Posted by Gregory Ruff - Mon, Mar 9, 2009 - [Women's Basketball] - Viewed 3627 times
The Union University Lady Bulldogs captured the 2008-09 TranSouth Tournament Championship. It is the third straight for the Union Lady Bulldogs. (Complete Story)
MARTIN METHODIST Kaitlyn Moses, Luaran Hudgins, Miranda Cravens, Kelsey Bacon, Whitney Robison, Tiffany Travis, Jennifer Hawkins
MID-CONTINENT Brittany Butler, April Carter,Jean-Ann Riley TREVECCA NAZARENE
Casey Attebery, Jennifer Bognar, Abby Lawson, Paige McFarlin, Casey Pigue, Angelica Sails, Jessica Spencer, Chelsey Taylor, K.C. Van Atta
UNION UNIVERSITY
Merideth Jacobs, Lindsey Flynn, Laura Crittendon, Kayla Hudson
Recipients must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically and hold at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Josephine Owino, Union University (Most Valuable Player) Merideth Jacobs, Union University K.C. Van Atta, Trevecca Nazarene Jennifer Bognar, Trevecca Nazarene Whitney Johnson, Freed-Hardeman Nina Djokovic, Bethel College
The final four teams in the conference tournament will each have a player. The two teams in the championship game will each have one additional player. A player from the winning team only will be considered for MVP.
TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS
1. Union University 2. Freed-Hardeman 3. Trevecca Nazarene 4. Bethel College 5. Lyon College 6. Martin Methodist 7. Cumberland University 8. Blue Mountain 9. Mid-Continent
(tiebreaker explanation)
TOURNAMENT POLICIES
Protocol:
Nine team single elimination tournament
Tournament Site: @ Higher Seed - Game times 7 p.m. local time
Tie Breakers: Seeding for the TranSouth Tournament is based on the order of finish of regular season competition.
Two-Way Tie
A. The regular-season head-to-head competition shall be used to break ties. In the event of multiple ties, the ties for the higher seed shall be broken first. If A (head to head) fails to break the tie, go to B
B. Compare records against the highest seeded remaining teams (considered one at a time in descending order) ..i.e. vs. #1, #2, #3,#4 etc. If, when attempting to break the tie by this method, you arrive at another group of tied teams, you consider the records against those tied teams as a collective group. If A and B fail to break the tie, go to
C. A coin flip will be used to determine the higher seed. This coin flip will be conducted by the Commissioner (or his appointee) in the presence of two witnesses. If the coaches involved are not among the witnesses, they will be on a conference phone call while the toss is taking place.
Multiple-Team Tie (3 or more teams)
A. The regular-season head-to-head competition shall be used to break the ties. When three or more teams are tied, they shall be viewed as a "group" when comparing head-to-head results. The team with the best record vs. all other teams in the tied" group" gains the advantage. Ties are broken to select the higher seeds first prior to breaking other ties. If two or more teams are still tied with the best record against the original "tied group", those teams advance to tiebreaker step B.
After the higher seed(s) of the original "tied group" is/are determined, they are separated from the original "tied group" (i.e. they are seeded and OUT of the equation) and the next higher seed(s) are determined by the remaining tied teams returning to A for their tie-breaker. If there are two remaining tied teams, they would go to the Two Team Tiebreaker policy. If there are three or more remaining tied teams, they would form another "tied group" of their own and go back to A for the Multiple Team Tiebreaker. If A (head to head) fails to break the tie, go to step B
B. The next step in breaking the tie for all or part of the "original tied group" is: Compare records against the highest seeded remaining teams (considered one at a time in descending order) ..i.e. #1, #2, #3,#4 etc. If, when attempting to break the tie by this method, you arrive at another group of tied teams, you consider the records against those tied teams as a collective group. If A and B fail to break the tie, go to
C. A coin flip will be used to determine the higher seed. This coin flip will be conducted by the Commissioner (or his appointee) in the presence of two witnesses. If the coaches involved are not among the witnesses, they will be on a conference phone call while the toss is taking place.
TranSouth Women's Basketball Regular Season Champions 2009 - Union University 2008 - Union University 2007 - Union University 2006 - Freed-Hardeman University 2005 - Freed-Hardeman University 2004 - Freed-Hardeman/Union Co-Champions 2003 - Union University 2002 - Union University 2001 - Union University 2000 - Union University 1999 - Union University 1998 - Union University 1997 - Union University
Women's Basketball Tournament Champions 2009 - Union University def. Trevecca Nazarene 92-69 2008 - Union University def. Freed-Hardeman 73-62 2007 - Union University def. Trevecca Nazarene 80-66 2006 - Freed-Hardeman def. Trevecca Nazarene 71-64 2005 - Freed-Hardeman def. Union University 87-82 OT 2004 - Freed-Hardeman def. Union University 81-63 2003 - Union University def. Freed-Hardeman 77-72 2002 - Union University def. Trevecca 88-81 2001 - Union University def. Freed-Hardeman 84-64 2000 - Union University def. Trevecca Nazarene 70-51 1999 - Union University def. Lipscomb University 61-53 1998 - Union University def. Freed-Hardeman 82-57 1997 - Union University def. Freed-Hardeman 81-75
