Should the playoffs re-seed after each round?

T-Mac for MVP · Post #1 » by **T-Mac for MVP** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:02 am

If anyone is familiar with the NHL they know the playoffs get re-seeded after each round. That is, the team with the most points from the regular season in the playoff round will play the team with the least amount of points in that round. This is NHL's way to avoid the top 2 teams playing each other after round 1 since the division leaders get the top3 seeds like it was with the NBA a couple years back. Then NBA changed it so that division leaders are gauranteed a top4 seed, not top 3. Of course the NBA doesn't use points like the NHL, so it would just be win/loss record rather than points.

The one drawback (or perhaps the way it should be) is that a lower seed will have to continually play the top teams. If you are the 8th seed for example and you beat the 1 seed in round 1, your reward would be you get to play the 2nd seed in round 2 (assuming 2 beats 7) instead of playing the winner of the 4/5 matchup as it is now.

Some of you are probably thinking, "what happens if the 1,2,3, and 4 teams all win"? Well if that happens 1 will play 4 and 2 plays 3 in the 2nd round anyways regardless of which system we use.

Texas Longhorns · Post #2 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:04 am

No, it's fine the way it is.

Icefire10304 · Post #3 » by **Icefire10304** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:34 am

Its fine the way it is...the top teams usually advance to the later rounds anyway

dacher · Post #4 » by **dacher** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:36 am

Nah. Basketball upsets are comparatively rare. If you got extremely lucky/played awesome/ enough to upset a much higher seeded team, you deserve a break.

_SRV_ · Post #5 » by **_SRV_** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:42 am

Nope, big upsets should be rewarded.

Post #6 » by **arrpy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:52 am

It's more exciting the way it is now.

Post #7 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:35 am

_SRV_ wrote:Nope, big upsets should be rewarded.

Exactly, if you reseed after every round you penalize teams for having the big upset. That's just ridiculus.

T-Mac for MVP · Post #8 » by **T-Mac for MVP** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:54 am

We would be penalizing the team for having a bad regular season record.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #9 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:20 am

No, its fine the way it is.

Teen Girl Squad · Post #10 » by **Teen Girl Squad** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:32 am

Also works in reverse. With the upset, you are just giving the higher seed an easier path to through the playoffs, which except for maybe this year out west, usually isnt necessary. I mean if say philly upsets detroit, do we really need to let the Cs avoid Lebron in round two?

Post #11 » by **CBS7** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:34 am

NFL does that too, I believe.

But it is fine the way it is.

Teen Girl Squad · Post #12 » by **Teen Girl Squad** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:38 am

CBS7 wrote:NFL does that too, I believe.

But it is fine the way it is.

The NFL is different in that the 2 best teams in each conference get a bye week. They reseed to reward the 1 seed over the 2 seed.

triplet1984 · Post #13 » by **triplet1984** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:49 am

i swear the only reason reseeding came up is because of Dal/GS. if Dallas had won nobody would have been whining about SA/Phoenix being in the semis because the best (regular season) team would still be in it and probably in the Conf Finals.

asdfgh · Post #14 » by **asdfgh** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:35 am

No, I prefer things the way they are now.

Ern III · Post #15 » by **Ern III** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:33 am

Don't mess with the NBA Playoffs.

Re-seeding, best sixteen records, mixing conferences... it's all baloney, pushed by a self-concerned media.

Blame Rasho · Post #16 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:38 am

Ern III wrote:Don't mess with the NBA Playoffs.

Re-seeding, best sixteen records, mixing conferences... it's all baloney, pushed by a self-concerned media.

I have to agree with you... leave it as it is...

I in fact liked it when it was 4 divisions...

Pacific
Midwest
Central
Atlantic.