HoopsHD DEFCON Game Ratings!

HoopsHD is proud to announce our all new DEFCON Game Ratings! These ratings tell you which games are most likely to affect a team’s chances of making the NCAA Tournament and/or secure a higher seed in same. They are evaluated in “DEFCON” style, meaning that DEFCON 1 games are the most important for the chosen team, DEFCON 2 are slightly less important but still could potentially make a significant impact, and so forth all the way down to DEFCON 5, which are games that might have a very minimal impact.

The factors evaluated in determining a game’s DEFCON rating include, (a) Are you playing?, (b) Is one of the teams in the game a team that you have played or will play this season?, (c) Is that scheduled opponent a bubble or tournament team (making your game against them more important to your resume)?, (d) Are both you and the team playing on the bubble (making them your direct competition for a bid)?, (e) Is the team playing near you on the S-Curve (as determined by the JNG, making them competition for seeding)?, (f) Is the team playing near you on the S-Curve (in case you both get an auto bid)?, and (g) Is the team playing in your conference and close to you in the conference standings?

To view the DEFCON Ratings for any games being played today, simply select a Team Sheet and scroll down below the main data section. You will then be shown a list of any games on today’s schedule that have DEFCON ratings for the chosen team, which team needs to win to positively affect the chosen team, and time and broadcast information for each game. DEFCON ratings are released daily before 9:00 AM Eastern.

To access our new DEFCON Game Ratings, simply click the “HoopsHD Team Sheets and DEFCON Ratings” tab. As always, your feedback via Twitter (X) is welcome. Just message us @HoopsHD!

Enjoy!