南卡羅來納州贏得SEC女子籃球錦標賽1號种子，通過翻轉硬幣

南卡羅來納州和德克薩斯州在東南會議上以15-1的成績結束了常規賽。

South Carolina and Texas have been two of the best teams in women’s college basketball all season long. Both teams finished the regular season in the top five of the latest AP Poll, each have paths to secure No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, and both rank highly nationally in offensive and defensive metrics.

整個賽季，南卡羅來納州和德克薩斯州一直是女子大學籃球比賽中最好的兩支球隊。兩支球隊都在最新的AP民意調查的前五名中完成了常規賽，每個球隊都有在NCAA錦標賽中獲得第一名種子的途徑，並且在進攻和防守指標中都在全國范圍內排名很高。

But the Gamecocks and Longhorns also ended the regular season with identical records, 15-1, in Southeastern Conference play. South Carolina beat Texas in Columbia, then the Longhorns got revenge over the Gamecocks in Austin.

但是Gamecocks和Longhorns在東南會議上以15-1的成績結束了常規賽。南卡羅來納州在哥倫比亞擊敗了德克薩斯州，然後長角牛對奧斯丁的甘埃克斯進行了報仇。

So, there was a tiebreaker protocol to follow in determining who would get the No. 1 overall seed in the SEC Tournament, which begins in Greenville, S.C., later this week. Some conferences have several steps and metrics to get through before they give way to chance and fate to decide the seeding. The ACC, for example, has five tie-breaking scenarios it uses for football. The Big Ten has a few parameters laid out for its basketball tournaments too.

因此，有一項決勝局協議可以遵循確定誰將在本週晚些時候在南卡羅來納州格林維爾開始的SEC錦標賽中獲得第一名。一些會議在他們讓位於機會和命運決定播種之前有幾個步驟和指標可以通過。例如，ACC有五種勝利的場景，用於足球。十大巨頭也有一些參數為其籃球比賽提供。

Meanwhile, the SEC has just a two-step process in the event of a two-team tie atop the standings:

同時，在積分榜上兩支球隊的情況下，SEC只有一個兩步的過程：

That’s it. And because South Carolina and Texas didn’t lose any other SEC games, the conference immediately moved to its third option, which was:

就是這樣。而且由於南卡羅來納州和德克薩斯州沒有輸掉任何其他SEC比賽，因此會議立即轉移到了第三種選擇，那就是：

Yes, really. Here’s how it played out on Sunday:

是的，真的。這是周日進行的方式：

Predictably, South Carolina celebrated while Texas felt robbed. Specifically, Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer was miffed by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s claim that he practiced the coin flip for two hours.

可以預見的是，南卡羅來納州在得克薩斯州感到被搶劫時慶祝了。具體來說，Longhorns教練Vic Sc​​haefer被SEC專員Greg Sankey的主張所說，他對硬幣翻轉了兩個小時。

“So what was he practicing? Was he practicing for South Carolina to be heads up or Texas to be heads up?” Schaefer asked the AP. “I mean, why do you have to practice for two hours? What are you trying to get accomplished?”

“那麼他在練習什麼？他是在練習南卡羅來納州，還是德克薩斯州來到頭？” Schaefer問美聯社。 “我的意思是，為什麼您必須練習兩個小時？您想完成什麼？”

Using a coin flip to determine the No. 1 overall seed in a Power 4 conference tournament in 2025 feels lazy, at the very least. There are many qualifiers and statistics that could’ve been used to determine the outcome.

使用硬幣翻轉在2025年的Power 4 Conference Tournament中確定第一名的總種子，至少至少是懶惰的。有許多預選賽和統計數據可以用來確定結果。

Here’s a few scenarios the SEC could’ve used to figure this thing out instead:

這是SEC可以用來弄清楚這一點的幾種情況：

Instead of doing all that math though, Sankey and the SEC did what they do best: they made everyone pay attention. They turned a simple coin flip into a television spectacle. For a few minutes on Sunday, the SEC commanded consideration. Women’s basketball fans tweeted about the coin flip and radio hosts had rants about it.

Sankey和SEC並沒有做所有的數學，而是做了他們最擅長的事情：他們引起了所有人的注意。他們將簡單的硬幣翻轉成電視奇觀。 SEC在周日的幾分鐘內命令考慮。女子籃球迷在推特上發表了有關硬幣翻轉的推文，廣播主持人對此感到煩惱。

Indeed, it just means more.

確實，這只是意味著更多。

So, mission accomplished, Mr. Sankey.

因此，任務完成了，Sankey先生。

But if you really want to drive up the ratings next time, don’t just settle for a coin flip. Give us a free throw contest or game of HORSE between the coaches of the two teams tied at the top. Let online sportbooks run betting lines on it.

但是，如果您真的想下次提高收視率，不要只是為了換取硬幣翻轉。在兩支球隊的教練之間，給我們一場罰球比賽或馬比賽。讓在線體育書在其上運行投注線。

Of course, the favorite would’ve been Dawn Staley.

當然，最喜歡的是黎明斯塔利。

Maybe the coin flip turned out how it was supposed to after all.

也許硬幣翻轉畢竟應該如何。