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Looks like the finals may be played a little bit early - lucky for me, I play at home. This luck has to run out at some point.

It was a battle for 3rd up to this point. Now it's for 2nd.

Guh.

Looks like the finals may be played a little bit early - lucky for me, I play at home. This luck has to run out at some point.

Here's the tale of the tape for the big round of 16 matchup. Also, our all-time rivalry history: (/BBWeb/rivalry.aspx?team1=24823&team2=24818)

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Cape Sable Sculpins (24818), GM-oeuftete

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13-0, 1st place (Great 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +441, Pythagorean record: 12.9-0.1)
Roster: 12 players, Age 23.8, Salary 325.6K (27.1K/player)

Game strategy (22 competitive matches):
* Offense: Push the Ball 17, Motion 2, Base Offense 2, Run and Gun 1
* Defense: Man to Man 16, 2-3 Zone 4, 3-2 Zone 2
* Enthusiasm: 9 less (0 TIE vs CT), 13 equal, 0 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 131 (10686176) vs Iqaluit Stingers):
* CSI: 44.9 FG%, 35.8 3P%, 64.5 REB (15.5 O), 18.9 A, 8.0 ST, 6.8 TO, 13.6 PF
* Opp: 26.7 FG%, 17.1 3P%, 49.6 REB (14.5 O), 13.8 A, 3.4 ST, 11.3 TO, 17.6 PF

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BC Törööö (24823), jbmcrock

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13-0, 1st place (Big 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +596, Pythagorean record: 13.0-0.0)
Roster: 12 players, Age 22.0, Salary 479.4K (39.9K/player)

Game strategy (25 competitive matches):
* Offense: Push the Ball 9, Patient 4, Run and Gun 3, Look Inside 3, Low Post 3, Base Offense 2, Motion 1
* Defense: Man to Man 18, 3-2 Zone 4, 2-3 Zone 3
* Enthusiasm: 6 less (0 TIE vs CT), 19 equal, 0 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 148 (12667843) vs real-lima):
* BCT: 45.9 FG%, 30.1 3P%, 65.8 REB (17.6 O), 16.0 A, 8.4 ST, 5.5 TO, 14.8 PF
* Opp: 28.2 FG%, 17.8 3P%, 44.0 REB (10.6 O), 12.0 A, 2.6 ST, 11.6 TO, 15.6 PF

Great (but overly violent) game (12702711). If not for key injuries to bronic and fabiano, sculpins would have won.

Great (but overly violent) game (12702711). If not for key injuries to bronic and fabiano, sculpins would have won.

/deep breath

You've got to be kidding me.

Those two were the two huge matchups for me, too. Fabiano vs. the kids, and Bronic's scoring game matched up with a center at SF. I can't believe I played the second half that close with both of them out for the whole thing.

Bronic is gone for 3 weeks now, and a decent reserve (Carrasquel) for one. Luckily Fabiano escaped.

What a freakin' disaster.

P.S. This was deju va all over again (except worse): (53959.8) (8126349)

Last edited by Mod-oeuftete at 4/14/2009 9:55:02 PM

Congratulations to the other three teams in the Final Four - especially the Thoroughbreds who have taken out two Naismith teams.

And hard times for the Sculpins continues with another big injury ...

Congrats to all the team that made the Final Four, I'm still a little peeved about that loss. Flow and rebound killed me I guess.

Should make some nice matches.

BTW, congrats on the GM!

A quick final four preview. I may or may not write something about each match before gametime.

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Thoroughbreds (24970), Kinghaven

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13-2, 2nd place (Great 8, II.1, Canada)
(Differential +145, Pythagorean record: 10.9-4.1)
Roster: 18 players, Age 22.4, Salary 162.4K (9.0K/player)

Game strategy (23 competitive matches):
* Offense: Look Inside 21, Motion 1, Base Offense 1
* Defense: 3-2 Zone 12, 2-3 Zone 10, Man to Man 1
* Enthusiasm: 16 less (0 TIE vs CT), 4 equal, 3 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 104 (10334744) vs Southsound Sentinels):
* THO: 47.3 FG%, 23.4 3P%, 58.0 REB (16.0 O), 19.5 A, 3.8 ST, 7.3 TO, 18.8 PF
* Opp: 41.3 FG%, 29.8 3P%, 46.3 REB (11.8 O), 17.4 A, 4.3 ST, 6.9 TO, 20.0 PF

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BC Törööö (24823), GM-jbmcrock

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15-0, 1st place (Big 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +645, Pythagorean record: 14.9-0.1)
Roster: 12 players, Age 21.9, Salary 494.6K (41.2K/player)

Game strategy (29 competitive matches):
* Offense: Push the Ball 9, Run and Gun 5, Look Inside 5, Patient 4, Low Post 3, Base Offense 2, Motion 1
* Defense: Man to Man 19, 3-2 Zone 6, 2-3 Zone 4
* Enthusiasm: 7 less (0 TIE vs CT), 22 equal, 0 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 148 (12667843) vs real-lima):
* BCT: 45.1 FG%, 29.4 3P%, 64.8 REB (17.0 O), 15.7 A, 8.2 ST, 5.6 TO, 15.1 PF
* Opp: 28.8 FG%, 18.2 3P%, 45.9 REB (11.2 O), 12.7 A, 2.8 ST, 11.4 TO, 15.5 PF

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Firefly (24910), Inara

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4-11, 6th place (Great 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential -240, Pythagorean record: 2.1-12.9)
Roster: 11 players, Age 24.5, Salary 154.8K (14.1K/player)

Game strategy (23 competitive matches):
* Offense: Base Offense 8, Run and Gun 7, Patient 4, Look Inside 2, Push the Ball 1, Princeton 1
* Defense: 2-3 Zone 10, Man to Man 6, 3-2 Zone 4, 1-3-1 Zone 2, Full Court Press 1
* Enthusiasm: 6 less (1 TIE vs CT), 10 equal, 7 more (1 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 106 (12679494) vs Koci Land):
* FIR: 38.2 FG%, 26.4 3P%, 54.2 REB (15.8 O), 15.7 A, 4.3 ST, 6.2 TO, 17.1 PF
* Opp: 41.7 FG%, 27.7 3P%, 55.7 REB (13.8 O), 16.5 A, 3.3 ST, 7.5 TO, 17.2 PF

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Molson Canadians (24809), BB-Mark

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9-6, 3rd place (Big 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +178, Pythagorean record: 12.1-2.9)
Roster: 14 players, Age 25.3, Salary 263.4K (18.8K/player)

Game strategy (23 competitive matches):
* Offense: Base Offense 17, Run and Gun 3, Look Inside 2, Low Post 1
* Defense: Man to Man 19, 3-2 Zone 2, 1-3-1 Zone 1, 2-3 Zone 1
* Enthusiasm: 8 less (0 TIE vs CT), 8 equal, 7 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 118 (10686177) vs The Alexander Keiths):
* MOL: 41.7 FG%, 27.8 3P%, 57.0 REB (13.5 O), 18.4 A, 7.1 ST, 6.7 TO, 15.1 PF
* Opp: 32.3 FG%, 19.3 3P%, 51.7 REB (14.9 O), 13.7 A, 4.1 ST, 10.8 TO, 17.2 PF