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Well I picked up an injury in the league game before the cup game and as a result the intended cup starter played 40+ minutes in the league game.

Opted to save my GS and was forced to turn to a different tactic due to the injury and not to mention got CTed...lol

one of the dangers the higher div teams face when playing lower div teams, is that they generally have nothing to lose, so expect a CT against you.

Good to see the reasons coming out.

It can be a fine line especially when balancing the cup with the league. Often the objective is to play as bad a lineup as possible, but still win.

Sometimes it backfires ;)

I think my cup draw is cursed this year i drew Zazzocalypse away!!

To be fair I let Aussie Dude win.. cause I feel sorry for relegating him and he needs the cup money. Otherwise.. it would be a different story.

lol iwen pretending to be sympathizing when he had it all planned out all along... iwen's thought: "hmmm, I can spend this season training/tanking since I am confident I can own aussie in the relegation anyways... muahahahahahaahahahahahahaha!!!!!"

It's up to you what you decide. Last season I had to choose between gaining promotion to ABBL which would earn $1m plus future ABBL perks versus going an extra 3-5 weeks into cup roughly 150-250k and sustain/improve rank.

So choose wisely.

I had a 'mostly' easy cup run last season - wouldn't mind repeating that this time, made the final 32! It was the only thing keeping my team in the black. Better economy management this season so any extra $$ is a bonus. First 3 have been easy so far.

im liking this summary, but where is round 3 and 4?

well round 4 did just finish and i guess thats a nice little segway into my bragging about beating Div 1 team :)

i dont think ive made it past the second round in previous seasons. this year, round 5 here we come, and ive drawn another div 3 team. gotta love it.

keep up the good work though on this thread, am liking it.

Yeah not sure why this thread went silent as it was a good initiative. Nice upset by your boys and great to see a few ABBL teams exit. On your form you shoulld win next round. Good luck!

I decided instead of whinging id do a summary myself. :)

Round 3 of Australia National Tournament Summary for upsets.

ABBL
WA IS A DUMP (2) lost to the AVALON JETS (5) 79-67, albeit, both teams are Div I teams, still, good win there by Avalon.

Div II
Sambo 54s (78) from Div III managed to knock off the Rampaging Marmots (75), 118-77, still, very close rankings but different division teams there, cant be too upset really.
SASTROOPERS (71) fell to the Blue Mountain State(205), the 4nik8rs (62) beat divisional rivals Melbourne Goldfish (50) (well, if they werent divisional rivals, they are now). ...An team ive received several beatings in the past from, the City Celtics (65) beat Da Fat Boy Slim (37) , both from Div 2,

Div III
(105) Arana Devils lost to the Mangoloids (140)
(99) Lennox Pigeons lost to -Celtics- (107)
(68) Mmmm Donuts lost their donuts to the Rosudgeon Raptors (138) which makes me think if Newman had been eating Donuts in Jurrasic Park, would he have survived? hmmm
(215) Bellarine Wildfire lost to Div 4 team Red Furys (397) tsk tsk.
(266) Adelaide 36rs lost to amos rogues ( 293 )
(199) AzzAZ SwiNaDaDz fell 71 - 101 Chirny Lakers (238)
Div 4 team (350) licknuts beat division 3 team Kerrang Kings (471) but still, look at the ranking difference.
(240) Cunning Linguists 100 - 94 Jerries (115) - a good win there by my boys.
(193) Melbouren ballers lost 94 - 102 Path Pavers (236)
(192) The Bricklayers 106 - 91 C U Next Tuesday (160)
(130) Grunts 55 - 87 Henley Beach Hawks (163)
new favourite team name -
(156) The Cleveland Sweaty Steamers lost to the closely ranked Aussie Allstars (158 )


Div IV

(304) Essendon Heat 117 - 107 Semi Pro (262)
(502) Droobstars 116 - 76 Westgarth All Stars (483)
(417) top end victory 100 - 63 North Melbourne (288)
all other divisional 4 teams got aptly spanked by higher ranked teams.

Stand by for the next summary, which will be later, because its a fair enough to do this!

Apologies for any typo's/mistakes/teams missed. Its late and im trying to work as well :)