no because 8th seeds relegates regardless if ur better than the half of the other teams in the other conference and 6th and 7th play to see who get relegated. but it is inter-conference with 6th and 7th seed.
seed Big 8 Great 8
Example: 1 Team A Team 1
2 Team B Team 2
3 Team C Team 3
4 Team D Team 4
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5 Team E Team 5
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6 Team F Team 6
7 Team G Team 7
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8 Team H Team 8
1-4 goes to playoff
5 does nothing
6-7 play each other: then Team F plays Team 7
and Team G plays Team 6
8 relegates automatically
so to avoid relgation become the 5th seed or above. cuase if u dont u either fight 4 ur rite to stay or u go automatically