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[QUOTE="orange79, post: 212123, member: 159"]
Two things.
1. When you go down the standings to break ties, if you reach teams that have the same records (for example, in this case GT, Cinci, and USF all had the same BE record).  In that case, you form a 'mini-conference' and compare records against all the teams [U]combined[/U].  In this case, neither SH or UConn had an advantage based on their overall records against GT+Cinci+USF.  Then you just keep going down and reach the first case where someone does have an advantage - in this case, it's Piit+Nova, where UConn is 2-0, but SH is only 1-1.  Hence, UConn is the 9 seed, SH 10.
 
2. The BET is not technically bracketed the same way, since there are byes involved.  One Day 1, the highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team [U]on that day[/U].  Hence, 9th seeded UConn plays #16 DePaul, #10 SH plays #15 Providence, and so on.  The next day, it seems more like the NCAA tournament.  #9 plays #8 (assuming seeds hold), #10 plays #7, and so on.  Just because a lower seed wins, the bracket doesn't change (for example, if a #12 beats a #5, the bracket is not reseeded to have the highest remaining team play the lowest remaining team).  And on Day 3, #1 plays the winner of what should have been the 8-9 game, #2 plays the winner of what should have been the 7-10 game, and so on.
 
See?  Easy. :D
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