Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures

(As of 2023-2024 Season)

TIEBREAKERS
The first criteria in the breaking of ties in the standings shall be head-to-head competition of tied teams. The
following procedure will be used to establish the postseason championship seeds when ties exist.

TIES INVOLVING TWO TEAMS
1. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season. If teams remain tied, then:

2. Each team’s winning percentage versus the team occupying the highest position in the final regular
season standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.
(2-0 is not better than 1-0 or 0-0, 0-0 and 0-1 is not better than 0-2)

When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s winning
percentage against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group’s own tiebreaking procedures),
rather than the performance against individual tied teams. The lone exception to this guideline would
be if there are only two tied teams in the group placement and one of the teams won the head-to-head
matchup(s). In this instance, the tie is deemed broken and comparison of the seed rather than the
placement will be utilized.

3. A comparison of the tied teams Conference-games only road winning percentage.

4. A comparison of the tied teams Conference games only road winning percentage versus the team(s)
occupying the highest position in the final Conference regular season standings, and then counting down
through the standings until one team gains an advantage.

When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing winning percentage, use each team’s
winning percentage against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group’s own tie
breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams. The lone exception to this
guideline would be if there are only two tied teams in the group placement and one of the teams won the
head-to-head matchup(s). In this instance, the tie is deemed broken and comparison of the seed rather
than the placement will be utilized.

5. Draw. In the event tiebreaking procedures are unsuccessful and a draw is necessary in determining any
portion of seeding, the following procedure will be used:
    a. The draw will be conducted virtually, in public or with media attendance.
    b. Institutions involved in the drawing have the right to have a local representative in attendance at the
        drawing;
    c. A single slip of paper for each institution (with name or logo) will be placed into a container and will
        be drawn in order of seeding from highest to lowest.

TIES INVOLVING MORE THAN TWO TEAMS
1. Results from the collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams in
a mini round-robin format, ranking the tied teams by winning percentage from highest to lowest will be
used to determine the seeds. (2-0 is not better than 1-0 or 0-0, 0-0 and 0-1 is not better than 0-2). This
is done to essentially skip a given step if both teams didn’t play the other teams they are being compared
to. 
    a. If during this process two teams remain tied with the same winning percentage, the two-team
        tiebreaking system is used, starting with head-to-head results.
    b. If during this process more than two teams remain tied with the same winning percentage, a second
        mini round-robin format is implemented, ranking the remaining tied teams by winning percentage
        from highest to lowest to determine seeds. If the teams remain tied, then the two-team tiebreaking
        system is used, starting with head-to-head results.

2. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team’s winning percentage versus the team
occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through
the standings, eliminating tied teams with inferior winning percentage until one team gains an
advantage.

When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s winning
percentage against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group’s own tiebreaking procedure),
rather than the performance against individual tied teams. The lone exception to this guideline would
be if there are only two tied teams in the group placement and one of the teams won the head-to-head
matchup.In this instance, the tie is deemed broken and comparison of the seed rather than the placement
will be utilized.

3. If more than two teams are still tied, a comparison of the tied teams Conference games only road winning percentage.

4. If more than two teams are still tied, a comparison of the tied teams Conference games only road
winning percentage versus the team(s) occupying the highest position in the final Conference regular
season standings, and then continuing down through the standing until one team gains an advantage. If
at any point the multiple-teams tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaking procedures above
will be applied.

5. Add draw as final step, if needed.