And now we finally see the arrival of the inevitable:

1/14 pm - my first 0-6 of the entire Round 2.

Even money says it won't be the last, however...

Based on projected wins in each league, here are the spreads between max wins and min wins, by league.

60M: 46
80M: 75*
90M: 60
100M: 45
120M: 50
200M: 30 (max = 97 wins, min = 67 wins)

Looking at all the teams in each league, here is the standard deviation between wins, by league...

60M: 12.7
80M: 15.2*
90M: 11.1
100M: 9.6
120M: 12.7
200M: 6.8

* skewed by The Taint's 25-135 team

I'm tickled pink to get 4 out of 6 teams into the playoffs against this quality competition. The high and low cap leagues were the worst for me. I need to play in more of those types of leagues to understand them better.

OK, this is nuts. bardin average over 86 wins per team with ZERO playoff appearances in 6 leagues. Here is the breakdown...

60M Theme
Wins 90 games
Loses division by 1 game, loses wildcard by 1 game
85 and 88 win teams makes playoffs

80M Theme
Wins 91 games
Loses division by 5 games, loses wildcard by 2 games
88 win team makes playoffs

90M Theme
Wins 90 games
Loses division by 7 games, loses wildcard by 2 games
85, 85, 82, 79 win teams make playoffs

100M Theme
Wins 86 games
Loses division by 7 games, loses wildcard by 1 game
86, 87, 87 win teams make playoffs

120M Theme
Wins 80 games
Loses division by 8 games, loses wildcard by 5 games

200M Theme
Wins 82 games
Loses division by 3 games, loses wildcard by 1 game
85, 85, 85, 83, 83 win teams make playoffs

Oops, just realized that the 90M theme has two games to go. It's not quite over yet.

Well schwarze, you beat me to it. I was all set to post an official "woe is me" posting. As it turns out, I missed out on the 90m theme by 1 game! So, that makes four teams that missed the playoffs by 1 game (and 1 team where I missed it by 2 games). And yes, lots of other teams with worse records made the playoffs.

Life isn't fair! (I'm holding my breath and stomping my feet until I get my way, dammit!).

My only solace is that in the 1st round, I had 5 playoff teams, including an 83-win team and an 81-win team, and that fact allowed me to make it to the 2nd round rather easily (note: the 83-win team was the only team of those 5 to win the WS, and in fact, even won its TOC!!!). So anyway, maybe luck is evening out. But still... pretty damn unlucky, probably costing me a spot in the top 10.

This round 2 had more weird divisional inequities than any other tournament I've been involved in.

FINAL ROUND 2 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
(Playoff teams in red)

Owner

60M

80M

90M

100M

120M

200M

Overall

Win%

wildthings1	91-71	94-68	112-50	98-64	104-58	79-83	578-394	0.595
mildnhazy	92-70	95-67	92-70	84-78	95-67	81-81	539-433	0.555
PennQuaker	94-68	96-66	83-79	87-75	85-78	85-77	530-443	0.545
rbow923	88-74	99-63	84-78	90-72	75-87	92-70	528-444	0.543
wetwillytwo	81-81	95-67	94-68	85-77	84-79	85-77	524-449	0.539
bardin	90-72	91-71	91-71	86-76	80-82	82-80	520-452	0.535
sgsmith	91-71	81-81	78-84	80-82	95-67	83-79	508-464	0.523
ennam_iv	78-84	97-65	85-77	87-75	88-74	72-90	507-465	0.522
bigmc	86-76	93-69	79-83	76-86	76-86	97-65	507-465	0.522
schwarze	85-77	73-89	99-63	72-90	97-65	80-82	506-466	0.521
elonsmitty	91-71	88-74	77-85	70-92	82-80	84-78	492-480	0.506
pugs	78-84	84-78	80-82	92-70	67-95	83-79	484-488	0.498