Who finishes top of the league???
 

Hi,

Can anyone tell me what the rules are for determining who finishes first when two teams tie on points?

Is it then based on percentage/goal difference or does it come down to results between the tied teams?

I am VERY anxious :confused: to know the answer because my sons team may get duped out of 1st place and result in them playing the wrong team in the semi final tomorrow.

PLEASE help if you can:) :) :)

Most of the time, it will be decided by an arm wrestling contest between the two head coaches (best two out of three). If those result in a draw, then the players with the highest scoring average for each team will compete a best of three series of scissors-paper-rock.

that is so funny ...
 

thanks for wasting your time and mine

This is easy. Obviously your son's team is the better one and should get first seed.

atoms, this is a refereeing website. We have no idea what your league's rules are for breaking ties in the standings. You need to contact your league's organizing body.

That's why you got the "funny" answer. Nobody here can help you. Sorry.

No thanks necessary.

It's really no waste of time considering this is a basketball officials web site and no one here could possibly answer your question because we have no idea which rule set you use, where you are located, the by-laws of your son's league, or how old he is.

I was serious.

Please, we're trying to eliminate the mean-spirited and dismissive tone to newbies around here. You are not helping! :mad:

But your response is not considering the fragile self-image of the other team's players. That might be construed as mean-spirited as well.

Atoms, I am very serious.
 

Honestly, who cares.

Peace

I was hoping there were clear rules
 

Well he is U14 and plays in England, I assumed obviously incorrectly that there were universal rules around deciding ladder positions.

When I played it was points first then percentage and in the unlikely event that this was also tied then it came down to results between the two teams.

**** them.

Yeah...this thread should disappear in a few minutes. Spiraling downward quickly.

Based on this post alone you are obviously not talking about basketball.

This site was the best source your "googling' efforts could come up with?

F%$ off then .... I won't be back
 

This forum is just a waste of space, BadNewRef you are just a wanker ... of course I was talking about basketball.

If you are only a ref then you never actually played the game or if you did you probably weren't good enough to cut it and gave up to make a "man" out of yourself.

I've found what I was looking for, just a shame that no-one here actually knows the rules.

We've given you your answer, you have to talk to who runs the league. We also don't deal in FEEBLE rules hardly at all here. If your league uses points scored and field goal percentages before head to head record, that is your first problem.

If you actually knew the rules of basketball, you would find this forum useful. Since you didn't find your answer of how your son will be the best basketball player ever, too bad, go somewhere else, we don't care.

And whats a wanker? :confused::D

Only a ref? Puzzling.... :confused:

How repulsive.

Well then, nice of him to stop by then, wasn't it?

We now switch you back to our regularly scheduled postings.

BadNewsRef.

<o>I'm a wanker
You're a wanker
Wouldn't you like to be a wanker too?</i>

Good. I'll spread the garbage back on the couch & dining room table, you can clog up the toilets.

Gladly..oh, and don't forget to switch on SportsCenter...it helps me type faster.

Hey, I see they've written a book about Jurassic.
http://images.bestwebbuys.com/muze/b...1599211374.jpg

I just don't know if the other one is that Seattle fan who hangs around here now and then.

Hey, shouldn't wanker be censored? Dan couldn't say what he wanted to. If I was Dan, I'd be mad. He told me so.

Just because this forum doesn't have the answer to the tiebreaker rule of an obscure league in the middle of nowhere doesn't mean it's a waste of space. I'm sure it's a waste of your time; but only because you don't seem interested in learning the actual rules of basketball (as opposed to an administrative seeding rule). This isn't a knock, just an observation. Your question has nothing to do with the rules, you just came to the wrong place.

The fact is, leagues decide it differently all over the world. Some leagues have a playoff game. Others flip a coin. Some go with points scored. Some may have a free throw shoot out. Some may have the coaches play paper/rock/scissors. Personally, I'd flip a coin at lower levels, and go with points scored at higher levels. But I'm not running your league.

The above is my serious, let's-all-get-along response. Now for my smart-a$$ sarcastic American response:

Well then, we should just shut it down. If we can't please some anonymous Dad in England, then what good are we?

Here's my sensitive-in-touch-with-my-softer-side response.

There's no need to be so mean spirited. Why are you so hurtful. This makes me feel sad.

We don't censor English around here, only American. English is that quaint, little-used language they speak across the pond. It uses a lot of the same words as American, but mostly they don't mean the same things. And some of them have too many u's in them.

As for our atomic friend, who seems to have gone needlessly nuclear...perhaps a little reality check is in order. The rules of the game of basketball cover exactly that, the game. They do not, in any rule set that I'm aware of cover how to determine league standings. That is up to the individual league or its sanctioning body to determine. Which is why you were told you'd need to ask the league.

However, if you want to discuss the rules of the game of basketball, like whether calling the ref a wanker would be a simple technical foul, or a flagrant technical, this is the place. ;)

IIRC, it is a person who practices onanism

Obviously some deadbeat dad who is trying to live vicariously through the sports accomplishments of his son who plays in a U14 league because he never amounted to anything himself.

So sad. :(

This, I assume, had to do with changing light bulbs or something?


I must confess to being curious. I know nobody cares, but, is he talking about points scored? Isn't this a hockey rule? Or do they possibly award points for wins? Percentage of what? Winning percentage, field goal percentage? (do they keep up with shots on goal on the scoreboard?)
"Results between the two teams" I assume means head to head results. I thought this was the first tiebreaker in practically everything. The guy was concerned about his team getting "duped."

Y'all were so rude the guy may not even come back to let us know if everything worked out okay.:D