To be fair, the bar to make the playoffs is higher in the west and a lot more competitive than it is in the east. They've been around the black snake yet are struggling to hold a berth. And they have clinched spots while being below the black snake the past two times they've qualified. This just says the west is at a higher level than it normally is in terms of point accumulated by teams in the top 11 or 12.
In other years they'd be in a better position.
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