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Yahoo fantasy, what is the tie breaker in playoff game tie?

Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:25 pm
Posted by FleuryNipples
Member since Apr 2012
2869 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:25 pm
I tried searching for this in the league settings. Does anyone know what happens in the event of a tie in a playoff matchup?
Our league doesn't use decimal scoring. (We had a regular season tie of like 115-115 one week.)
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
81650 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:29 pm to
quote:

Our league doesn't use decimal scoring.
Change it next year



I'd say tie breaker are bench points
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
73225 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:30 pm to
See if you can change to decimal scoring. Not sure why anyone wouldn't use it from the onset.

And google yahoo fantasy tiebreaker
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
21937 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:34 pm to
Pretty sure its bench points.
Posted by FleuryNipples
Member since Apr 2012
2869 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:34 pm to
I'm not the commissioner of this league, but I'll suggest it.

I am a commish of another yahoo league that uses hundredths of a point.

However, I can't seem to find any setting that says what the breaker will be. Was hoping someone knew.
Will continue to search.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
54378 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:42 pm to
In the next week or so yahoo will post a link on your main league page explaining the regular season standings & playoff tiebreakers
Posted by FleuryNipples
Member since Apr 2012
2869 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

In the next week or so yahoo will post a link on your main league page explaining the regular season standings & playoff tiebreakers


Thanks.

Found an article googling that mentioned regular season head to head win percentage as the breaker.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
73225 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:01 pm to
First thing that popped up when googling. Wasn't hard to find


Description
This article explains how playoff ties are broken in Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.

Resolution
In the event that a Fantasy playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock is broken using the following system:
Winning percentage against this opponent during the regular season
Playoff seed

How is winning percentage determined?

Head-to-Head Standard leagues
The winning percentage is based on individual stat category wins and losses, and not matchup wins and losses. (A tie is worth a half win or 0.5, and a half loss or 0.5)
Example: Team A had 50 stat category wins VS. Team B's 30 stat category wins during the regular season. 50 wins / 80 total stat categories equals a .625 win percentage.
Head-to-Head One-Win and Head-to-Head

Points leagues
The tiebreaker is the matchup win percentage against this opponent during the regular season. (Not stat category wins)
Example: Team C beat Team D, 3 out of 4 times during the regular season for a .750 win percentage.
It is not possible for a custom league commissioner to deviate from this tiebreaking system.
Posted by auyushu
Surprise, AZ
Member since Jan 2011
9147 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 10:01 pm to
Yeah, had a playoff game on yahoo decided by playoff seed last year due to a tie, was pretty crappy for the guy who lost. This year I got everyone to switch to fractional scoring because of it.
Posted by liuyaming
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2008
3413 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 11:40 pm to
I wonder if the commish can override these rules?

I run a touchdown only league and we set the tiebreaker rules before the season started. First tiebreaker would be highest point total for the season, followed by bench points during the head to head match. It's been a pretty fun season so far. The other two leagues I run have fractional points and would be very unlikely to end in a tie.
Posted by FleuryNipples
Member since Apr 2012
2869 posts
Posted on 11/22/12 at 12:46 am to
That is crappy.

I'm likely going to be the 1 seed in this league, so for now...

I'll talk to the commish and rally others to switch to fractional next year.
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