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U SPORTS Final 8 Selection Criteria for the At-large Berth

The Men's Basketball Playing Regulations document was found at Playing Regulations 2024-25 Season on the U SPORTS website.

The applicable section (retrieved on 25-Feb-2025) says:

1.4.5. BERTH CRITERIA FOR THE AT-LARGE BERTH SPOT

A Selection Committee will use the following 10 criteria to determine the at-large berth. The committee will consider the performance of each team in each criterion and rank them accordingly. The committee has a degree of discretion in its rankings within each criterion. For example, the committee may consider a regular season record of 19-1 to be equal to a 21-1 record even though 21-1 is mathematically superior.

  1. Final regular season conference record.
  2. Strength of schedule (using RPI).
  3. Games vs. other teams under berth consideration and teams that have already qualified for the national championship.
  4. Games results against non-conference opponents (overall record vs. U SPORTS teams in non-conference play. All teams - including games against conference opponents in non-conference games.) Include record and date/location Home / Away / neutral court and game score should be considered within this category. **** Non-conference refers to U SPORTS teams only.
  5. Top 10 rankings: Take the average ranking of the teams placing in the Top 10s for the season. For teams not being ranked in a given week, a number will be assigned. Top 10 rankings from November 15 to end of regular season for that team. (Conference play only.)
  6. Games vs. teams (U SPORTS teams only) with a winning percentage of greater than .800 (this category includes games with a winning percentage greater than .650 and .500 as well.) (Conference play only.)
  7. Games vs. teams (U SPORTS teams only) with a winning percentage of greater than .650 (this category includes games with a winning percentage greater than .500 as well.) (Conference play only.)
  8. Games vs. teams (U SPORTS teams only) with a winning percentage of greater than .500 (Conference play only.)
  9. Games vs. teams (U SPORTS teams only) with a winning percentage of less than .500 (Conference play only.)
  10. Play-off Performance.
    Note: There are inherent challenges in simply comparing at face value how deep a team advanced into the play-offs in one conference to another conference without looking at the nuances and making some distinctions and judgments. Out of consideration to the number of teams in each conference, the at-large berth applicants' play-off performance will be reviewed and sorted into clusters.

    The top cluster will consist of:

    1. The RSEQ and AUS applicants that advanced to the play-off final and lost in the final. (The 2nd placed team in the play-offs out of 5 teams in the RSEQ) (The 2nd placed team in the play-offs out of 8 teams in the AUS)
    2. The OUA and Canada West applicants that advanced to the semi-finals. (The 3rd or 4th ranked team from the Final 4 out of 15 teams in Canada West) (The 3rd or 4th ranked team in the OUA play-offs out of 16 teams in OUA (sic))

    The second cluster will consist of:

    1. The RSEQ and AUS applicant who won the bronze medal or who lost in the semi-finals if no bronze medal exists. (3rd or 4th team out of 5 in RSEQ)
    2. The Canada West applicant who lost in the divisional final (sic).
    3. The OUA applicant who just missed out of the semi-finals (5th out of 16 (sic))

Teams Already Qualified for Final 8
TeamLeagueHow qualified
UPEIAUSAUS Champion
CalgaryCanada West PrairieCanada West Champion
OttawaOUAOUA Champion
Bishop'sRSEQRSEQ Champion
UBCCanada West PacificCanada West Representative
Queen'sOUAOUA Representative
VictoriaCanada West PacificDesignated Host Team

1) Final regular season conference record
PosTeamLeagueWin-LossWin Pct
1Concordia RSEQ14-20.875
2Manitoba Canada West Prairie16-40.800
 Winnipeg Canada West Prairie16-40.800
4StFX AUS15-50.750
5Toronto Metropolitan OUA15-70.682
6Ontario Tech OUA10-120.455

2) Strength of schedule (from RPI)
PosTeamLeagueWPOWPOOWPRPI value
1Concordia RSEQ0.7330.5570.5350.596
2StFX AUS0.7180.5670.5200.593
3Winnipeg Canada West Prairie0.7620.5150.5220.579
4Manitoba Canada West Prairie0.7200.5250.5200.572
5Toronto Metropolitan OUA0.7290.4700.5090.545
6Ontario Tech OUA0.5620.5180.5080.527

3) Games versus other teams under berth consideration or already qualified
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Concordia 5-50.500 L-Queen's L-Bishop's W-Bishop's W-Ottawa W-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Ottawa W-Bishop's W-UBC
2Manitoba 3-50.375 L-Calgary W-Winnipeg W-Calgary L-Calgary L-Winnipeg W-Winnipeg L-UBC L-Victoria
3Toronto Metropolitan 2-40.333 L-Queen's W-StFX L-Ottawa L-Queen's W-Ontario Tech L-Ottawa
4Winnipeg 2-50.286 L-Calgary L-Manitoba L-Calgary W-Calgary W-Manitoba L-Manitoba L-UBC
5StFX 1-50.167 L-UPEI L-Queen's L-Toronto Metropolitan W-UPEI L-UPEI L-UPEI
6Ontario Tech 1-60.143 W-Bishop's L-Queen's L-Queen's L-Toronto Metropolitan L-Ottawa L-Ottawa L-Queen's

4) Record in U SPORTS non-conference games
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Ontario Tech 4-01.000W-UBC Okanagan (84-81 on Oct 4 in Oshawa, ON)
W-Laval (94-70 on Oct 10 in Lennoxville, QC)
W-Bishop's (89-83 on Oct 11 in Lennoxville, QC)
W-Memorial (71-66 on Oct 19 in Oshawa, ON)
2Winnipeg 7-10.875W-Lethbridge (79-67 on Sep 26 in Regina, SK)
W-Regina (74-68 on Sep 27 in Regina, SK)
W-Lakehead (74-62 on Oct 10 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Thompson Rivers (83-57 on Oct 11 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-UNBC (76-53 on Oct 25 in Winnipeg, MB)
L-Calgary (73-79 on Oct 26 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Lakehead (75-68 on Jan 2 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Lakehead (82-70 on Jan 3 in Winnipeg, MB)
3Toronto Metropolitan 6-10.857W-UNBC (70-50 on Sep 28 in Toronto, ON)
W-UBC Okanagan (81-67 on Oct 5 in Toronto, ON)
W-Memorial (75-62 on Oct 11 in Toronto, ON)
W-McGill (102-46 on Oct 13 in Toronto, ON)
W-UQAM (64-62 on Oct 18 in Kingston, ON)
L-Queen's (64-68 on Oct 19 in Kingston, ON)
W-StFX (86-65 on Oct 20 in Kingston, ON)
4Manitoba 5-20.714W-Thompson Rivers (88-76 on Oct 10 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Lakehead (88-85 on Oct 11 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Saskatchewan (72-65 on Oct 17 in Waterloo, ON)
W-Brock (53-51 on Oct 18 in Waterloo, ON)
L-Waterloo (62-66 on Oct 19 in Waterloo, ON)
L-Calgary (65-75 on Oct 25 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-UNBC (74-64 on Oct 26 in Winnipeg, MB)
5Concordia 6-40.600L-Queen's (76-85 on Sep 28 in Montreal, QC)
W-Guelph (58-55 on Oct 4 in Guelph, ON)
W-Toronto (75-67 on Oct 5 in Toronto, ON)
W-Laurier (71-49 on Oct 11 in Montreal, QC)
L-McMaster (79-80 on Oct 12 in Montreal, QC)
L-Cape Breton (78-102 on Oct 13 in Montreal, QC)
L-UNB (58-72 on Oct 18 in Ottawa, ON)
W-York (74-43 on Oct 19 in Ottawa, ON)
W-Carleton (60-52 on Oct 20 in Ottawa, ON)
W-Ottawa (80-70 on Jan 4 in Ottawa, ON)
6StFX 3-30.500W-Cape Breton (90-87 on Oct 5 in Sydney, NS)
W-Acadia (86-65 on Oct 11 in Antigonish, NS)
L-UPEI (71-75 on Oct 12 in Antigonish, NS)
L-Queen's (79-83 on Oct 18 in Kingston, ON)
W-UQAM (67-63 on Oct 19 in Kingston, ON)
L-Toronto Metropolitan (65-86 on Oct 20 in Kingston, ON)

5) Average Top 10 ranking after Nov 15, 2024 (assigned number is 12)
PosTeamLeagueAverage
1Winnipeg Canada West Prairie5.23
2Toronto Metropolitan OUA6.41
3StFX AUS9.05
4Concordia RSEQ11.32
5Manitoba Canada West Prairie11.41
6Ontario Tech OUA11.86

6) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .800 winning percentage
Teams: Victoria (25-1/0.962), Calgary (21-5/0.808), Ottawa (25-3/0.893), Bishop's (16-4/0.800), Concordia (17-4/0.810),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Winnipeg 1-10.500 L-Calgary W-Calgary
2Concordia 3-40.429 L-Bishop's W-Bishop's W-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Ottawa W-Bishop's
3Manitoba 1-20.333 W-Calgary L-Calgary L-Victoria
4StFX 0-00.000
 Ontario Tech 0-20.000 L-Ottawa L-Ottawa
 Toronto Metropolitan 0-20.000 L-Ottawa L-Ottawa

7) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .650 winning percentage
Teams: StFX (16-6/0.727), UBC (18-8/0.692), Victoria (25-1/0.962), Calgary (21-5/0.808), Manitoba (17-6/0.739), Winnipeg (17-5/0.773), Brock (15-8/0.652), Lakehead (18-5/0.783), Toronto Metropolitan (17-8/0.680), Carleton (16-8/0.667), Ottawa (25-3/0.893), Queen's (18-9/0.667), Bishop's (16-4/0.800), Concordia (17-4/0.810),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Concordia 4-40.500 L-Bishop's W-Bishop's W-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Ottawa W-Bishop's W-UBC
2Manitoba 3-40.429 W-Winnipeg W-Calgary L-Calgary L-Winnipeg W-Winnipeg L-UBC L-Victoria
3Ontario Tech 4-80.333 L-Lakehead L-Queen's L-Queen's L-Brock L-Toronto Metropolitan W-Carleton L-Ottawa L-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Brock W-Lakehead L-Queen's
 Winnipeg 2-40.333 L-Manitoba L-Calgary W-Calgary W-Manitoba L-Manitoba L-UBC
5Toronto Metropolitan 2-60.250 L-Ottawa W-Carleton L-Brock L-Lakehead L-Lakehead L-Queen's W-Brock L-Ottawa
6StFX 0-00.000

8) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .500 winning percentage
Teams: Cape Breton (13-9/0.591), StFX (16-6/0.727), UNB (11-11/0.500), UPEI (15-10/0.600), Thompson Rivers (11-11/0.500), Trinity Western (13-9/0.591), UBC (18-8/0.692), Victoria (25-1/0.962), Calgary (21-5/0.808), Lethbridge (11-10/0.524), Manitoba (17-6/0.739), Winnipeg (17-5/0.773), Brock (15-8/0.652), Lakehead (18-5/0.783), Toronto Metropolitan (17-8/0.680), Carleton (16-8/0.667), Laurentian (12-12/0.500), Ottawa (25-3/0.893), Queen's (18-9/0.667), Western (14-9/0.609), Windsor (12-11/0.522), Bishop's (16-4/0.800), Concordia (17-4/0.810),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1StFX 8-40.667 W-Cape Breton L-Cape Breton W-UNB W-UNB W-UPEI L-Cape Breton W-Cape Breton L-UPEI W-UNB W-UNB W-UNB L-UPEI
2Manitoba 6-40.600 W-Lethbridge W-Lethbridge W-Winnipeg W-Calgary L-Calgary L-Winnipeg W-Winnipeg W-Thompson Rivers L-UBC L-Victoria
3Toronto Metropolitan 6-60.500 W-Laurentian W-Western W-Windsor L-Ottawa W-Carleton L-Brock L-Lakehead L-Lakehead L-Queen's W-Brock W-Western L-Ottawa
 Concordia 4-40.500 L-Bishop's W-Bishop's W-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Bishop's L-Ottawa W-Bishop's W-UBC
 Winnipeg 4-40.500 L-Manitoba L-Calgary W-Calgary W-Manitoba L-Manitoba W-Lethbridge W-Lethbridge L-UBC
6Ontario Tech 6-100.375 L-Western W-Windsor L-Lakehead L-Laurentian L-Queen's L-Queen's L-Brock L-Toronto Metropolitan W-Carleton L-Ottawa W-Laurentian L-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Brock W-Lakehead L-Queen's

9) Conference game record versus teams with less than .500 winning percentage
Teams: Acadia (6-14/0.300), Dalhousie (7-13/0.350), Memorial (10-11/0.476), Saint Mary's (8-13/0.381), UBC Okanagan (4-16/0.200), UFV (10-12/0.455), UNBC (1-19/0.050), Alberta (10-11/0.476), Brandon (7-14/0.333), MacEwan (2-18/0.100), Mount Royal (10-11/0.476), Regina (6-14/0.300), Saskatchewan (5-15/0.250), McMaster (6-16/0.273), Toronto (9-13/0.409), York (4-18/0.182), Nipissing (6-16/0.273), Ontario Tech (12-13/0.480), Algoma (0-22/0.000), Guelph (9-14/0.391), Waterloo (9-14/0.391), Laurier (9-13/0.409), Laval (4-13/0.235), McGill (3-13/0.188), UQAM (5-12/0.294),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Concordia 13-01.000 W-McGill W-UQAM W-Laval W-Laval W-McGill W-McGill W-UQAM W-UQAM W-Laval W-UQAM W-McGill W-Laval W-UQAM
2Winnipeg 13-10.929 W-Brandon W-Mount Royal W-Mount Royal W-MacEwan W-MacEwan W-Alberta W-Alberta W-Saskatchewan W-Saskatchewan W-Regina W-Regina L-Brandon W-Brandon W-Mount Royal
3Manitoba 11-20.846 W-Brandon W-Saskatchewan W-Saskatchewan L-Regina W-Regina W-Brandon W-Brandon W-Alberta L-Alberta W-MacEwan W-MacEwan W-Mount Royal W-Mount Royal
 Toronto Metropolitan 11-20.846 W-Nipissing L-Toronto W-Algoma W-Guelph W-Laurier W-Waterloo W-Ontario Tech W-Toronto L-McMaster W-York W-York W-McMaster W-Guelph
5StFX 8-20.800 W-Dalhousie W-Dalhousie W-Saint Mary's W-Acadia W-Dalhousie W-Dalhousie W-Acadia W-Saint Mary's L-Memorial L-Memorial
6Ontario Tech 6-30.667 W-McMaster W-York W-Algoma L-Laurier L-Waterloo W-Toronto L-Guelph W-Nipissing W-Nipissing

10) Playoff performance, how many wins away from automatic qualifier
PosTeamLeagueWins Away
1Concordia RSEQ1
 Manitoba Canada West Prairie1
 Ontario Tech OUA1
 StFX AUS1
 Toronto Metropolitan OUA1
6Winnipeg Canada West Prairie2

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