D8 Senior Tiebreak Info: Your Magic Number Is.....

For starters, if St. David gets past Rockway on Monday, we don't have to worry about any of the below.  But just so my readers know, in the event Rockway wins, your magic number is:

57!

Why is this?  Well, should RMC beat SDCSS on Monday, then those two teams along with Monsignor Doyle would all tie for 4th with 2-8 records.  Even more confusing?  There wouldn't be a clear tiebreak winner as all squads would then have beaten one team twice and lost to the other twice (SDCSS - MDCSS; MDCSS - RMC; RMC - SDCSS).

According to D8 rules, it then goes to +/- against higher opponents.  Uh-oh.  

After all of the math, including many "minus 30" games, it looks as though MDCSS has the inside track for what will be deemed the "4A" spot (when there is a tie for the final playoff spot, there needs to be a play-in game according to D8 legislation).  

All they would have to do is lose by 56 points or less to St. Mary's on Monday.  A 57-point loss, then there would be a tie for the "4A" spot (let's hope this doesn't happen).  A 58-point loss, and St. David would take the "4A" spot.

The above sounds funny, but keep in mind that either St. David or Monsignor Doyle will move on to CWOSSA "AAA" so the positioning is very important to those two teams.

There would then be two "play in games" (again, this all IF Rockway beats St. David):

Team "4B" would play "4C", with the winner of that game playing "4A" for the right to move on to the D8 semifinals with the big prize of.......getting to play the St. Mary's Eagles.  Of course, as noted, it would also help to sort out the "AAA" CWOSSA berth --- and I'm sure be a source of pride for the teams involved.

All games would be hosted at the "4A" site on the same night (i.e. the 4B/4C winner would have to play two games that day).  This would be done next Tuesday, as the D8 semifinals are Wednesday with the final on Friday --- hence a compacted time frame to work with.