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Old 07-16-2006, 12:22 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by cabot41
If 2 of the 3 teams are tied for the wildcard and for the winning the divison (this was the potential situation IRL from last year) again, the two teams from the same division play first for the win of the division and the loser of that game plays the third team for the wildcard
That only started in 2003. Prior to that year, the rule was different. The loser of the divisional tiebreaker would have been eliminated altogether since it would have had a worse record due to losing the divisional tiebreaker than the team in the other division.
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