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Week 2 Power Rankings

1. Lakers Celts

The Lakers Celts have stated their claim as the best in the league. They faced a Wizards team on the road and came away with a 15 point win. They seemed to be trying a little bit more than the Wizards, but the win makes a perfect season a real reality half way through. They shut down the best offense in the league, holding them to only 84 points.

2. Winnetka Wizards

The Wizards had a chance to extend a regular season winning streak to over 31 games but they were unable to get the job done against the Laker Celts. The good news is, they only shot 10-27 from 3 and the Celts came up with more fire than this team. They are still not out of it by a long shot although this loss does hurt.

3. Cutters

The Cutters have publicly announced that they are in the business of treading water for the foreseeable future. They have maintained quite a nice cup run while they bide their time. They did pick up a second loss this week though. Super Sentai took advantage of them and pulled out a big 7 point overtime win against them.

4. Chicago Thundr

The Cutters weren’t the only team to fall victim to the Super Sentai as the Thundr couldn’t steal one on the road. There inside offense was shut down by the 2-3 zone of the Sentai. The Thundr also managed to get outrebouned by 11 in the loss. They did manage to right the ship though, beating the Superbirds on tv at home on Saturday.

5. Cincinnati Lakers

The Lakers have transitioned over the past few seasons, they used to live and die by the three pointer, but now they are last in the league in 3pt shooting percentage. Still this team manages to stick around with extremely tough defense, leading the league in opponent field goal percentage. They also share the ball a lot, having two of the top three assists leaders in the league.

6. CHORONG3

This team was upset that I didn’t put them in the power rankings and came out with a vegence this week. I probably should put them over the Lakers after they beat them convincingly on Tuesday, but for now I will leave this team at 6. This team is a dark horse, they gave the Lakers Celts a close game and only have losses against the top 4 teams in the league.

7. Super Sentai

The Sentai move up after having a great week. They beat both the Cutters and the Chicago Thundr. They used the 2-3 zone to perfection, slowing down some great inside offense. They then slowed the game even more with a perfectly ran Princeton offense. They jump into the power rankings, after moving back into playoff seeding and notching two huge wins.

8. Indy Superbirds

Indy couldn’t pull off a big win against Chicago, but they don’t get penalized for that as much as the other teams around them having wonderful weeks. It’s nice to see this team get so far in the cup too although it seems like they will most likely lose next week.

Really nice rankings again. I'm kinda biased since I'm at #1 right now lol! But seriously, all the rankings for each team are nicely written. Excellent!

Does anyone find it ironic he only covers 8 teams instead of the whole 16?

its called power rankings :)

In what way is it ironic? 8 instead of 16 isn't ironic

I mean if you really want to see the last 8 teams, I can list them, I probably won't write paragraphs about the bottom 8 teams, its just a lot of writing. Speaking of which I will have another one up after the games Saturday I straight up forgot about doing them this week lol.

Last edited by randomperson232 at 06/17/2015 19:15:01

Sorry for the delay but I am back with a new updated power rankings!

1. Lakers Celts

The Lakers Celts have continued to roll in D.IV. With six games left it is highly unlikely that they take a loss in the regular season now. FC Durham managed to figure a few things out against them, being just the second team to score 100 against them this season. It still didn’t matter though as a 1 point lead going into the third quarter ballooned to a 14 point lead for this team. In a way that describes the season for the Lakers Celts. Serval teams have enough for 3 solid quarters but in the end, the Lakers Celts just have too much.
2. Winnetka Wizards

The Wizards have rebounded nicely since their first loss against the Lakers Celts. They have won their last six games by double digits. They are still the favorites to come out of their division at this point. As long as Jonas Janušonis continues to lead this team they could very well be in DIII next season.
3. Cutters

The Cutters have performed very well since the last power rankings, going 5-1 with the only loss to the Lakers Celts. This team could feature a major shakeup with a lot of their roster currently sitting on the transfer list. That could determine where this team ends up on the power rankings and in the playoff hunt but for now they sit here at 3.
4. CHORONG3
CHORONG3 becomes the biggest mover in this week’s power rankings. They are currently riding a 7 game win streak including an 18 point thrashing of the Chicago Thundr last year. Ischa van de Corput has been playing like a man upset at an all-star game snub. They had 3 all-stars this season, tied for most in the Big 8, and depending on what happens with the Cutters could be the team in the league most poised to challenge the Wizards.

5. Chicago Thundr

The Thundr drop a spot after not showing up against CHORONG3. They have clinched a playoff spot but for now seem like they are clearly the 4th best team in the division. They are the only playoff team to have not had an all-star starter and have the lowest point differential of the playoff teams.

6. Super Sentai

The Super Sentai stike again. They clearly raise their performance against big time opponents. They eeked out a 1 point win against the Cincinnati Lakers after trailing by 5 entering the 4th quarter. They played tough defense and now just sit a spot back in the hunt for home cout playoff advantage.
7. Cincinnati Lakers

The Lakers fall a bit after not coming out against some of the better teams in the league. Mohd Ezmi bin Saad had a chance to win the game but missed a shot at the buzzer. They still sport the second best defense in the league though but they need right the ship against the Superbirds on Tuesday.

8. Indy Superbirds

Indy has a chance to finally beat the Lakers on Tuesday. If they can go on the road and pull out a victory it would be a big step into moving toward a 2 seed in the playoffs. They are coming off a nice 12 point win over the Scarlet Knight Crusaders in which their defense strangled any attempt at winning.

Nice win CHRONG3 ! Great team effort and wish you nothing but success as you move through tourney! Nice job keep the momentum. Matchups on both sides look really good to wrap this up. Good luck everyone.. go, fight, win.


Coach Wem

Yes! They look great so far. Congrats to the Indy Superbirds for finally pulling out the W and dropping a big 147 points on my team! We're in for a great finish to another great season.

Now i get a team thats flat destroyed me all season. We'll see

At least I cracked 100 points. Only the third time all season that laker cells has given up triple digits.