Trying to break a tie is never easy, especially when the teams split during the regular season.
Just ask Northside and Jordan -- who finished tied for second.
The Georgia High School Association has a set of tiebreakers that includes records against all Class AAA teams. The Region 2-AAA coaches have a tiebreaker that starts with the top seeded team not involved in the tie and works it way down.
Ultimately, the final tiebreaker is flipping a coin or drawing a number out of a hat.
But are any of these really fair.
Spencer coach George Williams likes what they did about 20 years ago. In 1988, when Spencer and Columbus High were tied for first in the region, they played a game to determine who was the top seed and earn the automatic bid.
In 1988, only two teams made the playoffs and one received the automatic bid. That year, like this year, Spencer and Columbus High had identical region records and split during the season.
Spencer won that game. And Columbus never made the playoffs. The Blue Devils lost to a Baker team that included Kendrick coach Sterling Hicks, who was a freshman.
Determining it on the court might be a better solution than flipping a coin.