Common Questions Answered about Basketball Post-Season Tie Breakers

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[color=red]District Ties and Warm-up games[/color]
The boys’ district certification date will be Saturday, Feb. 16.

As the basketball district competition is coming to a close, some districts [color=red]may have two-way or three-way or more schools ties.
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If you find yourself in a district with two schools tied, the district executive committee may authorize a single elimination game provided only one other matched game is played that calendar week. The tie-breaking game may be in addition to the 21 allowed games but not as an exception to the school week limitation.

If a game was played previously during the school week, the tiebreaker game can only be played at the end of the last instructional day of the week, excluding holidays. Usually, games are played at the end of the school day on Friday or played on Saturday.

[color=red]If three or more schools are tied, [/color]the district executive committee may authorize a tournament provided only two matched games have been played that week. Schools must use the procedure in Constitution and Contest Rules, Section 1203, Duties of Athletic District Executive Committee.

These tournament games may be played in addition to the total number of games and tournaments allowed for the season, if a game was previously played during the school week.

The tiebreaker games can be used like a tournament format ONLY on consecutive days (e.g., “Thursday, Friday, Saturday” or “Thursday, Friday” or “Friday, Saturday”).
Coaches often ask if their team is allowed to play a “warm-up game” at the end of district play. Teams can schedule a warm-up game before their first play-off game if they have not reached their 21-game allowable season limit.  Teams who have exhausted their 21-game allowable season limit are given a UIL one-game exception under the following conditions:
1. The one-game exception can be used only by the first place teams in the 1A, 2A and 3A Conferences.
2. The one-game exception can be played only at the end of the last instructional day of the week, excluding holidays, with no loss of school time or any time on Saturday.

[Dick Vitale]

Hey man, all that TIE stuff....I don't know anything about that mess! I have always won them ALONE!!  ;D ;D

[ST413]

What is this 21 game limit? Virtually everyone has played more than that.

[AggiesAreWe]

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What is this 21 game limit? Virtually everyone has played more than that.
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Tournament games do not count against that number. Just non district and district games.

[ST413]

Ok

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[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1369919" timestamp="1360021316"]
Hey man, all that TIE stuff....I don't know anything about that mess! I have always won them ALONE!!  ;D ;D
[/quote]I know Dickie. The game has changed in front of our eyes.

[ST413]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1369935" timestamp="1360025407"]
[quote author=ST413 link=topic=108932.msg1369934#msg1369934 date=1360025349]
What is this 21 game limit? Virtually everyone has played more than that.
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Tournament games do not count against that number. Just non district and district games.
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So we could not have filled that open date the first round of district or played a warm up game if Center hadn't cancelled the game early in the  season....