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SBL Personality, Brad French has crunched the numbers and created the playoff picture for the men’s ‘run home’ heading into the final two rounds of Season 2017:

Current standings:
19-4 Tigers
18-6 Wolves
17-6 Buccs
14-9 Senators
14-10 Redbacks
13-10 Slammers
13-10 Cougars
12-11 Hawks
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10-14 Flames
10-14 Lightning
8-16 Eagles
6-17 Giants
6-18 Eastern Suns
4-19 Magic

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The teams can be grouped into three categories…..

(1) The top 7 teams have made the playoffs:
Tigers
Wolves
Buccs
Senators
Redbacks
Slammers
Cougars

(2) Battling for 8th spot:
Hawks
Flames
Lightning

(3) See you next year:
Eagles
Giants
Eastern Suns
Magic

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Where can they all finish:

TIGERS – 1st to 3rd
Most likely: 1st (22-4)

WOLVES – 1st to 3rd
Most likely: 3rd (19-7)

BUCCS – 1st to 4th
Most likely: 2nd (19-7)

SENATORS – 3rd to 8th
Most likely: 5th (16-10)

REDBACKS – 4th to 8th
Most likely: 4th (16-10)

SLAMMERS – 4th to 8th
Most likely: 7th (14-12)

COUGARS – 4th to 8th
Most likely: 6th (15-11)

HAWKS – 4th to 9th
Most likely: 8th (14-12)

FLAMES – 8th to 10th
Most likely: 9th (12-14)

LIGHTNING – 8th to 10th
Most likely: 10th (10-16)

EAGLES – 11th to 12th
Most likely: 11th (8-18)

GIANTS – 11th to 14th
Most likely: 12th (7-19)

EASTERN SUNS – 12th to 14th
Most likely: 13th (6-20)

MAGIC – 12th to 14th
Most likely: 14th (4-22)

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The battle for the last playoff spot:
HAWKS:
Only have to win one more game to secure the last playoff spot. They have the Slammers (home), Lightning (away) and Buccs (away) to go, so you would think they are a good chance. But even if they lost all three, the Flames and/or Lightning would have to win all of their games to pass the Hawks.

FLAMES:
To make the playoffs the Flames need to win both of their remaining games (Suns at home, Giants away) and hope that the Hawks lose all of their remaining three games. Definitely a possibility but a tough ask.

LIGHTNING:
To make the playoffs the Lightning need to (1) win both of their remaining games (Hawks & Tigers, both at home), (2) hope that the Hawks lose all of their remaining games, and (3) hope that the Flames lose at least one game. And to make things even harder, if they beat the Hawks, it has to be by 21 points or more.

Article by Brad French