Didn't see your run. Dayum, so close.
Ah, I remember I had the Season 29 B3 Championship in the bag but I threw my domestic league first round playoff game to prevent injuries (so dumb) and messed up my enthusiasm for the Finals. My team was built entirely on max enthusiasm (rebounding, defence, depth). The Semi-Finals match was a much harder game where I beat an 8-man rotation that was legitimately stronger than Canada NT and our teams had the top-2 bbstats ratings of all-time in BB to that point.
Good luck to Saskatoon Storm. Third time's the charm. Don't fail like us. :)