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Night results
Cyborgs 119 - Rightway State2 63
Brûleurs de loups 106 - Sandersville Preyers 66
shm 102 - Ducksnorts 115
Defenseless Babies 148 - BellyAchers 52
Illinois Riveters 89 - Bananahorns 111
Diaper Dandies 119 - Surfside Corsairs 116
TarTeam 21 - Rip City Outlaws 119
Blood Kings 83 - Knickerbockers 108

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 148 : Defenseless Babies
Rebounds : 66 : Defenseless Babies
Assists : 37 : Ducksnorts
Steals : 12 : Rip City Outlaws
Blocks : 15 : Rip City Outlaws

Personal best performances of the evening
Points: 47: E. Kargbo (Surfside Corsairs)
Rebounds: 22: D. Bergeron (Rip City Outlaws)
Assists: 16: B. Nørager (Defenseless Babies)
Steals: 5: S. Khan (Rip City Outlaws)
Blocks: 4: T. Carson (Rightway State2), M. Frascari (Defenseless Babies), T. Adcock (Rip City Outlaws), C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws)


5 best of the evening
Point Guard: T. André (Knickerbockers) (37 Points, 1 Rebound, 3 Assists, 1 Steal, 1 Block ): Evaluation: 36
Shooting Guard: D. Drulić (Sandersville Preyers) (42 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 0 Steals, 1 Block ), E. Kargbo (Surfside Corsairs) (47 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 34
Small Forward: A. Zembrzycki (Cyborgs) (29 Points, 11 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 38
Power Forward: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws) (24 Points, 11 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 1 Steal, 4 Blocks ): Evaluation: 37
Center: H. Macis (Brûleurs de loups) (27 Points, 16 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 43


MVP(s) of the evening
H. Macis (Brûleurs de loups) (27 Points, 16 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 43


The bad performance of the evening
T. Redmond (TarTeam) (6 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: -9


All kinds of statistics
Players who forgot to remove them mittens: F. Minton (Rightway State2), A. Adler (BellyAchers), T. Dalum (Bananahorns): 5 Turnovers

Players targeted by the referees: W. Kurtz (Surfside Corsairs), T. Adcock (Rip City Outlaws), C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws), B. Civilis (Blood Kings): 6 Personals faults

The iron men: T. Carson (Rightway State2), F. Minton (Rightway State2), D. Drulić (Sandersville Preyers), E. Pierson (Sandersville Preyers), C. Sotelo (BellyAchers), J. Noel (BellyAchers), B. Alleene (BellyAchers), A. Adler (BellyAchers), O. High (TarTeam), T. Redmond (TarTeam), A. Hinds (TarTeam), S. Khan (Rip City Outlaws): 48 Minutes

The shooter: D. Drulić (Sandersville Preyers): 7 Three points scored

The best performers: H. Macis (Brûleurs de loups), L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws): Rating: 16.5

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

Playoff Predictions and other notes for Great 8

I figured I would start with the side of the ledger that I know more about.

I guess I would start with the statement that the Great 8 is a mess. Both the Cyborgs and TarTeam have dumped all of their older starters this season to start a rebuilding project. Only the Blood Kings did not drop players before the playoff run. This gives the Blood Kings the strongest roster going into the playoffs in the Great 8.

So I am picking the following:

Round 1
Blood Kings over a Tar Team roster that might have problems winning in Div IV.
Cyborgs over Diaper Dandies. HCA and still a fairly strong roster will allow them to win this round. The Cyborgs had probably the deepest roster in the league. Even after the fire sale, they still have a competitive roster.

Round 2
Blood Kings over the Cyborgs. While the game is not a guaranteed win, it is a safe bet the Blood Kings should beat a depleted Cyborg roster.

Finals
Blood Kings probably will not advance to Div 2 over the Bananahorns. If the Ducksnorts or the Bruelers de Loups advance to the finals, they have a slight chance. It is not a great chance because of HCA basically means all games in the Finals will go through the Big 8.

Relegation
Rip City Outlaws plays the Sandersville Preyers. Based on their prior meeting, the RCO have a solid chance of winning the match-up. HCA will play a key role in the relegation series. This series will go to three games before it is decided.

Surfside Corsairs will play the Illinois Riveters. With the injury to the Riveters star player, it looks like the Corsairs should win this series. If Elliott Carbone comes back from the injury before the series is completed, it could be more competitive. But I will pick the Corsairs to win relegation.

Other Notes
Rightway State2 will bot demote. It was a sad day when RS2 went bot, the owner of the franchise always fielded a competitive team.

Knickerbockers won their last game against the Blood Kings. They gambled everything in that game (CT) to make sure they avoided relegation. That gamble paid off and they start their off season early.

Looking Forward
Both the Cyborgs and Tar Team have significant war chests to jump start their rebuilding.

Cyborgs already have a very solid base roster right now, so they just need to enhance/fill in a position or two and they will be back as a top team next season.

Blood Kings made no roster moves this season for the first time in many a year. It looks like age is going to eventually catch up with the Blood Kings as some of their starters are going to be 31 next season. So they are going to have to either make a run or start to replace players in the next season or two.

Tar Team probably has the largest war chest right now. They have a very low priced roster right now, but they have always had quality well balanced players on their team. So I expect them to do a multi-year rebuilding project. They will be competitive, but not make a major push for at least two season.

Diaper Dandies have been steadily improving over the past two season. They have a solid younger roster and will be a contender for many years to come.

Knickerbockers have a very competitive roster right now, but all four of their starters will be 32, 31,31,30 next season. So they are going to have to do gradual turn over in the next two years. It does not have to be all next season, but some changes will have to be made. They have two good younger players that will step up to fill the void so they are not in dire straits... yet.

(continued in next post due to character limits)

Last edited by Hammy at 1/5/2015 10:21:19 AM

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Rip City Outlaws is another team that is currently fielding a competitive roster that is going to have some age issues over the next two years. Four of their starters will be 33, 32, 30 and 30 next season. They are in not as good shape as the Knickerbockers as they do not currently have developed young talent to help fill the void when the older players are replaced. So they could have a rough few years ahead of them.

Surfside Corsairs is a team that is having an extreme issue with age. Their starters will be 31,30,34,38, and 37 next season. Because of the extreme age issues they have, they are likely to demote next season unless they do a heck of a job doing a rebuilding process.

Rightway State 2 is bot.

---- If someone from the Big 8 wants to do a summary of that side, it would be great. Otherwise I will do it by Wednesday.

Last edited by Hammy at 1/5/2015 10:22:08 AM

Great sum! Thanks! ;)

Great synopsis... although the Cyborgs are about 2 seasons away from being a top tier team and about 3 from making a Title run...

I have not had a chance to complete the Big 8 write-up. I still have more research to do on the teams. Since I only play them once per seasons, I do not know them as well as the teams in the Great 8.

But more importantly, I wanted to put a post about the up and coming game against the Banahorns. They have an impressive teams and the Blood Kings are going to have to bring General Patton out of retirement to devise the proper game plan against the Bananahorns.

In our earlier meetings, the Blood Kings came close to beating the Bananahorns on their own court ((75705154)). Basically the game came down to shooting from the free throw line.

Since that meeting, the Bananahorns had brought in player Johnson Quiroz ((23478026)) to solidify their low court game. With that addition, it looks grim for the Blood Kings to win a best of three series where they do not have HCA.

At this point, our goal is to just win the home game to extend the series to a best of three for revenue purposes.

Hamakto

May the best team win! ;)