WAC scenarios

2013 WAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Scenarios

Below are the possible seeds for each of the men’s teams after Saturday’s games.  Ties were broken using the tie-breaking principles on the following page.

Possible Seeds

Denver

1      If Denver beats Louisiana Tech and has an RPI better than Louisiana Tech’s. The official NCAA RPI will be used following Saturday night’s game but may not be available until Sunday morning.

2      If Denver loses to Louisiana Tech

Idaho

6      Locked in

Louisiana Tech

1      If Louisiana Tech beats Denver

2      If Louisiana Tech loses to Denver and has an RPI worse than Denver’s. The official NCAA RPI will be used following Saturday night’s game but may not be available until Sunday morning.

 

New Mexico St.

3      Locked in

San Jose St.

7      If San Jose State beats Texas State

8      If San Jose State loses to Texas State and Utah State beats UTSA

 

9      If San Jose State loses to Texas State, Utah State beats UTSA and Seattle beats Idaho OR

      If San Jose State loses to Texas State, UTSA beats Utah State and Idaho beats Seattle

10      If San Jose State loses to Texas State, UTSA beats Utah State and Seattle beats Idaho

 

Seattle

8      If Seattle beats Idaho, Texas State beats San Jose State and Utah State beats UTSA

 

9      If Seattle beats Idaho, San Jose State beats Texas State and Utah State beats UTSA OR

      If Seattle beats Idaho, Texas State beats San Jose State and UTSA beats Utah State

10      If Seattle loses to Idaho OR

      If Seattle beats Idaho, San Jose State beats Texas State and UTSA beats Utah State

UT Arlington

4      Locked in

UTSA

8      If UTSA beats Utah State

 

9      If UTSA loses to Utah State and Idaho beats Seattle

10      If UTSA loses to Utah State and Seattle beats Idaho

Texas St.

7      If Texas State beats San Jose State

8      If Texas State loses to San Jose State and Utah State beats UTSA

 

9      If Texas State loses to San Jose State and UTSA beats Utah State

Utah St.

5      Locked in

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]