What Siena needs to do to earn first-round bye

[Tony]

I like our chances- win two games and we are in... if we win one game-- the 5th spot is more than likely ours.. As long as we win 1 game--

blog.timesunion.com/collegesports/what-siena-needs-to-do-to-earn-first-round-bye/17469/

[MTS]

The other scenario that wasn't listed is if Siena goes 1-1 and Rider goes 1-1 - Siena is the #5 even if Marist goes 2-0. Siena/Rider/Marist would all be 10-10 but Siena wins the three-way since they went 3-1 vs Rider/Marist ... Marist went 2-2 vs Siena/Rider and Rider went 1-3 vs Siena/Marist.

So we should ROOT for Rider to beat Canisius on Friday night. They're not likely to win at Iona on Sunday.

[Dawg_gone_it]

4 teams could end up 9-11. What's the tiebreaker in that case? Is it best record against the other 3? Too lazy to look it up. People seem to leave St Peters out of the equation here.

[Deleted]

If I read the MAAC website correctly if their is a tie of three teams or more those teams become a mini conference and the team with the best record among those teams against each other would win the tie breaker. if there is still a tie then they go to record against top team (Iona) in league until they reach a team when one has a better record. Have no idea what the records against each other would be if they all finished 9-11. I will leave that up to MTS.

[MTS]

If it's a 4-way tie - Siena is still #5

Siena 4-2
Marist/SPC 3-3
Rider 2-4

Bottom line: let's just win baby - at least one game

[gorvy]

Exciting stuff.

[thomsen1964]

After last night's win, as per 4 Guys in Blazers summary:

Rider can only clinch the 5 seed if they finish 2-0 and Siena were to lose to Monmouth on Sunday

Marist can only clinch the 5 seed if they finish 2-0, Rider goes 0-2, and Siena goes 0-1 and Canisius ends ahead of Manhattan in standings

Siena will clinch the 5 seed with a win Sunday vs Monmouth or tomorrow with loses by Rider and Marist.