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OK. You've finished the regular season. Now what?
Cactus League Professional Basketball AutoPlayoff For WindowsTM

 New & Improved For Version 2011

YOU CAN BE PLAYING & COACHING IN THE NEXT HOUR

Here's What They're Saying About AutoPlayoff

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What is AutoPlayoff?

AutoPlayoff is an add-on utility for Cactus League Professional Basketball For Windows that automatically sets up and plays the playoffs for your league. We've researched the playoff criteria for each season, so you can play with the actual playoff structure of your season. Or, you can change the structure, matchups and configuration to run your playoffs your way! Plus, you can choose which games to play manually (so you can coach or watch) and which to play automatically! Statistics and Records are maintained automatically, separately from your regular season stats and records. That is the way it is done in real-life and that is the way AutoPlayoff works!

Very Powerful, Very Detailed, Very Easy To Use

Use With Actual Leagues, Leagues You Create, Or AutoMerged Leagues

Like all other Cactus League products, AutoPlayoff was designed with attention to detail (It even shows you the tie-breaker rules that were applied in each situation), yet is incredibly easy to use. You can quickly setup and play the actual playoffs for any Cactus League Professional Basketball Team Disk that you own, using the same seedings, matchups and playoff configuration that was used in real-life. Or, replay the season and let AutoPlayoff calculate the seedings and matchups from your replay. You can even use AutoPlayoff with leagues you create from scratch.

It's All In The Brackets

  AutoPlayoff displays the brackets graphically so you can see the matchups and your playoff's progress. Even though each season's AutoPlayoff Configuration sets up the matchups the way they were in real-life, you can change them to anything you want. Don't want the #1 seed to play the #8 seed? You can change it. Use your imagination to set up your playoffs your way.

The brackets update as each series is finished so you are always up-to-the-minute:

The Home-Court Advantage

Each season's AutoPlayoff Configuration includes the length of each round and the location of each game based upon the actual rules used in that season. But, you can change the length of any series and the location of each game with just a couple of mouse clicks. Want to make the 1st Round of the 1961-62 season a "best of 7" series? You can do it. Want to play the 2009-10 playoffs using the playoff configuration from 1955-56, when there were only 6 teams in the playoffs? You can do it. Use your imagination to set up your playoffs your way. Or, play it the way it was played in real-life.

On Schedule

The Schedule Tab shows you the playoff schedule and is updated with the scores as each game is played. This tab also shows you which games are scheduled to be played manually and the current series status.

The Seedings

Each conference's seedings is displayed in this tab, including each team, its seed and won/loss record. Like all other aspects of AutoPlayoff, this is totally customizable. You want the Minnesota Timberwolves to be the #1 seed in the West? Just drag Minnesota, drop it on the Lakers and you are all set! Of course, Minnesota still won't be a good team (unless you make changes with AutoEdit!), but they WILL be a #1 seed.

Ties Are Broken

The tie-breaker rules that were in effect for each season are used by AutoPlayoff when calculating the seedings and matchups for your league. For those of you that want to know the "whys" of tie-breaking, click the "Tie Breakers" tab to see something like this: Here are the specific rules in the order they were applied:

Simpler Times

AutoPlayoff is designed for every season. Playoff structures and rules changed over the years. Here is the bracket from 1979-80, when the top two teams in each conference received a "bye." AutoPlayoff automatically defaults to the proper bracket and rules for each season. You can change anything, of course, but when you go to 1961-62 AutoPlayoff changes along with you and creates the actual playoff scenario for that season! Only 12 teams made the playoffs back then, compared with 16 today.

Want To Coach?

Just like the AutoSchedule Module, you can choose to play certain games manually or coach your favorite team all the way through the playoffs.

Cactus League Professional Basketball AutoPlayoff For Windows is designed to enhance your professional basketball simulation experience with the Cactus League Professional Basketball For Windows Version 2011.

YOU CAN BE PLAYING & COACHING IN THE NEXT HOUR

Ordering Information

You can order "Download Only" or "Download & CD." Either way you will receive an e-mail with easy download and installation instructions, so you can be running your playoffs within the next hour!.

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Cactus League Professional Basketball AutoPlayoff requires Cactus League Professional Basketball Version 2011.