United Athletic Conference

DENVER - The final five men's basketball regular season games will be played on Saturday and the top seeds in next week's Williams WAC basketball tournament are still undetermined. The winner of tomorrow's Tulsa-Nevada game will earn the top seed in the tournament.

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

Possible Seeds

Boise State
7

Hawaii
5-If Hawaii beats UTEP and SMU beats Louisiana Tech
6-If Hawaii loses or Louisiana Tech beats SMU

Louisiana Tech
3-If Louisiana Tech wins and Fresno State beats Rice
4-If Louisiana Tech wins and Rice beats Fresno State
5-If Louisiana Tech loses and UTEP beats Hawaii
6-If Louisiana Tech loses and Hawaii beats UTEP

Nevada
1-If Nevada beats Tulsa
2-If Nevada loses and Fresno State beats Rice
3-If Nevada loses and Rice beats Fresno State

Rice
2-If Rice beats Fresno State, Tulsa beats Nevada and Louisiana Tech beats SMU
3-If Rice beats Fresno State, Nevada beats Tulsa and Louisiana Tech beats SMU
4-If SMU beats Louisiana Tech
5-If Rice loses and Louisiana Tech beats SMU

San Jose State
8

SMU
2-If SMU beats Louisiana Tech, Tulsa beats Nevada and Rice beats Fresno State
3-If SMU beats Louisiana Tech and Fresno State beats Rice OR if SMU beats Louisiana Tech, Nevada beats Tulsa and Rice beats Fresno State
4-If SMU loses and Fresno State beats Rice
5-If SMU loses and Rice beats Fresno State

UTEP
9

Tulsa
1-If Tulsa beats Nevada
2-If Tulsa loses

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.