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I started the cup this season ranked 276 and just knocked off 5th.
http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/58762388/boxscore.aspx

His team that took the court (750k) was roughly 7 times mine (105k from memory).
Both same enthusiasm, i used alternate tactics to see how theyd go. Would love to see the game replayed with different tactics to see how it changed the outcome!

I am very intrested to see if there were any huge upsets ....

How about Rocky Balboa over that big Russian dude? Is that very interesting?

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this game always comes to my mind when I think of upsets.It was my second season in Div I and my opponent was the best indian team at that time.it was almost his complete squad against mine.

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/country/14/cup.aspx

What about this whole tournament in general?

Wowsers, just saw that, it's pretty darn impressive/strange. Thanks again to Muse for training! (and all other English managers!)

I consider this game (23914) as an huge upset.

The only thing Aussies had going for them was HCA and Enthusiasm (our 9 against their ~11). Oh, and advantage on C position, while we had advantage on PG-PF + better backups.

We had much better game shape than them and we were playing CT against their TIE. And somehow their 40k PF with 240k DMI was their best scorer. Their starting PG managed 8 assists - and he is listed as SG. Their starting SF, who is a C, had only 2 turnovers against OD=12 (our both SFs are at Proficient of course).

With playing TIE, they shoot 51% against our 42%, playing CT. All of our PGs and SGs combined, with passing ranging from 12-14, have only 4 more assists than all their PFs and Cs combined (13 to 9). Their C has 4 assists against OD=6.

Are you kidding me???

I conside myself a knowledgable manager and I can almost always predict the result of a game, be U21 or my team's. But in 10+ seasons I never saw anything like it. Compare our game to this game: (22910). Huge disparity in team ratings, yet Kazahstan still wins.

So if anyone can explain me why did we lose without "you had less assists" lines, I'd be very grateful. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me how I lost my game I know I got CT'd to his TIE, but that was my 2nd loss to the year and he was only 7-6. Thanks for the responses.
http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/55963762/boxscore.aspx

Last edited by Dowdall13 at 4/29/2013 10:45:41 PM

HCA plus CTvTIE is a lot to overcome. I would also guess that your SF that you play at SG doesn't have enough OD to stop his SG from bombing away.

The opposition scored more points than you.

In all seriousness though I think you're underestimating Australia's U21 talent pool. Mahurkar's a great ball handler for a PF. McNicholas has Wonderful IS. Clarke is only listed SG because of his great rebounding for a guard. Prosser can score and/or pass in the post. And Rylance was an alright player in proficient game shape. And you say that you had better players in PG through PF, yet the matchup ratings suggest that we had the advantage in SF and PF.

The Kazahstan-Indonesia game, on the other hand, has me completely stumped.