Playoff Scenarios

We now have one week until everyone's favorite time of year, rec playoffs. There are a few guarantees already for instance team teDuits will be the number one seed, but for most of the other teams, there is still plenty that can change in one week. So I figured I'd make a post breaking it all down.

1. teDuits (Locked)

2. Strauss (Locked) 

3. Here's where it gets interesting, if team Anzivino can win next week against team Mcnamara which is very possible, they will be guaranteed the 3rd seed, however, if they lose and team Bonaventura wins, they will drop down to the 4 seed. 

4. Team Bonaventura doesn't have to worry about dropping any spots from the 4 seed, but with the Anzivino vs Mcnamara game happening at 7:30, they will know going into their game at 8:40, if they have a chance at jumping into the 3 seed.

5. Team Mcnamara is in a good position going into the final week of basketball with a roughly 70% chance at finishing as the 5 seed. They can't jump up any spots, but if they lose to team Anzivino and team Jarboe pull out a surprise win versus team Bono, they can be jumped and moved down to the 6 seed due to team Jarboe having the tiebreaker. Even if team Kelly wins, team Mcnamara has the tiebreaker so no need to worry about them.

6. Team Jarboe is in a very weird position and could go up or down depending on how results go next Sunday. As mentioned above, with a win and a team Mcnamara loss, they will jump to the 5 seed. However, if they fail to win and team Kelly beats team Donaruma, they could see themselves finishing at the 7 seed and playing on Friday night.

7. Team Kelly will enter Sunday guaranteed to be either the 7 or 6 seed, but can only move up if team Jarboe loses.  They will play their game versus team Donaruma at the same time as Jarboe vs Bono which will make for an exciting hour of basketball.

8. Team Donaruma is in poll position between themselves and the other bottom 2 teams having beaten both of them giving them the tiebreaker. With team Cianci playing team Dzwonek, they are guaranteed to be playing in the 8 vs 9 games on the first Friday night of playoffs as either the 8 seed if they win this week or the 9 seed if they lose.

9 & 10. Team Dzwonek having beaten Team Cianci earlier this season enters the week as the 9 seed, with Cianci as the 10, but this means nothing because the two teams will square off for the 2nd time this season with the winner getting the better seed. Both teams are locked at the bottom of the league with 2 wins and their 9:50 tip-off should be very entertaining with the winner playing team Donaruma and the loser playing either team Jarboe or team Kelly.