The Frontier Conference administrators have elected to keep the “NO Spectator Policy” at
basketball contests in effect for the remainder of the season including
the upcoming playoffs.
The basketball regular season games concludes this weekend with
final regular season games played Sunday afternoon Feb. 21. The
Frontier Conference post-season playoffs begin with both men’s and
women’s opening round basketball games on Thursday, Feb. 25.
The women’s games begin at 5 p.m. MST and the men’s games begin
at 7 p.m. The semifinal games for both men’s and women’s games will
be Saturday, February 27 with same game times as the quarterfinal
matchups.
The women’s playoff championship game is Monday, March 1 at 7
p.m. and the men’s championship is Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
In ALL post-season contests the higher seeded team will serve as the
host site and home team. Any ties in the league standings will be
broken via a conference tie-breaking system.
The Frontier Conference league championship will be awarded to the
team with the highest conference winning percentage and will receive
the No. 1 seed for the post-season playoffs. The second place team will
receive the No. 2 seed. The two top seeds receive a first round bye.
The other teams will be seeded according to conference winning
percentage with the No. 3 seed hosting the No. 6 seed and the No. 4
seed hosting the No. 5 seed in the opening round games.
The bracket will be reseeded after each round with the No. 1 seed
hosting the lowest remaining seed and the No. 2 seed hosting the
highest remaining seed. The two winners of the semifinal games will
play for the tournament championship at the site of the higher seed.
At this time, volleyball conference play will also continue with the
“NO Spectator Policy” in place with continuous review by the league’s
administration as that sport’s season progresses. Match times will
continue to be 7 p.m. MST on Friday evenings and 1 p.m. on Saturday
afternoon’s unless otherwise noted.
Football games are set to begin on March 13 and league
administration will continue to monitor and update spectator
attendance for this sport as well. Kickoff times are scheduled for 1
p.m. local time unless otherwise noted.
“The Frontier Conference wishes to thank everyone for their
understanding and support of our teams, coaches and student-
athletes during these times,” Frontier Conference Commissioner Kent
Paulson said. “We know this pandemic hasn’t been easy for anyone
but please know that as a conference we are trying our very best to
provide the student-athletes the safest and best experience possible.”
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