Lacrosse bracketology

French Rage · May 02, 2008, 05:58:37 PM

What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?

Jacob '06 · May 02, 2008, 06:19:42 PM

[quote French Rage]What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?[/quote]

There are no ties, it goes to sudden death OT. Not sure if there is a limit on the number of OTs, but I don't think i've seen any go past 3 ( I believe they are 4 minute periods).

Josh '99 · May 02, 2008, 07:05:44 PM

[quote Jacob '06][quote French Rage]What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?[/quote]

There are no ties, it goes to sudden death OT. Not sure if there is a limit on the number of OTs, but I don't think i've seen any go past 3 ( I believe they are 4 minute periods).[/quote]Which makes me wonder why Laxpower has a column for ties on all their pages that list teams' records.

Killer · May 02, 2008, 07:54:44 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote Jacob '06][quote French Rage]What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?[/quote]

There are no ties, it goes to sudden death OT. Not sure if there is a limit on the number of OTs, but I don't think i've seen any go past 3 ( I believe they are 4 minute periods).[/quote]Which makes me wonder why Laxpower has a column for ties on all their pages that list teams' records.[/quote]

I wondered the same thing, so I figured there might be some limit...not that I found anyone with anything other than zero in the ties column.

DeltaOne81 · May 02, 2008, 08:33:13 PM

Never ever heard of a tie in lacrosse. OTs until there's a goal, but in a relatively high scoring sport we're not talking about a marathon of OTs. No idea why Laxpower has the column - maybe they just took the script to generate the standings from some other sport or a generic one.

David Harding · May 02, 2008, 08:57:47 PM

[quote Killer][quote Josh '99][quote Jacob '06][quote French Rage]What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?[/quote]

There are no ties, it goes to sudden death OT. Not sure if there is a limit on the number of OTs, but I don't think i've seen any go past 3 ( I believe they are 4 minute periods).[/quote]Which makes me wonder why Laxpower has a column for ties on all their pages that list teams' records.[/quote]

I wondered the same thing, so I figured there might be some limit...not that I found anyone with anything other than zero in the ties column.[/quote]There is no limit on overtimes, but I couldn't find any anything in the rules about how to handle a game that ends prematurely due to weather, even though there is a whole appendix on the subject of lightning.
By the way, they use the politically correct term "sudden-victory overtime."

Quote from: Rule BookSECTION 5. In the event of a tie at the end of the regulation game, play shall be continued, after a two-minute intermission, with sudden-victory overtime.
In sudden-victory overtime, teams shall play periods of four minutes each until a goal is scored, thus deciding a winner. The game ends upon the scoring of the first goal. There will be a two-minute intermission between sudden-victory periods.

Sudden-Victory Overtime Play
SECTION 30. In the event of a tie at the end of the regulation game, a coin shall be flipped by the referee, with the captain who wins the toss selecting the goal his team wishes to defend. Play shall continue after an intermission of two minutes.
All sudden-victory overtime periods shall be started with a faceoff.
(Exception: Rule 4-3.) Play shall proceed for a four-minute period or until a goal is scored. At the end of the four-minute period, there shall be a two minute intermission and the teams shall change goals. Four-minute periods shall be continued in this manner until a goal is scored. Each team is entitled to one timeout per sudden-victory period.

billhoward · May 02, 2008, 10:04:25 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote Jacob '06][quote French Rage]What are the RS tie rules for lacrosse?[/quote]

There are no ties, it goes to sudden death OT. Not sure if there is a limit on the number of OTs, but I don't think i've seen any go past 3 ( I believe they are 4 minute periods).[/quote]Which makes me wonder why Laxpower has a column for ties on all their pages that list teams' records.[/quote]
They may have picked up a packaged stats program that allows for ties.

jhib · May 03, 2008, 05:41:38 PM

[quote David Harding]
By the way, they use the politically correct term "sudden-victory overtime."
[/quote]

Always look on the briiight side of life! Dadum, dadum dadum dadum.

ugarte · May 03, 2008, 09:06:58 PM

[quote DeltaOne81]Never ever heard of a tie in lacrosse. OTs until there's a goal, but in a relatively high scoring sport we're not talking about a marathon of OTs. No idea why Laxpower has the column - maybe they just took the script to generate the standings from some other sport or a generic one.[/quote]
There are not supposed to be ties in baseball either, but if the game is in extra-innings and the skies open up or it gets too late, the game can end in a tie. I suppose that could happen in lax also. If lax teams would play through rain, substitute "lightning storm" or "earthquake". Of course, it happens rarely enough in MLB that the newspapers don't bother with a T column.

Al DeFlorio · May 03, 2008, 09:30:30 PM

UMBC tonight came back from 2-11 (not a typo) to beat Albany and win its league, 14-13.

The committee is really going to have its hands full this year both in selecting and seeding. Tomorrow's GWLL championship game probably won't help clarify things much.

DeltaOne81 · May 04, 2008, 12:34:34 AM

[quote ugarte]
There are not supposed to be ties in baseball either, but if the game is in extra-innings and the skies open up or it gets too late, the game can end in a tie. I suppose that could happen in lax also. If lax teams would play through rain, substitute "lightning storm" or "earthquake". Of course, it happens rarely enough in MLB that the newspapers don't bother with a T column.[/quote]

I can't claim to know the details of the ins and out of NCAA rules to say what would happen in lax, but in MLB I'm pretty darn sure they would finish off the game at a later date.

jtwcornell91 · May 04, 2008, 03:18:04 AM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote ugarte]
There are not supposed to be ties in baseball either, but if the game is in extra-innings and the skies open up or it gets too late, the game can end in a tie. I suppose that could happen in lax also. If lax teams would play through rain, substitute "lightning storm" or "earthquake". Of course, it happens rarely enough in MLB that the newspapers don't bother with a T column.[/quote]

I can't claim to know the details of the ins and out of NCAA rules to say what would happen in lax, but in MLB I'm pretty darn sure they would finish off the game at a later date.[/quote]

There are circumstances in which the game is a tie and just gets replayed, but the statistics of the original game count.

ugarte · May 04, 2008, 09:25:14 AM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote DeltaOne81][quote ugarte]
There are not supposed to be ties in baseball either, but if the game is in extra-innings and the skies open up or it gets too late, the game can end in a tie. I suppose that could happen in lax also. If lax teams would play through rain, substitute "lightning storm" or "earthquake". Of course, it happens rarely enough in MLB that the newspapers don't bother with a T column.[/quote]

I can't claim to know the details of the ins and out of NCAA rules to say what would happen in lax, but in MLB I'm pretty darn sure they would finish off the game at a later date.[/quote]

There are circumstances in which the game is a tie and just gets replayed, but the statistics of the original game count.[/quote]

Quote from: MLB Rules4.10 (d) If a regulation game is called with the score tied, it shall become a suspended game. See Rule 4.12.

4.12 Suspended Games
(b)(4) Any suspended game not completed prior to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season shall become a called game. If such game becomes a called game and ...
(ii) has progressed far enough to become a regulation game, and the score is tied, the game shall be declared a "tie game." A tie game is to be replayed in its entirety, unless the league president determines that playing the rescheduled game is not necessary to affect the league championship.

Josh '99 · May 04, 2008, 09:10:23 PM

#8 seed, hosting Ohio State in the first round. Bracketed with #1 Duke.

scoop85 · May 04, 2008, 09:13:39 PM

[quote Josh '99]#8 seed, hosting Ohio State in the first round. Bracketed with #1 Duke.[/quote]

OSU won't be an easy out, but I would love another crack at Duke. It would be nice to finally get them on our home field -- and getting them in the tournament is probably the only way we'd get them to play in Ithaca.