The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series.

Pittsburgh did not want to match the big money other teams offered.

The teams weren't matched again in a season opener for 18 years.

In recent years the teams have been quite evenly matched.

Both teams were evenly matched for the rest of the first half.

It just seems like the teams in the East are so evenly matched, you never know who's going to win on any given night.

But the system does have problems, beginning with weeks of worry about whether the right teams will be matched in the championship game.

The four teams are matched against each other on the last Saturday of the tournament.

The four teams are evenly matched, and there is no clear favorite.

In this way they made sure that the teams were evenly matched.