Tournament
Seeding and Explanation of Terms
Tournament Seeding
Tournament seeding is determined based
upon the following criteria after Regular Season play has completed:
- Winning Percentage (PCT)
- Head to Head Competition
- Performance Ranking (PR)
- Coin Flip
The website standings cannot determine Head to Head Competition results. Commissioners will
need to evaluate the Head to Head Competition criteria by hand to
determine seeding in the event of a tie in Winning Percentage. Teams should not assume the Final Standings on
website match the Seeding for tournament play.
Below is a description the statistics included in the League Standings report which are used to determine
seeding for tournament play.
Winning Percentage ( PCT )
This is the percentage of games the team has won.
Ties are counted as 1/2 a win, and 1/2 a loss. The formula used to
calculate this is:
|
( Wins + ( 0.5 * Ties ) ) |
|
( Wins + Losses + Ties ) |
Performance Ranking ( PR )
The PR formula is derived from
the NCAA Division III Strength of Schedule formula. Teams earn points for each game
played. The number of points earned is
determined by the outcome (won/lost/tied) and the opponents winning
%. Here are the values:
Game
Outcome |
Opponent
Winning % |
PR
Points |
|
Won |
>= 0.666 |
7 |
|
Won |
>= 0.500 |
6 |
|
Won |
>= 0.333 |
5 |
|
Won |
>= 0.000 |
4 |
|
Tied |
>= 0.666 |
5 |
|
Tied |
>= 0.500 |
4 |
|
Tied |
>= 0.333 |
3 |
|
Tied |
>= 0.000 |
2 |
|
Lost |
>= 0.666 |
3 |
|
Lost |
>= 0.500 |
2 |
|
Lost |
>= 0.333 |
1 |
|
Lost |
>= 0.000 |
0 |
Important Note:
The performance ranking points earned for a game are based upon the
opponents final winning percentages at the end of the
regular season, not their winning percentage at the time the game
was played. This means that the performance ranking points received for
games already played will change during the season as
your opponents winning percentage changes.What about Points Scored / Points Allowed / Margin of Victory ?
These quantities are intentionally not used in the process of determining Tournament Seeding. The intent of the GAA
Basketball program is to provide an environment that encourages the teaching of good sportsmanship, personal character, and basketball fundamentals.
Using any of these quantities would reward the team that either purposefully runs the score up on weaker opponents, or keeps their
strongest lineup in the game while enjoying a large lead so as to surrender the fewest points.
