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NC State 81 Wake Forest 70 Seeding Implications

With NC State's win at Wake Forest, the first step to resolving seeds
is over.

Head to head results so far in the ACC:

read down Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Maryland North Carolina NC State Virginia Wake Forest
Clemson - 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0
Duke 0-2 - 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-1
Florida State 1-1 2-0 - 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1
Georgia Tech 0-2 1-1 1-0 - 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1
Maryland 0-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 - 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-0
North Carolina 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 - 0-2 1-1 1-1
NC State 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 - 0-2 0-2
Virginia 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-0 - 1-1
Wake Forest 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 -

The tiebreaker rules:

When two teams are tied:

  1. head to head
  2. Record against the top team, then second, third, etc...
  3. Coin Flip

When three or more teams are tied:

  1. Head to head until reduced to two teams
  2. Record against the top team, then second, third, etc, until reduced to two teams
  3. Random Drawing

The coin flip and three way tie remain possibilities, depending on
what happens in today's second game. NC State has clinched the second
seed. If Georgia Tech wins, a coin flip is inevitable, since Wake and
Tech will be 1-1 head to head, and they'll have the exact same records
against each conference opponent.

If North Carolina wins, the three way tiebreaker applies. UNC, Tech,
and Wake are all 1-1 against each other, so we go to the second tiebreaker.
UNC, Tech, and Wake would all be 1-1 against Duke. However, UNC is 2-0
against NC State, whereas Tech and Wake are both 0-2. That separates
UNC as the third seed, and Tech and Wake devovle to the two way tiebreaker,
which is the coin flip.

FSU
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UNC
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UVA
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UMD
Seed #1 Seed #2 Seed #3 Seed #4 Seed #5 Seed #6 Seed #7 Seed #8 Seed #9
FSU UNC UVA Duke 12-4 NC State 11-5 North Carolina 9-7 Wake Forest 9-7 Georgia Tech 8-8 Florida State 7-9 Virginia 7-9 Maryland 6-10 Clemson 3-13
FSU UNC UMD Duke 12-4 NC State 11-5 North Carolina 9-7 Wake Forest 9-7 Georgia Tech 8-8 Maryland 7-9 Florida State 7-9 Virginia 6-10 Clemson 3-13
FSU Duke UVA Duke 13-3 NC State 11-5 Wake Forest 9-7 Georgia Tech 8-8 North Carolina 8-8 Florida State 7-9 Virginia 7-9 Maryland 6-10 Clemson 3-13
FSU Duke UMD Duke 13-3 NC State 11-5 Wake Forest 9-7 Georgia Tech 8-8 North Carolina 8-8 Maryland 7-9 Florida State 7-9 Virginia 6-10 Clemson 3-13
GT UNC UVA Duke 12-4 NC State 11-5 North Carolina 9-7 Wake Forest & Georgia Tech
coin flip 9-7
Virginia 7-9 Maryland 6-10 Florida State 6-10 Clemson 3-13
GT UNC UMD Duke 12-4 NC State 11-5 North Carolina 9-7 Wake Forest & Georgia Tech
coin flip 9-7
Maryland 7-9 Florida State 6-10 Virginia 6-10 Clemson 3-13
GT Duke UVA Duke 13-3 NC State 11-5 Wake Forest & Georgia Tech
coin flip 9-7
North Carolina 8-8 Virginia 7-9 Maryland 6-10 Florida State 6-10 Clemson 3-13
GT Duke UMD Duke 13-3 NC State 11-5 Wake Forest & Georgia Tech
coin flip 9-7
North Carolina 8-8 Maryland 7-9 Florida State 6-10 Virginia 6-10 Clemson 3-13