[ssaftler]

You can also add the number of 1st place team’s wins (80) and 2nd place team’s losses (59) and subtract the sum of the two numbers from 163.

80 + 59 = 139
163 - 139 = 24

[raccoonradio]

good point! should have thought of that. My explanation came from various newspapers, which would put down the team’s
current magic number and then explain how the formula works.