MBB Final: Louisiana 83, Arkansas State 77

[JayWalker]

The way I read the statement from the Sunbelt is the threshold is playing 80% of games scheduled, which would mean the 4th cancelled game takes you below the threshold. Teams above the threshold would be seeded by winning % and then teams below the threshold would seeded below them based on winning %. If someone knows more feel free to correct me. Of course this may be soon revised because as of now Texas St. and Georgia St are already on the cusp of falling below with 1 more cancellation.

It's 80% of the games actually played, not scheduled.

[Cajunsmike]

It's 80% of the games actually played, not scheduled.

Jay, can you elaborate on this policy? I am a little confused as to the seeding rules. I also think it would be very unfair if a team could not play enough games to be seeded properly if all of their cancellations were due to the scheduled opponents not being able to play. Not sure if an allowance is made for that circumstance.

[Hatch]

Jay, can you elaborate on this policy? I am a little confused as to the seeding rules. I also think it would be very unfair if a team could not play enough games to be seeded properly if all of their cancellations were due to the scheduled opponents not being able to play. Not sure if an allowance is made for that circumstance.

I went back and read it again and Jay is correct in it is 80% of the games played. The way I interpret that is they will take the total number of conference games played and divide by 12 for an average number per team. If an individual team has played less than 80% of that average then they fall below the threshold. This system makes it much tougher for a team to fall below.

[JayWalker]

I went back and read it again and Jay is correct in it is 80% of the games played. The way I interpret that is they will take the total number of conference games played and divide by 12 for an average number per team. If an individual team has played less than 80% of that average then they fall below the threshold. This system makes it much tougher for a team to fall below.

I think you pretty much nailed it.

If it were 80% of scheduled games it would be 14.4 (80% of 18). There was confusion over that last year when it looked like Georgia State wouldn't qualify. That's when we got the definition of games played vs. games scheduled.

[ragin50]

I went back and read it again and Jay is correct in it is 80% of the games played. The way I interpret that is they will take the total number of conference games played and divide by 12 for an average number per team. If an individual team has played less than 80% of that average then they fall below the threshold. This system makes it much tougher for a team to fall below.

I still don't get why a team whose opponent cancelled games is penalized at all when it's beyond their control.