The following outlines the NBA's playoff tie - break rules and procedures based on the final
regular season standings:
Of course, it is not just
the regular season standings that hang in the balance today: the Cascadia Cup is still undecided and while the Timbers are currently in the lead, that could change if they start dropping points to their rivals.
For those following along from last year, if you think the final
regular season standings look awfully familiar, well they are.
The Bracket shows where Teams start in the tourney and that is based on
Regular Season standings..
As we get near the halfway point of
the Regular Season the Standings are really...
A refresher on how this all works: In both Europe and NA, the top six teams in
the regular season standings make the playoffs.
For Virginia, added frustration came in the form of them being the only ACC team not to make the tournament's second weekend, despite the fact that they finished first in the conference's final
regular season standings, a full game ahead of Duke.
The Thundering Herd were a good, not great Conference USA team this season, placing fourth in
the regular season standings.
Not exact matches
With college basketball's
regular season schedule finished, men's basketball teams compete against their conference rivals today and through the weekend for their final shot at improving their
standing with the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
The marinated white anchovies make this carrot salad
stand out by adding a nice vinegary bite (if you opt for
regular anchovies,
season with less salt), and those little fishes are good for you, too!
New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur likely played in his final
regular season game as a Devil on Sunday and received a
standing ovation from the fans.
We are now left with 4 Teams tied at 9 - 1 at the top of the
Standings through 10
Regular Season Games and with 9 left to play for each Team.
These Guys are getting back to full strength after an undermanned beginning to 2015 and it's at the perfect time to make a surge for the # 1 spot in both the Power Rankings and
Standings before the
Regular Season comes to a close.
We are going to go through the
Standings Team by Team from top to bottom discussing potential landing spots for each squad as we head into the
Regular Season Finale... OK let's get to it!
Both Teams Kugler and Apuli had Double Headers — they also clashed with one another for the first time — # 1 Team Kugler is still
standing tall at 6 - 0 heading into the
Regular Season finale.
As we prepare for the final stretch of the
Regular Season, Team Maione has taken sole position of the # 1 spot in the
Standings, the exact spot they found themselves in a year ago (at the time they were an unbelievable 12 - 0).
Team Purimetla fell in their final
Regular Season Game to # 5 Team Malvin and as a result got jumped by a few Teams in the
Standings.
As we get closer to
Regular Season finale on March 20, the final
Standings (and Playoff seeding) will come into clearer focus..
This past week they had what could end up being the win of their
Regular Season as they took down previously undefeated and # 1 in the
Standings Team Wolter, 4 - 2 in Volleyball.
We saw a few Teams get much needed Ws on Wednesday Night and pull closer in the
Standings as we head to the final
Regular Season Games.
Got a little help some friends but at the end of the day the streak has been snapped and they can now focus on more important issues — like climbing out of the Bottom 4 in the
Standings during the final 5 - weeks of the
Regular Season.
We still have 2 squads Undefeated atop the
Standings and they are starting to pull away from the rest of the pack as they are now at least 2 Games up on the field with head to head tiebreakers and just 3 weeks left in the
Regular Season.
We get an instant Rematch from Week 7, just with a twist... These two Teams met in the
Regular Season Final which saw Team Pike earn the Hoops W and jump over Team ZBT SO Levenfeld in the
Standings on the League's final night..
Team Sternberg has run through the
Regular Season and basically torn apart any Team who
stood in their way..
We had some shifting in the middle of the
Standings and with just one week left in the
Regular Season..
They sit on top of the
Standings as well with 35 points looking very good moving into the rest of the
regular season.
Even at.500 they are still in the League's top half of the
Standings and as we enter the
Regular Season's final third they are a threat to crash a top seed come April..
For Team Mortier, they were among the League's best all
season long which was proven by tying for 4th in the Standings after the Regular S
season long which was proven by tying for 4th in the
Standings after the
Regular SeasonSeason.
Again, they finished with the same amount of points as Team Kirshner during the
Regular Season — the first time to Teams ever tied atop the
Standings, let alone gaining the maximum amount of points..
Compared to other top Teams in the
Standings, Team Bulwa's opponents to close the
Regular Season have a much lower win - percentage..
Team DChi didn't get off to the start they wanted to in the
Regular Season and certainly stunted their place in the
Standings.
Team Lalez will need to continue to get these types of performances from these guys if they plan on moving up in the
standings over the final five
regular season games.
Team Sammy enters the final week of the
Regular Season tied atop the
Standings at 5 - 1 with Team Fiji following their W on Tuesday Night over Team AEPi 2.
The 20 points they picked up in the
Standings was enough to jump into 2nd place with 2 weeks to go in the
Regular Season and they trail by one measly point to Team Harris for # 1 in the
Standings.
Going to go from top to bottom with the Current
Standings and describe where Teams can potentially fall... All Teams have either 20 (Hoops) or 25 (Flag Football) possible points left to grab as we enter the
Regular Season finale on Monday Night.
Philadelphia's future will get dirtied as soon as the
regular season starts, and we'll see more clearly what
stands in its way.
The Wildcats finished on top of Villanova in the CAA
standings but did not play them in the
regular season.
Having finished a whopping 41 points behind the Islanders in the
regular -
season standings, the Canucks were delighted just to reach the finals.
Officials signed off on the request, with two caveats he must fulfill: 1) Busch needed to win one of the 15 remaining
regular season races and 2) finish 30th or better in the
standings.
«I think we've got as good of a chance to win it all as anyone,» says Busch, 32, who finished the
regular season 10th in the
standings and with more top 10s (15) than any other driver save Harvick (who had 17).
SI's pick to hoist the Sprint Cup is
standing in the infield hours before he will finish sixth in the penultimate race of the
regular season.
Consider that Johnson (page 72) finished the
regular season fifth in the
standings, a career low since the Chase format was adopted in 2004; that he hasn't won a race since June; and that he has only three top 10 finishes in his last nine starts.
«Someone is bound to get hot and go on a roll in the Chase,» says Tony Stewart, who finished the
regular season sixth in the
standings.
New York Islanders rookie Justin Johnson
stands only 6» 0 ″ 220 lbs but he took on Buffalo Sabres John Scott (6» 8 ″ 255 lbs) in his first NHL
Regular Season fight.
Johnson, the defending champ, is sixth in the point
standings but has a series - leading five wins — after the
regular season all 12 Chase contenders begin with 5,000 points, plus 10 bonus points for each victory.
L.A. and San Francisco would meet in a three - game playoff, the results of which would count toward the
regular -
season standings.
It was a performance that
stood out above the rest on the last weekend of the
regular season, and it was certainly enough to earn him his first Hoss of the Week award, even if it did all come against the lowly Rams.
This is precisely why I stopped attending early last
season after coming for 59 years — 35 as a
season ticket holder and
regular home and away for many years too — as I have to make a
stand and refuse to give my own hard earned money to these dishonourable custodians any longer.
With the win, Tampa Bay stays tied with the Boston Red Sox atop the AL Wild Card
standings, with only one game left to be played in the
regular season.
Recently, the offshore sportsbook BetOnline posted a unique prop regarding the final
standings for the 2016
regular season.