Sentences with phrase «of tie breakers»

Missouri is the six seed through a complicated series of tie breakers but will be favored in their opening round game as they've already beaten both squads (although their win over the Gators was only by a few points).

For instance, sometimes I can see two good games and two average games from a guy and that fifth game is somewhat of a tie breaker either way.

Not exact matches

Flipkens collapsed on to the court after winning the final set tie - breaker and the rowdy Brazilian crowd serenaded her with chants of «ole, ole, ole».

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

She was forced into tie - breaker sets by Valerie Ziegenfuss and Lesley Hunt, only to find second - seeded King waiting in the semis — Billie Jean King, 30, president of the Women's Tennis Association, player / coach of the Philadelphia Freedoms, magazine publisher, author and Forest Hills champion.

Texas fans, annoyed by Oklahoma getting the tie - breaker in a three - way Big 12 South tie (and thus a path to the national title game), paid for a banner with the score of the game to fly over Bedlam that November.

In her fourth - round match with 19 - year - old Kathy Jordan she was within three points of defeat in a third - set tie - breaker but rallied to win.

A Detroit victory would not only bring the Lions a game closer but also complete a sweep of the Vikings, crucial to any tie - breaker, division champion - deciding elements.

PANCHO GONZALEZ, probably playing in his last year of singles competition, wowed opening - day fans as he took a first set tie - breaker from No. 7 seed TOM OKKER, but the Dutchman bounced back to beat him 6 - 7, 6 - 3, 6 - 1, 6 - 4.

They are 10 - 4, tied with the New Orleans Saints atop the NFC South with the Saints owning the tie - breaker lead due to their season sweep of the Panthers.

In terms of standings and tie - breakers, head - to - head results matter.

Pitt could absolutely win three of four to finish and win a tie - breaker at 5 - 2 (meaning they would get to a BCS bowl at a smoking 7 - 5; or to put it another way, they can overcome Graham's injury because the Big East is semi-awful), but losing Graham obviously puts quite a bit more pressure on quarterback Tino Sunseri, who has been getting sacked at break - neck rates this year.

Six of seven teams are within a game of the lead in the loss column, but thanks to wins over Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech not only has the best overall division record, the Hokies also own a vast majority of the potential tie - breakers.

Georgia Tech's odds are minimal no matter what, and they do fall down to basically 0 percent with a loss, but a Yellow Jacket win more or less eliminates Duke from contention because of tie - breakers.

(Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of the two - club format).

Light said this was one of the tougher decisions they had and that UW head coach Chris Petersen almost served as a tie - breaker of sorts.

Although many sportsbooks award half the payout to each competitor in the event of a tie (i.e. +800 pays out +400), CRIS uses most eagles as the first tie - breaker, followed by most birdies.

An earlier version of this article named goal difference as the tie - breaker for group stage standings.

If the season ended today, Milan would still miss out on European football, as a result of the head - to - head tie - breaker with Sampdoria.

They had managed to get to the final of the League Cup in the 2015 - 16 season and they had lost against Manchester City in the tie breaker.

With the 8 - 6 final score, the Stars tied the Fury at 10 - 11 in the standings but own the head to head tie breaker, thanks to the Stars taking three of the four meetings.

But in a real way, controlling spending is linked to property taxes: Cuomo wants to use the planned surplus to help pay for a $ 1.66 billion property - tax relief plan that is his administration's version of the circuit - breaker program, which ties relief to a household's income.

Possible tie - breaker (very rarely needed in a group of any size) would be which option had more # 1 - ranked votes.

The sources also said the Assembly is pressing for the proposed $ 1.3 billion property tax rebate plan to take the form of something that blends the STAR rebate with a circuit breaker, which ties rebates to income levels.

Cuomo's additional efforts to induce lawmakers to pass a version of the so - called «circuit - breaker» that ties tax increases to a households income have faltered in the last two budget proposals.

Never happy to see former Gov. George Pataki pop up anywhere, the reaction is a bit of surprise given former AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes's role on the panel, as well as the inclusion of the circuit - breaker mechanism for property taxes, which ties increases to household income, a move that has had support among labor.

In the event of a disagreement between the two reviewers, a third member reviewed the abstract or manuscript and served as a «tie breaker.»

Thursday's vote included the drama of another delayed but approving vote by Flake, a last - minute no vote by Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth — who wheeled onto the floor with her 10 - day - old baby in tow — and the possibility of a tie - breaker by Pence, who was back in town.

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A further 43 give some degree of priority in their oversubscription criteria, while nine grammar schools use it as a tie - breaker for allocating places to academically matched pupils.

And within local areas, when individual sought - after schools used distance as a tie - breaker, it meant that wealthier families could afford to buy houses to get nearer to the front of the queue.

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Maybe if I'm looking for a phone charger and they are all more - or-less fungible, then reviews become the tie - breaker for a lot of people.

Comping's about systematically sourcing and entering hundreds of the contests, using web gadgets to fill out forms at speed, answer questions and help with tie - breakers.

In the event of a tie, the President's vote shall serve as the tie - breaker.

Auburn's team of Haney, Shumack and Casey Randle, a third - year student from Trussville, Ala., placed second in a sudden death double tie breaker against North Carolina State.

Meanwhile, Submission Showdown is the opposite to Stand and Bang as all punches and kicks are removed in favour of takedowns, grappling and submission holds, although in the scenario of neither fighter being able to make their opponent tap out, a tie - breaker is introduced for one fighter to lock in their hold, while the other fighter attempts to prevent the hold from becoming tighter with the tie - breaker then reversing roles in offence and defence until one of the fighters has successfully locked in their submission hold.

Explore a wide variety of new in - game moves, including the Tie Breaker (made popular by WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger); the Crash Landing (made popular by NXT Superstar Kassius Ohno); the Pumphandle Death Valley Driver (made popular by NXT Superstar Akam); and the Swinging Sleeper Slam (made popular by WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page).

Beyond the contribution of C - C - C - COMBO BREAKER the franchise was pretty exploratory in the way it approached health bars, attack strings, ultra attacks and finishing moves; with many abilities tied into specific percentiles or automated combos.

Clash of games industry's finest settled with tense tie - breaker as indie super-team secures coveted trophy

There will be two different variations of Crowd Play, one where the player has to pick whichever choice gets the most votes (in the case of a tie, the player will act as the tie - breaker), and one where the player can still make the final call themselves, potentially upsetting the masses if they decide to go against the popular choice.

With Vice President Pence as the tie - breaker in the Senate, Democrats need to flip a net of two seats in 2018 to win back the majority.

When it looks like joint legal custody would lead to a lot of conflict, however, the judge will award one parent sole legal custody, or sometimes will designate one parent as having the «tie - breaker» vote if there's a disagreement.

The tie - breaker in event of conflict is stated to be the public interest, but no definition is offered for practical application, or even higher principle.

She's one of the tie - breakers on whether I'd recommend someone attend Library School at Western.

Investing in a new professional wardrobe could very well result in the look and self confidence that led to a close tie breaker in the final decision of a hiring professional but will you ever know for sure?

Counselors are sometimes thought of as experts, tie breakers and even judges by clients; in reality, a counselor is an objective guide trained to help couples solve their issues.