i was just in first place with 119 points after day one day 2 i dropped 34 points and now in 10th out of 12 teams after rolen hit a grand slam carpenter got a W and kenny rogers threw great im wondering if it will decrease again for some reason after jake westbrook won im rele confused?
130073
Roto scoring is almost meaningless until you get about a month into the season. There will always be huge fluctuations like this early in the year.\n\nHere's how Roto works. You are in a twelve team league. You get points based on how your team does in all the categories. If your team has more HRs than any other team, you will get 12 points for HRs. If your team has the second-highest batting average, you will get 11 points for BA. If your team is the worst in RBIs, then you will get 1 point for RBI. Everything is on a 1-12 scale in a 12 team league.\n\nIf your league has 10 categories (5 for hitters and 5 for pitchers, which is fairly standard), then the highest score is 120, or 12 x 10. You need to have a well-rounded team to get the most points in the most categories. That's why a lot of teams will have two or three closers so they can do well in the Saves category. That's also why players like Vlad Guerrero are valuable, because they can help you in BA, R, RBI, HR and SB.\n\nIn other words, even if Rolen hits a homer one day, you might go backwards because the other teams in your league might have BETTER days. But it doesn't matter who is in first right now. The standings are based on everyone's stats for the whole year.
271987
Your tie breaking rules should be stated before the tournament begins.  One team is going to feel screwed.  I'd suggest that your first tie breaker is points scored, then points allowed, and then a coin flip.\n\nIf you didn't have a tie breaker set up before the tourney, I think you should explain that to both teams.  Explain that anything you do would be viewed as picking one team over the other, and propose a coin flip.  You screwed up and the team that doesn't get in will be unhappy with you, but it's the only fair way you can do it.  But be honest that there wasn't a tie breaker set up ahead of time.
640285
I don't remember the reasoning for the stat being taken away, think it was in the late 80's or early 90's. The only reason i can think of is that it was a meaningless stat if you think about it. Hit a solo HR in the first and win 1-0, you got the GWRBI. Kinda goofy.
158255
have you ever had a look at the playoffs bracket? they use the word seed because when you take a look at the team bracket the winning team will advance to the next level and so a line will be drawn showing which team advanced, kinda like a seed growing.
553071
That depends. Is your team winning? WHile a lot of people believe its the point guards role to get the ball to everyone else and share the ball; if your team needs you to win by doinga lot of shooting then you are doing the right thing.\n\nAlso, you might be getting your points on lots of fast break lay-ups which would mean ur still doing your job well as a point gurad in the half court offense.  Its all about winning, that needs to be your goal and you need to understand your abilities and role in relation to your teamates. If you are the team's best 3 point shooter, then you SHOULD be shooting the trey, evenif u r the point.
99295
It would be nice if an upset in confrence play was a good thing for the mid-majors, but often it results in the selection committee looking down on the confrence.  You know, "Awe they weren't as good as we thought, give them a lower seed."
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didnt buffalo, ottawa, new jersey & carolina end up with about the same amount of points during the regular season?\nSo it shouldn't be surprising that the lower seeded sabres beat the sens 7 it shouldnt be surprising that carolina beat new jersey, whats surprising to me is the fact that nobody gave buffalo a chance except buffalo fans. The sens are perennial chokers  when it comes to playoff hockey & i think new jersey is getting a bit too old
654708
Before todays game the position ware:\nItaly 3 points, Czech 3 points, Ghana 0 points, USA 0 points\nPending 2 games maximum 6 points to gain (3 points for the winner or 1 point for a draw), that means any posibility is posible (the teams with most points have less points that the points pending)\n\nAfter todays game the position are:\nItaly 4 points, Czech 3 points, Ghana 3 points, USA 1 points\nPending 1 game maximum 3 points to gain, that means any posibility is posible: any team adding the points could exceed the team with the highest point (given a specific combination):\n\nIf in the last game, one of these combinations happens then the teams that goes to the round of 16 will be:\nItaly win and will advance and  Ghana will advance if at least it has a draw\nItaly 7 points, Ghana 6 points, Czech 3 points, USA 1 point\nItaly 7 points, Ghana 4 points, Czech 3 points, USA 2 point\n\nItaly win and will advance and  USA will advance if it has a win (a draw is not posible)\nItaly 7 points, USA 4 points, Czech 3 points, Ghana 3 point\n\nItaly draw and will advance,  Ghana draw, then: Czech will advance with goal diference\nItaly 5 points, Czech 4 points, Ghana 4 point USA 2 points,\n\nItaly draw and will advance, Ghana win and  will advance: \nGhana 6 point Italy 5 points, Czech 4 points, USA 1 points,\n\nSo the odd needed for USA to have a chance to pass to the next round was the result of today, but next the USA needs to win against Ghana and Italy to win against Czech, because if Ghana wins or has a draw USA doesn't have any option to go to the next round.\n\nWhat would had happen if Italy had won today?\nIf Italy had won over USA, that would have mean: bye-bye USA and a trip to the round of 16 for Italy, because the positions would have been:\nItaly 6 points, Czech 3 points, Ghana 3 points, USA 0 points\nPending 1 games maximum 3 points to gain, that means any posibility is posible for all the teams excep USA, because adding the points to Czech and Ghana the result will be that Italy, Czech and Ghana all have 6 points, and we need to know the goal diference to define the winner and runner-up of the group.\n\nThat's way we have to wait for the outcoming of the next match to know who are the teams that go to the next round.\n\nCross your fingers .... and go USA
184460
Yes, I believe the NBA awards the top 'three' seeds to the three division winners, regardless of the overall W/L records within the conference.\n\nHowever, home court advantage IS determined strictly by W-L record, so if a division winner has a worse record than a 2nd place finisher from another division, the 2nd place team would get the home court advantage if they met head-to-head.\n\nUsing this years Western Conference as an example, the playoff seedings are:\n\n1. San Antonio 63-19 Division Winner\n2. Phoenix    54-28  Division Winner\n3. Denver     44-38  Division Winner\n4. Dallas     60-22\n5. Memphis    49-33\n6. L.A. Clippers 47-35\n7. L.A. Lakers  45-37\n8. Sacramento   44-38\n\nYou'll notice that Denver is a #3 seed, even though they had only the 8th (tied) best record in the conference. This is why they are opening the playoffs on the road. Their only chance of getting home court advantage in a Western Conference playoff is if they play Sacramento (they both finished 44-38), but I'm not sure who would win the tie-break between Denver and Sacramento. But since the only way they can meet is in the Conference finals, let's hope it doesn't get that far.
418613
sorry dude but i dont think u can. maybe just add the 15 and go from there and keep the standings in ur on a document or sumptin? or maybe try emailing yahoo and asking them
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The only correct answer from anybody is that they do not know.  The league awards tend to shape up after the All-Star break.  Later on in the season would be a better time to ask.
87043
The only thing that changes is your focus. You just want to make sure that you win a majority of the categories. Most leagues have 9 categories, so you would need to win 5. This is different from the regular season, because you want to try to win 6 or 7 games every week. Here, you look at the ones that you MUST win and focus on those, realizing that you might need to drop some other ones. Also, take a look at your opponent. If he has some great rebounders, you might not try to compete with him in that category. You might try to take him on in assists or steals, for instance. Good luck!
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Since August 2006, the new scoring system is adopted.\nA point shall be added to a player's score whenever he wins a rally.\nA match consists of the best of three games; a game is won by the first player to score 21 points, except if the score reaches 20 points each; in this case, play shall continue until one player either achieves a two point lead (such as 24-22), or his score reaches 30 (the score shall not extend beyond 30: 30-29 is a winning score).\n\nIn singles, the server shall stand in his right service court when his score is even, and in his left service court when his score is odd; his opponent shall stand in the diagonally opposite service court.\n\nIn doubles, the players shall remember their service positions from the previous rally; the receivers shall remain in the same service courts. When a receiving pair wins a point and thereby regains the service, they shall not change their service court positions. If their new score is even, then the player in the right service court shall serve; if their new score is odd, then the player in the left service court shall serve. Thereafter, if they continue to win points, the server shall alternate between the service courts, so that he serves to each receiver in turn.\nEach team no longer has second server. Now the score determines which side the server should be (right or left).\nGood luck and have fun.
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It's not "if you're up 3-1, you're supposed to win"...\n\nIt's "If you're a number two seed, you're supposed to win". \n\nAnd that's what the Suns did. Both teams did what they were supposed to do.\n\nBoth Kobe and Jordan are/were 2-1 in game sevens. \n\nIt's not Kobe's fault that only he and Luke Walton showed up in game 7.\n\nbtw, you might want to explain to the kiddies out there who Jenna Jameson is.\n\nalso btw, the NBA made it easy for Jordan in the playoffs.. back then you only had to win 3 games to get out of the first round, not 4 (even still, Jordan lost his first three playoff series, winning a grand total of ONE game in those three years!  Oooo, he was great, all right).
526913
Only if you want to be part of a bad deal. Johnson is Westbrook's equal as far as points, giving Donald Driver too would just be stupid.
640083
i think u have to wait for the next round not this one. but im getting my butt kicked i dont know how some guys have 500 points and i only have 87
552474
The point system is flawed, but I can't think of a way to fix it. The current system does reward those teams that are the most consistent and I would think that there should be more emphasis on consistency rather than on wins. Matt Kenseth's championship in 2003 was highly talked about because he only visited victory lane once that season. Who cares? He was the most consistent driver that season and rightfully won the Cup. This year Kasey Kahne had a lot of wins, but he also had too many bad finishes to be a real threat. I guess I would have to vote to leave the point system the way it is.