by * Idle thoughts
* CISL Standings
* Playoff Race Standings
* Magic Numbers (NEW!)
* Results from last week
IDLE THOUGHTS
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Sacramento snaps San Diego's 3-game winning streak to tie for
first place on Tuesday... Indianapolis stuns Dallas once again
in overtime, 9-8, Indy's second win in 3 tries vs Dallas (both
wins coming at home); Dallas' 3-game winning streak and Indy's
4-game losing streak were both snapped... Detroit wins its 3rd
in a row and moves 1/2 game behind Washington with the victory
over the Warthogs... Seattle beats Sacramento for the 3rd time
in five games on Friday... Indy (8-14) upsets the top two teams in
the East, Dallas and Houston... Washington (11-10) hands Dallas
its 2nd straight loss to move 2.5 games out of first... Houston (14-8)
dropped its 2nd straight game... Detroit (10-10) reach .500 and
upset Dallas (12-10), who has lost 3 in a row, for its fourth
straight victory... San Diego (12-9) builds a 1 game lead in the
West with a victory over Seattle (7-14)... Portland (8-13) hands
Sacramento (12-11) its second straight defeat... Monterrey (13-8)
goes 2-0 on its SoCal trip and hands Anaheim (9-9) its 4th straight
loss... Anaheim will have two chances to pick up its first ever win
against Seattle this week.
CISL STANDINGS (Morning of Monday, September 2, 1996)
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*** Week 12 of 16 [28-game Regular Season] ***
Eastern Division GP W-L Pct. GB Strk
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1D Houston Hotshots 22 14- 8 .636 --- L2
4 Monterrey La Raza 21 13- 8 .619 0.5 W3
3 Dallas Sidekicks 22 12-10 .545 2.0 L3
7 Washington Warthogs 21 11-10 .523 2.5 W1
8 Detroit Neon 20 10-10 .500 3.0 W4
10 Indianapolis Twisters 22 8-14 .364 6.0 W2
Western Division GP W-L Pct. GB Strk
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2D San Diego Sockers 21 12- 9 .571 --- W1
5 Sacramento Knights 23 12-11 .522 1.0 L2
6 Anaheim Splash 18 9- 9 .500 1.5 L4
9 Portland Pride 21 8-13 .381 4.0 W1
11 Seattle SeaDogs 21 7-14 .333 5.0 L1
NOTE: The top two teams in each division and the next four best
teams will advance to the CISL playoffs. The two division winners
will be ranked 1D-2D based on win-loss records, and the other six teams
will be ranked 3-8 based on win-loss records. The #1D will face #8,
#2D vs. #7, #3 vs. #6, and #4 vs. #5. Each series will be a best-of-three
in a 1-1-1 format, with the team with the best record hosting games one and
three (with the exception that a division winner (#1D or #2D) can host games
one and three over a non-division winner team (#3 through #8) with a better
record).
## next to team name indicates rank in CISL playoff race. The
# 5-8 teams will qualify for the playoffs as wild-card teams.
PLAYOFF RACE STANDINGS
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Rank Team GL W-L Pct. GB PGB
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1D Houston Hotshots 6 14- 8 .636 --- ---
2D San Diego Sockers 7 12- 9 .571 1.5 ---
3 Monterrey La Raza 7 13- 8 .619 0.5 ---
4 Dallas Sidekicks 6 12-10 .545 2.0 ---
5 Washington Warthogs 7 11-10 .523 2.5 ---
6 Sacramento Knights 5 12-11 .522 2.5 ---
7t Detroit Neon 8 10-10 .500 3.0 ---
7t Anaheim Splash 10 9- 9 .500 3.0 ---
9 Portland Pride 7 8-13 .381 5.5 2.5
10 Indianapolis Twisters 6 8-14 .364 6.0 3.0
11 Seattle SeaDogs 7 7-14 .333 6.5 3.5
GL- Games left; PGB- Playoff position games back
over
MAGIC NUMBERS (approximate) Series vs TEAM
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2 HOU to clinch playoff spot (over POR) 0-0; 1 left
3 MON to clinch playoff spot (over POR) none
3 SDG to clinch playoff spot (over POR) SDG wins 3-1
4 DAL to clinch playoff spot (over POR) DAL 1-0; 1 left
4 SAC to clinch playoff spot (over POR) POR wins 2-2 on GD
QUICK RESULTS- Week 12
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(Home team in CAPS)
Tuesday, August 27
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SACRAMENTO 7, San Diego 6 (OT)
Seattle 5, PORTLAND 3
Wednesday, August 28
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DETROIT 10, Washington 9
INDIANAPOLIS 9, Dallas 8 (OT)
Friday, August 30
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Seattle 7, SACRAMENTO 4
Monterrey 8, SAN DIEGO 5
Saturday, August 31
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WASHINGTON 5, Dallas 4
INDIANAPOLIS 8, Houston 5
Sunday, September 1
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DETROIT 8, Dallas 7 (OT)
SAN DIEGO 9, Seattle 6
PORTLAND 8, Sacramento 4
Monterrey 5, ANAHEIM 4
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Scott HW
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|Scott M Tamashiro, ECE grad student, USC +------------------------+
|8/96...Go Splash!...Grad school begins...CISL ASG in PHX...ILUVLMP |
|My CISL WWW: http://www.cec.wustl.edu/~krm1/cislmain.html (until Sum 1996) |
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