2011 Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament & Tiebreakers
Tournament
Qualification. Eight (8) teams
shall participate with the top two divisional finishers plus the next four best
Conference records advancing to the tournament.
Tournament Seeding. Tournament seeding, 1 through 8, shall be based upon
regular-season winning percentage regardless of divisional place in Conference
competition.
Tournament
Tie-breaker.
Ties are broken according to a head-to-head tie-breaker system. [6/06]
(a) If two teams are tied and they are from
different divisions, the winner of the match between the two tied teams shall be
the higher seed.
(b) If two teams are
tied and they are from the same division, the team with an advantage in
head-to-head competition shall be the higher seed. If a tie still exists after
the match comparisons between the tied divisional teams, a comparison of the
total games won between the tied teams shall occur to break the tie. [6/10]
(c) If two teams remain tied, there will be a
comparison of overall record against division teams only (volleyball: 10
divisional matches).
(d) If two teams remain tied, there will be a
*comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference
winning percentage) in the division and proceeding through in order of
divisional finish.
(e) If two teams remain tied, there will be a
*comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference
winning percentage) in the opposite
division and proceeding through in order of divisional finish.
(f) If two teams remain tied, the higher seed
will be chosen by draw.
(g)
If three or more teams are tied,
ties among divisional opponents will be broken by using steps (b) through (f)
and the head-to-head results will be used to break ties between non-divisional
teams. When three or more teams from the same division are tied step (b) will
consist of a mini-round robin among those tied teams. If a tie still exists
after the match comparisons between the teams within the mini-round robin, a
comparison of the total games won between the tied teams shall occur to break
the tie. At any point during the process of breaking ties among three or more
teams that the number of tied teams are reduced to two, head-to-head
competition would
be used as the primary tie-breaker, followed by steps (c) through (f). [6/10]
*Note: When comparing
against the 'highest' ranked team(s) in either division, the comparison will be
based upon how tied teams did against all teams in a given placement, rather
than a team that wins a tiebreaker at another position. For example, if two
teams are tied for fifth and two teams are tied for first, the head-to-head
comparison would be how the fifth place teams did against the first place teams
combined, and vice versa. [6/06]