2017-18 Oracle ITA Division II Rankings Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017-18 RANKING DATES...2 MEN S REGIONAL COMMITTEES...3-4 WOMEN S REGIONAL COMMITTEES...5-6 TEAM POINT CHART...7 TEAM RANKINGS GUIDELINES AND RULES...8 SINGLES AND DOUBLES POINT CHART...9 SINGLES AND DOUBLES GUIDELINES AND RULES...10
2017-18 RANKING DATES REPORT DATE RELEASE DATE RANKING TYPE METHOD November 12, 2017 November 15, 2017 Regional Singles/Doubles Committee Based November 12, 2017 November 21, 2017 National Singles/Doubles Committee Based January 14, 2018 January 17, 2018 National Team Committee Based February 18, 2018 February 21, 2018 National Team Committee Based March 18, 2018 March 21, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer (DOUBLE-RUN) March 25, 2018 March 28, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer April 1, 2018 April 4, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer April 8, 2018 April 11, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer April 15, 2018 April 18, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer April 22, 2018 April 25, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer April 29, 2018 May 2, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles Computer May 12, 2018 May 16, 2018 National Team/Singles/Doubles (FINAL) Computer (DOUBLE-RUN) May 12, 2018 May 23, 2018 Regional Team/Singles/Doubles (FINAL) Committee Based
MEN S REGIONAL COMMITTEES REGION NAME SCHOOL EMAIL CELL PHONE CONFERENCE NATIONAL CHAIR ATLANTIC CENTRAL EAST MIDWEST Hendrik Bode Hawaii Pacific hbode@hpu.edu 808-384-4265 Marc Walters West Virginia Wesleyan walters@wvwc.edu 304-276-2783 Kody Duncan Edinboro kduncan@edinboro.edu TBD Louis Belt Bluefield State lbelt@bluefieldstate.edu 304-887-4007 Kyle Hoffman Fairmont State khoffman@fairmontstate.edu TBD Jake Saulsbury Mark Rosewell Nebraska Kearney Northwest Missouri St. saulsburyjw@unk.edu 308-746-3543 mrosewe@nwmissouri.edu 660-562-1312 Craig Ward Ouachita Baptist wardc@obu.edu 870-403-2417 Lance Lysaught Washburn lance.lysaught@washburn.edu 785-670-1757 Jay Brennan Univ. of the Sciences j.brennan@usciences.edu 215-596-7427 Matt Capell St. Thomas Aquinas mcapell@stac.edu 845-398-4065 Mountain East Pennsylvania State West Virginia Mountain East Mid-America Association Mid-America Association Great American Mid-America Association Central Atlantic Collegiate East Coast Jeff Lonczak Lemoyne lonczajd@lemoyne.edu TBD Northeast 10 Brett Bridel Lewis bridelbr@lewisu.edu 630-430-4467 Tom Rees Illinois-Springfield trees3@uis.edu 217-206-6238 Otis Cutshaw Davis & Elkins cutshawo@dewv.edu 304-637-1369 Great Lakes Valley Great Lakes Valley Great Midwest
REGION NAME SCHOOL EMAIL CELL PHONE CONFERENCE NATIONAL CHAIR SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTHEAST SOUTH WEST Hendrik Bode Hawaii Pacific hbode@hpu.edu 808-384-4265 Scott Linn Midwestern State scott.linn@mwsu.edu 940-397-4766 Dan MacDonald Colorado Mesa dmacdona@coloradomesa.edu 970-248-1937 Lisa Dausin St. Mary s edausin@stmarytx.edu 210-724-2757 Brett Simpson Lander bsimpson@lander.edu 864-980-5487 Kevin Coghill Mount Olive kcoghill@umo.edu 919-658-7878 Mark Rosewell Northwest Missouri St. mrosewe@nwmissouri.edu 660-562-1312 Craig Ward Ouachita Baptist wardc@obu.edu 870-403-2417 Lance Lysaught Washburn lance.lysaught@washburn.edu 785-670-1757 Jeff Beaman West Alabama jbeaman@uwa.edu 205-652-3523 Paul Thomson Alabama Huntsville paul.thomson@uah.edu 256-824-2198 Bill Macom Florida Tech bmacom@fit.edu 321-514-0676 Chad Berryhill Saint Leo chad.berryhill@saintleo.edu 352-588-7303 Hendrik Bode Hawaii Pacific hbode@hpu.edu 808-384-4265 Mark Bohren Azusa Pacific mbohren@apu.edu 626-543-0164 Tina McDermott Hawaii-Hilo tinamcd@hawaii.edu 562-881-7323 Lone Star Rocky Mountain Heartland Peach Belt Carolinas Mid-America Association Great American Mid-America Association Gulf South Gulf South Sunshine State Sunshine State Timmer Willing UC San Diego twilling@ucsd.edu 760-492-8498 Independent
WOMEN S REGIONAL COMMITTEES REGION NAME SCHOOL EMAIL CELL PHONE CONFERENCE NATIONAL CHAIR Trish Riddell Florida Southern priddell@flsouthern.edu 407-492-8591 Larry Peterson Indiana- Pennsylvania larry.peterson@iup.edu 814-207-9392 Jerome Simon Mercyhurst jsimon@mercyhurst.edu 814-838-9842 Sunshine State Pennsylvania State Pennsylvania State ATLANTIC Heather Gallagher West Liberty hgallagher@westliberty.edu 304-336-8225 Mountain East Matt Meredith Slippery Rock matthew.meredith@sru.edu 724-738-4504 Shari Reed Charleston sharireed23@gmail.com 304-347-6989 Marc Kurtz Augustana marckurtz@hotmail.com 605-521-9269 Pennsylvania State Mountain East Northern Sun CENTRAL Fanni Varga Southwest Baptist fvarga@sbuniv.edu 417-522-4210 Great Lakes Valley EAST Charlie Hibbard Southern Nazarene chibbard@snu.edu 580-421-2461 Dan Rockhill Concordia College (NY) daniel.rockhill@concordia-ny. edu Matt Capell St. Thomas Aquinas mcapell@stac.edu 845-398-4065 Greg Coache Southern New Hampshire TBD Great American Central Atlantic Collegiate East Coast g.coache@snhu.edu 603-496-2767 Northeast 10 Alan Nagel Queens (NY) Anagel1658@aol.com 516-840-7428 East Coast
REGION NAME SCHOOL EMAIL CELL PHONE CONFERENCE NATIONAL CHAIR MIDWEST Trish Riddell Florida Southern priddell@flsouthern.edu 407-492-8591 Jarrod Smith Drury jsmith17@drury.edu 417-459-0067 John Black Grand Valley State Blackjo@gvsu.edu 616-204-1682 Peter Hantack Maryville phantack1@maryville.edu 314-479-0436 Steve Baum Alderson Broaddus baumse@ab.edu 410-322-1878 Sunshine State Great Lakes Valley Great Lakes Great Lakes Valley Great Midwest SOUTH CENTRAL Lance Drake Tarleton State drake@tarleton.edu 254-413-2433 Lone Star TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Evan Isaacs Columbus State isaacs_evan@columbusstate. edu 706-593-4298 Peach Belt SOUTHEAST SOUTH WEST Joey Eskridge Anderson jeskridge@andersonuniversity.edu 864-933-4754 Michael Cabana Wingate mcabana@wingate.edu 704-453-1053 Steve Barsby Georgia College steve.barsby@gcsu.edu 478-288-0006 Alan Ferguson Limestone aferguson@limestone.edu 864-488-8268 Katie Mancebo Converse Katie.Mancebo@Converse.edu 864-804-7777 Trish Riddell Florida Southern priddell@flsouthern.edu 407-492-8591 Bill Macom Florida Tech bmacom@fit.edu 321-514-0676 Beverly Buckley Rollins bbuckley@rollins.edu 407-619-7675 Derrick Racine West Florida dracine@uwf.edu 850-384-6064 Joaquin Lopez Sonoma State lopezjoa@sonoma.edu 707-328-1793 Sandy Kriezel Cal State LA sandy.kriezel@calstatela.edu 323-343-3094 Eric Pelton Dixie State pelton@dixie.edu 435-773-2002 South Atlantic South Atlantic Peach Belt Carolinas Carolinas Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Gulf South
TEAM POINT CHART Win over Win over No. Pts. No. Pts. #1 106 #39 43 #2 102 #40 42 #3 98 #41 41 #4 94 #42 40 #5 91 #43 39 #6 88 #44 38 #7 85 #45 37 #8 82 #46 36 #9 79 #47 35 #10 77 #48 34 #11 75 #49 33 #12 73 #50 32 #13 71 #51 32 #14 69 #52 31 #15 67 #53 31 #16 66 #54 30 #17 65 #55 30 #18 64 #56 29 #19 63 #57 29 #20 62 #58 28 #21 61 #59 28 #22 60 #60 27 #23 59 #61 27 #24 58 #62 26 #25 57 #63 26 #26 56 #64 25 #27 55 #65 25 #28 54 #66 24 #29 53 #67 24 #30 52 #68 23 #31 51 #69 23 #32 50 #70 22 #33 49 #71 22 #34 48 #72 21 #35 47 #73 21 #36 46 #74 20 #37 45 #75 20 #38 44 Win over No. Pts. #76-85 16 #86-95 14 #96-105 10 #106-115 8 #116-125 6 Not ranked 4 Points deducted for losses: Loss to team ranked #1-5 Loss to team ranked #6-10 Loss to team ranked #11-15 Loss to team ranked #16-20 Loss to team ranked #21-25 Loss to team ranked #26-30 Loss to team ranked #31-40 Loss to team ranked #41-50 Loss to team ranked #51-64 Loss to team ranked #65-75 Loss to team ranked #76-100 Loss to team ranked #101-125 Loss to unranked team Countable matches played (report dates): March 18* March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 12 (Final)* 0.1 match played 0.2 match played 0.3 match played 0.4 match played 0.5 match played 0.6 match played 0.7 match played 0.8 match played 0.9 match played 1 match played 1.1 match played 1.2 match played 1.3 match played 4 matches 5 matches 5 matches 6 matches 7 matches 8 matches 9 matches 10 matches *March 18 & May 12 rankings are double runs Bonus points for away victories: All away wins: 10%
TEAM RANKINGS GUIDELINES RANKINGS FORMULA (CountWins) / (#OfCountWins + LossPts) 1. The first two national top 25 team rankings of the spring will be decided by vote of the ITA National Ranking Committee. For the remainder of the spring dual match season, the rankings will be based on the ITA computer ranking system. Once the computer ranking system starts up (mid-march), we will then be publishing the Top 50 teams. If you are outside of the Top 50, there will be a place on the ITA website where coaches can access the full unpublished ranking list. For each countable victory and all losses, a team receives a prescribed number of points (see point chart) based upon the national ranking of the opponent defeated. Victories and losses in ITA-sanctioned college dual matches will count towards the team ranking. 2. A team is worth its current value/ranking. If a team drops or climbs during the season, it will always be worth its current ranking each given period. Each ranking period, the ranking average will be figured with the total of countable victories and all loses. If the team has fewer ranked victories than the countable victory total for the period, the rest of the counted victories will be its unranked victories. If the team has more ranked victories than the countable victory totals, the team s highest countable victories will be those counted. All losses will be considered as countable matches, but losses are also weighted according to opponent rank. 3. The way the points are distributed points for wins; percentages deducted for losses they consider a team s win-loss record, strength of schedule and the depth/significance of wins and losses (with bonus points for away wins). The formula works as follows: Sum of points from x best wins for that rankings period divided by [the x best countable wins for that ranking period + Points from all losses]. 4. Wins and/or losses versus non-division II opponents will not be factored into the Oracle/ITA National rankings. 5. The NCAA team champion automatically goes to No. 1 in final ranking.
SINGLES AND DOUBLES POINT CHART Opp. Rank Points for Wins Points for Losses 1-5 80.10 6-10 75.20 11-15 70.30 16-20 65.40 21-25 60.50 26-30 55.60 31-35 50.70 36-40 45.70 41-45 40.80 46-50 35.80 51-55 30.90 56-60 25.90 61-65 20 1.00 66-80 15 1.05 81-100 12 1.10 101-125 10 1.15 126-150 8 1.20 151-175 7 1.25 NR Singles 4 1.35 NR Doubles 6 1.25 Singles Report Date Countable victories Published March 18* 6 75 March 25 7 75 April 1 8 75 April 8 10 75 April 15 10 75 April 22 12 75 April 29 13 75 May 12* 15 75 Doubles Report Date Countable victories Published March 18* 4 50 March 25 6 50 April 1 7 50 April 8 8 50 April 15 8 50 April 22 9 50 April 29 9 50 May 12* 10 50 *March 18, & May 12 rankings are run twice Bonus points for away victories: All away wins: 10% Note: Points not awarded for wins at neutral site Note: Maximum of top 75 (singles) and top 50 (doubles) are published
SINGLES AND DOUBLES RANKINGS GUIDELINES RANKINGS FORMULA (CountWins) / (#OfCountWins + LossPts) 1. The Top 75 singles players and Top 50 doubles rankings will be based on the ITA computer ranking system. For each victory, a player receives a prescribed number of points based upon the national ranking of the opponent defeated (see point chart). 2. Each ranking period, the ranking average will be figured with the total countable victories and losses. If the player has fewer ranked victories than the countable victory total for that period, the rest of the victories will be computed as unranked victories. If the player has more ranked victories than the countable total, the player s highest-ranked victories will be those counted. All losses will be considered as countable matches, losses against higher ranked players will not count as full matches but rather as percentages of matches played (see point chart). A player s/ team s worth changes each rankings period since the computer does its calculation using the opponent s rankings from the most recent previous rankings period. 3. A ranking is figured by the individual receiving points for each countable victory in ITA-sanctioned tournaments and dual matches to date. The sum of all the countable wins for the ranking period is the player s ranking point total for that period. The total ranking points is divided by the number of countable wins added to the points from losses. The computer calculated average = Sum of points from x best wins for that rankings period divided by [the x best countable wins for that ranking period + Points from all losses]. 4. A match must have started for a player to receive ranking credit for the win or the loss. Players do not receive or loss points for defaults or walkovers. 5. Unfinished individual matches do not count toward rankings. 6. The way the points are distributed points for wins; percentages deducted for losses they consider a player/ team s win-loss record, strength of schedule and depth/significance of wins and losses (with bonus points for away wins). 7. There are no bonus points for advancement at individual tournaments. 8. Only results from ITA-sanctioned tournaments can count towards a player s ranking. 9. Through the second computer singles rankings, players who play an opponent who was listed as insufficient data in the preseason and/or January ranking and is currently unranked will receive credit/discredit for a win/loss at their opponent s final ranking from the previous season and/or preseason ranking (for first and second computer rankings only). 10. Wins and/or losses versus non-division II opponents will not be factored into the Oracle/ITA National rankings. 11. Shortened or different formats approved by the ITA may also count towards rankings (if both coaches have agreed on this prior to the match).