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3-Way Tiebreaker still seems odd...

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:53 pm
by BKL
So question about ties among 3+ teams. What happens if some of the teams do not play each other, but one of the teams plays all the tied teams. Seems like the team that plays the most games always get ranked first because it will have more absolute points. For example, I had Maryland, Arkansas, and Providence all tied. Maryland lost to both Arkansas and Providence. Providence and Arkansas did not play each other. Even though Maryland lost to both teams it was ranked above the other two because it simply had more points, since it happened to play one extra game among the tied teams (i.e. Arkansas and Providence never faced each other). It seems to me this would not be fair or logical - a team gets ranked higher after losing to both teams. Maybe the tiebreaker should be AVERAGE total points between the tied teams, rather than total points. Or perhaps even simpler, just average PPG that is noted on the stats page - this would consider all games played by a team.