REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Member schools must schedule all other conference divisional members. The regular season conference champion will be determined by conference divisional record (based on least number of losses), not to include tournament games.  If a tie exists in determining a conference or division champion, the Tie-Breaker Procedure will be used.  In extenuating circumstances, a member school may appeal the requirement to compete against all other conference divisional members.

Tie-Breaker Procedure:
  1. If 2 teams are tied then a champion will be determined by the winner of head-to-head regular season competition
  2. If 3 or more teams are tied then co-champions will be awarded to all schools tied
ALL CONFERENCE SELECTION
Conference basketball coaches will select the East Husker Conference basketball teams during the 37th week of the NSAA standardized calendar using an electronic means.
 
All-Conference teams will be announced after all East Husker Conference schools have completed State Tournament competition.
 
Members of the East Husker All-Conference Team shall be determined by the following method.
  1. Each coach will nominate his/her own players that he/she believes deserve consideration for all-conference teams by emailing their nominations to the conference secretary prior to Monday noon of the designated selection week.  In an effort to improve the voting process, AD’s should view and approve nominations before they are submitted to the conference secretary.
  2. Each coach is encouraged to prepare an information sheet on each player nominated, stating such things as points scored, rebounds, etc. and electronically distribute to all other voting coaches prior to the vote.
  3. The conference secretary or designee will setup an electronic method for coaches to rank all nominations.   A coach may not vote for a member of his/her own team.
  4. On Wednesday of the designated week, coaches will use the electronic method to rank order and vote for 18 players, ranking the “best” player 18 points and the “18th” player with 1 point prior to noon.
  5. In case of ties for the last place on an all-conference team, coaches will electronically vote one time to break the tie.  If after a re-vote a tie still remains, a drawing to determine the position will result.
  6. The all-conference team selected from the balloting will consist of six first team members, six second team members, six third team members and any other person receiving a vote will be awarded honorable mention.  All honorees will receive awards of recognition as specified under Awards in the bylaws.
  7. Any incomplete ballots will be disregarded.
The East Husker Conference shall conduct a Basketball Tournament for its member schools to be held beginning the Friday of the 30th week and continue through the 31st week of the NSAA standardized calendar.

The host school for the East Husker Conference Basketball Tournament shall be determined from the conference activity rotation schedule.  (SEE APPENDIX A)  The host school shall be responsible for directing the entire tournament.

A Host Committee shall be formed annually to assist the tournament director in organizing and hosting the conference basketball tournament.  This committee will consist of the previous tournament director, current tournament director, and the next tournament director.  If necessary, an extra person can be added to the committee if the committee lacks experience in directing the tournament.  The Host Committee is charged with addressing issues that arise from the tournament, and drafting & communicating any potential changes in basketball by-laws to the superintendents.

Seeding the Tournament

The following procedure will be used to seed teams for the conference tournament.
  1. Coaches will not rank their own team.
  2. Coaches will rank the other teams with 1 being the highest rank, 2 being the second highest rank, etc.
  3. Athletic directors shall approve the rankings before sending them to the host school by the Monday of the 30th week before noon.
  4. The host school tournament director will combine the rankings to seed the tournament.  The school with the lowest combine rank will receive the top seed, the second seed will go to the school with the second lowest combine rank, etc.
  5. Ties for seeding process will be determined by the following method:
                a.  Head-to-Head winner
                b.  Team with the greater number of highest rankings
                     (based on the coaches’ rankings)
                c.  Coin flip to be arranged by the tournament director
See Tournament Brackets, Tournament Procedures, Admissions, Finances and Awards for additional information.