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AMC Tiebreakers



The American Mideast Conference basketball tiebreakers are set by the coaches in the AMC Guidelines and approved by the AMC Athletic Directors Council.

The tiebreakers involving two teams for team selection and seeding for the AMC/NAIA Qualifying Tournament are:
1. Head-to-head competition.
2. Record against teams in order of conference divisional finish.
3. Coin flip administered by the AMC Commissioner.

The tiebreakers involving three or more teams for team selection and seeding for the AMC/NAIA Qualifying Tournament are:
1. Head-to-head competition (best W-L percentage in games among the teams).
2. Record against teams in order of conference divisional finish.
3. Coin flip administered by the AMC Commissioner.

2002-03 North Division Tiebreaker
Daemen-Geneva
1. Teams split two division games.
2. Daemen 1-1 vs. Saint Vincent; Geneva 0-2 vs. Saint Vincent
Daemen wins tiebreaker

2002-03 South Division Tiebreakers
Shawnee State-Rio Grande
1. Teams split two division games.
2. Shawnee State 1-1 vs. Cedarville; Rio Grande 0-2 vs. Cedarville
Shawnee State wins tiebreaker

Ohio Dominican-Malone-Tiffin
1. Ohio Dominican 1-1 vs. Malone and 2-0 vs. Tiffin = 3-1 overall
2. Malone 1-1 vs. Ohio Dominican and 1-1 vs. Tiffin = 2-2 overall
3. Tiffin 0-2 vs. Ohio Dominican and 1-1 vs. Malone = 1-3 overall
Ohio Dominican wins tiebreaker