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good call I would tend to agree with the assessment on stamina being a large factor.

As the weeks go by competition in Div III.4 is only getting tougher.

Let's start with an upset. Cresleys are on a roll and this time they beat one of the biggest contenders, Gavno: 94-81. Gavno has a big game on Saturday and TIE'd but on the other hand they played with their regulars. Gavno's 65 rebounds against Cresleys 39 was almost impossible to handle but 19 TO and 2/16 behind the 3 point line were the main reasons they have lost. A couple of weeks ago Cresleys were considered to be the team to relegate but now they have the wins and they have the hope.

After long long weeks Illusion is back to the top of Great 8. Their visit to Portland was easier than expected and ended up with a win over Rip City: 90-107. Greageaor Avalos was the star of the game with 32 pts and 24 rbds. Rip City now feels the danger of relegation more than ever.

The most exciting game of the day was between Cleveland and Chicago. Cleveland TIE'd and benched some starters, Goats also benched Partridge. In such a close game, you can't afford 4th quarter TO's and this is exactly what happened to Goats.

After suffering their first loss on Saturday, Hawks didn't want to lose another and took their job seriously against Knicks. 92-79. Knicks are way better than they were last week and ready to win some more bball games.

Steppers could pull an upset unless they faded away on the last quarter. Experience was the difference maker on that game and Booshers took care of the job: 107-87. Mercan’s 10 pts and 7 rbds in 19 minutes is a clear indication of his explosiveness.

Dragons could get their first win @ Marietta but when you play against 5 players plus 14.000 fans you better give your best on the 4th quarter: 117-106.

Tachenko beat Bangers 91-69 thanks to their great defensive effort. Beavers resisted with 28 pts and 21 rbds (10 OR) but didn't get any help from his teammates.

Flyers looked sharp against Knicks and hold on the 5th place: 101-85. Investors dropped to 6. Coach wasn't happy about his team's awful rebounding performance. He said "If they collect 30 more boards than you have, loss is inevitable" during the after game press conference. Top and bottom 2 seeds are locked in Great 8 but, there's just one game between 6th and 3rd seeds which makes every point extremely important.

There were some extraordinary performances on Tuesday. Among these Leo Woods of Flyers distinguished himself with 17 pts, 27 rbds, 11 asts and 6 blocks. Those are some sick numbers and make us forget his 6 TO's.

Inter conference play is over and Big 8 was the better looking side. Now it's time to heat up intra conferance rivalries. Big game on Saturday is Illusion @ Gavno. They will play for the homecourt in a possible Great 8 finals match up.

Last edited by karapaks at 2/10/2010 1:30:55 PM

after eveygame I look up the forum to see your analysis. Great job!

Karapaks, just the post game analysis along is worth fighting to stay up. But, like many, I am shocked as well. I was expecting to wake up to a 20 point loss. Did not expect to win this, especially after getting slaughtered on the boards.

Thanks guys.

By the way, 7-8 games can mean automatic relegation on our side. In some other divisions you can grab a play off spot with 8 wins. This is brutal.

Great Commentary.....

I must say the crossover was brutal (not that it gets much easier!).....The Booshes, Hawks, Teckendo, and Crazy's are superior teams that could win many div 3 titles in other leagues (based on the ones my buddies are in). The Magic and EC are absolute solid squads too! It is odd that the Hawks/Boosh side is stronger because both relegation series was one by our side! Good Luck the rest of the way!

I must give some props to the Booshes for providing Proc City with a professional PG rated banner! My best player fouled out in 22 minutes again! The game was close until Carmona fouled out. He needs a reversed spongebath from Tiger Woods

the interesting thing about the relegation battles last season is that the winners were Junior Knicks and Prov City Investors. The Junior Knicks, who have been pretty good went through a rebuild this season and are much weaker than normal. Divine Dragons have pretty much thrown their team to hell. Both of these factors have weakened the Great 8 side. And the three teams that relegated on the Big 8 side last season would all have been playoff contenders potentially had they been on the Great 8 side, including pyromaniacs who were much better than their record showed. So even though the relegation battles were won by the Great 8 side, they were pretty big upsets.

K - where was this analysis last season? Was it because you were a rook and trying to be cautious where you step? Hope you get promoted to II.1 so you can start a forum at that level. Still can't believe that the Magic are struggling so - they were a demoted Div II team my first season in III.4 and everyone thought they were a shoo-in to return to II. Tachenko has been a force since that time as well - always in the mix for the playoffs. As I predicted, the two Indiana teams seem destined to meet in the finals. Prove me wrong. (I do like the Booshes team, though.)

me and gavno play this saturday we'll get a pretty good read on who is most likely going to finals for our side this season

K - where was this analysis last season? Was it because you were a rook and trying to be cautious where you step?Hope you get promoted to II.1 so you can start a forum at that level.

well I was reading a recap of magic raptors game at the very beginning of this season then I saidwhy not do something like that for BB and this is how I started the analysis. I hope I promote and start forum at Div II but I must admit Booshers scares me to death LOL

I was shocked how last seasons relagation played out. I thought I was cooked.

I can't wait to see how the playoffs go between the Hawks, Booshes, Teck, & Crazies is going to be tough. Plus, if that Magic team makes it I would not discount them winning games. His team gets fantastic ratings at all positions.

Good Luck that everyone has injury free scrimages tonight!