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I have decided to do a Round 5 Cup Lines with a brief preview on each game.

Only for the remaining ABBL teams - too many games to list otherwise :P

This is only for fun and my comments are not intended to piss off the owner of the teams that i think will not win.

(63) SJOD vs (1) BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
Line - Sjod +14.5
Line - Black label society -14.5

BLS to be too strong at home. Expect Sjod to hang around for 3 qtrs before BLS pull away for a comfortable victory.

(191) PAN AFRICAN BC vs (9) BAXTER BOGANS
Line - Pan African BC +18.5
Line - Baxter Bogans -18.5

Walk in the park for Baxter bogans. Dont be surprised if this one is over by half time.

(4) PANCAKES WITH JAM AND CREAM vs (88) BEERNUTS
Line - Pancakes with jam and cream -7.5
Line - Beernuts +7.5

Theres no doubt Beernuts will take this up to pancakes. Expect a low scoring game with pancakes finally pulling through.

(36) STEVES CROCS vs (3) LEWISHAM WOMBATS
Line - Steves Crocs +5.5
Line - Lewisham Wombats -5.5

Game of the round. Steves crocs are a big chance here. lewisham should come prepared or the crocs may take this one.

(192) HAWTHORNFC vs (8) DONCASTER FLAMES
Line - Hawthornfc +17.5
Line - Doncaster Flames -17.5

Whilst hawthorn have done well to get this far, there is no chance that their talent will match that of doncasters. this game may get real ugly if hawthorns players arent fully switched on.

(5) CANBERRA CRUSHERS vs (255) WINDSOR AS
Line - Canberra Crushers -21.5
Line - Windsor As +21.5


Can the impossible happen? i dont think so. whilst windsor as have been crushing each team in league and cup matches, they are coming up against a ABBL powerhouse in canberra crushers. this game will be a good judgement to see how good Windsor as really are. I expect this game to go well over 200 points.

(22) KOOPASAURUS vs (80) FLAMES
Line - Koopasauras -7.5
Line - Flames +7.5


Whilst it seems obvious that koopasauras should take this one out, dont underestimate the flames at home. this game has the makings of being one of the greatest games ever in cup history.



Last edited by Blue Mountain at 2/12/2011 8:20:14 PM

Whilst it seems obvious that koopasauras should take this one out, dont underestimate the flames at home. this game has the makings of being one of the greatest games ever in cup history.

haha gold! one ball for you my friend.

Excellent preview!

Thought id better do the Round 4 wrap up before round 5 kicks off. Ive got my sister in laws wedding today, and they are all getting their hair n make-up done at our house, and the annoying photographer has just arrived, so SOMEONE has some time on their hands to run away and hide in his man-cave.

ABBL

(16) The Tasmanian Eagles lost 84 - 91 to Division II team Stone Slashers (36), they CT'd so a bit unlucky there.

Also from Div II, (31) Steves Crocs won 90 - 83 against the HP Tigers (15 ), a CT doing the trick there as well.

(6) AVALON JETS lost 104 - 117 High School Drop-outs (10), again, the Division II team opting for a Crunch time to get them over the line.

(217) Dominant Performance from Division III, thats right, Div III, beat Billy Hoyles Boys(12), through combiation of a TIE and a CT.

And of course, the upset of the round, of the year, of the entire BB history (ok so maybe not) was my team beating Phoenix 5, (218) Cunning Linguists 105 - 95 Phoenix 5 (23).... no Cruch time here folks, although a fair bit of luck because the Pheonix boys set a bench lineup against me and also TIE'd. (in actual fact, i didnt set my best starting 5 either, so yer , alls fair in love and BuzzerBeater).. Fatal mistake from Pheonix 5.


Div II

(49) VictoriaMages 89 - 112 Svetties III (125)
(187) hussslas 115 - 108 Selby Blue Tongues (26 )
(392) Moorditj Magick beat the Maggots (50) 77-63 - Maggots, my old nemisis, went 22-0 last season in my Div III and NOW decides that he can start losing, to a Div IV team as well! Shame on you! haha. nah bad luck.
(28) The Pwnage 100 - 113 Chirny Lakers (230)
(48) ANU Basketball 81 - 112 Hobos (70)

Div III

(176) Baby Bombers 111 - 105 Richmond Tigers (127)

(79) jw all-stars 92 - 99 Flames (83)
(275) Crash Boards 77 - 103 Red Furys (374)
(149) Lords of Hellfire 114 - 63 Geelong Blazers (81)
(293) Windsor As beat my fellow conference rival, Lindfield Ballers!! (243)
(210) HawthornFC won against another fellow conference rival, Amee All-stars (164) in Overtime as well, i watched the end of this game, Amee were up by 4 points early in the OT period, but got outscored 20-9 for the remainder.its ok, you TIE'd and he CT'd, yet you still scored 120-odd points. cant be too upset.
(144) Lockdown D 68 - 79 TEAM LORDY (172)
(240) Cock Punches 137 - 136 Hallora (143) - a 1 point loss, in Overtime, Cock punches score a 3 with 1 second left to win the game. Thats gotta hurt.
(124) VeeBees 57 - 68 Belizzles Blitzers (179)
Ex-DivIV champions skjim(214) lost 44 - 96 Sand Dune Scorpions (86)
Rosudgeon Raptors(103) 100 - 108 R0ckers (204)

DIV IV

Nobody from Division 4 lost to someone worse than them!

So, thats Round 4 upset-wrap. The bridesmaids and makeup artists are out in the main area, talking about vaccinations, baby illness' and floral arrangements. I cannot tell you how happy i am at this moment, to have signed up to BuzzerBeater.
Good luck everyone in round 5!

You managed to do what I nearly did.
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Down with ABBL'ers!

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why so much hate Fanny .......

I am supporting the newer people to this game.
We should encourage him to go as far as he can go in the cup.
I am proud of him. ;)

(217) Dominant Performance from Division III, thats right, Div III, beat Billy Hoyles Boys(12), through combiation of a TIE and a CT.

I've been playing a training/minutes lineup of spuds and TIE every week so it was only a matter of time till i got knocked out. I'm actually surprised i lasted this long!

ahh dont take how Fanny is personally, its an underdog thing, we're australian remember, we always go for the underdog, we naturally want all you ABBL leage teams to lose miserably, get demoted/go bot so that then we can become the new team that everyone hates......

Its like watching the Lakers play, you always want them to lose, or for Kobe to shoot 3-24 from the field.

Its interesting learning the dynamics of how the higher teams play in the cup, knowing the lower teams may CT them, but they want to TIE, in order to gain that extra oompf in their league games. and lots of other dynamics as well. All very interesting!

Defiantly - in previous years i have decided to have a decent crack at the cup and have tanked in league games to keep my cup run going. After missing the playoffs on points difference twice (largely due to playing scrubs in league games i knew i was going to lose and getting done by 50+) i figured this year i would disregard the cup and make sure i made the playoffs in my league.

No doubt i'll finish 5th again.

I think it was easier for me in the cup when i was in Div 2 because i knew i was going to beat my opponents easily most weeks. I had 2 QF finishes in the ABBL and one in Div 2 as well as a last 16 so i don't think 2 vs ABBL makes a huge difference other than the top ABBL teams having greater depth which can help them have deep cup runs more regularly.

Always great to see an underdog beat the top teams in the cup. However I've seen this happen numerous times when division 2-4 teams who are considered one of the favourites in their league to promote cost themselves this opportunity because of a long cup campaign which resulted in more losses in the league thus missing out home court advantage during the playoffs.