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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 2025-26 Season on the U SPORTS website.

The applicable section (retrieved on 17-Feb-2026) 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))
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    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
AcadiaAUSAUS Champion
VictoriaCanada WestCanada West Champion
Toronto MetropolitanOUAOUA Champion
LavalRSEQRSEQ Champion
UBCCanada WestCanada West Representative
CarletonOUAOUA Representative
CalgaryCanada WestHost Team

1) Final regular season conference record
PosTeamLeagueWin-LossWin Pct
1StFX AUS17-30.850
2Bishop's RSEQ13-30.812
3Winnipeg Canada West16-40.800
4Brock OUA17-50.773
 Western OUA17-50.773
6Ottawa OUA16-60.727
7UPEI AUS8-120.400

2) Strength of schedule (from RPI)
PosTeamLeagueWPOWPOOWPRPI value
1Bishop's RSEQ0.8480.5360.5460.616
2Ottawa OUA0.7110.5330.5230.575
3Winnipeg Canada West0.8220.4660.5150.567
4Western OUA0.7520.4930.5150.563
5Brock OUA0.6580.5190.5210.554
6StFX AUS0.6830.5200.4940.554
7UPEI AUS0.3700.4630.4870.446

3) Games versus other teams under berth consideration or already qualified
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Winnipeg 3-10.750 W-Calgary W-Calgary W-Calgary L-UBC
2Bishop's 7-40.636 W-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Laval W-Laval W-Calgary L-Laval L-Laval L-Laval W-Acadia W-Victoria L-Carleton
3Ottawa 5-40.556 L-Bishop's W-Laval W-StFX L-Carleton L-Western W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Carleton W-Brock L-Brock
4Western 2-20.500 W-Brock W-Ottawa L-Carleton L-Toronto Metropolitan
5Brock 4-50.444 L-Calgary L-UBC W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Toronto Metropolitan L-Western L-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Ottawa L-Toronto Metropolitan
6UPEI 3-50.375 L-Laval L-Victoria W-Acadia L-StFX W-Acadia L-StFX W-StFX L-Acadia
7StFX 4-80.333 L-Calgary L-Toronto Metropolitan L-Acadia L-Carleton L-Ottawa L-Acadia L-Acadia W-UPEI W-Acadia W-Acadia W-UPEI L-UPEI

4) Record in U SPORTS non-conference games
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Bishop's 9-01.000W-Saint Mary's (82-62 on Sep 6 in Halifax, NS)
W-Ottawa (85-83 on Sep 27 in Brockville, ON)
W-Queen's (106-99 on Oct 9 in Lennoxville, QC)
W-Toronto (78-62 on Oct 10 in Lennoxville, QC)
W-Saskatchewan (87-74 on Oct 17 in Ottawa, ON)
W-McMaster (73-69 on Oct 18 in Ottawa, ON)
W-Carleton (67-42 on Oct 19 in Ottawa, ON)
W-Calgary (89-83 on Dec 28 in Quebec City, QC)
W-McMaster (85-56 on Dec 29 in Quebec City, QC)
 Winnipeg 8-01.000W-Regina (83-62 on Oct 2 in Regina, SK)
W-Lethbridge (77-53 on Oct 3 in Regina, SK)
W-Lakehead (84-69 on Oct 9 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-UBCO (73-63 on Oct 10 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-UNBC (81-43 on Oct 17 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Algoma (84-45 on Oct 18 in Winnipeg, MB)
W-Lakehead (77-74 on Dec 29 in Thunder Bay, ON)
W-Lakehead (86-76 on Dec 30 in Thunder Bay, ON)
 Western 4-01.000W-York (87-67 on Oct 9 in London, ON)
W-Mount Royal (84-61 on Oct 17 in Kingston, ON)
W-UNB (88-64 on Oct 18 in Kingston, ON)
W-Queen's (95-86 on Oct 19 in Kingston, ON)
4Ottawa 4-20.667L-Bishop's (83-85 on Sep 27 in Brockville, ON)
L-Concordia (73-86 on Oct 3 in Montreal, QC)
W-McGill (82-55 on Oct 4 in Montreal, QC)
W-Laval (81-73 on Oct 5 in Montreal, QC)
W-StFX (94-75 on Oct 10 in Ottawa, ON)
W-UQAM (86-54 on Jan 3 in Ottawa, ON)
5Brock 2-40.333W-Thompson Rivers (83-65 on Oct 3 in St. Catharines, ON)
W-Laurier (69-44 on Oct 4 in St. Catharines, ON)
L-Ontario Tech (57-62 on Oct 5 in St. Catharines, ON)
L-Calgary (85-93 on Oct 10 in Calgary, AB)
L-Lethbridge (68-71 on Oct 11 in Calgary, AB)
L-UBC (60-75 on Oct 12 in Calgary, AB)
6UPEI 2-50.286L-Laval (63-80 on Sep 26 in Charlottetown, PE)
W-Saint Mary's (75-71 on Sep 27 in Charlottetown, PE)
L-Victoria (63-73 on Oct 3 in Halifax, NS)
L-Mount Royal (57-66 on Oct 4 in Halifax, NS)
W-UNBC (77-64 on Oct 5 in Halifax, NS)
L-Nipissing (64-67 on Oct 16 in Quebec City, QC)
L-Windsor (61-81 on Oct 17 in Quebec City, QC)
7StFX 2-60.250L-Calgary (74-86 on Sep 25 in Rothesay, NB)
L-Toronto Metropolitan (74-93 on Sep 26 in Rothesay, NB)
L-Acadia (84-87 on Sep 27 in Rothesay, NB)
L-Carleton (71-77 on Oct 3 in Fredericton, NB)
W-Manitoba (81-66 on Oct 4 in Fredericton, NB)
W-UNB (73-65 on Oct 5 in Fredericton, NB)
L-Ottawa (75-94 on Oct 10 in Ottawa, ON)
L-Queen's (89-107 on Oct 12 in Kingston, ON)

5) Average Top 10 ranking after Nov 15, 2025 (assigned number is 12)
PosTeamLeagueAverage
1Bishop's RSEQ1.78
2Western OUA4.89
3Winnipeg Canada West5.33
4Ottawa OUA7.78
5StFX AUS10.22
6Brock OUA10.56
7UPEI AUS12.00

6) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .800 winning percentage
Teams: Laval (17-4/0.810), StFX (17-4/0.810), Victoria (22-4/0.846),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Bishop's 3-30.500 W-Laval W-Laval L-Laval L-Laval L-Laval W-Victoria
2UPEI 1-20.333 L-StFX L-StFX W-StFX
3Brock 0-00.000
 Ottawa 0-00.000
 StFX 0-00.000
 Western 0-00.000
 Winnipeg 0-00.000

7) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .650 winning percentage
Teams: Bishop's (16-5/0.762), Brock (18-6/0.750), Carleton (22-6/0.786), Laval (17-4/0.810), Ottawa (17-7/0.708), Queen's (15-8/0.652), StFX (17-4/0.810), Toronto Metropolitan (21-7/0.750), UBC (17-8/0.680), Victoria (22-4/0.846), Western (17-6/0.739), Winnipeg (17-5/0.773),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Ottawa 5-30.625 W-Queen's L-Carleton L-Western W-Queen's W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Carleton W-Brock L-Brock
2Western 3-20.600 W-Queen's W-Brock W-Ottawa L-Carleton L-Toronto Metropolitan
3Brock 4-40.500 W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Toronto Metropolitan L-Western L-Queen's L-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Ottawa L-Toronto Metropolitan
4Bishop's 3-40.429 W-Laval W-Laval L-Laval L-Laval L-Laval W-Victoria L-Carleton
5UPEI 1-20.333 L-StFX L-StFX W-StFX
6StFX 0-00.000
 Winnipeg 0-10.000 L-UBC

8) Conference game record versus teams with greater than .500 winning percentage
Teams: Acadia (16-10/0.615), Alberta (14-8/0.636), Bishop's (16-5/0.762), Brock (18-6/0.750), Calgary (13-11/0.542), Cape Breton (11-10/0.524), Carleton (22-6/0.786), Guelph (13-11/0.542), Lakehead (13-11/0.542), Laval (17-4/0.810), Manitoba (14-8/0.636), Mount Royal (13-8/0.619), Ottawa (17-7/0.708), Queen's (15-8/0.652), StFX (17-4/0.810), Thompson Rivers (12-9/0.571), Toronto Metropolitan (21-7/0.750), Toronto (13-12/0.520), UBC (17-8/0.680), UFV (14-8/0.636), UNB (13-8/0.619), Victoria (22-4/0.846), Western (17-6/0.739), Windsor (12-11/0.522), Winnipeg (17-5/0.773),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1StFX 6-20.750 L-Acadia L-Acadia W-Cape Breton W-Cape Breton W-Acadia W-UNB W-Acadia W-UNB
2Western 8-40.667 W-Queen's W-Guelph W-Brock W-Windsor W-Ottawa L-Carleton W-Windsor W-Guelph W-Toronto L-Toronto Metropolitan L-Lakehead L-Toronto
3Winnipeg 7-40.636 W-Mount Royal L-Mount Royal W-Calgary W-Calgary W-Alberta L-Alberta W-Manitoba L-Manitoba W-Manitoba W-Calgary L-UBC
4Brock 8-60.571 L-Toronto W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Toronto W-Toronto Metropolitan W-Windsor L-Western W-Guelph W-Lakehead L-Lakehead L-Queen's L-Ottawa W-Carleton W-Ottawa L-Toronto Metropolitan
5Ottawa 6-60.500 L-Guelph W-Queen's L-Carleton L-Western L-Windsor W-Queen's W-Toronto Metropolitan L-Toronto W-Lakehead W-Carleton W-Brock L-Brock
 Bishop's 4-40.500 W-Laval W-Laval L-Laval L-Laval L-Laval W-Acadia W-Victoria L-Carleton
7UPEI 5-100.333 L-UNB L-UNB L-Cape Breton L-Cape Breton W-Acadia L-StFX L-UNB L-UNB W-Acadia W-Cape Breton L-Cape Breton L-StFX W-Cape Breton W-StFX L-Acadia

9) Conference game record versus teams with less than .500 winning percentage
Teams: Algoma (2-20/0.091), Brandon (8-13/0.381), Concordia (7-10/0.412), Dalhousie (7-13/0.350), Laurentian (11-12/0.478), Lethbridge (7-13/0.350), MacEwan (3-17/0.150), McGill (1-15/0.062), McMaster (3-19/0.136), Memorial (8-13/0.381), Nipissing (6-16/0.273), Ontario Tech (8-14/0.364), Regina (9-12/0.429), Saint Mary's (4-16/0.200), Saskatchewan (5-15/0.250), Trinity Western (10-12/0.455), UBCO (3-17/0.150), UNBC (2-18/0.100), UPEI (10-13/0.435), UQAM (6-11/0.353), Waterloo (8-14/0.364), Laurier (10-13/0.435), York (4-18/0.182),
PosTeamWin-LossPctGames
1Brock 10-01.000 W-McMaster W-York W-Algoma W-Nipissing W-Laurentian W-Ontario Tech W-York W-McMaster W-Laurier W-Waterloo
2Bishop's 12-10.923 W-Concordia W-McGill L-UQAM W-Concordia W-McGill W-McGill W-UQAM W-UQAM W-Concordia W-McGill W-Concordia W-UQAM W-UQAM
3Ottawa 11-10.917 W-Laurentian W-Nipissing W-Ontario Tech L-Waterloo W-Laurier W-Ontario Tech W-McMaster W-York W-Algoma W-Nipissing W-Laurentian W-Laurier
4Winnipeg 10-10.909 W-Brandon W-MacEwan L-MacEwan W-Brandon W-Brandon W-Regina W-Regina W-Lethbridge W-Lethbridge W-Saskatchewan W-Saskatchewan
5StFX 11-20.846 W-Memorial W-Memorial W-Dalhousie W-Dalhousie L-Saint Mary's W-UPEI W-Memorial W-Memorial W-Dalhousie W-Saint Mary's W-Dalhousie W-UPEI L-UPEI
6Western 9-20.818 W-Laurentian W-Nipissing W-Ontario Tech W-Algoma W-McMaster W-Laurier L-Waterloo L-Laurier W-Waterloo W-York W-Algoma
7UPEI 5-30.625 W-Saint Mary's L-Saint Mary's W-Dalhousie W-Memorial L-Memorial W-Dalhousie L-Saint Mary's W-Saint Mary's

10) Playoff performance, how many wins away from automatic qualifier
PosTeamLeagueWins Away
1Bishop's RSEQ1
 Brock OUA1
 UPEI AUS1
 Winnipeg Canada West1
5Ottawa OUA2
 StFX AUS2
 Western OUA2

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