Here's how I see II.3 (if others have an opinion, would love to hear it)
BryantFTW is focused on promoting this season and have homecourt advantage secured but unfortunately for them, they are in the toughest conference in D2. They have arguably the best team in div2, but are still doing some last minute readjustments to prepare for the playoffs, it'll be interesting to see if they pay off. In their conference, there are a couple tough opponents in ORR (who have very effective salary efficient players that they've trained), and Molson Canadians (being a BB, is managed by a vet manager who knows what he's doing) as well as Luxury Tax and Sock Pants (who have had to fight tooth and nail with Toronto Springs and Crushers to avoid the relegation series). In the playoffs, BryantFTW will have to be careful not to do what they've done in the past and overlook their competition in their quest to the finals, although putting too much into the quarters and semis can give the other opponent an opportunity to win in the finals.
Unfortunately for BryantFTW, there are also 2 teams in the Great 8 capable of promoting this season. There is my team, brotherhood123, who in my opinion is a better team than what I had last season when I put up a 10-12 record in Naismith and who won the regular season head to head with BryantFTW. Then there's sg united, who has a monster in Tommy Germain, but imo, would either need to add 1 or 2 pieces before the end of the regular season or catch a few breaks in order to promote. But with 1 game to decide the outcome, and injuries a very real part of the game, it will make the playoffs very interesting to watch to see who can manage their team to promotion.