Neighborhood Rumble Final Seeding and Round 1 Preview

The final seedings for the tournament are in the books and you can view them directly below the end of this sentence. Just kidding, its this sentence because I want to write "Pubes."

Islington:
1. Alex    38
2. Colin   37
2. Tim   36.5
4. Kurt    23.5
5. Adrian  15

Westwood
1. Jarrett   35.5
2. TJ   33
3.  Richie  29
4. James  27
5. Ben  25.5

Here's the breakdown if you want to check my math:

Alex and Jarrett grab the top spots in the tournament!  Congratulations to them.  Colin and Tim grab the two bye weeks, as Colin passes Tim in the late games after they were tied going in to Sunday night.  Kurt and Adrian, who squared off last week, will play eachother again Week 16 in the play-in game. 

TJ and Richie grab the final spots in the Westwood side, while Ben and James will face off in the play-in game.  After spending nearly all of Sunday in last place, James grabs the tiebreaker from a free-falling Ben in the play-in game. 

Excitement is abound.  Alex, whose team has been somewhat lackluster this year, proves this system works by grabbing the top seed in the Islington Division.  Big hugs to Alex next time I see him (2016 probably) for helping show why this midseason tournament is a good idea and why you should vote for it when we inevitably re-vote on all incentive based games for next season.  Here's the bracket:

Exciting times.  This week is week 16, so James and Ben and Kurt and Adrian square off in the play-in games.  Talk about parity!  The only four managers with multiple championships are relegated to the play-in games after disappointing Royal Rumble Weeks.  The Diamond Dynasty is great. 

Adrian comes into the matchup having not won since week 1.  Kurt comes in on  a 3 game winning streak.  Kurt has won both matchups this season by scores of 9-1 and 7-3.  The 7-3 matchup ended yesterday. 

James comes into his matchup with Ben having not won more than 3 categories in 3 weeks, going 9-19 in that span.  Ben had a modest two week winning streak snapped by Tim last week in a 7-3 loss.  Ben leads the season series against James, though they have both won one of their matchups.  Ben leads the season series 10-9.

The season is heating up.  In the next seven weeks we will have a midseason tournament to determine money, the title belt race to determine money and a trade deadline pool party at Richie's.  Then the playoffs begin.  It's a good time to be in the Diamond Dynasty!