BTHL Team Seeding Reference












1st  seed










1  refer to note 3






16th  seed












1





8th  seed










8







9th  seed














1



5th  seed










5







12th  seed












4





4th  seed










4







13th  seed

















Buckeye

3rd  seed






Cup



3







14th  seed












3





6th  seed










6







11th  seed














2



7th  seed










7







10th  seed












2





2nd  seed










2







15th  seed
















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Team Seeding Chart
3-4 Teams 5-8 Teams 9-16 Teams 17-32 Teams
1 vs. 4 1 vs. 8 1 vs. 16 1 vs. 32
2 vs. 3 2 vs. 7 2 vs. 15 2 vs. 31

3 vs. 6 3 vs. 14 3 vs. 30

4 vs. 5 4 vs. 13 4 vs. 29


5 vs. 12 5 vs. 28


6 vs. 11 6 vs. 27


7 vs. 10 7 vs. 26


8 vs. 9 8 vs. 25



9 vs. 24



10 vs. 23



11 vs. 22



12 vs. 21



13 vs. 20



14 vs. 19



15 vs. 18



16 vs. 17

Notes:
  1. Top seeded teams automatically advance (given a "bye") to the next round when the quantity of teams is not equal to exactly 4, 8, 16 or 32.
  2. For multi-division brackets (see below), alternate between the divisions when seeding teams. (Note the different method used with "2" and "3-division" age groups.) The "starting" division will be determined as follows:
    1. In the instance that one division has more teams than the other (as shown below), start "Seed 1" with the division having the most teams. This will help maximize the number of "cross-divisional" match-ups all the way through to the championship game.
    2. Should the number of teams in all divisions be equal, "Seed 1" will be the division winner with the most regular season points. (Best record)
    3. Should all division winners have an equal number of points, then the last place team with the least regular season points will have the last seed. The division winner from the other division will be awarded the top seed.
    4. If both the top and bottom teams from each division are tied in points, proceed with same criteria using "2nd" and "2nd-to-last" place teams. (Then "3rd" and "3rd-to-last", etc.)
  3. Seeded round robins will use the same seeding to determine brackets. As an example, an 8-team round robin (please refer to the second round of the bracket shown above) would have 2 brackets consisting of teams 1-8-5-4 vs. 3-6-7-2. A 6-team round robin would simply eliminate the bottom 2 seeds and consist of 1-5-4 vs. 3-6-2.
Hoosier * Bluegrass *
Reg Season Tourn Seed Reg Season Tourn Seed
1st Seed 1 1st Seed 2
2nd Seed 3 2nd Seed 4
3rd Seed 5 3rd Seed 6
4th Seed 7 4th Seed 8
5th Seed 9 5th Seed 10
6th Seed 11

* Divisions shown for illustration purposes only

Keystone * Bluegrass * Hoosier *
Reg Season Tourn Seed Reg Season Tourn Seed Reg Season Tourn Seed
1st Seed 1 1st Seed 2 1st Seed 3
2nd Seed 6 2nd Seed 5 2nd Seed 4
3rd Seed 7 3rd Seed 8 3rd Seed 9
4th Seed 12 4th Seed 11 4th Seed 10
5th Seed 13 5th Seed 14 5th Seed 15
6th Seed 18 6th Seed 17 5th Seed 16
7th Seed 19 7th Seed 20 7th Seed 21
8th Seed 23 8th Seed 22

An alternating count direction is used with "3-divisions" in order to minimize "same division" match-ups.
* Divisions shown for illustration purposes only
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Posted: 07/05/2001