"First
Two Games For Each, Okay"
Bill
Krieger... April 15, 1999
Quote of the
Day
"Look
at those morons in line at the post office...
I paid my
taxes more than a year ago"
- H Simpson
Rules
Clarification/Change of the Day
With the log
jam in the East, I want to tighten up the conference
tiebreaker rules. I find this detail legal-ese annoying,
but since it may determine who gets into the playoffs, I
want it to be air-tight.
Here's the
current Article 6.4 from the Bylaws on this subject...
"Article
6.4. Teams are ranked in each conference (1
through 8) by their number of victories during the
regular season. In the case of a tie (an equal number
of victories), the tiebreakers are: 1) head-to-head
competition, 2) team-score's in head-to-head
competition, 3) total team-score during the entire
regular season, 4) a flip of the coin."
I want to
clarify the tiebreaker and also make the coin flip less
likely. Therefore, here's the new (improved?) Article
6.4.
"Article
6.4. Teams are ranked in each conference by
their winning percentage during the regular season.
If two or more teams are tied (having the same
winning percentage), then the tiebreakers are:
If
two teams are tied, then the tiebreakers are:
1) better record in head-to-head games, 2)
higher team-score in head-to-head games, 3)
higher winning percentage in conference
games, 4) higher average team-score in
conference games, 5) higher average
team-score in all games, and 6) a flip of the
coin.
If
more than two teams are tied, then the
tiebreakers are: 1) best winning percentage
in games among all teams tied, 2) highest
average team-score among all teams tied, 3)
highest winning percentage in conference
games, 4) highest average team-score in
conference games, 5) hightest average
team-score in all games, and 6) a flop of the
coin."
If you have
any questions or problems with this change, let me know: wkrieger@ntsource.com
Another
Quote of the Day
"It's
spankin season,
And I got a
hankerin for some spankerin"
- H Simpson
Top Ten List
of the Day
First, no one
watches Letterman any more, but here's a top ten list for
you:
| Top
10 Questions I'm Tired of Hearing from Don Fenton |
| 10. |
"Did I set
the scoring record this week?" |
| 9. |
"What's
wrong with Korn?" |
| 8. |
"Do they
patrol the bathrooms there?" |
| 7. |
"Where'd I
put my drink?" |
| 6. |
"You've seen
a naked lady, right?" |
| 5. |
"Can
you..." followed by any request, like
"Can you draft my team" |
| 4. |
"Is he
seeing anyone?" |
| 3. |
"Who am I
beating this week?" |
| 2. |
"How much am
I winning by?" |
| 1. |
"First two
games for each, okay?" |
Another
Rules Clarification of the Day
Also, I want
to clarify the rule about bad dates in your lineup.
Here's Article 5.10...
Article 5.10.
If a lineup mistakenly includes a date in which a
player does not actually have an NBA game, then this
date is replaced with the NBA player's lowest score
of the remaining games during the game-week. If both
dates are bad, then the two lowest scoring dates are
used.
No change to this rule,
but just to clarify... if one of your guys lowest scores
for the week is a zero, then you get a zero score and the
6th man does not kick in. Hey, you screwed up, so you
shouldn't be rewared for putting in a bad lineup. Get it?
Yet
Another Quote of the Day
"Okay,
how about fifty bucks and some cocaine?"
- D
Strawberry
yow, bill
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