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This TEA CUP league looks really promising!!

hopefully it can get more Aussies interested and who knows might be two PL's later on with relegation and promotion just like the BBB version. Kudos to all those involved.

Feel the urge to watch aussie Buzzerbeater games at 3am on a Saturday Morning? well now you can!!! (Thanks again Vio!!!)

Jokes aside, Season 1 of the TEA CUP is about to begin and even though the games are at a BB tragics only time of 3am, there's going to be some great games!

Lets have a preview/look at some of the EPIC 1st Round SHOWDOWNS!!

No excuses for gameshape/enthusiasm, everyone has the same this first round!

Baxter Bogans (EARLS) V High School Drop-Outs (ROOKS)

Wow, Huge EARLS VS ROOKS MATCH UP! Even gameshape, Same Enthusiasm. Going to be a good indicator of who's the favorite to win the comp this first season!

Baxter had a nice win against the HSDO in the semi final DIV2 playoffs last season. Can the drop outs regroup and show their strength and Peppermint Rook pride?!

Monkey Business (EARLS) V Vios Violationers (ROOKS)

Another big EARLS VS ROOK match up this week. Vio fresh from DIV 3 with a undefeated season (ill forget that Adelaide Ravens debacle) and MB a strong playoff DIV 2 side. Looking forward to seeing a big game from Bozo and Rowland from the Violators to give the Rooks a hard win!

Chumunga (EARLS) V V-Cut (ROOKS)

ANOTHER! nice Earls V Rooks match up this 1st round!! Good Battle between two evenly matched Div 2 teams. Looking forward to seeing V-Cut in action, been awhile since ive seen his team on the court. Should be a good win for the Rooks here too!

Zazzocalypse (EARLS) V Screaming Eagles (ROOKS)

ANOTHER!@! Nice EvR Match up! Geez nice work on the schedule Vio (even tho u fudged up the timings)
Havent seen either of these teams play, but am looking forward to learning who's who in this match up. Should be a interesting DIV 3 vs DIV 2 match up. Both teams looking alright on paper. Who will prevail????

Amos Rogues (EARLS) V Crockers (ROOKS)

Well not such a big match up unless Zyler finds some decent buys on the market pronto! Looks like a easy win for the Crockers and the Rooks here!

Hobos (EARLS) V The Dons (ROOKS)

Is DON, Is Good? Im hoping the slogan get the Dons over the line in this Ass end bottom of the table clash!! The Dons have some great trainees going, but im not sure if it'll be enough against the Zyler fanboy Hobos!

Hadders HEROS (ROOKS) V Vis Maior (ROOKS)

Well its the only RvR clash tonight, and it really is going to be a test of might for Vis Maior, coming up against the team that has coached the U21 national side! Really going to be a test of tactics and courage here, but I think the HH should be too strong.

West Coast Steel V Shepparton Shooters

Likewise the only EvE game tonight, looking very very one sided with the Steel looking way too hot for the Shooters! Even if west coast has 2-3 injuries, i think the shooters only have a chance!

Conclussion: Great round of games, bring it on!!!

Woah nice!!!

Looking forward to the Baxter Bogans versus HSDO game. I will definitely be tuning in for that along with the Fish Bowl grand finals game played between me and Datzilla.

p.s sorry vis for hi-jacking your thread =P

he hasnt quit. Hes in the PL and rebuilding his team atm

Oh ho ho.
What a week to start things off. A few very good games were scheduled to start things off and a few cracking games were a result!

Earls vs Rooks

The match of the round: Baxter Bogans VS High School Drop-outs
A sad start to the Bogans in the new TEA CUP after going down to HSDOs 107-108. After an early lead to the Bogans, the Drop-outs decided to come clawing back to make for an exciting finish!
Key stats-
The Bogans had a FG% of 39.4 which needs to be improved for him to win a few games.
HSDOs had a very good 36% shooting from distance when baskets were hard to come by.
Bogans had 60 rebounds and HSDOs had 64, giving not many advantages on the boards to HSDO.

Monkey Business VS Vios Violationers
Who predicted this? Vios got out to a big lead going into the third looking sure to win. Then, in the fourth, Monkey Business started to fire as many 3s as he could chew, putting a lot of pressure on the Violations. It wasn't enough though and Monkey Business went down 101-105.
Key stats-
Vios had 15 more rebounds than Monkey and seemed to have a big impact on the game.
Monkey had a solid 50% 3FG shooting but just wasn't enough.
Vios big men had a combined 74% FG shooting.

Screaming Eagles VS Zazzocalypse
The Eagles were off to a flier in the first quarter and looked to dominate all game. Zazzocalypse then came back and took the lead in the second. Zazzo went on to improve his lead in the third. The Eagles looked to have a little fight left in the fourth but it was too late. What a perfect game. With a final score of 111-121, it was fairly close.
Key stats-
Zazzo's PG Tonko Švorinic had 10 assists which helped his big men score a lot easier.
The Eagles had 25 fouls which is way too many.
Paweł Rot from the Eagles is the only rebounder for them.

Hobos VS The Dons
Hobos were off to a slow start as they always do by staying at a constant 3 point loss in the first half. Hobos then fired in the third to completely dominate the game and steal it from The Dons. In the fourth nothing changed and Hobos went home with the victory. With a 120-110 score line, it was a close game in the end but the ratings suggest a bigger margin should have happened.
Key stats-
Hobo's Marnix Verhoeven big man had a good 80% FG shooting.
The Dons gave away 10 rebounds which was a big difference in the end.
Hobos top scorers are SG and C, The Dons top scorers are SG and SF.

VCut VS Chumunga
A very early lead to V-Cut in the first, second and third gave them a lead which would win them the game. With Chumunga only winning the fourth, you can say it was disappointing. With a final score of 95-80, it wasn't a day for the Earls.
Key stats-
V-Cut had four players who looked like they could get it in the basket.
Chumunga had 39% FG shooting.
Enrique Ruiz del Arco was three assists off a triple-double.

CROCKERS VS amos rogues
There was never a game here and was always a blow out. Only Crockers, Crockers, Crockers. Crockers dominated all game. With a score of 144-42, that's a big win.
Key stats-
Crockers had 81 boards.
Somehow Noel McCauley from the rogues scored more than 10 points.
With only three players on a team, there was no doubt.

Rooks vs Rooks

Vis Maior VS Hadders Heros
Vis Major lead in the first and looked to maybe a sneak a win. In the second quarter, things were very close with only Vis Major only scoring one more point than Hadders in the quarter. Hadders smacked Vis Major in the third and looked to finally put some authority into the game. Closing out the last, the score ended up being 117-111.
Key stats-
Hadders had 14 more boards than Vis Major.
Vis Major had 41 assists.
With 6 more fouls to Vis Major, someone needs anger management classes.

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Earls vs Earls

shepparton shooters VS West Coast Steel
WCS started strong and ended up strong. Winning all quarters, looked to only smack the shooters around. With only five men for shapparton, and the wrong tactics...things were never looking good for them. The shooters were lucky to get away with 85-122.
Key stats-
WSC's points came mainly from Abdul Jaffery with 32 points.
The shooters managed to grab 4 more rebounds.
Phuoc Nguyên, WSC has a Nguyên.

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Round 2 - Quick update

A more detailed version can be found here within the Federation Forums: http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...

G1: VCut (102) lost to High School Drop-outs (114) - Rook vs Rook

G2: Vis Maior (124) lost to West Coast Steel (137) - Rook vs Earl

G3: Shepparton Shooters (64) lost to Vios Violationers (81) - Earl vs Rook

G4: Screaming Eagles (111) defeated Hadders Heros (108) - Rook vs Rook ***GOTR***

G5: Hobos (106) lost to Chumunga (117) - Earl vs Earl

G6: Amos Rogues (36) lost to Zazzocalypse (142) - Earl vs Earl

G7: Crockers (124) defeated The Dons (103) - Rook vs Rook

G8: Baxter Bogans (103) lost to Monkey Business (109) - Earl vs Earl

Only the two Earl vs Rook games in round 2, results leaving us 1-1.

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Round 2 - Full Review

Game 1: V-Cut vs HSDO - In the 1st game of the week we started off with two Rooks battling for superiority. HSDO managed to get out of the blocks better of the two, pulling away to an early 11 point lead. VCut not to be bullied knuckled down and battled back to tie up the first quarter at 27 a piece. The 2nd was another hard fought quarter with both slightly dropping off the pace of the 1st quarter and HSDO sneaking a 3 point lead of a nice 3 pointer from SG Forbes on the buzzer. The 3rd quarter was definitely the straw that broke the camels back with HSDO teaming up nicely to score another 27 points, while VCut only managed 18 points from their 3 main scorers. Defence went out the window for the last quarter as both teams piled on 34 points each. A late injury to VCut PF Ruiz del Arco didn't affect the outcome as the game was already wrapped up with 1 minute to go. A solid victory for one of the comps favourites and for VCut things don't any easier this week against Baxter Bogans. End Score: 102-114
Stats: HSDO (SG) Forbes top scored for the game with 35pts shooting 50% from the field and an accurate 14-15fs. Next for the winner was (PF) Mocini who added 32pts at 67% and also helped himself to 17reb (6 off). (C) Sensitivo also deserves a mention for his 18pts and 17reb. For VCut it was (PG) Keudell who lead his side with 24pts and 10ast, being the only double for the losers. (SF) Dezolt managed 21pts at 62% accuracy while (SG) Mouaffak's night ended early, fouling out after 38 minutes of court time with 17pts, 6reb & 5ast.
MOTM: Simone Mocini

Game 2: Vis Maior vs WC Steel - Game 2 was the first Rooks vs Earls match up of the round with both teams being fairly well matched up. WC Steel had something to prove after recent publications incorrectly stated his side lacked talent. The Steel came out hot, pulling out to a 9 point lead before VM tightened up and pulled back the margin, to take the lead after an 11-0 run. The pace in the 2nd quarter somehow picked up as both teams continued their shoot out (both teams hitting 7 triples each). Things even got a little physical after a flagrant foul by WCS (PG) Shaoguang sent VM (PG) Leon Gloxin to the showers early into the 2nd. Losing their general clearly hurt VM and WCS off the back of league leading scorer Jaffery (SG), who lit up the stadium with a 20pt quarter. The 3rd slowed right down and VM managed to reduce the lead by 4pts though TO were clearing a factor (5 coming from fill in (PG) Rigobert. Each team lost a player in the 4th due to fouls (Rigobert and Samaniego) and the shoot out began once again. VM (SG) Mulvey worked hard to keep his team in it but WCS main scorer Jaffery also stepped up his offense with a strong last quarter to lead his side to a commanding victory. No doubt this win should silence any doubters of this side from the West! End Score: 124-137
Stats: I did mention these teams matched up well and with both team's three main scorers all finishing with 40+, 28 & 18 it says it all. WCS main man finished up with 40pts at 54%, including 6-9 3pt. (SF) Samaniego though fouling out after 28min still managed 28pts at 58%. Harrison "I can play anywhere" Camilleri at (PF) hit 18pts, 13reb, 6stl, 4blk & 3ast while (C) Sirocchi doubled up with 16pts & 17reb. VM (SG) Mulvey top scored for the game with 41pts at 74%, including 7-10 3pt, along with 7reb & 6ast. (SF) Zubieta dropped 28pts and (PF) Marcum managed 18pts with 13reb.
MOTM: Harrison Camilleri

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Game 3: Shepparton Shooters vs Vio's Violationers - Next up we had another cross conference match up with SS looking to bounce back after their first round defeat and VV intending to back their solid start to the season. This game went at a much slower pace compared to the first two games of the round. VV worked hard on the boards and got nothing easy even though a 8pt lead was theirs to finish the quarter. The 2nd continued much the same as the first with VV working away and keeping the SS shooters from finding their range from beyond the arc. SS only managing 1-9 3pt at half time. At half time the lead had blown out to 16pts and things began to look doubtful for the Shooters. The coach must have delivered a rocket at half times as the Shooters came out with a new found belief to take the 3rd 22-19. The Violationers weren't out of gas though and proved this by closing out the final quarter with a consistent 21pts to 17. This turned out to be a low scoring game and not a blow out by any means but a win is a win and a loss is a loss. End Scores: 64-81
Stats: VV (PF) Bozo Vasilic backed up his first round performance with another stand out game, scoring 22pts, 25reb & 6ast. (C) Rowlands supported Bozo as he is accustomed to doing with a 18pt, 17reb double. (SG) Igelborg deserves mention for holding his starting opponent to a miserly 4pts and 0-1 3pt. The Shooters really only had two players deserving of mention. (PF) Rocasolano his team's best with 17pts, 12rebs and (SF) Viojan who managed 16pts, 16reb but shooting at a woeful accuracy of 26% including 1-7 3pt.
MOTM: Bozo Vasilic

Game 4: Screaming Eagles vs Hadders Heros - Again we have two Rooks battling for supremacy and this game would have to be considered for GOTR honours with only 3pts separating the teams at the final buzzer. Hadders Heros battled to an early lead which was pegged back mid way through the 2nd as SE stole the lead at the 3:28 min mark. HH then fought back to regain the lead to go into the break with only a 3pt lead. The tug of war continued in the 3rd with the lead changing back and forth 6 times with HH just holding on to their lead by 1pt heading into the last. In the final quarter the lead changed hands another 8 times before the SE consolidated a lead which they managed to hold onto for the final 3:48min of the quarter. Hadders will be disappointed with his sides shooting at 41%fg and 32%3pt against Mitch's lads going 44%fg and 38%3pt. A great battle none the less and one that would have had both managers on the edge of their seats. End Scores: 111-108
Stats: SE (PG) Stevens lead the way with 29pts, 7ast & 6reb well supporter by his entire starting 5. (SG) Wahlhult knocked down 26pts and dished out 8ast while (SF) Druttmark hit 19pts, 8ast & 7reb. (C) Heyvaert added 14pts, 4blk as well as dominating the boards with 23reb, with a little help from (PF) Rot who went 15pts & 15reb for nice double. For Hadder's boys it was (SF) Thornton who lead with 27pts, 5ast & 6reb.(SG) Vahey shot 17pts at 54% including 2-3 3pt, also grabbing 8ast and 4ast. The final mention goes to (PF) Carvalhos who managed his sides only double with 12pts and 17reb.
MOTM: Francis Stevens

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