SO you've probably seen now that despite being 3rd in the standings, Arizona is 4th in the playoff seeding and therefore not actually a playoff team.
This is dumb, but whatever. How did this happen? I think I may have figured it out.
So, the regular standings page probably only tiebreaks by the first head to head and calls it a day, splitting any further ties by H2H/PF if necessary but just going with the overall order it started with. The playoff system seems to be only looking for the top team in each, and then starting over again.
Hope that makes sense. JK it doesn't but maybe this will clear things up.
This is dumb, but whatever. How did this happen? I think I may have figured it out.
Code:
4 WAY TIE BREAKER
Head to Head
SJS: 4-2 (2 wins over NOLA)
OCO: 3-3
NO: 2-4 (2 losses to SJS)
ARI: 3-3
SJS ADVANCE
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3 WAY TIE BREAKER
Head to Head
OCO: 2-2
NO: 2-2
ARI: 2-2
CONF RECORD
OCO: 5-5
NO: 5-5
ARI: 4-6
POINTS FOR
OCO: 375
NO: 336
ARI: 348
OCO ADVANCE
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2 WAY TIE BREAKER
Head to Head
NO: 1-1
ARI: 1-1
CONF RECORD
NO: 5-5
ARI: 4-6
NOLA ADVANCE
So, the regular standings page probably only tiebreaks by the first head to head and calls it a day, splitting any further ties by H2H/PF if necessary but just going with the overall order it started with. The playoff system seems to be only looking for the top team in each, and then starting over again.
Hope that makes sense. JK it doesn't but maybe this will clear things up.