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From: Fishy
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Date: 6/5/2011 11:44:53 AM
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I know that additional teams get promoted because of gaps from retired and bot teams. How often does the runner-up get promoted from D.IV to D.III in US?

Also, if you get relegated back to D. V, do you go to the same group you were in before?

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186676.2 in reply to 186676.1
Date: 6/5/2011 12:37:25 PM
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First part, you have to make it to the finals first of all and then the losing finals teams with the best records in D.IV are promoted. I will look around D.III later in the season and post how many it will be in the D.IV thread.

Nope, at least not usually.

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186676.3 in reply to 186676.1
Date: 6/5/2011 12:40:54 PM
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Well winning your league will guarantee you a spot in DIII for the next season so you won't have to worry about taking a bot teams place ;)

But answering your questions, Let's say your D IV team goes undefeated or maybe 1/2 loss in the season and you come up short of a league title, you could go through all 16 of the III leagues and see how many teams may be close to going bot. (This number varies but I would say maybe.. around 5?) The teams that didn't win a title but went undefeated will be promoted first and then it goes on from there.

For your second question, no you do not go back to the same league your team was in before.. well theres a chance.. but VERY slim.

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186676.4 in reply to 186676.3
Date: 6/5/2011 12:44:39 PM
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Thanks, I know I would be no where near close to winning my league, or even making the playoffs, but I´m hoping a couple of the good teams get promoted, not just one, so that the league is more competitive next year.

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186676.5 in reply to 186676.2
Date: 6/5/2011 12:45:06 PM
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Actually Eminence I don't think you have to make it to the finals to promote.. take IV.9 in Season 10: http://www.buzzerbeater.com/league/30/overview.aspx?Seaso... Rusty Tromboner won the league title but Chicken Hawks also in the same conference as he was in was 22-0 so promoted, Red Storm the other finals team did not promote.

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186676.6 in reply to 186676.5
Date: 6/5/2011 1:06:12 PM
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Ooops, my mistake, there is something like you have to win your conference though isn't there? Perhaps it is regular season.

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186676.7 in reply to 186676.6
Date: 6/5/2011 8:16:50 PM
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Well if you went 21-1 and the other went 21-1 in your conference but had better PD, then MAYBE both teams promote. There is a far better chance of this happening when promoting from D5 to D4 though.

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186676.8 in reply to 186676.6
Date: 6/5/2011 9:31:34 PM
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You're right. Not sure if you outright need to win your conference during the regular season to qualify for bot promotion, but at the least regular season conference winners are up for bot promotion before teams not winning their conference, even if non-winners have a better record than the winning team on the other side.

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/league/432/overview.aspx?Seas...

First place team in the Great 8 bot promotes, second place team in the Big 8 does not, even though the second place team had a better regular season record.

edit: to clarify that it's regular season conference winners that matter, not making the playoff finals

Last edited by J-Slo at 6/5/2011 9:38:36 PM

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186676.9 in reply to 186676.8
Date: 6/5/2011 9:43:01 PM
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I see, well I think I've got a conference title all but locked up:). And 21-1 with a good PD is usually enough to do it.

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186676.10 in reply to 186676.9
Date: 6/8/2011 6:19:19 PM
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My league (III.3) may possibly have up to 6 relegations, so some of you deserving IV teams will be promoting ^_^

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186676.11 in reply to 186676.10
Date: 6/8/2011 6:24:41 PM
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It will probably be 5. 2 automatic. 2 from the relegation series (1 being rice eaters as i think they fall far enough). 1 from bot cleanup (TT). Still ample opportunity for great regular season D5 teams that got beat by a fluke in the playoffs.