Basketball tiebreakers
Craig K. Gowens
Here are the official tiebreaking rules for the tourney:
Quick Lesson: Phillips 66 Menąs Basketball Tournament Seedings
The eligible teams with the best record (percentage wise) of all
divisional members in their 16 conference games shall receive the division
bye in the first round of the postseason tournament. In addition to the
lead divisional teams, the two teams with the next best record (percentage
wise) in the 16 conferennce games shall earn first-round byes. After the
leading divisional teams have been awarded first-round byes and ranked
as the No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed (based upon winning percentage), all
remaining teams will be ranked in order No. 3 through No. 12 (based on
winning percentage) for seeding in the tournament.
The Tiebreaker
The first criteria in the breaking of ties shall be head-to-head competition
of tied teams. The following procedure will be used to establish the
tournament seed if ties exist.
(a) If two teams are tied and they are from different divisions, the
winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the higher seed.
(b) If two tied teams are tied and they are from the same division, the
team with an advantage in head-to-head competition shall be the higher seed.
(c) If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of overall record
against division teams only (10 divisional games).
(d) If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against
the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in
the division and proceeding through in order of divisional finish.
(e) If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against
the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the
opposite division and proceeding through in order of divisional finish.
(f) If two teams remain tied, the higher seed will be chosen by draw.
(g) If three or more teams are tied, ties among divisional opponents will
be broken by using steps (b) through (f) and the head-to-head results will
be used to break ties between non-divisional teams. When three or more teams
from the same division are tied step (b) will consist of a mini-round robin
among those tied teams. At any point during the process of breaking ties
among three or more teams that the number of tied teams are reduced to two,
head-to-head competition would be used as the primary tiebreaker, followed
by steps (c) through (f).
*Note: When comparing against the Śhighestą ranked team(s)ą in either
division, the comparison will be based upon how tied teams did against all
teams in a given placement, rather than a team that wins a tiebreaker at
another position.
Craig K. Gowens
Hook'em Horns
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De facto 1998 Big XII Champions
1999 Cotton Bowl Champions
1998: 34- 3 20-16 26-24
1997: 27-24
1996: 37-27 51-15
Jay Patrick Howard
: leading divisional teams have been awarded first-round byes and ranked
: as the No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed (based upon winning percentage), all
: remaining teams will be ranked in order No. 3 through No. 12 (based on
: winning percentage) for seeding in the tournament.
Seeds 3-12 will be doled out according to winning percentage in conference
games, I presume, not overall winning percentage?