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Aw man. It was a tough night to be game of the week.
After my team collapsed like a dehydrated manatee against PuffPuff this week, I had to play to win against the Pownstars, which left me fewer options against the Skinny Dudes.
And... then my starting PF went out with injury in MINUTE ONE!!! Arg.

It would have not been a sure thing even if he didn't, but that certainly didn't help.

Dang, too bad Serenity couldn't pull off the OT win. That would have made my position a lot more comfortable :D

Sorry I couldn't help you out.
To be honest, between my coaching gaffes and Roberts getting tossed for two flagrant fouls in the first six minutes, I was very surprised we were able to come back and force OT. Of course the Leopards had to deal with losing Dounais in the first minute, which I guess is basically a wash with Roberts.
But I don't think you really have all that much to worry about.

II.4 Player of the Week:
Felix Öby (29885591) of the Flying Leopards

Mr. Oby had a standout game on Tuesday leading his team to a close OT win over the Browncoats. 33 pts, 15 boards, 5 dimes, 3 treys, 2 blocks. Add in a 19/15 game on Saturday for the win and he's had an outstanding week. He did play 101 minutes this week, so perhaps he'll come down to earth next week!

honorable mention:
1. Cris Buckley (28766943) of Big Head Todd. Buckley put in a great single game performance on Saturday. Coach Schlitty gave the outside players the green light to shoot and Cris lit it up with 7 treys and 35 points to get a big win over the Bananahorns.

2. Nelson Swan (19242238) of the Bananahorns did what he could in that game, getting 20 and 15 to lead the team. He had an even bigger game Tuesday against the hard-luck San Diego Eagles with 32 and 16. this time for the win.

3. Mikelis Dziesminieks (25291439) of the Sungrazers had the best of a few patient offense games this week by various teams, dropping 36 points on Work in Progress to make it an easy win. This is Dziezwhatever's second honorable mention, making him my first repeat player on the rankings.

Div II.IV Tourney Survivor Update


Last week the Sungrazers got scorched, Big Todd and the Monsters got scared away and Work in Progress got fired.

Leaving the score

Great 8 - 6
Big 8 - 3

Now for this week's games

*Flash Mashers vs Div II Beskitas Cs (9-1) - Premium matchup for two Div II division leaders, the question is, who wants to stay in the tourney...going with the Mashers as they flash on by Beskitas....

Super Stars at Div III Sparta Hybla Valley (4-6) - I think the Stars will shine in this one

San Diego Eagles at Div III Maine Lobstahs (3-7) - Eagles seem to be playing for the tourney so I see the Lobstahs ending up in a pot of hot water.

EDH Wolves at Div IV Hartford Hawks (8-2) - Wolves should put the bite on the Hawks in this one.

Serenity Valley Browncoats at DIv III Malvern City Thunder (0-10) - Browncoats will strike down the Thunder

The Closers vs Div II Tasty Tardsicles (5-5) - The Closers should feast on the Tardsicles in a "close" one.

Pwnstarz at Div III Shm (9-1) - Dont see the starz getting owned in this one.

Bananahorns vs Div IV Peachtree Shooting Stars (7-3) - I dont see the Bananahorns slipping up on this one.

BigShots vs Div II Irvine Anteaters (7-3) - Eventhough the BigShots are winless in Div II I see them in a Big way against the Anteaters.

Good Luck Everyone

*Game of the week


Last edited by cws33 at 3/24/2016 1:24:53 AM

(trophy)*Flash Mashers vs Div II Beskitas Cs (9-1) - Premium mathup for two Div II division leaders, the question is, who wants to stay in the tourney...going with the Mashers as they flash on by Beskitas....

I think I may end up having to train GS after this week. Too bad I couldn't get a little farther before I had to start making choices between tournament and normal club affairs, but this is a little too early to duck out of the tourney for me.

Last edited by Chekreyes at 3/25/2016 12:39:41 AM

3. Mikelis Dziesminieks (25291439) of the Sungrazers had the best of a few patient offense games this week by various teams, dropping 36 points on Work in Progress to make it an easy win. This is Dziezwhatever's second honorable mention, making him my first repeat player on the rankings.

Deks (that's what we call him) is honored to be selected twice in the honorable mention rankings.

Ok so I put together an excel document that uses the data from our league standings, point differential, and average team rating per match to spit out a power rankings list! Thought I'd add to the weekly fun. The excel document is loosely based off of a ranking system that my old friend Natellio ran for us when I was in III.6 years ago but he is now bot so I couldn't get his old formula. His used to incorporate the effort a team put into a match... I'm going to try and replicate that but for now this is a beta test of my own creation.

So here's how the league stands as of now!

Team Rank
1) Flash Mashers - (17.83875)
2) Flying Leapords - (13.30875)
3) EDH Wolves - (13.01875)
4) The Closers - (10.27875)
5) Serenity Valley Brothers - (10.25875)
6) Super Stars - (7.99875)
7) oo Pwnstrz oo - (5.65875)
8) Bananahorns - (3.19875)
9) Big Head Todd - (2.11875)
10) Sungrazers - (1.07875)
11) Work in Progress - (-0.86125)
12) PuffPuffPass (-2.55125)
13) Beware of Dogs - (-4.64125)
14) San Diego Eagles - (-20.35125)
15) BigShots - (-26.87125)
16) Eloping Cantaloupes - (-29.48125)


Interestingly enough, I discovered that Super Stars has the best Average Team Rating in the entire league, beating my own team out by 0.8 per game and the EDH Wolves by 0.9! Crazy that they are sitting at 5 and 5. Perhaps Team Rating can be misleading?

Last edited by Chekreyes at 3/25/2016 12:03:34 AM

Very nice!

Ugh, this has to be one of my more disappointing early Cup exits, and one of the worst fouling games in franchise history.

32 team fouls
3 players fouled out (my entire starting front court)
45 free throws attempted by my opponent

Aw man, that is a tough one.
I used to be in a league with Bob Christopher's Peachtree City Shooting Stars!
I'm glad to see he is still playing.
Sorry you lost to him in such a strange way. That is unlucky.
However, you couldn't have lost to a nicer team.

Last edited by Iguanadon Joe at 3/25/2016 10:16:12 AM