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Date: 5/19/2013 5:17:12 PM
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Does anyone know (or can they point me to a webpage) that outlines how ties are broken for the purpose of seeding for the playoffs? Is it based on the HTH meetings or Points Differential or Total Points Scored or what?

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Date: 5/19/2013 5:35:24 PM
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Thanks!

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241837.4 in reply to 241837.2
Date: 5/20/2013 11:22:08 AM
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Does the tiebreaker exist? I havent ever seen two teams with same wins, same point difference and same total point scored.

Any example(s) in any league / division / country?

From: Wakes

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Date: 5/21/2013 4:40:25 PM
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I'd be surprised if it has happened before. There are a lot of outcomes, but the odds are still so infinitesimal that I wouldn't expect it's happened before.

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241837.8 in reply to 241837.7
Date: 5/22/2013 10:04:12 AM
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I have seen with only 2 points apart on the PD once so i do believe it must have happened at least once. There are a lot of bot leagues in this game (1024 leagues in every D.VI for example) so it must have happened at least once.


I missed the playoffs one season by two points of PD - and that two point difference was a buzzerbeater dunk by my opponent who was already in garbage time. (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/league/10/overview.aspx?seaso...) (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/42762325/reportmatch.as...)

I imagine there must have been some PD ties. I think the chances of a tie in Points Scored and Allowed are very low, though, but the thing with very low probabilities is that eventually it'll happen once somewhere if given enough opportunities. (Which, incidentally, is the title of Shaq's Free Throw Shooting instructional video)

From: Wakes

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Date: 5/22/2013 12:15:49 PM
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Aye, you're absolutely right. I thought you were referring to getting to whatever tiebreaker there was beyond a tie in points scored. I can't imagine that's happened.

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Date: 5/22/2013 1:49:58 PM
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The original question was about a tie in all criteria though, so basically the example is nowhere near that outcome.