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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4347503, member: 10"] Seems like a crazy idea but then I thought, they do this for the NCAA Tournament. But if you're playing every team the same amount of times in conference then why do you need something else to seed the teams? The WAC will be taking into account all games and not just the conference game. Stupid or good idea for other conferences to follow? [I]The Western Athletic Conference is changing how it seeds its postseason basketball tournaments by introducing an intrepid, evolutionary concept to the sport. The 2022-23 season will see the WAC's men's and women's basketball standings be determined not just by conference wins and losses, but also an algorithm that rewards and/or punishes based off performance against all teams they face in the regular season. "The idea is to seed the conference tournament based on your full season play, not just your conference standings," Pomeroy told CBS Sports.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wac-altering-basketball-tournament-formats-by-introducing-bold-new-seeding-concept-based-on-advanced-analytics/[/URL] [/QUOTE]