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Conference USA Tournament Tiebreaker Policy
Twelve of Conference USA's 14 teams will get
invitations to the league tourney in Cincinnati. As of February 15, East
Carolina (3-9) is on the fringe, just ahead of DePaul (2-9) and Southern
Miss (2-10), but slightly behind UAB (4-7), Tulane (4-7) and Texas Christian
(4-8). With the regular season in the final stretch, a glance at the
tiebreaker rules is timely.
[ Source for the following information: Conference USA ]
REVISED FOR 2002: The first criteria in the breaking of ties
in the standings shall be head-to-head competition of tied teams. The
following procedure will be used to establish the tournament seeds if ties
exist. A. Different Divisions
1. If two teams are tied and they are from different
divisions, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the
higher seed.
2. If two teams are tied and they are from different divisions, and they do
not play head-to-head, the team with the best record/percentage against the
first common opponent (starting at top of standings) shall be the higher
seed.
Please note the following data would be in place when
breaking head to head ties involving common opponents:
1-0 beats 1-1
1-1 beats 0-1
2-0 beats 1-0
0-1 beats 0-2
B. Same Division
1. If two teams are tied and they are from the same
division, the team with an advantage in head-to-head competition shall be
the higher seed.
2. If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of overall record
against division teams only (12 divisional games).
3. If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against
the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the
division and proceeding through in order of divisional record.
4. If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against
the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the
opposite division and proceeding through in order of divisional record.
5. If two teams remain tied, the higher seed will be chosen by a coin flip.
6. If three or more teams are tied, ties among divisional opponents will be
broken first by using steps 1-4 and the head-to-head results will be used to
break ties between non-divisional teams. When three or more teams from the
same division are tied, (B) will consist of a mini-round robin among the
tied teams.
At any point during the process of breaking ties among three
or more teams that the number of tied teams are reduced to two, head-to-head
competition would be used as the primary tie-breaker, followed by steps 1-5.
(*Note: When comparing against the 'highest' ranked team(s) in either
division, the comparison will be based upon how tied teams did against all
teams in a given placement, rather than a team that wins a tiebreaker at
another position. For example, if two teams are tied for fifth and two teams
are tied for first, the head-to-head comparison would be how the first place
teams did against the first place teams combined, and vice-versa.)
02/23/07 01:19 PM
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