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DENVER - The final four men's basketball regular season games will be played on Saturday and the top seed in next week's WAC tournament is still undetermined. Tulsa has finished its season with a 15-3 record, while Hawaii travels to Fresno State with a 14-3 mark. If UH defeats the Bulldogs, the Rainbow Warriors would earn the number one seed since Hawaii swept Tulsa in its two meetings.

Below are the possible seeds for each of the mens teams after this Saturdays games. Ties were broken using the tie-breaking principles below.

Mens WAC Tournament Scenarios
Possible Seeds

Boise State
7

Fresno State
4-If Fresno State beats Hawaii and Boise State beats SMU
5-If Fresno State beats Hawaii, SMU beats Boise State and San Jose State beats Nevada
6-If Fresno State loses to Hawaii or if Fresno State beats Hawaii, SMU beats Boise State and Nevada beats San Jose State

Hawaii
1-If Hawaii beats Fresno State
2-If Hawaii loses to Fresno State

Louisiana Tech
3

Nevada
5-If Hawaii beats Fresno State or if Nevada beats San Jose State, Fresno State beats Hawaii and SMU beats Boise State
6-If Boise State beats SMU and Fresno State beats Hawaii or if SMU beats Boise State, Fresno State beats Hawaii and San Jose State beats Nevada

Rice
8

San Jose State
9-If Louisiana Tech beats UTEP or if UTEP beats Louisiana Tech and San Jose State beats Nevada
10-If San Jose State loses to Nevada and UTEP beats Louisiana Tech

SMU
4-If SMU beats Boise State or if SMU loses to Boise State and Fresno State loses to Hawaii
5-If SMU loses to Boise State and Fresno State beats Hawaii

UTEP
9-If UTEP beats Louisiana Tech and Nevada beats San Jose State
10-If UTEP loses to Louisiana Tech or if UTEP beats Louisiana Tech and San Jose State beats Nevada

Tulsa
1-If Hawaii loses to Fresno State
2-If Hawaii beats Fresno State

WAC Tie-breaking Procedures.
a. General Principles.
[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, 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 team has been placed in a position/seed, that team shall be included in all further comparisons of other tied teams.

b. Tie-breaker for Conference Championship Seeding.
[1] Two-Way Tie:
(a) The winner of the head-to-head competition is the higher seed.
(b) 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.
(c) If a tie still remains, the Conference office shall conduct a draw. The drawn team shall receive the higher seed.
[2] Three or More-Way Tie. Once a tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaker is implemented.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.