2009 Rankings Champions:

A Note About Averages: Not all tournaments have averages kept. Bear this in mind if you see a player's average listed. It is not necessarily a true average.

The following players have advanced from "B" level to "B+" level:

"B+" players have an average between .800 and .900. "B+" players are actually considered "A" players.

Felipe Razon
Jamil Isreal
Sang Jin Lee
Lupe Cruz
Carlos Alvarez

The following players have advanced from "C" level to "B" level:

"B" players have an average between .500 and .800.

Anthony Ferrara
Jae Hyuk Lee
John Alex Gomez
Chris Kim
Andrew Dangelmayer

Congratulations on your fine accomplishments!!!

2008 Rankings Champions:

Pedro Piedrabuena 2008 "A" Level Rankings Champion

Gary Elias 2008 "B" Level Rankings Champion

Chris O'Brien 2008 "C" Level Rankings Champion

2007 Rankings Champions:

Ranking Systems Used By Tournament Type:

Explanation of how the rankings are determined:

The USBA Board of Directors have approved an Official USBA Ranking System. It applies to ALL Sanctioned USBA Tournaments with a minimum number of 6 players. All tournaments with a minimum of 2 undisputed "A" level players participating will be assigned the "A" or "Open" rankings. All tournaments with "B" players participating will have the "B" ranking points applied unless there are a minimum of 2 undisputed "A" players in the event, which is determined by the Board of Directors. An "A" player is one who has an undisputed grand average overall of at least .800. In the case of 2 or more "A" level players participating, then the "A" or "Open" rankings will be applied. In order for a player's "A" status to be disputed, it must be disputed by a Board Member who will bring it to the full Board for a vote using standard discussion and voting procedures. Likewise, all tournaments with "C" players participating will have the "C" ranking points applied unless there are a minimum of 2 undisputed "B" players in the event. A "B" player is one who has an undisputed grand average overall of at least .500. In the case of 2 or more "B" level players participating, then the "B" rankings will be applied. The USBA Nationals has its own ranking points which do not change regardless of who is playing.

In order for a tournament to be sanctioned, it must be approved ahead of time by the USBA Secretary. All players must be current USBA Members and dues must be sent to the USBA Secretary. Also, a $ 5.00 sanction fee per player must also be collected and sent to the Secretary along with the tournament results. If a USBA Tournament does not appear in the list of tournaments included in the rankings, it is because these criteria have not been met by the Tournament Director.

Foreign players are allowed to participate in the ranking system, but are unlikely to end up on top simply because they cannot play in the Nationals and they will probably not play in most USBA events. The National Championship ranking points are much higher than all the other events.

When we post the rankings, we will indicate whether or not a player is a U.S. Player. All players who are not U.S. Citizens or Legal residents will have their home country listed instead of the U.S.A. The player's level (A, B or C) will also be posted. Although unlikely, it is mathematically possible for a very strong "B" player to finish at the top of the rankings, but since the player's level will also be posted, most people will understand that the player is not one of the top players.

The players who finish near the top will have the privilege of being seeded into tournaments at the discretion of the Tournament Director. It also serves as an incentive for more USBA tournaments in general to be created. Obviously, if the event is an "Open" event, "A" players should be seeded first and the same principle goes for "B" events. It also can be a symbol of pride for players.

Grand averages will be posted based on all the events that provide averages. Keeping averages will NOT be a prerequisite for tournaments to qualify for the rankings, otherwise, we may defeat the purpose and leave many events out.

The current USBA Rankings include all qualified USBA tournaments that have ended within 12 months of the posting date of the Rankings. The posted Rankings MUST include at least 1 USBA National Championship Tournament. If there is no National Championship Tournament within the alotted 12 month period, then the period of time will be extended up until the ending date of the most recent National Championship Tournament. The rankings will be updated monthly.

The method used for determining final placement of all players is as follows:

1) Finalists are ranked in the order that they place in the tournament

2) If there is a Semi-Final, the Semi-Finalists who did not make the finals are then ranked based on:

a) Order of finish within their group (flight)
b) Wins and Losses
c) Total Points Scored
d) Head-to-Head (if applicable)
e) Least number of Points scored against them by their opponents

The only exception to this order of placement is if the Tournament Director has chosen a different criteria, such as grand average, to be used ahead of another method.

3) All other players who have not advanced from the preliminaries are then ranked based on the same criteria used for Semi-Finalists.

Ranking Points for Auction/Lottery Winners

Any player that participates in a USBA Ranking Tournament and gains entrance into the finals/semi-finals through an auction/lottery will be assigned ranking points in the following manner:

1) The player's order of finish shall initially be determined by his/her placement in the preliminaries (preliminary placement).

2) The player's final order of finish at the conclusion of the tournament will be called his/her final placement.

3) The player shall receive ranking points for his/her preliminary placement plus one-half of the difference in ranking points between his/her preliminary placement and final placement (rounded up to the next whole number).

Example:

Assume 24 players in the preliminaries, 10 advance plus 2 players by auction/raffle for a total of 12 going into the semi-finals and finals. Also suppose that the two that advance by auction/raffle actually finished 14 and 20 in the prelims. In the semi-finals/finals those two players finish 5 (player A) and 8 (player B), respectively. So player A went from 14th to 5th place, and player B went from 20th to 8th place.

The results would be:

a) Placement will be in the order of finish. The two players that advanced by auction/raffle would place 5 and 8, and all other players would place according to how they finished in the semi-finals/finals, with the players not advancing to the semi-finals/finals placing 13 through 24.

b) Rankings will be determined in accordance with the schedule for all players, except that player A will receive ranking points for 14th place plus one-half of the difference between the ranking points for 14th place and 5th place (rounded up to the next whole number), and player B will receive ranking points for 20th place plus one half of the difference between the ranking points for 20th place and 8th place (rounded up to the next whole number). All other players who did not advance to the semi-finals/finals will receive ranking points beginning with the ranking points for 13th place and running though 24th place.