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NEC Volleyball Tiebreaker Policy

NEC Volleyball Tiebreaker Policy:
Seeding for the Conference tournament will be based on the regular-season order of finish.

Two-Way Tiebreaker
In the event of a two-way tie in the standings, the following tiebreaker system shall be used - in order - until the tie is broken:

1. Winning percentage of each team in head-to-head competition.
2. Winning percentage of each team vs. the first-place team, or their composite winning percentage against any teams tying for first place.
3. Winning percentage of each team vs. the second-place team, or their composite winning percentage against any teams tying for second place.
4. This process continues with winning percentage vs. the third-place team, fourth-place team, etc., as necessary, until the tie is broken and seeding is complete.
5. Winning percentage of the top two teams’ total games in head-to-head competition.
6. If a tie still exists after exhausting steps 1-4, a coin flip shall be utilized.

Three-Way (or more) Tiebreaker
In the event of a three-way tie (or a tie involving more than three teams) in the standings, the following tiebreaker system shall be used in the order listed.

1. The match winning percentages of the teams involved in the tie vs. each other shall be compared. If one team’s match winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams subsequently remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.
2. If no single team has a superior match winning percentage after the comparison described in No. 1, but multiple teams have the same superior percentage to the other teams involved in the tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.
3. If all match winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s match winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shall be compared. If one team’s match winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.
4. If all match winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s match winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shall be compared. If multiple teams have a superior winning percentage to any other team in the original tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.
5. This process continues as necessary, comparing match winning percentages of teams in the tie vs. the second-place team or their composite percentages vs. teams tying for second place, third place, etc., until all ties are broken and seeding is complete.
6. Winning percentage of each team in all games played vs. other teams involved in the tie.
7. If no single team has a superior game winning percentage after the comparison described in No. 6, but multiple teams have the same superior percentage to the other teams involved in the tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.
8. If all game winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s game winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shall be compared. If one team’s game winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.
9. If all game winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s game winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shall be compared. If multiple teams have a superior winning percentage to any other team in the original tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.
10. This process continues as necessary, comparing game winning percentages of teams in the tie vs. the second-place team or their composite percentages vs. teams tying for second place, third place, etc., until all ties are broken and seeding is complete.
11. If a tie still exists after exhausting all previous steps, a coin flip shall be utilized, with the odd coin being seeded highest. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.