Question on new rule on playoff seeding

[jcrod]

I thought it was to have the best seeds meet up at the conference finals??

Like last yr with the Spurs and Mavs. Remind me why the 2nd and 3rd seed will play each other while the 4/5 play the 8th seed?

In what way which way will the new rule come into effect?

[K-State Spur]

The new rules in place prevent the team with the second best record in the conference from falling to the 4 seed. They don't reset match-ups after the first round.

[dknights411]

Of course, an 8 seed beating a one seed throws the whole thing out of whack anyway.

[K-State Spur]

they should do it like the nhl

re-seed every round. Keep the division title gurantees top 4 position rule as well.

it's a TV thing. they don't want every team to have wait for every series to be completed to schedule/prepare the next match-ups.

with the nhl's tv 'deal', they can do whatever they want.