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A season 4 team just CT'd me, even with HCA. Guess they really needed that extra $50k!

The Breckenridgers have been vanquished.

A season 4 team just CT'd me, even with HCA. Guess they really needed that extra $50k!

You should threaten to send Jeremy Jackson over to their house ;)

Since fewmit didn't appear to have time to get to it, I'll throw one together ...

Round 8:

11 - number of NBBA teams still in, 69% of all NBBA teams
20 - number of II teams still in, 31% of all II teams
26 - number of III teams still in, 10% of all III teams
7 - number of IV teams still in, 1.8% of all IV teams
3 - highest ranking team still in - Beware of Dogs
721 - lowest ranking team still in - Depaul Blue Demons
371 - largest rank differential between opponents (#34 Dog River Riverdogs and #405 Blue Barkers)
6 - smallest rank differential between opponents (#15 Hayward Lumberjacks vs. #9 Eugene Register-Guard)
38 - number of top 100 ranked teams still in
15-5 - ratio of Division II teams from Great 8 to Big 8 still alive (II.1 and II.3 Big 8s are both entirely out)
III.9 - only III league with 3 teams still alive (woot!)
12 - number of pairings with teams in the same division
2 - number of Division IV teams guaranteed to advance to Round 9
2 - number of NBBA teams guaranteed not to advance to Round 9
3 - remaining teams referencing New York in their names
19 - remaining teams referencing any other location in their names (Chicago and Arizona tied for 2nd with 2 each)
6 - remaining teams referencing canines in their names
18 - remaining teams with singular names (here The King and I and Arizona Cacti count as plural but Delta 9 as singular, because I said so)
20 - minutes of work avoidance I just achieved ... I'm out.

Last edited by redcped at 2/13/2014 4:50:19 PM

Well, gosh, I guess I'd better do this again ...

Round 9:

8 - number of NBBA teams still in, 50% of all NBBA teams
12 - number of II teams still in, 19% of all II teams
10 - number of III teams still in, 4% of all III teams
2 - number of IV teams still in, 0.2% of all IV teams
3 - highest ranking team still in - Beware of Dogs
419 - lowest ranking team still in - nyc warhawks
364 - largest ranking differential between opponents (#55 Pea Ridge Shooters vs. #419 nyc warhawks)
9 - smallest ranking differential between opponents (#13 Arizona Desert Storm vs. #22 Toronto Traptors)
5 - number of top 10 ranked teams still in
23 - number of top 100 ranked teams still in
9 - number of pairings with both teams in the top 100
8 - number of pairings with teams in the same division
3 - number of III teams guaranteed to advance to Round 10
2 - number of NBBA teams guaranteed not to advance to Round 10
9 - remaining teams with one-word names
2 - remaining teams with four-word names

Good luck to you all.

Sweet 16 this week features plenty of powerhouse matchups, including 2 all-NBBA games, but the game of the week is the matchup between two III division teams. The winner goes on to the elite 8 and will be the first III team to make it there since season 23.

Thunderhorse (28677) from III.6 features a versatile lineup that has pretty much played every tactic possible this season and may have made up a few new ones. They've played +2 and +1 enthusiasm their last two cup games, so we'll have to see if they have much left in the tank for this game.

Bananahorns (30600) from III.12 runs with a standard inside team, but in this new world of GDP plays enough other tactics to keep opponents from guessing on them. This team has had a tougher road to get here taking down the #28 and #32 teams the last two weeks.

Prediction: Bananahorn's better offensive flow and enthusiasm wins the day against Thunderhorse's shooters.

I think Thunderhorse actually takes this one. Bananahorns have a very tough league game this week (1 vs 2 seed with the same record on TV), whereas Thunderhorse is sitting comfortably in the 5th seed. I think bananahorns will put a lot more focus into their league game and maybe even more enthusiasm in the league game.

including 2 all-NBBA games, .

Good stuff Fewmit!

I have an interesting trend going right now....If I survive Thursday, looks like I should draw Beware of Dogs in the next round of the cup :-) This week and last I happened to draw the team that I also play in Saturdays league game. Next Saturday is Beware of Dogs :-)

Great 8:

Some teams played.... some won, some lost, nobody except for four cared.