Article: Earning NBA playoff spots unfair, right

Article: Mavericks' win streak even more impressive in Western Conference.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......shark-infested waters of the Western Conference. How many times this...There are so many good teams in the Western Conference that Harris said he...easier. But how many teams in the Eastern Conference...and eighth players, teams in the West are loaded...three of the top four ...

Article: NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Where losing is a habit Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix are only winning teams
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 6, 1999 ;     515 words ......a little run-down in the Western Conference these days. In fact, take...it. Ten of the West's 13 teams have a losing record, compared...convinced the plight of the Western Conference can best be explained in...holdouts. "Some of the key teams that were expected to rise...Louis, too. ...

Article: AHL ALIGNMENT WON'T SHIFT JUST YET; THE LOSS OF THREE WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS HALTS PLANS FOR THE MOVE.(Sports)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Syracuse competed in the Western Conference's North Division, along...Cleveland. The addition of teams in Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha...presumably all to the Western Conference - in 2005-06 raised the...That would have put those teams in line to be part of a...Scranton. Although all ...

Article: Western Conference toughens up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of the NHL season done, teams with problems are starting...Hitchcock said that the Western Conference was trying to get bigger...for whatever reason, the Western Conference has decided to beef up, he said. The teams that made trades have...crackdown on obstruction. The Western ...

Article: Western Conference toughens up.
Philadelphia Daily News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  November 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of the NHL season done, teams with problems are starting...Hitchcock said that the Western Conference was trying to get bigger...for whatever reason, the Western Conference has decided to beef up, he said. The teams that made trades have...crackdown on obstruction. The Western ...

Article: Little room for error in mighty Western Conference.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Welcome to the Western Conference, where every point...Register. All the teams in the West win...all belonged to Western Conference teams (Colorado had...Six of the eight Western Conference playoff teams last season recorded...

Article: WESTERN CONFERENCE Piling up the talent may not be enough
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......one of the most talented teams in the league, but he looks at the Western Conference and sees a number of teams that could create problems for the Red Wings. The Western Conference is much stronger this...second- and eighth-place teams in the Western Conference. ...

Article: Salt Lake, Chivas Join Western Conference
AP Online;  December 7, 2004 ;     166 words ......League Soccer's two expansion teams, Real Salt Lake and Club Deportivo Chivas USA, will join the Western Conference for the 2005 season. The Kansas...establish two divisions of six teams each. Along with the expansion teams in the West will be the Colorado...Saturday, April 2, when all 12 ...

Article: UNLIKE SEVERAL WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS, THE SONICS SEE NO BENEFIT IN PURSUING A HIGH-PRICED FREE AGENT HIGH RISK, LITTLE REWARD.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of the youngest teams in the Western Conference, and our realistic...stack up in the Western Conference, waiting for their...Phoenix were the teams closest to Seattle...Ollie. Only three Western Conference teams won more games...

Article: NHL Hockey: Western Conference wins skills competition.
Sports Network;  February 2, 2003 ;     539 words ......Sports Network) - The Western Conference was victorious in the...Control Relay, which pits teams of three against each...puck around pylons. The Western Conference's team of Columbus' Ray...Selanne of San Jose. The Western Conference then took a 3-1 lead...another point for ...

Article: Sprint to playoffs in Western Conference begins now.(Sports)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......is safe to assume about the Western Conference coming out of the all-star break...the fifth-place and 12th-place teams in the West. Four clubs will...struck by a shot off the stick of Western Conference teammate Ed Jovanovski, should...

Article: AVS' RIVALS IMPROVED IN OFF-SEASON WESTERN CONFERENCE PROMISES TO BE A TEST.(Special Pullouts)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 3, 2001 ;     604 words ......Benton News Staff Writer Western Conference general managers dived headfirst...Bob Hartley said. ``The Western Conference is not a party. It's great...team wins the Stanley Cup, teams want to measure up to them,'' Roy said. ``The quality of teams in our conference has raised...Look ...

Article: 1997-98 NBA preview; WESTERN CONFERENCE OUTLOOK Improvement of Spurs, Suns could slow Wolves.(special)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ......pursuit of a playoff berth in the Western Conference. That's because two teams, San Antonio and Phoenix, appear...Los Angeles have the scariest teams with the most potential, said...game practiced by most other teams, were exhilarating to watch...

Article: WILD INSIDER; Guess what: A playoff run is no sure thing; Yes, the Wild did well for itself in the offseason, but the Western Conference is stacked, with even the lowliest teams from last season loaded and poised to knock off the favorites.(SPECIAL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 4, 2006 ;     580 words ......Doug Weight, Dan Hinote and Martin Rucinsky. Those teams finished, in order, Nos. 9-15 in the standings last...themselves into playoff contenders. Yet, seven of the eight teams that made the playoffs last year in the West aren't...drop out. I'll tell you what, there are seven or eight teams in the West ...