CAA tie-breaker scenarios

From Rob Washburn with the CAA here are the tie-breaker possibilities heading into the final set of regular-season games on Saturday: VCU is the #1 seed with a win over Georgia State on Saturday. If VCU and Northeastern are tied for first at 13-5: Northeastern is the #1 seed and VCU is the #2 seed […]

February 26, 2009; 12:15 PM • by FTRea

From Rob Washburn with the CAA here are the tie-breaker possibilities heading into the final set of regular-season games on Saturday:

VCU is the #1 seed with a win over Georgia State on Saturday.

If VCU and Northeastern are tied for first at 13-5: Northeastern is the #1 seed and VCU is the #2 seed based on the Huskies’ head-to-head win.

If VCU and George Mason are tied for first at 13-5: VCU is the #1 seed and Mason is the #2 seed based on the Rams’ head-to-head win.

If VCU, Northeastern and Mason are tied for first at 13-5: Northeastern is the #1 seed based on a 2-1 record against VCU/Mason, VCU is the #2 seed based on a 1-1 record vs. NU/Mason and Mason is the #3 seed based on a 1-2 record against VCU/NU.

If Northeastern and Mason are tied for second at 13-5: Northeastern is the #2 seed and Mason is the #3 seed. The teams split the head-to-head series, but NU is 1-0 versus #1 VCU while Mason is 0-1.

If Mason, Northeastern and Old Dominion are tied for second at 12-6: Northeastern is the #2 seed, ODU is the #3 seed and Mason is the #4 seed. The three teams are all 2-2 against each other. NU is 1-0 versus #1 VCU, ODU is 1-1 versus #1 VCU and Mason is 0-1 versus #1 VCU.

If Northeastern and ODU are tied for third at 12-6: Northeastern is the #3 seed and ODU is the #4 seed. The teams split the head-to-head series, but NU is 1-0 versus #1 VCU while ODU is 1-1.

If Drexel, Hofstra and ODU are tied for fourth at 11-7: Drexel is the #4 seed based on a 2-1 record against Hofstra/ODU, ODU is the #5 seed based on a 1-1 record against Drexel/Hofstra and Hofstra is the #6 seed based on a 1-2 record against Drexel/ODU.

If Drexel and ODU are tied for fourth at 11-7: ODU is the #4 seed and Drexel is the #5 seed based on the Monarchs’ win in the head-to-head matchup.

If Hofstra and ODU are tied for fourth at 11-7: Hofstra is the #4 seed and ODU is the #5 based on the Pride’s win in the head-to-head matchup.

If Drexel and Hofstra are tied for fifth at 11-7: Drexel is the #5 seed and Hofstra is the #6 seed based on the Dragons’ sweep of the season series.

If Drexel, Hofstra and James Madison are tied for fifth at 10-8: Drexel is the #5 seed based on a 2-1 record versus Hofstra/JMU, Hofstra is the #6 seed based on a 2-2 record versus Drexel/JMU and JMU is the #7 seed based on a 1-2 record against Drexel/Hofstra.

If Drexel and JMU are tied for sixth at 10-8: JMU is the #6 seed and Drexel is the #7 seed based on the Dukes’ win in the head-to-head matchup.

If Hofstra and JMU are tied for sixth at 10-8: Hofstra is the #6 seed and James Madison is the #7 seed based on the Pride’s sweep of the season series.

If James Madison and Georgia State are tied for seventh at 9-9: JMU is the #7 seed and Georgia St. is the #8 based on the Dukes’ win in the head-to-head matchup.

Note: Georgia St. is the #8 seed regardless of any outcomes on Saturday.

If Delaware and Towson are tied for ninth at 6-12 or 5-13: Towson is the #9 seed and Delaware is the #10 seed based on the Tigers’ sweep of the season series.

If Delaware, Towson and William & Mary are tied for ninth at 5-13: Towson is the #9 seed based on a 3-1 record versus Delaware/W&M. Delaware and W&M are both 1-2 against the other tied teams, so Delaware would receive the #10 seed and W&M would get the #11 seed based on the head-to-head win.

If Delaware and W&M are tied for 10th at 5-13: Delaware is the #10 seed and W&M is the #11 seed based on the Hens’ win in the head-to-head matchup.

If Towson and W&M are tied for 10th at 5-13: W&M is the #10 seed and Towson is the #11 seed. The teams split the head-to-head series, but W&M has a victory over Northeastern (highest seeded team).

If W&M and UNC Wilmington are tied for 11th at 4-14: W&M is the #11 seed and UNC Wilmington is the #12 seed based on the Tribe’s sweep of the season series.

Note: UNC Wilmington is the #12 seed regardless of any outcomes on Saturday

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