2008 Tour Top 75 - Final

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Standings updated with first results from Event 6. League 1 begins playoffs on Monday.

Please note that low scores are dropped for managers completing 6 events. So, until all results are in, averages for managers who have dropped a low score may be skewed a few points higher vs. managers who have not (yet) dropped a score.

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Updated with all but 2 leagues' regular seasons complete. Ev5Lg7 and Ev6 Leagues 1-5 are now in playoffs. Ev6Lg6 has one week left in its regular season, and Ev6Lg7 has 2 weeks to go.

Five leagues reporting, most low scores have been dropped, lots of changes with this update. The 36 semifinalists are nearly set. Check it out!

[The Turtle]

so much for that penalty not knocking me out..... :roll:

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Of the current Top 36, all but maybe half a dozen appear safely in the Semifinals, with some jockeying for position among them. Another half-dozen managers are still knocking at the door.

These two, now among the 36, have a week to go in their final leagues, could drop out but still control their own fates:

[b:861dd58f0b]18. TomSiebert[/b:861dd58f0b] (can save his spot with his strong stretch run in Ev6Lg6)
[b:861dd58f0b]36. dadnsam[/b:861dd58f0b] (ahead for wildcard in Ev6Lg6, might be OK without it)

These managers could still be bumped, the lower the rank, the likelier:

[b:861dd58f0b]27. Bob711
27. Coffeeholic
30. nhsteven
31. Roscodog
32. deeznuts515
33. DHowser
34. Jeepdriver
35. salmonbellies
36. dadnsam[/b:861dd58f0b]

[b:861dd58f0b]Bob 711[/b:861dd58f0b] (Ev6Lg3), [b:861dd58f0b]Deeznuts515[/b:861dd58f0b] (Ev6Lg5) and [b:861dd58f0b]Jeepdriver[/b:861dd58f0b] (Ev6Lg4) are in their final league playoffs, and still control their destinies. See [b:861dd58f0b]dadnsam[/b:861dd58f0b] above. The others have completed play and can only wait and sweat.

These managers still have at least a longshot at breaking into the Semifinals:

[b:861dd58f0b]40. jagman[/b:861dd58f0b] (needs to win the semis if not the finals in Ev6Lg3)
[b:861dd58f0b]42. onesweetowrld[/b:861dd58f0b] (great shot, in playoffs in both Ev5Lg7 and Ev6Lg5)
[b:861dd58f0b]51. sjkorte[/b:861dd58f0b] (narrowly leads division in Ev6Lg6, must win to have a shot)
[b:861dd58f0b]56. ArrylT[/b:861dd58f0b] (trailing WC by 4 with 2 weeks left in Ev6Lg7, must win for a shot)
[b:861dd58f0b]57. wwwetz[/b:861dd58f0b] (slim lead with week to go in Ev6Lg6, must win to stay in hunt)
[b:861dd58f0b]61. barnak[/b:861dd58f0b] (even leading at 74-49 in Ev6Lg7, he gots to win, baby, win!)

Unless I’ve missed somebody, beyond that it’s the snowball’s chance in the hot place.

Links:
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=52560][b:861dd58f0b]Event 5 League 7[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=52560][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=52801][b:861dd58f0b]Event 6 League 3[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=52801][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=53000][b:861dd58f0b]Event 6 League 4[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=53000][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=53181][b:861dd58f0b]Event 6 League 5[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=53181][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=53520][b:861dd58f0b]Event 6 League 6[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=53520][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=54280][b:861dd58f0b]Event 6 League 7[/b:861dd58f0b][/url] [b:861dd58f0b]-[/b:861dd58f0b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=54280][b:861dd58f0b]Playoffs[/b:861dd58f0b][/url]

[deeznuts515]

Thanks for the effort and running commentary... If only I had played six leagues and could get rid of that ugly 71...!

[Jack377]

I just made the finals of league 5 and have a really good chance of making the playoffs in league 6...if that happens and I drop my worst score (73), don't I still have an outside chance?

I'm in league 7 for both events. Thought I still had a chance at it...

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[b:c86e2fff99]Jack:[/b:c86e2fff99] You are not mentioned above because you are not on the "bubble" at all. You not only have a chance, you are ranked 23rd, with no place to go but up. You already have a lock on a Semifinals spot (Top 36). :D

Maybe you are thinking of the "old" top 12...?

[Jack377]

Sorry about that! Got confused looking at the standings where I still have 88 or so until my leagues finish.

Glad to hear I'm still alive!

[jmoore1966]

I'm #5?

Man, you guys will let anybody into the top 5...

Woo-hoo!

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After last night's games, all Tour leagues except Ev6Lg7 are now done with regular seasons. Looks like everybody now in the Top 36 is safely in the Semifinals, with the possible exceptions of [b:dffdc26c5b]TomSiebert, salmonbellies[/b:dffdc26c5b] and [b:dffdc26c5b]Jeepdriver,[/b:dffdc26c5b] now in the 36th-34th spots.

Nobody else in the Top 36 is in any danger. All have completed 5 events, so even bad finishes in Ev6Lg7 can't hurt them, except possibly for seeding.

Only 4 other managers can still crack the Semifinals:

[b:dffdc26c5b]45. wwwetz[/b:dffdc26c5b] is in the semis in Ev7Lg6, must win the finals to make the cut.

[b:dffdc26c5b]46. Frank M[/b:dffdc26c5b] looked out of the running last week. But, he's currently 67-74 and 11 behind in Ev6Lg7, needs to go 14-7 in the final week to tie [b:dffdc26c5b]Tom[/b:dffdc26c5b] and go to tiebreakers, or 15-6 to tie [b:dffdc26c5b]salmonbellies[/b:dffdc26c5b] and [b:dffdc26c5b]Jeep[/b:dffdc26c5b].

[b:dffdc26c5b]58. ArrylT,[/b:dffdc26c5b] currently trailing the wildcard by 4 at 70-71, needs 95 points to tie [b:dffdc26c5b]Tom.[/b:dffdc26c5b] To do that, he has to win the wildcard, for starters.

[b:dffdc26c5b]62. Barnak[/b:dffdc26c5b] needs 116 points to tie [b:dffdc26c5b]Tom.[/b:dffdc26c5b] He could do that by going 11-10 in the final week and winning the league title, 16-5 and making the finals, or 21-0 without a playoff win.

Won't know final positions and seeding until the last league finishes next week, likely not before playoffs the following week(s).

Here's a link to the last league:

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=54280][b:dffdc26c5b]League 7[/b:dffdc26c5b][/url] [b:dffdc26c5b]-[/b:dffdc26c5b] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=54280][b:dffdc26c5b]Playoffs[/b:dffdc26c5b][/url]