Has a team ranked #8 in the playoffs ever beat a #1 team in the first round to move on to the second round? Did the #8 team ever win the playoffs?
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Only two 8th seeded teams have managed to beat the 1st Seeded Team: The Denver Nuggets eliminating the Seattle Supersonics 3-2 in 1994; and the New York Knicks eliminating the Miami Heat 3-2 in 1999, in addition, the Knicks also became the first 8th seeded team to reach the NBA Finals, but they lost to the Spurs.
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It depends on how the league is set up.  In my Yahoo leagues it is set by record.  The first tie breaker is total season points.  I havent had to go past this point yet but i would imagine that it would be head-to-head record.
214921
Usually you split it into two divisions with four in each division. Each team plays the other seven teams once or twice (that's good for 7 or 14 weeks) then you start a playoffs. 1st plays 4th, 2nd plays 3rd in both divisions. Then you have a divisional final and then a championship final. You should have consolation rounds as well for the teams that lose out in the first round of the playoffs.
46349
Wrong!  It's not 1st and then 10th if there's ten teams....  It goes, from 1st pick to 9th pick, then the 9th team gets first pick in the second round and the 1st team gets the last pick in that round.  So, the 9th team would get the 10th pick and the 1st team would get the 18th.  \n\nIt's done that way so it's fair.  Think about it - if you were the last team to pick, would it be fair if you had to pick last EVERY time, and the 1st team got to pick FIRST?  So no, it switches every round.
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The tournament brackets are made up of six teams from each of the league's two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), following the end of the 16-game regular season:\n\nThe four division champions from each conference (the team in each division with the best regular season won-lost-tied record), which are seeded 1 through 4 based on their regular season won-lost-tied record. \nTwo wild card qualifiers (those non-division champions with the conference's best winning percentages), which are seeded 5 and 6. \n\nIf it is necessary to break ties to determine the two Wild-Card clubs from each conference, the following steps will be taken.\n1. If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tie breaker.\n2. If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps. \n\nTwo Clubs\n1. Head-to-head, if applicable.\n2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.\n3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.\n4. Strength of victory.\n5. Strength of schedule.\n6. Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.\n7. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.\n8. Best net points in conference games.\n9. Best net points in all games.\n10. Best net touchdowns in all games.\n11. Coin toss.\n\nThe 3 and the 6 seeded teams, and the 4 and the 5 seeds, face each other during the first round of the playoffs, dubbed the Wild Card Playoffs (the league in recent years has also used the term Wild Card Weekend). The 1 and the 2 seeds from each conference receive a bye in the first round, which entitles these teams to automatically advance to the second round, the Divisional Playoff games, to face the Wild Card survivors. In any given playoff round, the highest surviving seed always plays the lowest surviving seed . And in any given playoff game, whoever has the higher seed gets the home field advantage (i.e. the game is held at the higher seed's home field).
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I believe there's always a possibility to beat any team on any given night, but in a 7 game series? I don't think they could beat the reigning champion...
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First click on "Sports", then go to the "MLB Home", then click "Standings".\n\nThere are 6 divisions, so you will see who is leading each division.  The playoffs start in October and all division winners advance PLUS 1 "wildcard" team from each league(American and National)...for a total of 8 teams in the playoffs.  The winners of each playoff series(best of 5 in first round, best of 7 in the Championship Series and World Series) advance to face each other until they reach the World Series.  The team that wins the World Series is the team that, as you say, would finish first.  \n\nChicago won it all last year, but this season we are in now is a brand new season, so actually the Chicago White Sox would be classified as the defending champions.
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There has never been a 16th seed team to beat the 1st seed.  There have been one or two close calls, if you want to look at those look at ESPN, there was an article about it today.
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They're only 2.5 games out of the eight seed going into tonights games so it's possible.  I don't know if they have it though.  I'd have to say no.  They're just not that good this year.
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for sure, the Chicago bulls would end up at the bottom 4 of the eastern conference playoff line-up. \n\nSince the first round is a best of seven affair, the format would be 2-2-1-1-1\n\nthe Bulls would be away on Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 since the team they would be facing would have 4 games home court advantage compared to their 3. Bulls would host games 3, 4 and 6.\n\nMy prediction, Bulls vs. Pistons on 1st round.
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to determine the wild card, it's the 2 best teams from each conference who did not win their division (division winners automatically get a playoff spot).  if teams have the same record, you look at head to head matchup; if there is no head to head matchup, you look at conference record, then division record.
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Ties are determined in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball playoffs in the following order:\nIn the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:\n   1. Most team points scored.\n   2. Most team rebounds.\n   3. Highest team field goal percentage.\n   4. Highest team free throw percentage.\n   5. Fewest team turnovers.\n   6. Most team 3-point shots made.\n   7. Most team assists.\n   8. Most team steals.\n   9. Most team blocked shots.\n  10. Random "coin flip."
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Now I cant name ever team that's done it but is has been done. One team to do it was the Cincinnati Bengals and they have done it twice The Frist time was 1980/81 season the year before they had a 6-10 record. The next year the had a 12-4 record had home Field advantage and won the AFC Championship over the Chargers in which the temp was -59 with the wind chill( I know this because I lived there at the time) by a score of 27-7. Going on to lose to 49ers in Super Bowl XIV (16) 26-21. The next year was 1987/88. The year before they had a 4-11 recored in a strike year. The next year they again had a 12-4 recored and home Field advantage and beat the Bills for the AFC Championship by a score of 21-10. And again went on to lose to the 49ers again in Super Bowl XXIII (23). On a drive of 92 yards by Joe Montana to John Taylor with 34 sec left and a score of 20-16. As I said I may not be able to tell you every team that's done it but I do know my Bengals history and the near misses we have had
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It is No.2 getting beat by a No.1 team.  The odds it will still remain in the top ten and if not 5 or 7.  It is late in the season to drop out of the top ten, but it would shift at least four or more spots.
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The only feasible ways to do it are having the #4 and #5 team play in a preliminary round while #1, #2, and #3 all get byes.\n\nThen, #1 would face the winner of #4/5 and #2 would face #3 in the semifinals.\n\nOr, #2 would face #5 and #3 would face #4 in the first round, and the winners of #2/5 and #3/4 would face each other in the semifinals, all while #1 gets a bye straight through to the finals.\n\nThe first option is more equitable.
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Nope. All Wrong. \n\n1. This takes away the excitement of the first round, teams on the bubble of .500 or lower won't play as hard to provide upsets while trying to make it to the playoffs. Not too mention, it'll just make the NBA Playoffs shoot by way quickly... us NBA fans would consider that horrible. Did you realize that the Lakers and the Kings (7th & 8th seeds) gave the entire NBA a scare when they came extremely close to upsetting the Spurs and Suns (1st & 2nd seed)? This is why we watch and love playoff contigency. As a matter of fact, this is why fans of teams that don't make it to the playoffs still love watching the playoffs even though their teams  aren't in it!\n\n2) When a team wins their division, they are granted a certain amount of money to contribute to their salary for the next year. If they win the championships the get more money. However, they in turn get low draft picks. Check out teams like the Spurs, with an arsenal of seasoned players. That's why hey stick around.\n\n3) they get money. If 1st placers have the first round off, it just gets them much closer to winning it all. I bet it would be a 90% winning chance that 1st placers would make it all the way through... NOT EXCITING. Most of the good games would be played in the first round anyway between 4-5 and 3-6 teams. NBA would lose viewers after that, especially a 5 game series NOT FUN.\n\nIt just comes down to what would be more exciting... and when and where in the playoffs the MOST excitement would happen.\n\nCollege Football BCS however.... that sh*t needs help.
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didnt buffalo, ottawa, new jersey & carolina end up with about the same amount of points during the regular season?\nSo it shouldn't be surprising that the lower seeded sabres beat the sens 7 it shouldnt be surprising that carolina beat new jersey, whats surprising to me is the fact that nobody gave buffalo a chance except buffalo fans. The sens are perennial chokers  when it comes to playoff hockey & i think new jersey is getting a bit too old