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The decision to make a Title Run has been finalized, the Cyborgs are not stable enough financially to continue the quest back to D.II this season.. Relegating last season and reloading the roster to get back to D.II after 1 season was not a good move. The hit the Franchise took by losing fans by Relegating was much worse and longer than expected, even with lowering ticket prices and the small winning streak did not help overcome the losses, especially the salaries needed to be competitive in this tough League with great managers... Economics is a HUGE part of this game and being close to Bankruptcy is not fun, I tried to work around it but the schedule did not help with 2 road games at the end... I wish the remaining teams in the playoff hunt the best of luck.... The Cyborgs will be back for more fun next season, only more economically wiser... Mad Scientist...

You are killing me by tanking.

>>> Only thing I can do or lose my team...

Maybe your team isn't in on it. Get a win tonight boys...

Not sure what you are saying... I wanted to try to make it to the Finals, but losing my team to Bankruptcy is not worth it this season...

>>> It seems as though we have a lot in common as to the direction we tried to take our teams and just as equal in not being properly prepared for the outcomes... Obviously you got your team back on track and the hard work to turn your team around could possibly pay off this season... this was definitely a learning experience for me and my management style in running my team. I am shifting my focus to the long term goals for the Cyborg Franchise, hopefully we will be able to make another run at D.II in 2 or 3 seasons....

Night results
Rip City Outlaws 93 - Diaper Dandies 105
TarTeam 84 - Surfside Corsairs 116
Rightway State2 51 - Blood Kings 133
Cyborgs 97 - Knickerbockers 95
Ducksnorts 94 - Brûleurs de loups 74
shm 122 - Sandersville Preyers 104
Bananahorns 106 - Defenseless Babies 84
Illinois Riveters 129 - BellyAchers 38

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 133 : Blood Kings
Rebounds : 74 : Illinois Riveters
Assists : 44 : Blood Kings
Steals : 16 : Blood Kings
Blocks : 17 : Illinois Riveters

Personal best performances of the evening
Points: 37: E. Kargbo (Surfside Corsairs)
Rebounds: 23: A. Ferdal (Knickerbockers)
Assists: 9: E. Oliver (Blood Kings), A. Páramo Ortiz (shm)
Steals: 4: N. Hoffinger (Blood Kings), Ð. Grkinić (Blood Kings), B. Oleary (Illinois Riveters)
Blocks: 7: M. Jagoda (Illinois Riveters)


5 best of the evening
Point Guard: B. Oleary (Illinois Riveters) (29 Points, 8 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 41
Shooting Guard: E. Kargbo (Surfside Corsairs) (37 Points, 1 Rebound, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 32
Small Forward: S. Spampanato (Illinois Riveters) (26 Points, 11 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Blocks ): Evaluation: 33
Power Forward: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws) (34 Points, 19 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 42
Center: J. Šiušelis (Surfside Corsairs) (22 Points, 20 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ), E. Carbone (Illinois Riveters) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block ): Evaluation: 43


MVP(s) of the evening
J. Šiušelis (Surfside Corsairs) (22 Points, 20 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ), E. Carbone (Illinois Riveters) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block ): Evaluation: 43


The bad performance of the evening
F. Minton (Rightway State2) (8 Points, 6 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: -10


All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens: E. Peterson (Rightway State2): 7 Turnovers

Players targeted by the referees: S. Khan (Rip City Outlaws), C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws), F. Cardozo (Rightway State2), J. Quiroz (Bananahorns): 6 Personals faults

The iron men: L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws), S. Khan (Rip City Outlaws), T. Adcock (Rip City Outlaws), O. Stewart (TarTeam), O. High (TarTeam), T. Redmond (TarTeam), W. Kurtz (Surfside Corsairs), T. Carson (Rightway State2), F. Minton (Rightway State2), S. Evgin (Cyborgs), G. Bale (Knickerbockers), M. Jagoda (Illinois Riveters), S. Spampanato (Illinois Riveters), C. Sotelo (BellyAchers), J. Noel (BellyAchers), B. Alleene (BellyAchers), A. Adler (BellyAchers): 48 Minutes

The shooters: M. Bennardo (Cyborgs), B. Oleary (Illinois Riveters): 6 Three points scored

The best performer: K. Radić (Cyborgs): Rating: 18.5

The worst performer: T. Robert (Rightway State2): Rating: 0.5

With the Cyborgs going into forced rebuilding mode and the Tar Team in full fledged rebuilding mode. It looks like the Blood Kings will probably be the favorites to represent the Great 8 in the finals.

The Big 8 is going to be brutal, but based on the regular season matches... the Banahorns are my projection to be in the finals.

The road to the Finals is wide open. Good luck! ;)