2007-01-21 18:07:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
teams that make the playoffs without winning the division. winning the division means you had the best record in the group of teams that they are placed in. divions are done by areas. for instance new york, boston, toronto and baltimore are in the same division. out of the three american league divisions, the team with the best record will advance to the playoffs, but they need one more to make an even number, so they pick the one team with the next best record out of all the divisions.
2007-01-21 18:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by kevin g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make the playoffs more interesting for football and basketball teams that did not win their division, yet had a good record were allowed to compete in the quest for a championship. Higher ratings for both sports indicate it has been a good idea. You could call them a wild card team because they could come from the north, south or central division of said sport.
2007-01-21 18:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is 6 divisions, 3 interior the american and three interior the nationwide league. American East-The yankees, red soxs, devil rays, blue jays, and orioles make up the east substantial- Twins, whitesoxs, tigers,indians and royals West- Angels, Oakland A's, Rangers and Mariners The crew with the perfect record their each and each branch is going to the playoffs. the crew with the higest prevailing percentage on the properly of the 12 months that did not win their branch, receives the wild card for his or her league. very last 12 months the Yankees gained the east with a ninety seven-sixty 5 record. The Twins gained substantial with ninety six-sixty six and Oakland gained the west with a ninety 3-sixty 9 record. The tigers gained the wildcard because they'd a record of ninety 5-sixty seven(one pastime in the back of the dept superior Twins) and the nearest crew to the tigers interior the wildcard were the angels(west) with a record of 89-seventy 3
2016-10-15 22:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by ikeda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a team that did not qualify to play in the post season by number of games won, however to have a enough teams to play those that did earn a spot, a wild card is chosen to play in the play offs. they are typically teams that almost earned a spot.
2007-01-21 18:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by brp_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋