2022 FBA Playoffs

The 2022 FBA Playoffs is the post-season tournament of the Furry Basketball Association's 2021-22 season.

Format

All rounds are best-of-seven series; the team that has four wins advances to the next round. Each round follows a 2H–2L-1H–1L–1H format, where H represents games hosted by the team with the better seed, and L represents games hosted by the team with the worse seed. Home court advantage in the first three rounds belongs to the better-seeded team, even if the worse-seeded team had a better regular season record. Home court advantage in the FBA Finals is determined by regular season record, followed by playoff winning percentage, then head-to-head record, followed by record vs. opposite conference.

Seeding

Within each conference, the three division winners and the five non-division winners with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. Each conference's bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The seedings are based on each team's record; however, the division winners are guaranteed to be ranked at least fourth, regardless of record. This allows one non-division winner to benefit from a superior record than other division winners by taking a higher seed in the playoffs.

Tiebreakers

The tiebreakers that determine seedings are:

1. Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division (only when determining 4th seed)
2. Overall record
3. Conference record
4. Division record (for the tied teams that are in the same division)
5. Home game record
6. Head-to-head record
7. Rank from last season

If there are more than two teams tied, the team that wins the tiebreaker gets the best seed, while the other teams are "re-broken" from the first step until all ties are resolved. Since the three division winners are guaranteed a spot in the top four, ties to determine the division winners have to be broken prior to resolving any other ties.

Playoff Chase

When a date is listed, that is when the team clinched the indicated category. Numbers in brackets are wins needed to clinch. Numbers without brackets indicate number of games behind the top team.

Eastern Conference

Rank	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Division title	Best record in Conference
1	Biloxi Voodoo	52-28	Mar 30	Apr 9	0
2	Bangor Tides	48-32	Apr 9	Apr 23	4
3	Plymouth Taproots	46-34	Apr 5	-	6
4	Albany Alphas	45-35	Apr 13	-	7
5	Lorain Firestorm	42-38	Apr 17	Apr 29	10
6	Baltimore Spirits	42-38	Apr 17	-	10
7	Huntsville Mayors	41-39	Apr 19	-	11
8	Tennessee Moonshiners	36-44	Apr 27	-	16
9	Pittsburgh Keystones	33-47	-	-	19
10	Williamsburg Minutemen	33-47	-	-	19
11	Tallahassee Typhoons	30-50	-	-	22
12	Queens Pride	20-60	-	-	32

Western Conference

Rank	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Division title	Best record in Conference
1	Santa Ana Spectrums	51-29	Apr 9	Apr 18	0
2	Seattle Summit	50-30	Apr 9	Apr 28	1
3	Las Vegas Wildcards	48-32	Apr 12	-	3
4	Montana Howlers	46-34	Apr 15	-	5
5	Winnipeg Voyageurs	46-34	Apr 15	Apr 15	5
6	San Jose Thrust	43-37	Apr 15	-	8
7	Hawaii Kahunas	40-40	Apr 22	-	11
8	Edmonton Excavators	37-43	Apr 30	-	14
9	Arizona Whips	37-43	-	-	14
10	Dakota Bikers	37-43	-	-	14
11	Texas Lone Stars	35-45	-	-	16
12	Alaska Arctics	22-58	-	-	29

Bracket

	Conference quarterfinals Best-of-7					Conference semifinals Best-of-7					Conference finals Best-of-7					FBA finals Best-of-7
	W1		4
	W8		1
						W1		3
						W4		4
	W4		4
	W5		3
											W4		4
	Western Conference
											W3		3
	W3		4
	W6		2
						W3		4
						W2		3
	W2		4
	W7		2
																W4		4
																E5		3
	E1		4
	E8		1
						E1		2
						E5		4
	E4		2
	E5		4
											E5		4
	Eastern Conference
											E2		3
	E3		3
	E6		4
						E6		2
						E2		4
	E2		4
	E7		3