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JK_112880
(The Next Level!)
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 Posted - 02/14/2010 : 9:25:52 PM
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After tonight's victory at Johnstown, the Cyclones have 20 games left in the regular season. The Clones lead the North Division of the American Conference by 11 points. Cincinnati has a full 4 games in hand over South Carolina, and 1 in hand over Wheeling. the Toledo Walleye has 1 game in hand over the Cyclones and Kalamazoo has 4 in hand over Cincinnati.
If the season ended today, the playoff seeds would look like this:
* = Division Leader
*1. South Carolina 73 Points
*2. Cincinnati 69 Points
*3. Elmira 59 Points
4. Charlotte 62 Points
5. Florida 60 Points
6. Kalamazoo 58 Points
7. Toledo/Wheeling 56 Points
8. Toledo/Wheeling 56 Points
Playoffs first round (Best of Five):
1) South Carolina Vs. 8) Toledo/Wheeling
4) Charlotte Vs. 5) Florida
2) Cincinnati Vs. 7) Toledo/Wheeling
3) Elmira Vs. 6) Kalamazoo
Obviously this is not set in stone, and a lot can happen over the course of 20 games. But I'm just giving everyone an idea of what the postseason may look like. The prospect of getting the entire North Division into the playoffs is quite interesting.
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BP2011
(Been Here Awhile)
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2010 : 9:41:05 PM
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| I think the only team that is "out" is Johnstown, and Trenton is getting very close other then that everything will go down to the last two weeks it is very close in the American Conference in the Playoff picture, for the Brabham Cup its between us, South Carolina, and Idaho, we have 52 games SC has 56, but Idaho has played just 49 so it will be close |
08, 10 Kelly Cup Champions
08, 10, 14 American Conference Champions
08, 09, 13 North Division Champions
08 Brabham Cup Champions |
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JK_112880
(The Next Level!)
240 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2010 : 9:54:24 PM
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BTW,
Does anyone smarter than me know what the Cyclones' "magic number" to either clinch the playoffs or the division is by chance? |
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dbc
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 02/14/2010 : 10:22:53 PM
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| The best number to look at is the winning percentage as it balances out the differences in games played to date. At the end of the year with 72 games there will be 144 points available to a team and the percentage is points won divided by 144. Thus through tonight having played 52 games, the clones had 104 possible points they could have won. They have won 69 for a .663 winning percent. SC has played 56 games and has more points than the clones with 73 but a winning % of .652. Thus the Clones are in first place percent than points. In case of a tie in points and therefore % at year end, the team with the most wins ends up ahead. |
Edited by - dbc on 02/14/2010 10:24:12 PM |
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goaliejudge
(The Next Level!)
USA
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Posted - 02/15/2010 : 07:30:50 AM
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heck lets just go for 100 points and let things fall where they may.
i am sure at the start of the season chuck may of thought 100 points was not possible, but with the way the boys are playing now, and its a great time to start this roll, 100 points is not out of the question. |
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cloneinator
(Been Here Awhile)
USA
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Posted - 02/15/2010 : 4:44:20 PM
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Originally posted by JK_112880
BTW,
Does anyone smarter than me know what the Cyclones' "magic number" to either clinch the playoffs or the division is by chance?
I'm certainly not smarter, but according to the latest weekly update:
IT'S MAGIC...: While it is a bit early to be looking at playoff matchups and possible scenarios--the Cyclones do have a 'magic number' of 28 to qualifying for an American Conference Kelly Cup berth. Cincinnati would need to finish with more points than any four of the following to make the field (possible points in brackets): Johnstown (78), Trenton (89), Wheeling (94), Gwinnett (97), Toledo (98), Reading (98) and Florida (98).
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...And on the eighth day, GOD created the Cyclones! |
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