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For cup I'd predict a HumanFund vs Flashover final. Those two will be a good matchup, might come down to GS and whether G's recent purchases can get into good GS by then

I think there are some other really interesting seeding battles to end the season too. Mainly the 3-5 spots in the Great 8 and 3-6 in the Big 8.

After being in a relegation fight all season, I think Silverbacks might be the favorite to snag the 3rd seed. 3 of their final 4 games are at home and the only road game is against the 8th seed. Beware and Visionaries both only have 2 home games left and Visionaries is still dealing with their rough injury luck

On the Big 8 side, it looks like Fury is likely to grab a top 4 spot but not settled yet. Based on remaining schedule and current PD, I'd guess it finishes as Fury 3, 10inch 4, Human Fund 5, Big Gulp 6. If all of my predictions are right, Flashover and Human Fund would be a rare cup final matchup that is also a relegation matchup!

Well, good call, Silverbacks took advantage this past game. Could be a strange trek to the finish line from here...

On my side, I'm just happy to avoid relegation series. :D

As usual RF out coached me. If i win only reason will be a little better game shape.

You finally won despite the GDP and at a lower attitude. GG!

The final: HumanFund vs. Flashover.

Congrats G for winning the cup! Back to back championship seasons for Flashover

I asked the stat guys at buzzerbeaterreference.com to dig into the history of cup champs to see how many non-playoff teams have won.

Flashover is the first ever 7 seed to win the cup (assuming they dont somehow pass Pressure to get 6th on the last game), and is 1 of only 9 non-NBBA playoff teams to ever win the cup. The last one was Orcs in season 65 with other NBBA relegation teams winning in seasons 29 (Delta 9 as a 6 seed), 25 (Arizona dessert storm as a 6 seed), 21 (KDB as a 6 seed), 20 (Visionaries as a 6 seed), and 9 (Chicago Bulls as a 5 seed)

Shockingly, there have been 3 cup champions who won while in D2, although one of them doesn't really count as it was Season 1 (Chicago Bulls). The other two times a d2 team won, it was the same team: Marshland Mammals in seasons 37 and 43. They then went on to win multiple more cups titles while in NBBA

buzzerbeaterreference.com also says TonyC is one of the sexiest GMs in BB history too!

Yeah buddy congrats. I tried to give you a game but my team stayed up too late watching Wolf Blitzer middle east war coverage. They've been disciplined.

Congrats!

As the season wraps up, I put together some all-nbba award lists. I valued a mix of counting stats, player rating, team success, and player skills if I've seen them. I heavily valued games played and had an unofficial cutoff of 16-18 minimum games to be eligible, with people getting penalized for playing fewer games. Gotta be on the court to add value!

MVP: Roscoe Anderson

First Team
Guard: Alessandro Dogana (Mill City Thunder) 21 ppg, 3 rpg, 3.6 apg
Guard: Gibson Walters (Neanderthals) 26 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.9 apg
Forward: Roscoe Anderson (Stark Contrast) 21 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.9 apg and league-leading 20.5 rating
Forward: Sikstas Keburis (Beware of Dogs) 24 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.6 apg
Center:Li Shuo (Resurrected Fury) 7.2 ppg, 14.6 rpg, 6.7 apg, 1.7 sig, 1.8 bpg

Commentary
- I went with Roscoe as MVP over Keburis due to his significant edge in scoring efficiency (50/44/83), superior rating and better team success, but both are great players
- I was reluctant to put Gibson Walters on 1st team given Neanderthals 7-seed finish, but leading the league in scoring while doing it on 52/45/96 efficiency is crazy. You have to reward that
- I was going back and forth between Sikstas and Ade Taylor for the 2nd forward spot, and you can't keep the actual MVP off 1st team so Sikstas got it in the end

Second Team
Guard: William Orourke (Silverbacks) 17 ppg, 5.4 rpm, 4.3 apg
Guard: Guido Pisanechi (Big Gulp) 21 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.8 apg
Forward: Ade Taylor (Visionaries) 21 ppg, 7.2 rpm, 2 apg
Forward: Neil Kimball (Resurrected Fury) 20 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 5 apg
Center: Ruslan Kozin (Splash Gang) 4 ppg, 12.3 rpg, 5.6 apg, 3.8 bpg

Commentary
- The guard options were pretty stacked and had some tough decisions. Ultimately went with Orouke and Guido over the next tier of guys. Guido has comparable scoring stats and a better rating, while Orourke's well-rounded game and elite defense gave him the nod

Third Team
Guard: Dane Cho (Splash Gang) 20 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.9 apg
Guard: Lyle Feaster (Resurrected Fury) 20 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.6 sig
Forward: Jackie Wheatley (Tar Team) 18 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.6 apg
Forward: Marco Giannoni (Splash Gang) 21 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.9 apg
Center: Quentin Laperche (Visionaries) 15 ppg, 12.6 rpg, 4.5 apg

Commentary
- Jackie Wheatley was a tough one to bump to 3rd team. On a 2 seed, good counting stats, and 3rd in the league in rating. Ultimately, felt like Kimball and Taylor had a leg up on him but he had a 2nd-team quality season
- Cho fell to 3rd team primarily because his rating (17.2) was much behind the other guard contenders but that may be explained by playing out of position for a handful of games


Toughest cuts: Tony Meade (Visionaries), Alfonso Conejos (Tar Team)
Hard to keep two USA NT guys off the all-nbba list, but ultimately couldn't find a spot for them. Meade was primarily dinged due to only playing 16 games compared to 18-22 for all the other guards. Conejos gets edged out due to the fewer center position spots and depth at C.

Next cuts: Isiodos Polichronopoulos (Big Gulp), Kostas Theodoratos (Flashover)
Two more league leading shot blockers got edged out due to the crowded C position plus their lack of team success