Tie-breaking Procedures.

a.   General Procedures
The following procedures are to be used to determine seeding for a Conference tournament or to establish the automatic qualifier to an NCAA Championship subject to any sport regulation tie-breakers.

[1]
 Ties for all places in the standings (between two teams or three or more teams) which can be broken based upon head-to-head competition are broken before the implementation of further tie-breaking procedures.

[2]  If more than two teams are tied, the three or more tie-breaking procedures shall be implemented.  If only two teams are tied, the two-team tie-breaking procedures shall be implemented.

[3]  In the case of ties for more than one place, the first tie broken is that of the highest place (i.e., first place, second place, etc.) and continue downward through the standings.

[4]  If the tie is for first place and cannot be broken by a head-to-head results, compare the tied teams’ winning percentage against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings.  The team with the best winning percentage against the next highest-finishing team or group of tied teams advances.  If the tie is for any position other than first place, the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.

[5]  Once a tied team has been placed in a position/seed, that team shall be included in all further comparisons of other tied teams from the position/seed in which it has been placed.

b.   Tie-Breaking Procedures

[1]  Two-Way Tie:

[i]   The winner of the head-to-head competition is the higher seed.

[ii]  If the tie is for first place, compare the tied teams’ records against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings.  The team with the best record/winning percentage against the next highest finishing team or group of tied teams advances.  If the tie is for any position other than first place, the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.

[iii] If a tie still remains, the Conference office shall conduct a draw.  The drawn team shall receive the higher seed.

[iv] Men and Women’s Basketball Only.
If a tie still remains, the institution with the highest RPI at the conclusion of the WAC's regular season shall receive the highest seed. The most recent available official NCAA RPI on the last day of the WAC’s regular season will be used. [5/11]

[2]  Three or More-Way Tie.  Once a tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaker is implemented.

[i]   Compare the records of the tied teams against each other.  The team(s) with the best record(s) versus the other tied teams receives the higher seed or advances to the next tie-breaker; the team with the next best record versus the other tied teams receives the next highest seed or advances to the next tie breaker, etc.

[ii]  If the tie is for first place, compare the tied teams’ records against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings.  The team with the best record against the next highest-finishing team or group of tied teams advances.  If the tie is for any position other than first place the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.

[iii] If a tie still remains, the Conference office shall conduct a draw.  The first team drawn shall receive the higher seed, the second team drawn shall receive the next highest seed, etc.

[iv] Men and Women’s Basketball Only. If a tie still remains, the institution with the highest RPI at the conclusion of the WAC's regular season shall receive the highest seed. . The most recent available official NCAA RPI on the last day of the WAC’s regular season will be used. [5/11]




  

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