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D.IV 12 Through 8 Games

Great8 6- Big8 2-Great8 hosted round 1 and jumped out to a solid start.
Xenia(8-0) 97- Iowa(3-5) 73: Xenia Picks up one of 2 Big8 wins, expected.
ATL(4-4) 89- Cappers(7-1) 102: With unfortunate draw to start interconference play ATL continues to slide.
Bullseyes(6-2) 95- Scarlet(1-7) 85: Surprisingly close, still one of the only two Big8 wins.
Tabs(2-6) 65- Venom(5-3) 106: Lucky draw for Venom, pulls the team formerly known as Twobit in their first game back after going bot to help build PD.
Bostn(0-8) 71- Blue(3-5) 86: Good win for the Crew.
Pinoy(3-5) 73- GTown(5-3) 98: GTown continues its roll towards the top, Pinoy continues to struggle. Semi-interesting is the fact that Pinoy played only 6 players, could be saving for cup?
Suns(4-4) 57- Droids(8-0) 86: Normally high scoring Suns shut down by Droids Strong OD.
Firestorm(3-5) 65- Wall Street(2-6) 77: Wall Street grabs win #2 in the hunt to avoid relegation.

Upcoming Games to Watch-Expect a fairly even next round with most of the matchups being a lowseed vs a highseed.
Droids@Bullseyes: Droids look to prove themselves vs one of the Big8's top teams.
Venom@Pinoy: Excellent chance for Pinoy to redeem themselves, can Venom pick up their first high quality win?

Teams Still In The Cup-7 total
Xenia, Bullseyes, Suns, Pinoy, Tabs, Venom, and Iowa

Last edited by Eminence Front at 11/2/2010 11:28:18 PM

if you focus inside, you'll be fine.

Doesn't anyone else bother to scout opponents? Sweet Pickles ID rating has been higher than his OD rating in his last six games this season. He won by 30+ versus a team that played Low Post against him last night. His weakness is rebounding and lack of inside scoring.

Balrog, your team seems much like mine in focus, and I would simply play base and man against him. However your OD isn't as good as mine, so you might risk 3-2 zone knowing you have better base rebounding and hope you don't lower your rebounding effectiveness too much.

Doesn't anyone else bother to scout opponents? Sweet Pickles ID rating has been higher than his OD rating in his last six games this season. He won by 30+ versus a team that played Low Post against him last night. His weakness is rebounding and lack of inside scoring.

In all fairness, he played a very, very weak team in our division that consistently loses by 10+ points, so that win is no surprise. Yes, his inside defense has seen improvements, but we're talking about Mediocre (medium to high), which with the right players, you can easily over come that. I play Low Post/Look Inside against him and crush him. All that means while playing man to man, is the players at the positions can defend at least a little bit, but they can easily be overpowered.

Pickles has always been an outside focused team, despite my numerous attempts to get him to focus a bit on the inside game. Our league focuses heavily on the outside game in terms of defense because we have so many that do so. The problem is, they don't have the inside game to back up the outside, which makes them weaker overall.

I stand by my previous statement, that if you focus on an inside attack against him, 9 times out of 10, you'll be able to overcome his mediocre ratings. Trust me, it's worked for 3 seasons.

Look, thanks for your feedback. I agree that it is important to scout your opponent. I do. If you look at my games, my tactics have not been the same every time. He offered his opinion just like you, and I was appreciative. Frankly, If you have looked at my team you know I have some injuries, so I am pretty short handed. It's as much about your strengths as it is about your opponents weakness.

Scout the 30+ game and you will see that his opponent played 2-3 zone which is a real disaster vs. his perimeter based team. It's not that his opponent's offense was bad, it's that his defense was swiss cheese.

Take a look at this game instead. (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/26258069/boxscore.aspx)

Last edited by Gologol at 11/4/2010 4:07:32 PM

Gologol,

Sorry, I did not mean you, I meant the other fellow describing your opponent as 'weak inside' when that was his best rating in recent games (old games, like last year, are often meaningless). He played to his strengths and you played to yours. Ultimately your lack of stamina did you in, not your tactics.

Don't worry about it. I guess I sounded a little frustrated in my post. I didn't mean to get defensive.

D.IV 12 through 9

Great8 10- Big8 6-Had some good games and this week went 4-4 so Great8 keeps the lead for now.
GTown(6-3) 91- Bostn(0-9) 72: Solid road win for GTown, starting to secure their playoff spot.
Droids(9-0) 104- Bullseyes(6-3) 66: Blowout for Droids, dominated the 4th.
Wall Street(2-7) 70- Xenia(9-0) 91: Nice TIE win for Xenia.
Scarlet(1-8) 91- ATL(5-4) 110: ATL gets back on track with the W.
Iowa(3-6) 81- Suns(5-4) 112: Bigtime win for Suns, Iowa has dissappointed and is almost out of the playoff race.
Cappers(8-1) 91- TABS(2-7) 58: Big road win for Cappers, waiting for Droids to slipup.
Venom(5-4) 96- Pinoy(4-5) 103: Pinoy keeps themselves in the thick of things in the Big8, Venom fail to keep pace with GTown.
Blue(4-5) 91- Firestorm(3-6) 79: Blue keeps themselves in the race for last playoff spot in the Great8, Firestorm not so lucky.

Upcoming Games to WatchExpect Great8 to extend their lead, even if only by a game.
ATL@Droids: Unfortunately for ATL they are likely to slip back to their losing ways after making a 1 game recovery.
Pinoy@Cappers: Same as above.

Teams Still In The Cup-5 total
Xenia, Bullseyes, Pinoy, TABS, Venom

Here is the updated rankings for the toughest division 4 in BB

1. Colorado Rapids 9-1 Continue to roll including a 7 point road win over #4 Leerbeer
2. Almdudlers 9-1 Hasn't had a game within 18 in the month of November
3.New York Dragons 8-2 Hasn't done anything to deserve to drop a ranking, but Almdudlers is getting hot at the wrong time for them
4.Leerbeer Workers 7-3 A horrific week as they drop 2 places in the Great 8 standings, and not to mention 2 in this one
5. LionPride 7-3 Is the only Big 8 team yet to lose in inter conference play.
6. Mammas Boy 7-3 A crushing defeat at home to #3 dragons, but a nice bounce back game against UTHS
7. memphis macs 4-6 A win over #4, but then an embarrassing loss to the Muskrats, but they just have better bodywork than teams below them.
8. UTHS Panthers 5-5 Went 0-2 this week, and even though they beat # 7, they only won by 2, and it was at home. Still a very deep big man team that is levels above 9-16

Just Missed
Jackson Tigers 4-6
MIamI H3at 4-6
Irradiated Muskrats 4-6


Last edited by oriolekid at 11/10/2010 11:04:29 PM

D.IV 12 through 10

Great8 15- Big8 9-Great 8 looking good, 1 more solid week could put it on ice.
Bullseyes(7-3) 121- Iowa(3-7) 109: Iowa is now almost completely out of the playoff picture following a tough home loss.
Pinoy(4-6) 72- Cappers(9-1) 127: A huge home win for Cappers, looking for second shot at Droids.
Tabs(2-8) 49- Scarlet(2-8) 99: Scarlet gets a win as they look to avoid relegation.
Bostn(0-10) 68- Venom(6-4) 113: Venom has a playoff spot in their sights, Bostn still looking for that elusive 1st win.
Xenia(10-0) 96- Blue(4-6) 79: Loss drops Blue off playoff pace, Xenia continues to cruise.
Firestorm(3-7) 65- GTown(7-3) 86: GTown is on fire, sets up a big match vs. Xenia.
ATL(5-5) 90- Droids(10-0) 114: Droids continue to roll, ATL is in the middle of a tight playoff race in the Big8.
Suns(6-4) 123- Wall Street(2-8) 113: Suns offense keeps gunning, #1 in the league.

Upcoming Game to Watch-Big8 has 6 winnable games to put themselves back in the race. Only one big game to watch.
GTown@Xenia: GTown gets their first real test after rebuilding, should be a good game but homecourt could be the deciding factor.

Team Still In The Cup-Xenia

Team Stats-Shows the seperation between the top 3 teams and the rest of the field.
Offense
1.Suns-1054
2.Cappers-1022
3.Xenia-994
4.Droids-987
5.Venom-986

Defense
1.Droids-702
2.Xenia-762
3.Cappers-825
4.Firestorm-837
5.GTown-841

Power Rankings(tiers of power)
1.Droids(1st)-Undefeated and rolling, looking for top seed throughout playoffs.
2.Xenia(1st)-Same as above.
3.Cappers(2nd)-Only loss so far came to Droids, looking to take advantage of any slip-ups.
4.GTown(2nd)-On fire, has improved team greatly and is looking for a shot at a top rung team.
5.Bullseyes(3rd)-Have played solid so far, unless improvements are made though they won't catch Xenia.
6.Suns(2nd)-Recently made a big pickup that moves them into the top 5 currently, still behind Bullseyes due to record.
7.Venom(4th)-Have feasted on lower ranked teams.
8.ATL(4th)-After starting strong they have collapsed and are now in a fight for a playoff spot.
9.Pinoy(4th)-Still have talent and are looking to catch ATL despite early season struggles.
10.Blue(4th)-Unless they can get on a tear they have no shot at the playoffs, will avoid relegation though.

Last edited by Eminence Front at 11/12/2010 4:39:09 PM