Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Playoff Update -- Week 10

Now that I've been straightened out regarding the proper playoff format (gee, you'd think I'd remember that after nearly a decade in the league -- speaking of which, how long have we been a league? Are we celebrating 10 years, yet?), here are the updated playoff standings.

American Conference
1: Avalon Park Assassins (Division 2 winner, best record)
2: Wings of Pastrami (Division 1 winner, 2nd best record)
3: Hoof Hearted (WC based on record)
4: Estelle Getty's Boobs (WC based on avg. score)

National Conference
1: West Meadows Molesters (Division 2 winnner; best record)
2: Team Vote 4 Pedro (Division 1 winner, 2nd best record via 1-0 record against Bradford Brawlers)
3: Bradford Brawlers (WC based on record -- same record as Huey Ramas, no H2H matchup, yet, and has a higher avg. score than the Ramas)
4: Huey Ramas (WC based on avg. score)

  • The Ulcerations have dropped out of the playoff picture with this update and now trail EGB by 14.5 points in the avg. score department.
  • The 3 and 4 slots with the National Division will likely be decided by the H2H matchup in Week 11. This isn't real significant, since the odds of both of these teams making the playoffs is good, but the 4 seed must face the 1 seed, which gets a point-advantage.
  • With a modest 2-game winning streak, the Narcotics have put themselves back in the playoff hunt, record-wise. (They're 43.5 points behind the Ramas, so they've got work to do, point-wise.) Unfortunately, they're 0-3 within the division so far, so tie-break scenarios look bleak.

5 comments:

jgrenn said...

when did we decide that the #1 seed gets a points advantedge? that is news to me. how many points is? do they get for each round?

Tim said...

We decided that at the owners meeting prior to the season. The two #1 seeds are rewarded with a 10-point bonus in the first round. It was a way to compensate for the lack of a bye for the top seeds. We did that rather than reduce the playoff field to six and give the top two seeds a bye.

jgrenn said...

That would have been nice to know. Now I have some incentive to try to catch kent. Actually it doesn't change anything but is good to know. Is the point bouns only for the first round ? I wrote this on blackberry in the airport. Cool huh?

jgrenn said...

What percentage chance do u give your self to make the playoffs?

Tim said...

I'm pretty sure the bonus is just the first round.

I don't know what percentage chance I give myself. All year I've assumed my team would turn it on, and it hasn't happened yet. We're getting pretty late in the season to be thinking there's going to be a renaissance. That said, I feel confident I can catch Adam. 75% chance. (Just throwing some arbitrary number out there.)