Seeding and Selection- Basketball
The NMAA staff will seed & select teams for the 2023-2024 State Championships utilizing the following criteria in NMAA Bylaw 7.11 as voted on by the Board of Directors:• | Finish in regular season district play | |
• | Head to Head | |
• | Wins against district champions regardless of class | |
• | Overall Record | |
• | MaxPreps Rankings | |
• | Member School Input (see following form) - To be submitted by head coach prior to 8:00 AM on the day of seeding. Note: Football “School Input Form" will be submitted prior to 4PM on the day of seeding. |
NOTE: In the event of a tie among criteria points, head to head will be used to break the tie. If there is no head to head competition, or the head to head competition is tied, then MaxPreps Strength of Schedule will be used to break the tie.
Selection Date: Basketball- March 3, 2024 (8AM)
The District Chairperson is asked to submit a 'District Placement Form' (see attached form) prior to 8:00 AM on the day of seeding. Note: Football 'District Placement Forms' will be submitted following the final game in that district but no later than 4PM.
State Tournament Pairings:
The regular season District Champion and the DistrictTournament Champion (could be one or two per district) advance to the NMAA StateTournament. The remainder of the field will be made up of at-large berths. Selection and seeding will take place to determine the 16-team bracket for Classes A-5A. (See 7.11). Higher seeds will host first round games.
Note: One district team cannot be seeded or selected higher than another if they came out of district as a lower seed, with regular season taking precedence over tournament play. In the event of a tie in the regular season district standings, the NMAA Staff may use the six criteria points listed in 7.11.2 or any other head to head competition to determine the selection/seeding order between the two teams that are tied.
Related Information:
-Overall Record -- They look at the "Overall" Win % of each team.
- Seeding and Selection will take place on Sunday, March 3rd. Brackets will be released at approximately 5:00 PM on the Selection Show that you can access on the NMAA website and the 24/7 app.
- Teams that finish first in the regular season are the “District Champions” for Seeding and Selection and an automatic qualifier for the State Tournament.
- If there was a playoff game for first place, the winner of the playoff game will be the only team that is considered “District Champion” for Seeding and Selection and the only automatic qualifier. It is up to the district if they want to name teams “co-champion,” but that does not change our seeding and selection criteria.
- If more than one team is tied for first in the regular season, only the “District Champion” will gain an automatic berth. The other teams tied for first place are NOT guaranteed a berth in the state tournament. Only one team is a regular season automatic qualifier.
- For the criteria point “Wins Against District Champions,” wins against the lone “District Champion” will be the only wins that are counted. For example, if two teams are tied for first, the winner of the playoff game is the only team that you can count wins against for the criteria point “Wins Against District Champions.”
- The winner of the District Tournament will also gain an automatic berth to the State Tournament.
- The Coaches Input form is due into the office by 8:00 AM on Sunday, March 3rd. Any forms after this date and time will not be used. Your input is very important. Even though your team may not make the tournament, your voice still needs to be heard. We strive to have a Coaches Input form from all head coaches. Any forms that are obviously “gamesmanship” by an individual coach or a group of coaches will not be counted. Coaches input is one of six criteria point.
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