I could be wrong, but I do not believe the ncaa ever had the high school 6th man tie breaker. I think ties just remained ties? I think it was around 2014 where the ncaa adopted the present tie breaker of 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, etc. I like the ncaa tie breaker much more than the high school number 6 runner. A team should never be penalized if they only start or finish 5 runners.
rules are each placing runner is evaluated head to head.
NAU 1st vs OSU 1st.. so on an so forth.
NAU won 3-2
Does anyone know the rationale for going away from the 6th man tiebreaker?
Because it gives a team that has 5 runners a chance to win if they tie a team with 6… if it takes 5 to score, there shouldn’t be a possible penalty for not bringing 6 runners.
Does anyone know the rationale for going away from the 6th man tiebreaker?
Because it gives a team that has 5 runners a chance to win if they tie a team with 6… if it takes 5 to score, there shouldn’t be a possible penalty for not bringing 6 runners.
If you don't even enter a 6th man, wouldn't you just forfeit the 6th man contest and lose in the event of a tie? It's hard to believe that was the rule.
Because it gives a team that has 5 runners a chance to win if they tie a team with 6… if it takes 5 to score, there shouldn’t be a possible penalty for not bringing 6 runners.
If you don't even enter a 6th man, wouldn't you just forfeit the 6th man contest and lose in the event of a tie? It's hard to believe that was the rule.
There's another thread about a recent high school state championship that a team lost because they didn't have a 6th runner. They would have won based on NCAA rules. So, yes, they had five to qualify as a team, it went to a tie breaker and they lost, which means that to win a tiebreaker you have to have more people than are actually required to have a team.
I like the 6th runner tie breaker myself but, if there was to be a different tie breaker, it should be the team with the better 5th runner. That would mean the team that had all five scorers done first would be the winner. That seems fair and simple to me.