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Looking forward to another competitive season in III.4! Welcome to all of the new teams. Should be a fun season.

Hello!

Recently promoted.

Seems like there's 4 new teams in our division? Bananas.

Anyhoo, thanks for the welcome. Looks like my rival is the Sounders which is funny as that's the team I support in MLS. Now I just want to see the schedule....

Good luck to the new teams! I hope Apples is really selling that guy instead of just showing us who's winning MVP.

Also recently promoted, was not expecting to win my league last season. Probably could have used another season in D4, but excited for the challenge and that every team is active. Good luck to everyone! :)

Trying to train my SF for the next two seasons for U21, that's my #1 priority. However, I do want to stay competitive like I was last year, and I am praying I don't catch the injury bug like I did last season. Good luck all!

In honor of David, here are the preseason power rankings for III.4. The quality at the top of the conferences is pretty even, but the depth, as of right now, is definitely skewed towards the Great 8.

1. D-City Smokers - As the Great 8 conference champion in Season 42, tnjay's dominance last season has earned him the #1 spot. Excellent manager with high quality players.

2. Tallahassee Trees - Laron's team got bitten by the injury bug last season, but when healthy his team is a force to be reckoned with. Even with his focus on training, he'll do well this season.

3. Tucumcari Whalers - A long-term and quality manager in this game, ozone possesses a deep team with impressive trainees. While he may hold the #3 spot, this is my pick for promotion this season.

4. Diamantes - Solid, guard heavy team. Lacks interior play as currently constructed, but is still one of the better teams in the Big 8.

5. Sir Chewbacca - With the best interior game in the league and at least $1.5 million dollars in the bank from his trainee sale, I believe this is the season that bsopchak puts it all together.

6. PV Pride - Solid defensively. The offensive side is always the struggle.

7. Silent Apples - This ranking is based more on potential and silentapples' time in D2 than on the roster as currently constructed.

8. The Brewskies - With his aging core, I'm not sure Coach Fillmore can maintain his prior success without an influx of fresh talent.

9. GoZags - With a solid group of trainees and a solid history in the game, GoZags is the highest ranked promotee.

10. Sandy Springs Basketball Club - It was a rough season 42 for Hank the Bank. If he's as skilled as he is friendly, we can all expect a quality turnaround this season.

11. Missouri City Sounders - Deucie is definitely experienced. Hopefully his prior D3 season will give him a leg up on the other promotees.

12. The Front of Armament - There are two stars and not much else for this team. May struggle to be competitive with the current roster.

13. Burlington Orbitals - It's nice to see this team back in III.4 after a one year hiatus.

14. Georgia Heat - Needs to add some talent fast.

15. wilcats - Has the salary to be successful but has greatly underachieved in D3.

16. Sockdologizers - If Kingpin logs in during the next few weeks, he shoots to the top 4 or 5 in the league. He's stuck here as he looks headed bot.

Does anyone do the Buzzer-Manager recap? If someone already had that duty, I'll stand down but here's week 1:

Day 1 (Saturday 21 July 2018) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Sockdologizers 118 - Missouri City Sounders 102
Georgia Heat 93 - GoZags 100
Diamantes 121 - Tucumcari Whalers 123
The Front of Armament 105 - Silent Apples 86
PV Pride 83 - Sir Chewbacca 104
Sandy Springs Basketball Club 81 - Tallahassee Trees 99
The Brewskies 124 - wilcats 134
D-City Smokers 116 - burlington orbitals 110

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 134 : wilcats
Rebounds : 62 : Missouri City Sounders
Assists : 42 : Tucumcari Whalers
Steals : 9 : D-City Smokers, Missouri City Sounders, PV Pride
Block Shots : 9 : GoZags

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 46 : M. Chowański (The Front of Armament)
Rebounds : 23 : C. Hamel (Sir Chewbacca)
Assists : 11 : R. Dörnyei (Tucumcari Whalers), D. Janušas (Tucumcari Whalers)
Steals : 4 : R. Atkins (Sockdologizers)
Block Shots : 6 : P. Wells (Sockdologizers)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : G. Acker (wilcats) (30 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Shooting Guard : M. Chowański (The Front of Armament) (46 Points, 2 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : R. Atkins (Sockdologizers) (29 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots), P. McLoughlin (wilcats) (29 Points, 7 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Power Forward : R. Álvarez (burlington orbitals) (36 Points, 15 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39
Center : C. Hamel (Sir Chewbacca) (37 Points, 23 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54

MVP of the evening
C. Hamel (Sir Chewbacca) (37 Points, 23 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54

The bad performance of the evening
B. Sotelo (Sandy Springs Basketball Club) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -4

Triple-Double of the evening
T. Stracciari (The Brewskies) (14 Points, 10 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : G. Tarricone (Georgia Heat) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : D. Pizzarro (Georgia Heat), G. Tuttle (Missouri City Sounders), M. Tate (Silent Apples), B. Edmonds (PV Pride), T. Chandler (PV Pride) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : J. Cole (D-City Smokers), D. Whitley (GoZags), D. Janušas (Tucumcari Whalers), J. Chuchung (Sandy Springs Basketball Club), R. Carr (PV Pride) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : K. Stefanovski (Diamantes), S. Kaženauskas (The Brewskies) : 8 Three points

The best performer : W. Monk (GoZags) : Rating : 16.0

The worst performer : F. Billingsley (Tallahassee Trees) : Rating : 5.0

LaRon,

Are you on the discord? Lots of good info there. I'm a U21 scout, also. If you're not on the discord, hop on and say hi. Lots of good banter and strategy discussion, especially around U21s.

https://discord.gg/TJ9EGAq

Artie,

That's a fantastic write-up Thanks for digging into the league.

Yessir I am! I'm either LaRon or abrod8 on there

Day 2 (Tuesday 24 July 2018) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Missouri City Sounders 100 - Georgia Heat 89
GoZags 94 - Diamantes 108
Tucumcari Whalers 115 - The Front of Armament 106
Silent Apples 76 - Sockdologizers 108
Sir Chewbacca 107 - Sandy Springs Basketball Club 76
Tallahassee Trees 118 - The Brewskies 98
wilcats 76 - D-City Smokers 98
burlington orbitals 81 - PV Pride 99

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 118 : Tallahassee Trees
Rebounds : 68 : Tallahassee Trees
Assists : 29 : Sir Chewbacca
Steals : 11 : Georgia Heat
Block Shots : 9 : Tucumcari Whalers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 64 : W. Monk (GoZags)
Rebounds : 27 : N. Adler (wilcats)
Assists : 9 : J. Shipman (PV Pride)
Steals : 5 : B. Quiñanola (Georgia Heat)
Block Shots : 3 : B. Quiñanola (Georgia Heat), J. Keresztély (Tallahassee Trees)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : W. Monk (GoZags) (64 Points, 8 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52
Shooting Guard : V. Zharov (Tucumcari Whalers) (19 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Small Forward : D. Pina (The Front of Armament) (28 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Power Forward : P. Wells (Sockdologizers) (21 Points, 15 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots), P. Gkalitsis (Sir Chewbacca) (18 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Center : C. Hamel (Sir Chewbacca) (25 Points, 18 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43

MVP of the evening
W. Monk (GoZags) (64 Points, 8 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52

The bad performance of the evening
T. Bierl (Silent Apples) (2 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : E. Šakmanas (The Front of Armament) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : H. Hamilton (The Front of Armament) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Tarricone (Georgia Heat), B. Quiñanola (Georgia Heat) : 50 Minutes

The shooter : W. Monk (GoZags) : 6 Three points

The best performer : C. Hamel (Sir Chewbacca), K. Chatzifotiadis (Tucumcari Whalers), S. Kaženauskas (The Brewskies), L. Sepulveda (PV Pride) : Rating : 14.0

The worst performer : W. Brown (Sockdologizers) : Rating : 3.5