[FONT="]What I want to do is look at the bottom four teams in both divisions and break the teams down in two areas that will probably determine where they’ll finish.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. What are the crossover games? Who does the team play from the other division?[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Where does the team play the other three teams in its division that are battling for the fourth spot?[/FONT]
[FONT="]For each team, those five games will be the difference in finishing fourth and finishing seventh in the division. And that’s a big deal. For a coach trying to keep his job, selling No. 4 is doable. There ain’t no good way to sell No. 7.[/FONT]