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Ok! Matchups are set, let's get rolling with some predictions for the first round!

#1 Houston Stars vs. #4 Türkçüler - I was hoping this match would be a little more interesting. The Turks came out strong earlier in the season, but their enthusiasm seems to have waned toward the end here, and coming into this game with a worse gameshape situation than the Stars, I think that gives the #1 team the advantage here. Though pretty evenly matched in talent, the boys from Houston take the day, 101-90.

#2 Waltham Celtic Warriors vs. #3 Staten Island Nomads - The Big 8 has been wide open all season, and the Nomads have taken advantage of that. Though a very new and inexperienced team, they've been able to to pull out a #3 seed in the tournament. However, after last week's upset over the undefeated favorite team voodoo, WCW comes into this game looking almost unstoppable. They roll right over Staten Island 98-70

#2 Downtown Dudes vs. #3 Washington Hoyas - The Hoyas, lead by star PG Vernon Manning have manhandled quite a few teams this season so far with their fast paced, outside focused game. This will be a tough game for them though as the Dudes look to continue their mastery over the Hoyas after winning the last three meetings between the two teams. With the Dude's starting PG out for the season with an injury, this matchup will come down to how well they are able to stop the outside attack and control the rebound. The Dudes edge out the Hoyas 105-101.

#6 cant touch this vs. #7 Memphis Trojans - Two brand new teams face off. Though they come in with equal skill and ability, correct capitalization takes the day as the Memphis Trojans correct cant touch this' grammar, 85-77.

#7 Statesboro Knights vs. #6 Crown Heights Dynasty - The Knights have been cursed with many early season losses, forcing them to take a backseat this season, despite a strong roster. CHD is nothing to sneeze at either, pulling out 13 wins in the extremely competitive Great 8 conference. The Knights look like they have more to prove tonight however, and should be able to pull it off by strength of roster, 90-79.

#1 team voodoo vs. #4 Richmond City River - team voodoo came in last Saturday as the favorite to take it all this season. Their surprising upset loss to WCW lost them not only their perfect record, but their confidence coming into this tournament. However, guards Dave Rasmussen and William Jackson are in good shape, and coming into this game with a chip on their shoulders. Richmond City, though a tough looking new team, doesn't have the weapons quite yet to stop this guard tandem's devastating outside attack. team voodoo jinxes Richmond to win it 97-60.


Those are my picks for tonight! Let me know if you agree, or want to discuss the playoffs! Good luck to everyone tonight.

Gotta agree with that last pick. As I'm new, I don't really know much about the other teams, but it's safe to say that I'll be heading out against team voodoo. I was hoping fr some advantage as he is not active it seems but I'm just happy to have another game to watch so I can learn another new thing. It's tough knowing that you must guard the perimeter but not having the players or knowing the tactics that would best do this. Good luck to everyone.

These predictions are awesome. I can't believe I won by 1 point. That was such an amazing game. I didn't know I had a relegation game to play this week so I had to play all my backups for minutes.

Round 2!

#1 Houston Stars vs. #3 Washington Hoyas- The Great 8 semifinal game is going to come down to the outside attack. The Stars are a great all-around team, but with the Hoyas putting up proficient outside shooting, can they stop PG Vernon Manning's ferocious attack? After besting the Downtown Dudes on Tuesday with their excellent outside game, the Stars are going to have a tough time keeping these guys contained. Hoyas win it 108-97.

#7 Statesboro Kinghts vs. #6 Crown Heights Dynasty- Holy guacamole! The Knights eeked out a win on Tuesday in a barn burner, even with the massive confusion on the bench. GM Whitefoxx commented on the unusual tactics, "What can I say? YOLO! *trollface*" On Saturday, CHD will be back for more, but this time, they'll be facing the Knights' starters instead. The power of lame internet jokes brings this relegation series to a close as the Knights bring home the bacon, 85-70.

#6 cant touch this vs. #7 Memphis Trojans- In another close game, the masters of lowercase letters pulled out a 3 point win after an intense 4th quarter. The deciding factor here will be the GS update tomorrow and how that plays out on the star players. The Trojans are going to have to shut down rookie Zhao Guojie, the only player with a double double in the last matchup from SF. The Trojans lose their focus against the onslaught of bad grammar, 70-66.

#1 team voodoo vs. #2 Waltham Celtic Warriors- Both teams had an easy game on Tuesday, besting their opponents by over 60 points each. Now these two titans of the Big 8 get their rematch, after voodoo's scathing defeat to end their perfect streak in the last matchup of the regular season. The Warriors have drastically improved over the season, and now pose a potent threat to their opponent's stagnant roster. team voodoo's GM succubus was unavailable for comment, as he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol. But even that won't be enough to save them from defeat, 95-90.

Here are my picks, what are yours? What do you think? Is anyone alive?

Round 2 Predictions

First I guess I start with my game #1 Team Voodoo vs #2 WCW
While my team had a great emotional win against voodoo last week, voodoo is going to be electrically charged up with playing at home should be a closer game but I think we pull it out in the end 93-85

Next over to # Houston Stars vs #3 Washington Hoyas
Very interesting game this looks to be Hoyas with the most potent looking offense this season and Houston with a top notch D which complements there offense In the regular season Houston lost by 3 then won by 5 but the playoffs are a different animal and I see Hoyas pulling off the upset Hoyas win 115-108

#7 Knights vs #6 CHD

Knights were able to put up quite a performance in game one and with the starters back they look tough to topple. With the Knights home and getting there top guys back out CHD sadly falls 77-70

#6 cant touch this vs #7 Trojans

Again another good matchup in the relegation series with the Trojans home they get there act in grammer back in line
Trojans win 85-83

Congrats to WCW in their first round win in the championship series over the Houston Stars! Sorry for missing the action with a forum post, but sickness has kept me otherwise preoccupied! But that doesn't mean someone else can't step in... *hint hint* :p

Nice win Waltham, very defensive game. So if you win one of the next two games you automatically promote? Also, do you guys know what other team will promote? I'm still trying to figure all of this out....

18 blocks?!?!?! What kind of Witchcraft were you working in game 1 good lord!

It was a good game one win for us hopefully we can take it home in game two and only the champion of the league promotes

That's not always true. Only the champion is guaranteed to promote, however the teams with the best record may promote to spots where teams have gone bot.

The Waltham Celtic Warriors pulled out a great victory on Tuesday, 72-66 over the Houston Stars. This stings even more, considering Stars' PF Raúl Sáenz recently won the League MVP trophy. Houston also had two other players finish in the top 7 of voting, while the Warriors had one. We caught up with Sáenz in the locker room today after workouts.

Q: How does it feel to be V.22 MVP?
A: Yeah man, it feels great y'know? Just...yeah. Man.
Q: Do you feel confident about tomorrow's game?
A: Y'know man, we just gotta...y'know, get out there and play our game.
Q: Which would be basketball?
A: Yeah, basketball, y'know, the game. We play.
Q: Even though the Warriors were running a fast paced, full court offense, they still contended for the rebound quite a bit, how do you feel you'll do against that?
A: I'll just do my thing, y'know...go in there, jump, and hopefully get the ball. Just gotta...
Q: Play your game?
A: Yeah.

Well, we'll be looking forward to seeing what this Harvard Graduate can do on Saturday in Game 2 of the Championship Series, as the Warriors hope to seal the deal against League MVP Raúl Sáenz and the Houston Stars.