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The top eight teams, regardless of conference, make the postseason, leaving four teams on the outside looking in. |
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The top two seeds get byes into the Semifinals. |
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The third and fourth seeds get byes into the Second Round. |
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In the First Round, the fifth seed takes on the eighth seed, and the sixth seed takes on the seventh seed in a one-game playoff at the higher seeds arena. |
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In the Second Round, the teams are re-seeded so that the number three seed hosts the lowest remaining seed, and the four seed hosts the highest remaining seed. The Second Round is also a one-game playoff. |
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In the Semifinals, the teams are once again re-seeded so that the number one seed hosts the lowest remaining seed, and the two seed hosts the highest remaining seed. The Semifinals are a best-three-out-of-five format with the higher seed hosting the first, second and fifth games. |
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The winners of the Semifinals advance to a best-three-out-of-five Finals, with the higher seed hosting the first, second and fifth games. |
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