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The voting system and the whole all-star selection process needs to be completely overhauled. It's a really lame part of the season considering only 7 of 16 teams even have a single player to care about.

My peeps didn't look too shabby

The second half of the season gets underway with the Machetes taking on Team Turn Up. Despite being the 1 seed in the Great 8, the Machetes will be over matched across the board in this one. Hector Guiata has shown he can lead the team to wins, and Masseccesi has been lights out from deep this season, but Vlado Vouk and the boys are no joke. Look for Hennoste to dominate inside and get the win.

In Game 2, the Peppers will face the newly acquired Hornets. Like every other new franchise to the season, we wish the Hornets luck and hope they can take their losses with pride knowing their starting roster just isnt made to compete. They still have half a season to get the 18 year old Allstar into shape but dont look for him to stop Leroy Lyman who has been kicking ass and taking names.

Morgantown vs the Generals was one of the biggest matchups on the docket coming into the season. After the Dogs had to sell the farm it will just be marked as another blowout win for the Generals. The Generals All-star cast will likely all record double doubles, and I wouldnt be shocked to see Miranda with a triple double.

The Condors have moved up from the gutters to take the 6th slot in the Big 8 and face a less then tough Plugs team. Henry Pant has been putting up good numbers, but Bosyakov and Churchill have been stellar this season for the Condors. Unfortunately it doesnt seem likely they will be able to avoid the relegation game this season but hopefully they can use this essential off night to keep prepping for a strong post season.

The Poros will take their talents to Palm Beach who've put Dawidowicz on the block this week. Sliauzys has been the main man for the Beach crew this season, with scattered help from Edmondson, Sandoval and Chen. Look for at least one of those pieces to be enough to take out the Poros. Nuad Jagodic hasn't been enough on his own to make much of a mark this season, and the combination of Orbaiz and Valverde are at the low end of the spectrum for wingmen in this league. The Beach Crew should top the Poros who keep letting the last spot of the playoffs remain up for grabs.

The Believers face off against the Tartans and a banged up Believer squad may cause some concern as 2 starters wont be playing in this TV game. Fortunately for the Believers, they should still have enough to overcome the challenge from the big 3 of the tartans. Chul Moo may have to put in so extra effort in the absence of France, but he abused Jacques Redman and Jennings in the allstar game and will likely repeat the same effort.

Mercy Buckets will get the night off against Marquette. Unfortunately this lopsided league keeps providing the Big 8 with blowout wins but hopefully the managers in the Great 8 will see promise on the horizon and stay involved to try to create some parody. A big night for Kalabushkin seems likely as hes been able to produce great numbers against much greater talent this year.

The final game pits the Force against the Savages. While the Savages risk relegation this season, Spirovic and Devadze should easily dismantle the Force backcourt, while Han Jet pours on the hurt from inside. The Force will look to make a move to get into the playoffs as the 3-5 seeds have been on pretty similar ground of late, but it likely wont happen in this one.

Only 3 games remain in the season, but IV.11 still has plenty of opportunity for shuffling in the playoff and relegation rounds.

The Believers will likely be able to hang on to their seat atop the Big 8, even if they drop Saturday's game against the tough Bucket squad that held them to 66 points in their first matchup. The Believers would have to lose out to drop in the standings, and given their history this season, that is rather unlikely.

Not only will the Buckets most likely not move up, there is actually a very real chance that they could drop down to the 3 spot, as the Generals hold a rather large advantage in strength of schedule for the rest of the season. Either way, its likely these two will face each other in the opening round which will be a thriller, considering they split the season series in 2 close games.

The Peppers are in a tough spot as they face both the Believers and Buckets, neither of which will likely end in their favor. Their saving grace is that team Turn Up is the only team that can catch them and they will have to win out to do so, as well as overcome a 120pt deficit in pt differential.

The Turn Ups hold a firm grasp on the 5 seed, and will most likely sit idol during the post season. Going 3-0 or 0-3 to finish the season is the only way they will budge and the point differential is so large on either end, neither seems likely.

The Savages have been at the bottom of the barrel in the Big 8 all season, but being only 2 games behind the Beach-goers, who face 3 of the top 4 teams, they have a chance to avoid immediate relegation, and fight for a chance to remain in IV.11. Unfortunately for the Savages they will have to win 3 straight, which they haven't done since interleague play, as they've been largely outmatched in conference games.

The Great 8 standings can almost be taken to the bank at this point, and start the playoffs tonight.

The Machetes have dominated the conference and would have to lose out and the Tartans would have to pick up 200 points in differential to be overthrown.

The Poros cant catch the Tartans unless they win out and considering they play the Tartans and the Machetes, its safe to say they will hold on to their 3 seed.

Morgantown locked up the 4 seed by eliminating the Force from contention with a win against Catholics.

GM Perp will kick back and continue his training adventure this season as the Force would need to lose out and give up 300 points in differential against the 3 worst teams in the league, but most likely the Force will be able to save face and finish out the season 8-14.

The Plugs and Catholic are both Bot teams now, and the Hornets have done little to show they will be an active member of the league. 1 of them will be Relegated next week, another will be relegated the week after, and the third will stick around for more punishment next season.

I feel left out...

I feel left out...

Haha sorry Dan, I thought I put something in there about you

Hey huge shout out to the Condors knocking off Peppers last week, it does wonders for Buckets. Otherwise, I'd likely be the 4 seed. Now I get to try and beat to the Generals like last season...and the one before that...and the one before that.

Churchill is a straight beast now. You could make a credible top 5 players list and have them all be PF/Cs. France, Pujol, Churchill, Vick, Chulmoo feasting down low.

Yeah, too bad I can't defend the outside or shoot at all. All of my young players are giants, so I'm still pretty much screwed. At least relegation is not really a danger with the other half of this league being so weak.

I feel like it would be easier to promote if I was relegated and then promoted into a different Div. 4 league...

Absolutely..this league is brutal.