What's Up With the West Coast Conf Tourney?
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they serious with this format?
Pilot program for the B1G conference tournament in future years to save their higher seeded teams?
Haven't they done it this way for a few years now or am I wrong on that?they serious with this format?
They have. Makes sure one of their good teams win.
That was my initial reaction. Protection. No clue what their records are but sure giving 1&2 seeds plenty of rest. Could backfire with that much time off. I m assuming they're not making teams play twice in one day 😁
That has to be a joke, right? What a terrible formatthey serious with this format?
I know St. Mary's is playing a game the following week so they don't have almost two weeks off before their first rd game.
In a one or two bid league you want to do everything you can to make sure your top seeds get in the tournament - each tourney bid as well as each tourney win means big dollars for these smaller conferences and schools
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Actually, it's the zags doing it. Mary's has done it before though. And the zags are playing this coming week before their semifinal which is a week from tomorrow.
Gauntlet format. Kinda like it actually.
Korean Baseball League uses gauntlet format for their playoffs too. So the 5 seed has a series with the 4 seed. The winner has a series with the third seed. That winner has a series with the 2 seed. And whoever wins that plays in the championship series against the 1 seed.
Korean Baseball League uses gauntlet format for their playoffs too. So the 5 seed has a series with the 4 seed. The winner has a series with the third seed. That winner has a series with the 2 seed. And whoever wins that plays in the championship series against the 1 seed.
From one viewpoint, it protects the league so a lower seed doesn’t steal a spot in the dance. But from another viewpoint, it rewards strong conference play. Which I think is right. If a lower seed can get hot, they’ll have to do it anyway, but this gives the top two seeds a benefit for doing it all year long.
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