The Most Important Games for the Pepperdine Waves are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Waves final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Pepperdine Waves fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Pepperdine Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||
| 1* First, Second, and Third Round Byes |
2* First, Second, and Third Round Byes |
3** First and Second Round Byes |
4** First and Second Round Byes |
5*** First Round Bye |
6*** First Round Bye |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Pepperdine (7‑14) vs Loyola Marymount (15‑7) |
1 | Pepperdine Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 93% | ||
| Loyola Marymount Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 94% | ||
| San Francisco (13‑8) vs San Diego (10‑12) |
0 | San Francisco Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 93% | ||
| San Diego Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 93% | ||
| St. Mary's (17‑4) vs BYU (14‑9) |
0 | St. Mary's Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 93% | ||
| BYU Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 92% | ||
| Santa Clara (16‑7) vs Gonzaga (18‑4) |
0 | Santa Clara Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 93% | ||
| Gonzaga Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 93% | ||