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Merry belated Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you! As we prepare for the stretch run, here is the final power rankings of the season. I was tempted to forsake the final ranking, as we all know who's going to promote (looking at you Bobbanana) and this year's league is fairly mediocre and inactive. However, life's about to get busy, so this will probably be my last one for awhile.

In honor of the upcoming CFP games, this ranking will be college-football-themed.

1. Florida Champs: Alabama. The pre-emptive crowning of the Florida Champs may be rat poison for Eryilmaz and company, but I doubt it.
2. Tallahassee Trees: Clemson. While there is some serious talent on this team. Billingsley and Cloutier (like Lawrence, Higgins, and Co.) are a year or two away from winning it all.
3. PV Pride: Michigan. This team looked impressive early in the season, but as usual, they're folding down the stretch.
4. Mighty Spartans: Notre Dame. The sum is greater than the parts for Gympro. He's not getting a lot of respect, but watch out down the stretch.
5. Burlington Orbitals: Washington. Josiah does more with less salary, similar to Chris Petersen and his recruits at UW.
6. Diamantes: Oklahoma. That offense is nasty. Unfortunately, they don't play defense.
7. Deportivo Saprissa: Kansas State. Like a wisened old sage, A. Sizemore (Bill Snyder) has gotten a lot out of this team.
8. Sandy Springs Basketball Club: Iowa State. Like Matt Campbell, Hank the Bank does a phenomenal job of coaching on a shoestring budget.
9. UofDallas: Boston College. I couldn't tell you a single thing about BC. They play in a mediocre conference and have a mediocre record.
10: Missouri City Sounders: Virginia Tech. The season started off with such promise for deucie, but a loss to Hank the Bank (much like V Tech's loss to Old Dominion) precipitated a huge fall.
11. Swamp People: Oregon. There are some gnarly young players on this team, as well as a new and precocious manager. Give it a year or two and this team will be making some noise.
12. GoZags: Florida State now, Georgia later. Few teams came into this season with more hype than the Zags. No team has so embarrassingly underperformed this season. (in fairness, I don't think competing was ever the goal) In regards to future seasons, GoZags will be more like Georgia: loaded and young.
13. D-City Smokers: Baylor circa 2017. It wasn't sexual assault allegations that destroyed the Smokers, but the results are the same. It'll be a few seasons before tnjay's boys compete the way they did the past few seasons.
14. Fair Where Foes: UCLA. There was some talent on this team, but it got ugly this season.

Last edited by Artie M at 12/28/2018 7:07:12 PM

Appreciate the write-up, nice stuff in there. Hope the #1 ranking doesn’t get to the players’ heads. Roll tide I guess? That felt pretty gross to type out lol. Like always, good luck the rest of the way.

Merry Christmas and (soon to be a) happy new year everyone!

I'm a simple man, I see Artie M writeups, I upvote. Not much action going on over here for the past couple seasons, but let me get these trainees up to speed and I'll be making waves in the upper echelons soon

haha I agree. Great writeup

As the season winds down, I wish you all well in the upcoming playoffs and draft, and look forward to renewing my team's luster next season

Day 18 (Saturday 29 December 2018) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
UofDallas 118 - GoZags 116
Missouri City Sounders 94 - Swamp People 103
Florida Champs 104 - Diamantes 80
Georgia Heat 38 - Deportivo Saprissa 126
burlington orbitals 86 - D-City Smokers 84
Sandy Springs Basketball Club 87 - Tallahassee Trees 102
Blood Kings 53 - Fair Where Foes 151
PV Pride 98 - Mighty Spartans 84

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 151 : Fair Where Foes
Rebounds : 75 : Fair Where Foes
Assists : 46 : Fair Where Foes
Steals : 15 : Deportivo Saprissa
Block Shots : 17 : Fair Where Foes

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : J. Kerns (burlington orbitals)
Rebounds : 22 : K. Spatanopoulos (Tallahassee Trees)
Assists : 12 : G. Naldi (Tallahassee Trees)
Steals : 5 : F. Giga (Missouri City Sounders), N. Cabral (Deportivo Saprissa)
Block Shots : 5 : F. Giga (Missouri City Sounders), S. Batte (Deportivo Saprissa)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Kerns (burlington orbitals) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots), R. Figueiredo (Fair Where Foes) (30 Points, 3 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 2 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Shooting Guard : E. Schumacher (Fair Where Foes) (24 Points, 5 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Small Forward : F. Giga (Missouri City Sounders) (22 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 5 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Power Forward : M. Sanguliya (UofDallas) (21 Points, 15 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), E. Levne (Fair Where Foes) (22 Points, 14 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39
Center : S. Batte (Deportivo Saprissa) (24 Points, 19 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52

MVP of the evening
S. Batte (Deportivo Saprissa) (24 Points, 19 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52

The bad performance of the evening
L. Mitchell (Georgia Heat) (6 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -12

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : K. Braswell (Georgia Heat) : 9 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : B. Eskikan (D-City Smokers), A. Meul (Diamantes), G. Linder (PV Pride), S. Thorn (PV Pride), S. Cuellar (Swamp People) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : L. Mitchell (Georgia Heat), K. Braswell (Georgia Heat), F. Alston (GoZags), A. Tucker (GoZags), G. Naldi (Tallahassee Trees), S. Batte (Deportivo Saprissa), H. Guanfu (Sandy Springs Basketball Club), T. Smalley (Blood Kings) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : D. Boivent (Tallahassee Trees) : 7 Three points

The best performer : M. Eryilmaz (Florida Champs) : Rating : 18.5

The worst performer : K. Bronson (Blood Kings) : Rating : 1.0

Day 19 (Tuesday 1 January 2019) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Diamantes 99 - Missouri City Sounders 114
Deportivo Saprissa 91 - Florida Champs 111
GoZags 131 - Georgia Heat 63
Tallahassee Trees 113 - burlington orbitals 131
Fair Where Foes 61 - Sandy Springs Basketball Club 129
Mighty Spartans 127 - Blood Kings 28
D-City Smokers 61 - PV Pride 84
Swamp People 94 - UofDallas 78

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 131 : GoZags, burlington orbitals
Rebounds : 66 : Sandy Springs Basketball Club
Assists : 52 : Mighty Spartans
Steals : 17 : Mighty Spartans
Block Shots : 17 : Mighty Spartans

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 41 : E. Schumacher (Fair Where Foes)
Rebounds : 19 : T. Kuanzhong (Mighty Spartans)
Assists : 14 : A. Meul (Diamantes)
Steals : 6 : A. Lupica (Mighty Spartans)
Block Shots : 6 : M. Diallo (Mighty Spartans)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : I. Sharp (Florida Champs) (39 Points, 3 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Shooting Guard : M. Diallo (Mighty Spartans) (9 Points, 6 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 0 Steals, 6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Small Forward : F. Giga (Missouri City Sounders) (33 Points, 9 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Power Forward : T. Kuanzhong (Mighty Spartans) (39 Points, 19 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 59
Center : A. Lupica (Mighty Spartans) (17 Points, 11 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 6 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35

MVP of the evening
T. Kuanzhong (Mighty Spartans) (39 Points, 19 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 59

The bad performance of the evening
T. Smalley (Blood Kings) (0 Points, 8 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -16

Triple-Double of the evening
W. Batts (GoZags) (12 Points, 10 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : T. Smalley (Blood Kings) : 9 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : R. Ruiz Vadillo (Florida Champs), D. Loftus (Diamantes) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : S. Ray (Georgia Heat), K. Braswell (Georgia Heat), B. Eskikan (D-City Smokers), W. Batts (GoZags), G. Naldi (Tallahassee Trees), L. Quick (Fair Where Foes), E. Schumacher (Fair Where Foes), N. Cabral (Deportivo Saprissa), J. Chuchung (Sandy Springs Basketball Club), A. Meul (Diamantes), G. Linder (PV Pride) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : L. Benavides (GoZags), I. Sharp (Florida Champs) : 6 Three points

The best performer : M. Eryilmaz (Florida Champs) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : K. Bronson (Blood Kings) : Rating : 0.5

The bots are skewing the daily performances.

Also, you and Hank the Bank can't play each other in the relegation series. Both of you need to stay in this league!

Would we though?

In relegation series, 5 plays 7 from the opposite conference and 6 plays 6.

Oh, well. I guess I'll have to win the next 3 and hope for the best ;)

Hey all! Been away for a few weeks, but I'm checking in to say I'm still here. Loved the write-up Artie, awesome as usual