INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) will continue using its Point Rating System (PRS) as the main qualifying procedure for its annual men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, it was announced Wednesday. The PRS will be used to determine the top-eight men’s and women’s teams that will advance to the 2024 GLVC Basketball Championship Tournaments, which will be held March 7-10, at Hyland Arena on the campus of Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo.
Similar to the NCAA’s Performance Indicator national tournament selection metric, the PRS enters its seventh season of use in the GLVC and has been replicated by multiple conferences throughout Division II. The GLVC developed the PRS prior to the 2017-18 season, and it has been renewed annually by the league’s men’s and women’s basketball head coaches.
The PRS is designed to provide a team more points for a win on the road or at home against top competition based on Conference winning percentage, while distributing fewer points for a win against weaker competition. Points are also distributed for losses, with more points awarded for a loss against stronger competition versus if the team lost at home or on the road to a struggling team.
At the end of the season, each team’s rating will be determined by results against opponents’ winning percentage as they ended the regular season, not what it was when the result occurred. The formula also only accounts for GLVC contests.
The eight teams with the highest ratings at the end of the regular season will qualify for the postseason tournament. In the event of a tie, the league’s existing interdivision tiebreaker criteria will be applied as outlined in Section 3.C.2.a of the GLVC Handbook. A head-to-head road win remains the first tiebreak, but the second tiebreak that involves head-to-head competition against all remaining institutions in order of their overall Conference record played at the same site, will instead reference the order of the Point Rating System rankings rather than the actual standings.
The GLVC will publish the first PRS of the 2023-24 season following the conclusion of games on Saturday, January 27, with updates coming after each night of league play starting on Saturday, February 3. The document with current ratings and team-by-team point distribution will be made available at the bottom of each standings pages linked above and on the GLVC’s Twitter/X social media account at
@GLVCsports.
Included below is the GLVC Point Rating System, followed by a link to the tiebreak criteria from GLVC Handbook Section 3.C.2.a.
GLVC POINT RATING SYSTEM
Points shall be awarded for each conference contest played:
7 points – win over a .750 or better team on the road
6.5 points – win over a .750 or better team at home
6 points – win over a .500 or better team on the road
5 points – win over a .500 or better team at home
4.5 points – win over a .250 or better team on the road
4 points – win over a .250 team or better at home
3.5 points – win over an under .250 team on the road
3 points – win over an under .250 team at home
2.5 points – loss at home or on the road to a .750 or better team
2 points – loss to a .500 or better team at home or on the road
1 point – loss to a .250 or better team at home or on the road
.5 points – loss to an under .250 team on the road
0 points – loss to an under .250 team at home
GLVC TIEBREAK PROCEDURE – SECTION 3.C.2.a