Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Playoff Implications

I've confirmed with GKB how to appropriately apply tie-breaker #1: divisional record.

It is not used if the teams tied are in different divisions. As it stands now, this only affects the log-jam between ToeJammers, Ligers and Pitches be Crazy. Since they haven't all played each other, currently the seeds are determined by tie-breaker #3: GKB Power Ranking (you can find that on their website or facebook page, and is based on a formula I've never seen).

But all of this is moot since half the teams have a double-header on Thursday. So what top seeds are at stake?
  • SuperBad can clinch the #1 seed with a win over the Shockers. If they tie, Supa will have to beat or tie Pitches be Crazy to secure the spot.
  • The Shockers must beat SuperBad to have a chance at the regular season title. Either way... someone from the Shenanigans division will claim that prize.
  • The #2 spot will go to the Tomfoolery winner... and it's a mess at the top. THEE Beer Nuts control their own destiny and can get it by beating the Ligers and Growlers. Or they can win one game and still sneak in with the help of some convoluted scenarios. The Alcoballics need to beat the Ligers and hope TBN doesn't get two victories. The Growlers need to defeat TBN and have the Ligers win both their games. Oh... and the Beer Olympics is going on at 6:30pm so we're in for a shit-show.
  • YLLINaD basically has no chance to win the division.
  • The Ligers can actually get the #2 seed if they win both games, and TBN ties the Growlers.
 As for the bottom seeds?
  • I'd Hit That has the #12 spot, unless they beat YLLINaD and BC!BT! loses to the ToeJammers. And even then, they'd have to win convincingly enough to move up in the GKB Power Ranking Formula. With a -55 run differential... we can assume that won't happen.
  • Therefore, Brown Chicken! Brown Teneille! has the #11 spot. Horrible showing this season by those guys.
  • PHDivas probably have the most to gain if they can beat Rob and his Shockers. But as with IHT, their stats might be too horrible to move up the rankings.
We WILL be doing tournament brackets again, as always. I'll make a post about it tomorrow here on this blog. Cost is $5 per entry, so bring cash. Maria won $105 last time!

6 comments:

MJ said...

Good work Chan.
So basically Shenanigans winner will face off vs I'd Hit That, and the winner of Tomfoolery vs BCBT...

We also play back-2-back (2 back 2 back AAU National Championships Tom Emanski/Fred McGriff style)and Ligers get an hour break before their matchup...

Not sure which is more ideal, lol. Regardless. should be interesting!

MJ said...

I lied...I looked at your bracket. Shenanigans plays 8 vs 9 and Tomfoolery 7 vs 10

Chandler said...

I'm telling you... we can blow off our 2nd games by going to THEE Doll House (finally!). They won't even notice we're gone.

MJ said...

That would give the Walkoballics the Tomfoolery Championship tho...

RÜBS said...

if we win out, nuts lose once, we have the head to head advantage over the growlers and yllind even if we have the same record, we could move up to fourth? maybe third if the balics lose. and if we record tie, the balics and we have the same division record, what the next break? we did not play them.

statisticians, go!

Chandler said...

Your division record against the Ballics doesn't matter since you're in different divisions.

So the next tie-breaker is the GKB Power Ranking. And I don't know how that is calculated.

Either way... 3rd-6th doesn't really matter. You're playing moderate teams regardless.