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For the fifth straight week, I'm facing a division IV bot team (4 of these games coming at home)... I thought that I would actually play a real person by now, but it seems I've been a lot luckier than most. :)

Good luck to the teams that are still left in the cup.

P.S. Starting this week, the winners of the cup games will win extra prize money (i.e. we will get 60k for a win this week instead of the 50k we got for winning in each of the first 4 weeks of the cup)

Last edited by AstonMidhurst at 3/27/2009 1:26:08 PM

Cup is not important to me this season. Of course I wouldn't mind going forward but that is not my main point of interest.

Looks like the finals may be played a little bit early - lucky for me, I play at home. This luck has to run out at some point.

It was a battle for 3rd up to this point. Now it's for 2nd.

Guh.

Looks like the finals may be played a little bit early - lucky for me, I play at home. This luck has to run out at some point.

Here's the tale of the tape for the big round of 16 matchup. Also, our all-time rivalry history: (/BBWeb/rivalry.aspx?team1=24823&team2=24818)

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Cape Sable Sculpins (24818), GM-oeuftete

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13-0, 1st place (Great 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +441, Pythagorean record: 12.9-0.1)
Roster: 12 players, Age 23.8, Salary 325.6K (27.1K/player)

Game strategy (22 competitive matches):
* Offense: Push the Ball 17, Motion 2, Base Offense 2, Run and Gun 1
* Defense: Man to Man 16, 2-3 Zone 4, 3-2 Zone 2
* Enthusiasm: 9 less (0 TIE vs CT), 13 equal, 0 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 131 (10686176) vs Iqaluit Stingers):
* CSI: 44.9 FG%, 35.8 3P%, 64.5 REB (15.5 O), 18.9 A, 8.0 ST, 6.8 TO, 13.6 PF
* Opp: 26.7 FG%, 17.1 3P%, 49.6 REB (14.5 O), 13.8 A, 3.4 ST, 11.3 TO, 17.6 PF

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BC Törööö (24823), jbmcrock

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13-0, 1st place (Big 8, Naismith, Canada)
(Differential +596, Pythagorean record: 13.0-0.0)
Roster: 12 players, Age 22.0, Salary 479.4K (39.9K/player)

Game strategy (25 competitive matches):
* Offense: Push the Ball 9, Patient 4, Run and Gun 3, Look Inside 3, Low Post 3, Base Offense 2, Motion 1
* Defense: Man to Man 18, 3-2 Zone 4, 2-3 Zone 3
* Enthusiasm: 6 less (0 TIE vs CT), 19 equal, 0 more (0 CT vs TIE)

Overall stats (max bbstat: 148 (12667843) vs real-lima):
* BCT: 45.9 FG%, 30.1 3P%, 65.8 REB (17.6 O), 16.0 A, 8.4 ST, 5.5 TO, 14.8 PF
* Opp: 28.2 FG%, 17.8 3P%, 44.0 REB (10.6 O), 12.0 A, 2.6 ST, 11.6 TO, 15.6 PF

Great (but overly violent) game (12702711). If not for key injuries to bronic and fabiano, sculpins would have won.

Great (but overly violent) game (12702711). If not for key injuries to bronic and fabiano, sculpins would have won.

/deep breath

You've got to be kidding me.

Those two were the two huge matchups for me, too. Fabiano vs. the kids, and Bronic's scoring game matched up with a center at SF. I can't believe I played the second half that close with both of them out for the whole thing.

Bronic is gone for 3 weeks now, and a decent reserve (Carrasquel) for one. Luckily Fabiano escaped.

What a freakin' disaster.

P.S. This was deju va all over again (except worse): (53959.8) (8126349)

Last edited by Mod-oeuftete at 4/14/2009 9:55:02 PM

Congratulations to the other three teams in the Final Four - especially the Thoroughbreds who have taken out two Naismith teams.

And hard times for the Sculpins continues with another big injury ...

Congrats to all the team that made the Final Four, I'm still a little peeved about that loss. Flow and rebound killed me I guess.

Should make some nice matches.

BTW, congrats on the GM!