=>I was just informed there is a new tiebreaker system has been put in place (see link below). Miami is still #1 seed, but for a different reason (better East Div. record than Kent).
I am waiting on clarification from the MAC on whether if you have a 4+ way tie (like in the case of Akron, BG, BGSU, and WMU right now), after determining the group winner of the 4 (or more) via head-2-head records, does the team with the 2nd best record get the next seed or do I redo a head-2-head record among the remaining teams.
If not, the tournament looks like above (except the * rationale for Miami over Kent changes).
If so, that would change the order of the the #5-7 seeds and the tournament would like like below.
MAC Tourney If Today (Post-02/21/11 games):
First Round (Campus Sites): Tuesday, March 8, 2011
GM 1: 12. Toledo (1-11) @ 5. WMU (7-5)$#^ – TBA
GM 2: 11. NIU (3-9) @ 6. BGSU (7-5)#^~ – TBA
GM 3: 10. EMU (4-8 ) @ 7. UB (7-5)#^~ – TBA
GM 4: 9. CMU (5-7) @ 8. Ohio (6-6) – TBA
Quarterfinals (Cleveland): Thursday, March 10, 2011
GM 5: 1. Miami (9-3)* – East Champ vs. Winner GM 4 – 12:00pm (STO)
GM 6: 2. BSU (7-5)$ – West Champ vs. Winner GM 3 – 30 mins after end of GM 5 (approx 2:30pm) (STO)
GM 7: 3. Kent (9-3)* vs. Winner GM 2 – 7:00pm (STO)
GM 8: 4. Akron (7-5)# vs. Winner GM 1 – 30 mins after end of GM 7 (approx 9:30pm) (STO)
Semifinals (Cleveland): Friday, March 11, 2011
GM 9: Winner GM 5 vs. Winner GM 8 – 7pm (STO)
GM 10: Winner GM 6 vs. Winner GM 7 – 30 mins after end of GM 7 (approx 9:30pm) (STO)
Finals (Cleveland): Saturday, March 12, 2011
GM 11: Winner GM 9 vs. Winner GM 10 – 6:00pm (ESPN2)
* Kent and Miami split head-2-head. Vs. the MAC East, Miami is 4-2 and Kent 3-3.
$ BSU beat WMU head-2-head.
# Head-to-head, Akron is 3-1, Buffalo 2-1, WMU 1-2, and BGSU 1-3.
^ Head-to-head, UB, WMU, and BG are all 1-1. WMU is 4-2 vs. MAC West and BG & UB are 3-3 vs. MAC East.
~ BG beat UB head-2-head.
MAC Tiebreaker Information:
http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?D...ID=3651224
Tourney Front Page:
http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?D...R_CONTENT=
Tourney Bracket:
https://admin.xosn.com/downloads2/398514...EM_ID=9400