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Top-To-Bottom Conference
What is the definition of a “top to bottom” conference in basketball?
What is the benefit of a “top to bottom” conference?
How are the NBA’s teams divided?
A ‘top to bottom’ conference in basketball is when there are many good teams in a single grouping. Rather than having a select few elite teams that dominate the regular season, top to bottom conferences have several talented teams that can win on any given night and ultimately contend for a championship.
Conferences are used to divide all the teams in a league into two separate groups, primarily to make scheduling of games easier. Teams that reside in the same geographic region are usually grouped into the same conference, although exceptions exist in some cases. The NBA’s 30 teams are divided into two conferences (Eastern and Western), with 15 in each one.
The success of a basketball team is almost entirely based on the team’s win-loss record. Teams with a large number of wins and few losses are generally regarded as ‘elite’, while teams that fail to compile more wins than losses are considered below-average teams that usually find themselves at the bottom of the standings.
Top to bottom conferences tend to help the league as a whole, as they prevent an upper echelon of teams from dominating the rest of the conference. Viewership ratings are higher as a result, since neutral fans prefer tightly contested battles to blow-out victories.