The question becomes can they do enough in their final 3 Games (most have just 2) to leapfrog from 8th into the Top 6 and avoid
an extra Opening Round Playoff Game.
Those Seeds need to play in
an extra Opening Round Flag Football Game to qualify for the Elite8.
The Bottom4 Seeds (13, 14, 15 & 16) all have to play in
an extra Opening Round Playoff Game..
Remember Seeds 1 - 6 will be waiting in the Elite 8 while Teams seeded 7 through 10 will have to play in
an extra Opening Round Softball game.
With a Loss they can wind up as low as a tie for 7th and, thus, having to play
an extra Opening Round Softball game..
The Top - 2 seeds in the League will earn an extra BYE when the Playoffs begin and Teams seeded 9 and below will have to take part in
an extra Opening Round.
That's significant as the Top - 6 automatically qualify for the Elite8 while the other 4 Teams battle it out in
an extra Opening Round of the Playoffs.
Team Mordini and Team Marras took part in
extra Opening Round Game with # 2 Team Valvassori awaiting the Winner.
Top 6 go straight to the Elite8 while Teams seeded 7 - 10 play in
an extra Opening Round Playoff game..
If not, they'll take part in
the extra Opening Round Games..
The Top 6 Seeds go straight to the Elite8 Softball Round while Seeds 7 - 10 compete in
an extra Opening Round Softball Round for the final two spots in the Elite8.
Either way, they'll go straight to the Elite8 and bypass
the extra Opening Round Softball Games.
The Teams seeded 9 and below take part in
an extra Opening Round on Sunday Night.
A Loss means that they can finish no higher than # 7 (where they currently sit) and that means they'll have to play in
the extra Opening Round Softball Games when the Playoffs begin..
Teams definitely want to stay in the Top 6 spots as we head into the Playoffs so they can avoid
the extra Opening Round Softball Games (7 - 10 seeds play in those).
Considering the Top 6 seeds get an automatic bid into the Elite8 and Seeds 7 - 10 need to play
an Extra Opening Round Game..
For the record we've seen Teams make it to the Final4 in consecutive years after playing in
the extra Opening Round Games..
The Top - 6 automatically are in the Elite8 while seeds 7 - 10 will compete in
an extra Opening Round of Flag Football with the Winners comprising the final two spots in the Elite8.
Note: Teams Seeded 1 - 6 will automatically qualify for Elite8 Flag Football while Teams Seeded 7 - 10 will have to compete in
an extra Opening Round Flag Football Game to qualify for the Elite8.
The Top 6 Teams in the Standings when the Regular Season will move straight to the Elite8 Round while Teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to play
an extra Opening Round Hoops Game to get into the Elite8..
The Top - 6 Teams go straight to the Elite8, while the other 4 Teams will battle it out in
an extra Opening Round of the Playoffs to try and earn the final spots in the Elite8.
Two of these 4 Teams will finish 7th and 8th in the Standings and, thus, miss having to play
an extra Opening Round Game.
This is big because seeds 13 - 16 have to play
an extra Opening Round Playoff game.
Win and these teams can avoid
the extra Opening Round Volleyball games between seeds # 7 through # 10.
Should either Team Lose they will likely fall out of the Top - 8 and have to play
an extra Opening Round Game when the Playoffs start.
Teams seeded 1 - 6 are already into the Elite8 Volleyball Round, while the Teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to compete with each other in
an extra Opening Round of Volleyball.
Seeds 7 - 10 will have to play
an extra Opening Round Volleyball match to advance to the Elite 8 Volleyball round.
They avoid
the extra Opening Round Game and are a dark horse to make a run to the Cup here.
The Loser opens themselves up to possibly falling into the Bottom 6 seeds, which means that they'd have to play in
an extra Opening Round Game..
What that means is they will have to win
an extra Opening Round Hoops game if they wish to continue on their journey to the Crown.
Again, the Top - 6 get a BYE to the Elite8 round while the other 4 teams must slug it out in
an extra Opening Round of Volleyball when the Playoffs begin.
At least one of those Teams are going to finish 7th or lower and, thus, have to play
an extra Opening Round Game prior to battling a top - seed.
Meaning they could jump into 5th or 6th AND, thus, out of
the extra Opening Round Game.
Teams seeded 1 - 6 will automatically qualify for the Elite8 while Teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to battle in
an extra Opening Round to try and earn the final two spots in the Elite8.
Again, the Top - 5 automatically qualify for the Elite8, while the Teams seeded 6 - 11 play in
an extra Opening Round.
Teams seeded 15 - 20 have to play in
an extra Opening Round Game to start the Playoffs.
However, if they were to stumble they could actually fall all the way down to the # 7 seed and with that have to play in
the extra Opening Round Playoff Volleyball games.
Teams seeded 1 - 5 will automatically qualify for the Elite8 while the other Teams in the League will have to compete in
an extra Opening Round contest to compete for the last 3 spots in the Elite8!
If they can win the Volleyball Tourney and Team Roberson gets 0 points, then they can actually jump Team Roberson for 6th and avoid
the extra Opening Round Game.
That could push the Loser down into
the extra Opening Rounds..
4 of which will enter two
extra Opening Rounds of the Playoffs.
Not exact matches
They start in the
Opening Round this season and will have to win an
extra Playoff Game to get back to the Crown..
The truth is, if you were to wager on 1 of the 6 Teams playing in this
extra round to win multiple Games on
Opening Night, well you'd have to look here..
A Loss would see Team Delts jump them and
open themselves up to potentially falling down to the # 6 seed which will mean that they have to play an
extra Game come the
Opening Round of the Playoffs.
The first three
rounds all began at 6:30 a.m. ET, but with inclement weather predicted for Saturday afternoon, the women will go off split tees (Nos. 1 and 10) starting at 6 a.m. Unless there's a playoff (or multiple
extra frames, since the format calls for overtime to determine ties for gold, silver, and bronze medals), stormy weather earlier than the forecast calls for, or a return of the glacial tempo that marred Wednesday's
opening round, the 59 - woman field should wrap it up by 1 p.m..
Team Campbell & Co. knows that they will start in the
Opening Round and have to Win an
extra Volleyball match to get through to the Final4 come Playoff time.
Just as the
Opening Round Game was heading into
extra innings we also had the Quarterfinals starting on Diamond # 1 between # 4 Team Balkan and # 5 Team Beltrano.
Which is the difference between having to win an
extra Hoops Game in the
Opening Rounds of the Playoffs to earn the right to select their Final4 opponent..
They have two weeks to climb into the Top 6 of the Standings so they can miss the
Opening Round of the Playoffs (Teams seeded # 7 - 10 play an
extra Game in the Playoffs).
Match Preview: Portugal drew their
opening three group games and bare qualified as one of the best third place teams while a late
extra time goal by Quaresma saw them get past Croatia in
round of 16.