Does anyone know what the tie breaker is for deciding what seed a team is going into playoffs?? As of right now it looks very possible that there is going to be a couple ties at the end of the Gold division regular season.. I wouldn't be suprised if at the end of the regular season there is a four way tie that would look something like this...
If this was the case what would be the deciding factor? Head to head play.. even though majority of these teams split with each other.. would this work?? Obviously this is a hypathetical situation, but if it does play out like this or similar to this what is the tie breaker??
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If the standings ended this way it would be
1 - ISU
2- IOWA
3 - MSU
4 SIUE
ISU win tie break with Iowa based on either more goals or bigger goal differential in games played
Iowa wins tie breaker with MSU Iowa Swept season series
SIUE Only has 11 wins
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This would be solved after the using the head to head tiebreaker, and totaling how each team did against each other, as each team played each other twice for a total of 4 games.
Iowa 3-1 (Sweeping Mo State, splitting with ISU)
ISU 2-2 (Split w/ each)
Mo State 1-3 ( Swept by Iowa, split with ISU)
Thats how it'd end up
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Missouri State can finish no lower than 2nd. If Iowa was to finish 1st then second place between ISU and MSU based on the tie breakers (head to head) would be a tie and the second tie breaker (goals) would go to MSU.
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If Iowa takes first place outright with 25 or 26 pts, yes. If all three teams are tied, then Mo State would be 3rd.
In the 3 team tiebreaker, you combine your head to head records against other tied teams. In that scenario, Iowa, Mo State and ISU are the only teams that matter.
Should the tiebreaker be only between Mo State and ISU, Mo State takes 2nd.
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Sounds like a glitch in the system. A team can own all tie breakers between them and another team, but if you combine a 3 or 4 way tie with the same teams, said team can lose a spot. Seems that once you decide a first place team (moving on through the places) the tie breaker should revert back to tie breakers between the remaining teams, as you are no longer involving a tied team that has moved out of the equasion.
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Yea, but I can see a very likely situation of Iowa going 3-1 with a split against Mizzou. Hence a 4 way tie. My problem is with tie breakers, as set forth between two teams (wins, head to head, goal differential), going out the window and a completely different way to determine a seeded team. It's like playing to a tie and because no one can win in a shoot out and going to a coin flip to decide the winner..... despite the fact that you could play sudden death overtime.
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i hope iowa loses one or two games out of the four. they may have talent, but it is the biggest group of *******s to play against ive ever seen. part of me hopes they make regionals just so they get **** on by a high seed.
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