South Carolina and Texas look like two of the best teams in the country’s total basketball. Each in the first five places The latest AP surveyEach of them is insurance paths No. 1 seeds in the NCAA championshipAnd both occupy the national rank in offensive and defensive standards.
But Gamecocks and Longhorns ended the normal season with identical records, 15-1, in Southheastarn Conference. South Carolina defeated Texas in Colombia, then longing from GameCock took revenge on Austin.
Therefore, there was a tie protocol to follow up in the identification of who would get seed No. 1 in SEC ChampionshipWhich begins in Greenville, SC, later this week. Some conferences have several steps and standards to reach before they give way to chance and fate to determine sowing. ACC, for example, has five Tie scenarios It is used for football. The ten adults have Some teachers have been placed For basketball tournaments as well.
Meanwhile, SEC has a process of only two steps in the event of a tie on top of the arrangement:
- Faces
- The win for the two teams was scored against the first seed (and moved forward in the 14th workbook, if necessary)
That’s it. And because South Carolina and Texas did not lose any other games from SEC, the conference immediately moved to its third choice, which is:
Yes, really. Here is how it was run on Sunday:
As expected, South Carolina celebrated while Texas felt the theft. Specifically, the Longhorns Vic Schaefer coach by SEC Gregy Commissioner Sankyy claimed that he is practicing the coin for two hours.
“So what was he practiced? Was he trained to be South Carolina, presidents or Texas to become upside down?” Tell the Shaveler Ap. “I mean, why do you have to train for two hours? What are you trying to accomplish?”
The use of a coin to determine the total seed number 1 in the Power 4 Conference Championship in 2025, at least. There are many qualifiers and statistics that could have been used to determine the result.
Here are some scenarios that SEC could have used to find out this thing instead:
- General Registry (Texas wins)
- Victory margin (South Carolina wins)
- Register against the QUAD 1 (South Carolina)
- Winning a percentage against the 100 best teams in the network (Texas Wins)
Instead of doing all these mathematics, Sankey and SEC did what they are doing better: they made everyone pay attention. They turned a simple metal coin into a TV scene. For a few minutes on Sunday, SEC ordered. Women’s basketball fans have tweeted about the click of the coins and radio hosts on this topic.
In fact, this means only more.
Therefore, the mission was accomplished, Mr. Sanky.
But if you really want to upload the classification the next time, don’t only settle for the face of the coin. Give us a free throwing competition or a horse game between the coaches of the two teams attached to the summit. Leave sports books on the Internet to manage betting lines on them.
Of course, the preferred was Dawn Staley.
The coin may have turned to how it was supposed to be after all.
