Seriously seriously:
Lt. Frank Drebin: I couldn’t believe it was her. It was like a dream. But there she was, just as I remembered her. That delicately beautiful face. And a body that could melt a cheese sandwich from across the room. And breasts that seemed to say…”Hey! Look at these!” She was the kind of woman who made you want to drop to your knees and thank God you were a man! She reminded me of my mother, all right. No doubt about it.
Ed Hocken: Frank, snap out of it! You’re looking at her like she was your mother for Christ’s sake!

When 2 teams are tied, they take the head-to-head series winner. When 3 or more teams are tied for the same place, they combine the records of those teams against each other (that’s what indented in @17). Then the places are determined by winning percentage of those combined records. So, 2-1 (.667) is better than 2-2 (.500) is better than 1-2 (0.333).

That only fails to completely break the tie in one scenario, if Clemson, FSU and VT all lose. Then the head-to-head between Clemson and FSU is used to break the remaining tie.

But yeah, the seeding rules are pretty crazy. If for some reason there’s a tie that can’t be broken by the rules, the commissioner flips a coin to determine the seed. Now that would be unfair–Your postseason hopes hinging on the result of a Swofford coin flip.

(edit) we are 21-8, VT 22-7. now I’m even more confused. I guess the tiebreaker comes down to alphabetical order

Yes, you’re correct.

@21

The tie-breaker is based on winning percentage, not number of wins or losses.

vt, fsu, and clemson win. why would we get a 3 seed? didn’t we only play vt once, and lose?

How so? Shouldn’t they just take the head-to-head series winner between Clemson and FSU for the 4th seed?

If FSU, VT and Clemson lose their last game, Clemson would end up a #5 seed in the ACC Tournament

FSU plays @ Miami Saturday at 12, with Clemson playing Sunday at 6. If FSU loses, we’ll be alright no matter what. Otherwise we have to win to get the first round bye.

Those 2 wins against FSU are so valuable in the tiebreakers since everyone else played each other only once. If we end up tied with anyone, FSU needs to be in it so we can leverage those 2 wins.

If Clemson wins,
3 seed if VT, FSU lose
……..Outright
3 seed if VT lose, FSU win
……..Clemson: 2-0
……..FSU: 0-2
3 seed if VT, FSU win
……..Clemson: 2-1
……..VT: 1-1
……..FSU: 1-2
4 seed if VT win, FSU lose
……..VT: 1-0
……..Clemson: 0-1

If Clemson loses,
4 seed if VT, FSU lose
……..VT: 2-1
……..Clemson: 2-2
……..FSU: 2-2
……..Wake: 1-2
4 seed if FSU lose, VT win
……..Clemson: 2-1
……..Wake: 1-1
……..FSU: 1-2
6 seed if VT lose, FSU win
……..VT: 2-0
……..Wake: 1-1
……..Clemson: 0-2
6 seed if VT, FSU win
……..Wake: 1-0
……..Clemson: 0-1

Tiebreaker records are indented.