<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27376">I'm not staying up late trying to figure it out unless it actually happens.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27392"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27393">Why give myself a headache needlessly?<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27375"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27394">-Rusty</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27395"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27396"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27401" style="display: block;"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27400"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27399"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27398"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27397"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27402" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Sean Sweda <sweda@ibl.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Andrew Selder <aselder@me.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> IBL teams <members@lists.ibl.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:27 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [IBL] Craziness Scenarios<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477541702744_27403"><br>TLDR version:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">all 3-way and 4-way tie scenarios all require a playoff for AC West division title followed by another playoff for the wild card that may or may not also involve TRI<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sean<br clear="none">< via mobile ><br clear="none"><div class="yqt4654255172" id="yqtfd11597"><br clear="none">> On Oct 27, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Sean Sweda <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sweda@ibl.org" href="mailto:sweda@ibl.org">sweda@ibl.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Yeah, in the case where TRI is tied with the division winners then there has to be a playoff for the division. Then the losers of that playoff have a playoff with TRI for the wild card. Shouldn't have tried to figure this out so late last night... ugh. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> so in the 4-way tie plus TRI at 88 wins there would be a 4-way playoff for the AC West division followed by a 4-way playoff (losers + TRI) for the WC<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> in the 3-way tie plus TRI at 89 wins there would be a 3-way playoff for the AC West division followed by a 3-way playoff (losers + TRI) for the WC<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> all those scenarios require 4 additional days of regular season playoff games, not counting the potential TRI/NJR makeup game which if necessary could make it 5<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Sean<br clear="none">> < via mobile ><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Andrew Selder <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aselder@me.com" href="mailto:aselder@me.com">aselder@me.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> In any of the multi way play off situations in the AC West (other than a 2 way tie, and TRI out of WC race), don’t the ties have to be broken via play off since not all teams are guaranteed playoff spots?<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> “The IBL will use a one game playoff<br clear="none">>> when a playoff spot is at stake between the teams that are tied.<br clear="none">>> Tiebreakers will be used when all the teams that are tied are guaranteed<br clear="none">>> a playoff spot.”<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>>> On 26 Oct 2016, at 23:44, Sean Sweda wrote:<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> AC Central tie would be broken by a tiebreaker since both teams are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.<br clear="none">>>> WMS would hold the tiebreaker over PHI due to head-to-head record.<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> as for the AC West, the 4-way tie possible at 88 wins:<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> MCM 2-1 vs both POR/BAL (4-2 week)<br clear="none">>>> MAD 1-2 vs both POR/BAL (2-4 week)<br clear="none">>>> POR 1-2 vs MCM, 2-1 vs MAD (3-3 week)<br clear="none">>>> BAL 1-2 vs MCM, 2-1 vs MAD (3-3 week)<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> MCM would hold the tiebreaker due to best division record (30-24)<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 89+ wins: MAD/POR/BAL/MCM playoff for division title (TRI WC)<br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 88 wins: MCM wins division via tiebreaker, MAD/POR/BAL/TRI playoff for WC<br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 87- wins: MCM wins division via tiebreaker, MAD/POR/BAL playoff for WC<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> and the 3-way ties:<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> BAL/POR/MAD with 89 wins (BAL 4-2, POR 4-2, MAD 3-3, MCM 1-5)<br clear="none">>>> MAD would hold the tiebreaker via head-to-head between the three teams (net +4 wins)<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> BAL/MAD/MCM with 89 wins (BAL 4-2, MAD 3-3, MCM 5-1, POR 0-6)<br clear="none">>>> MCM would hold the tiebreaker via head-to-head between the three teams (net +4 wins)<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> POR/MAD/MCM with 89 wins (POR 4-2, MAD 3-3, MCM 5-1, BAL 0-6)<br clear="none">>>> MCM would hold the tiebreaker via head-to-head between the three teams (net +2 wins)<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 90+ wins: 3 tied teams playoff for division title (TRI WC)<br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 89 wins: tiebreaker holder wins division, remaining 2 teams + TRI playoff for WC<br clear="none">>>> if TRI has 88- wins: tiebreaker holder wins division, remaining 2 teams playoff for WC<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Andrew Selder wrote:<br clear="none">>>>> <br clear="none">>>>> Going into the final week, a chance for mass craziness.<br clear="none">>>>> <br clear="none">>>>> In the AC West, a 4 way tie is a distinct possibility:<br clear="none">>>>> BAL takes 2 of 3 v MAD at home<br clear="none">>>>> MCM takes 2 of 3 v BAL at home<br clear="none">>>>> MCM take 2 of 3 at POR<br clear="none">>>>> POR takes 2 of 3 at MAD<br clear="none">>>>> and presto... a 4 way tie at 88 wins<br clear="none">>>>> <br clear="none">>>>> In the AC Central,<br clear="none">>>>> A WMS sweep @ PHI, and a PHI sweep @ PAD leads to a tie at 102 wins<br clear="none">>>>> WMS going 2-1 @ PHI, and PHI going 1-2 @ PAD leads to a tie at 101 wins<br clear="none">>>>> <br clear="none">>>>> <br clear="none">>>>> If all those scenarios play out, the league owes Rusty a bottle of tequila :)<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></body></html>