Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Playoff Tie Breakers?

Projecting out who might be eligible to skate the Keg is going to be really interesting. As the Swami was pondering the state of affairs going into the final week, he pointed out the following.

There are potentially 5 teams that could be sitting at a 5-way tie with 16 points by the end of the regular season on Saturday, if these all these teams win their games.

Dallas Lady Stars: Currently 16 points, no more games to play
Indians: Currently 14 points, 1 game left vs Mid-Air Collision
Stingers: Currently 14 points, 1 game left vs Silver Bullets
Ice Gators: Currently 12 points, 2 games left vs Arlington Caps, and Spider Monkeys
Arlington Rangers: Currently 14 points, 1 game left vs Arc Angels

I am no expert in Bracketology or Tie Breakers, so what would the tie breakers be? League offices, I am looking in your direction... Here's the breakdown of who has beaten who this year, of the top 5 teams.

Dallas Lady Stars
Wins vs top 5 seeds: Ice Gators, Indians, Arlington Rangers
Losses vs top 5 seeds: Stingers, Stingers (2 different games)

Indians -
Wins vs top 5 seeds: Stingers
Losses vs top 5 seeds: DLS, Ice Gators

Stingers -
Wins vs top 5 seeds: Arlington Rangers, DLS, DLS
Losses vs top 5 seeds: Indians, Ice Gators

Arlington Rangers
Wins vs top 5 seeds: n/a
Losses vs top 5 seeds: Stingers, DLS

Ice Gators
Wins vs to 5 seeds: Indians, Stingers
Losses vs top 5 seeds: DLS

I don't know if these wins are relevant, and while all these teams should win their remaining games, nothing is guaranteed and so the picture may look very different.

But we will see what the league office tells us.

1 Comment:

Anonymous said...

I hear the 1st thing they will look at is goals allow. Then goals scored

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