There's reason for optimism heading into the third week of the season. The current expanded playoff format has been in place since 1990. In the 14 seasons that have followed, 24 teams have started a campaign with at least two losses and eventually made the playoffs. Some even made deep playoff runs.
One similarity between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty is they both had different levels of social class, each level having a well-defined role in society. Similarity: The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty both had a period when they tired to expand their military.
The Tang Empire was like the Han Empire in foreign trade, land area, population, capital cities, and the beginning and end of the empires. The land area of the Western Han Empire and the Tang Empire was about the same. However, the Tang Empire didn't include the southern regions around Yunnan. This area was the territory of the Nanzhou Empire that had a capital near Dali.