KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With expectations for COVID-19 disruptions and
the possibility for game cancellations during the 2021 MIAA fall sports
seasons, the MIAA announced it will use a weighted index formula to determine
fall conference standings and seeding.
The Association’s Athletic Administrators Committee unanimously approved to use
the weighted index for the 2021 fall seasons. This method, which was originally
created for the 2020-21 basketball season, is comprised of 80 percent of a
team’s winning percentage and 20 percent of the team’s total number of contests
played. Teams must complete at least 50% of its scheduled contests to be
eligible to be the regular season champion and to also qualify for the MIAA
post-season tournament.
The MIAA Office will apply the weighted index formula to the standings each
weekend, and the new standings as a result of the formula will be updated every
Monday.
For fall MIAA championships tournaments, teams that are tied in the
conference’s final standings, as a result of the weighted index, will follow
the sports “Tie-Breaker Process” to determine qualifiers and seeding for the
MIAA tournament.
The 2021 MIAA Soccer Championship Tournament is scheduled for November 7, 12,
14 and the 2021 MIAA Volleyball Championship Tournament is set for November 16,
19, 20. Both will be played at campus sites.
To see the complete MIAA football season, click
here, for a complete MIAA women’s soccer season, click
here, and to see a complete MIAA volleyball season, click
here.
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