As some of you may recall, Penn Bowl 8, like the
NJ NAQT Championship, featured a Death Star (a
five-way circle of death, with ALL five teams 2-2 within
the tie), although at PB8 said tie was for fifth, and
therefore did not need to be broken.
Here is the
question I open to the floor: suppose you have multiple
teams (N > 2) with identical records, and at least
one, but **not** all of them will advance. How would
you resolve the tie as expediently and fairly as
possible? [Since this is the real world, assume you have
access to all the scoresheets, but that you only have
one packet (or two) of extra questions
available.]
--STI
P.S. I have a couple of ideas, but I'd like to hear
what other people have to say.