At 12:33 AM -0500 2/3/97, Dr Martin G. Keeney wrote:
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> Conference Tie-breaking Rules          [log in to unmask]           02-Feb-97
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>  HE "More than two" tiebreaker is incomplete and inconclusive
>  ECAC Confirmation: Bill Fenwick (&Farenell,[log in to unmask])
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> DIVISION I CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS - Formats and Tiebreakers
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> HE Tournament:
>   Omit: #9; then 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, and 4 vs 5; single game;
 
Best two of three at higher seed.
 
>      reseed; then 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3; then consolation and final
>     Tiebreakers:
>   1 Head-to-head won-loss record.       3 Record vs. teams, descending order.
>   2 Won-loss record vs HE teams.        4 Coin flip
>     Tiebreakers - More than two teams:
>     The three-game record among the teams will determine the
>     higher rank, applying the provisions under two teams.
 
Spoke to Ed McLaughlin of HE about this today.  Here are the tiebreakers.
 
TWO TEAMS
1 Head-to-head won-loss record
2 League wins
3 Won-loss record vs HE teams
4 Record vs. teams, descending order
5 Coin flip
 
THREE OR MORE TEAMS
Apply the two team tiebreakers to all teams.  I.e. if three teams are tied,
first look at head-to-head won-loss among all three teams.  And so on.
 
Some things don't seem clear.  In particular, I'm not sure how 2&3 would
not produce the same result.  If two teams are tied in points and in league
wins, I think they'd have to have the same won-loss record vs HE teams.  Ed
thinks there is a way they can produce different results but could not give
me an example.
 
And if, say, there is a tie for 1st and for third, and the tie for 1st goes
to the fourth tiebreaker, how do you decide which team to look at?  Not
sure.
 
BTW, if there is a tie point-wise, both teams are considered to finish in
that spot, but the tiebreakers are used for seeding.
 
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