2013-14 SCHEDULING RECOMMENDATION

GNASH

Agenda • League Structure• Regular Season Schedule• Weighted Schedule• Tournament

League Structure• 1 League - 3 Tiers– Purpose • Create competitive balance • Make all games meaningful

– Based on 2012-13 Season Results• Tournaments and Regular Season Equally Weighted

– Placement is for scheduling purposes only

PRESEASON RANKING – 3 TIERSGNASH 2013-14

Tier 1• Ravenwood (1)• Brentwood (2)• Centennial (3)• Hendersonville (4)• Pope JPII (5)• Father Ryan (6)

Tier 2• Franklin-Oakland (7)• Mt. Juliet-Wilson Central (8)• MBA (9)• FRA-Lipscomb (10)• Independence-Summit (11)• Station Camp-Beech (12)

Tier 3• Blackman-Stewarts Creek (13)• Ensworth-Goodpasture (14)• Hume Fogg-Page (15)• White House-MLK (16)• Centennial B (17)• Supplemental Team (18)

REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULEGNASH 2013-14

HANDOUTRegular Season

Regular Season• Tier Play – teams to play the others in their

bracket 3x – total of 15 games• Upon completion of 15 game schedule, teams

are “re-seeded” to play “weighted” schedule based on the points earned from games played against teams within their Tier

Points• Tier 1 Games– All games worth 4 points• Win = 4 points• Tie = each team earns 2 points• Plus one point for win in shoot-out

Points• Tier 2 & 3 Games – All games worth 2 points• Win = 2 points• Tie = each team earns 1 point• Plus one point for win in shoot-out

HANDOUTWeighted Schedule

Weighted Schedule• Tier 2 versus Tier 1– Team playing up earns 1 point for each game

regardless of outcome– A win by a Tier 2 team nets them an additional 3

points. A tie, nets them 1 additional point, plus one more for shootout win

– Tier 1 team only earns points by winning or earning a tie (4 for a win)

Weighted Schedule• Tier 2 versus Tier 3– Team playing up earns 1 point for each game

regardless of outcome– A win by a Tier 3 team nets them 1 additional point. A

tie does not earn them any additional points.– Tier 2 team only earns points by winning or earning a

tie (2 for a win)

Final Standings• Points from Regular Tier and Weighted games are

added up• The top 6 teams from Tier 1 and top 2 teams from

Tier 2 (based on points earned) to play for the Pred’s Cup.

• The next 4 teams (by points in earned) in Tier 2 and the top 2 teams from Tier 3 to play for the Hines Cup.

• The bottom 4 teams in Tier 3 to play Consolation Tournament

TOURNAMENTSGNASH 2013-14

Pred’s Cup• 8 Team Double Elimination Tournament• See Handout

Hines Cup• 6 Team Double Elimination Tournament• See Handout

Consolation• 4 Team Round Robin

Summary• All games in regular season are meaningful• Crossover games are played when teams will

be ready for the challenge - end of season– Result is a better use of ice time – fewer games

reaching run time/mercy rule• Teams have an incentive to improve