Heading into the final week of the regular season, much remains unsettled. Three teams have locked in their regular season seeding; Yellow in #4, Orange in #5, and Neon in #6 seed! Black, Teal, and Green will take the #1, #2, and #3 seeds, but the order needs to be determined. Gold will finish #7 or #8, Red will finish anywhere from #7 to #10, while Purple and Silver will finish somewhere between #8 and #10.
Regular season seeding is determined by:
1) Points
2) Wins
3) Head to head
4) Point differential
Black and Teal open the evening at 6PM. Together, with Green, they will take the 1, 2, and 3 seeds. A Black win means they will be the #1 seed and Teal the #3 seed, locking Green into the #2 seed. A Teal win means they move ahead of Black, and will need to wait for Green’s late game to see which 1 – 3 seed they take. Likewise, a tie will leave Black ahead of Teal, while again, all would have to wait for the Green team play, where they still could earn any of those seeds.
In the round of three to follow next week, the #1 seed will face #6 (Neon), #7, and #10 seeds, the #2 seed will face the #5 (Orange), #8 and #9 seeds, and the #3 seed will face #4 (Yellow), #8 and #9 seeds.
Following this will be the 7PM game between Silver and Red. A Silver loss or tie will leave them in the #10 seed, but a win will have them finish at #8 or #9, pending the results of Purple’s game later in the evening. A Red win will have them finish in the #7 or #8 seed, waiting on Gold’s game to determine, and a tie will have them in the #8 or #9 seed, and a loss in the #9 or #10 seed, both waiting on Purple’s game to determine.
At 8PM, Gold will face Orange. While Orange is locked in at #5, a Red win and a Gold loss will have Red in the #7 seed and Gold in the #8 seed. All other scenarios leave Gold at #7. With the #5 seed, Orange will face #2, #6 (Neon), and #10. Whether it is Red or Gold in the #7 seed, that seed will face #1, #4 (Yellow), and #8.
At 9PM, Purple will skate against Green. If Black won the opening game, Green is locked in at #2. However, a tie or a Black loss in that early game and Green is #1 with a win, #2 with a tie, or #3 with a loss. A Red win over Silver locks Purple in at #9. A Silver tie or win combined with a Purple win moves Purple up to #8. However, the Silver win with a Purple tie or loss moves Purple to #10. All other scenarios leave Purple at #8.
In the round of three the next week, the #8 seed will face #2, #3, and #7 seeds, the #9 seed will face #2, #3, and #6 (Neon) seeds, and the #10 seed will face #1, #4 (Yellow), and #5 (Orange) seeds.
In the final game of the night, at 10PM, Yellow will face Neon. Each will look to fine tune their games heading into the playoffs, with their seeds locked in. Yellow, in the #4 seed, will face #3, #7, and #10 seeds. Neon, in the #6 seed, will face #1, #5 (Orange), and #9 seeds.
Look for updates next week about the Playoffs and matchups. While the lower seeds certainly have a tougher schedule to make it to the semi-finals, all teams will begin the Playoffs needing only three wins to ensure their semi-final berth. Good luck!