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Week 3 Power Rankings Continued

9. Miami Cleo (6)
A big jump up the rankings for Miami, moving 5 spots to claim a spot that appears to be above the muck and mire at the bottom. packer_22's squad handled Weather Society and Dallas Bomskwad with ease, which makes the above seem true, but how will they fare against better stock? Zubr looms on the horizon with a matchup against the semi-unpredictable War Birds. Big improvements this week - let's see what next week shall bring!

10. Rip City Revival (3)
I know, they're in third place in the Big 8, but just look at those standings. There's a point differential separation of 38 points between 4 teams! Jbogoroff's boys split their games last week, losing to Rebels on the road and defeating MMR at home. While they dipped a bit on their EFFG, they improved their Opp EFFG to stay at 10th this week in the rankings. Should be a good matchup with the Warriors before traveling to Ash's Basketball Center - what kind of platter will Tylormade's gentlemen serve them up on?

11. Lion Rebels (5)
I'll confess, I didn't think selling off my two older guard/small forward combo would effect me this much offensively, but I am down 14.5 PPG this season, and the inefficiencies of my two young guards to replace them have been glaring. A decent drop in EFFG and an improvement in Opp EFFG still ends up dropping me two spots in this list. (How funny would it be if I made these power rankings, but just played my bias and placed my team at the top every week regardless? I agree, not that funny!). Next week should prove out how far down this list my squad deserves to really be.

12. pintipv (5)
We knew pintipvw's team would take a hit, facing the top two teams in the division this week, but the result was a tumble 5 spots down the charts. A big hit to the EFFG facing those defensive power houses and just a dip in the OPP EFFG brings them here. They have a chance to right the ship with a strong showing against Beer and (probably) a winnable game against my squad.

13. War Birds (7)
War Birds moved up four spots in EFFG ranking to 10th, but dropped 3 spots in Opp EFFG and still moved up two places in the rankings. Trying to edge their way back up to the middle tier, they had an impressive showing against Linndale, but weren't really a match for Philly. Some potentially easy games this week - how will they fare?

14. Weather Society (7)
Melon Collie is trying to be the best of the worst, but still hasn't been able to pull off a win. Miami Cleo is the only team who has been able to shut down their high scoring offense - will they get their first win of the season against Dallas on Saturday before having to face the upstart Linndale?

15. Seattle SuperSonicz (8)
Seattle dropped this week after iBeStrugglin got manhandled by both top seeds in the Big 8 this week. Will they get another win against War Birds or will they be 1-6 walking into Zubr's arena next Tuesday? They just brought in another addition, 36 year old SF Australian Nikolay Lisnevskiy who will potentially play two Cup games this week.

16. Dallas Bomskwad (8)
Dallas' new acquisition center has definitely contributed on the boards and what appears to be Inside Defense, but a scoring machine he does not appear to be, totaling only 12 points in 2 games on 5-16 shooting. Two losses again this week, but there might be hope if The Architect can tame the storm of Melon Collie's run and gun shoot 'em style offense before facing Philly on the other side of the division in a sure loss.

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The majority of teams dropped in Efficiency per game this week, with 5 teams dropping in double digits (while three teams improved in double digits). Looking through this list - Miami had the biggest improvement overall (followed closely by Zubr) and Beer had the biggest downward trend of the group (with pintipv behind him)

best of the worst is a slight W for me im not even gonna lie

haha! Glad it makes sense to you - you'll get a win here - you've got to!

I still think we're an 8 right now and last night proved it. Not really that annoyed we lost but 20 points. Still need to do some lineup tweeking or some Pedro Serrano voodoo

Day 7 (Saturday 14 May 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Lion Rebels 69 - Mighty Moose Rockets 82
Rip City Revival 72 - San Dominica Warriors 50
War Birds 96 - Seattle SuperSonicz 97
Linndale 57 - Philly Dribble 91
pintipv 89 - The Beer Bellys 120
The Ashkickers 66 - Gremlins 79
Miami Cleo 74 - Żubr Białystok 78
Weather Society 102 - Dallas Bomskwad 117

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 120 : The Beer Bellys
Rebounds : 64 : Dallas Bomskwad
Assists : 28 : Dallas Bomskwad
Steals : 17 : Philly Dribble
Block Shots : 13 : Żubr Białystok

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 33 : D. Muncy (Seattle SuperSonicz), C. Taylor (Weather Society)
Rebounds : 24 : J. Bégin (San Dominica Warriors)
Assists : 10 : T. Grigoropoulos (Dallas Bomskwad)
Steals : 4 : S. Fortune (The Ashkickers), F. Jarkes (Seattle SuperSonicz), D. Nava (Gremlins)
Block Shots : 4 : D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), L. Baião (San Dominica Warriors), G. Iachetti (Gremlins), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), H. Yuyao (Żubr Białystok), T. Grigoropoulos (Dallas Bomskwad)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : I. Avellaneda (The Beer Bellys) (28 Points, 2 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Shooting Guard : C. Taylor (Weather Society) (33 Points, 4 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Small Forward : A. Itararé (Dallas Bomskwad) (27 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Power Forward : J. Pugejs (Seattle SuperSonicz) (13 Points, 16 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Center : H. Yuyao (Żubr Białystok) (21 Points, 19 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots), T. Grigoropoulos (Dallas Bomskwad) (25 Points, 10 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

MVP of the evening
H. Yuyao (Żubr Białystok) (21 Points, 19 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots), T. Grigoropoulos (Dallas Bomskwad) (25 Points, 10 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

The bad performance of the evening
É. Blanchet (San Dominica Warriors) (2 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots), : Efficiency : -7

Triple-Double of the evening
T. Grigoropoulos (Dallas Bomskwad) (25 Points, 10 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens: S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees: C. Pirtsos (War Birds) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok): 48 Minutes

The shooter: C. McMahon (War Birds) : 7 Three points

The best performer: T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer: F. Jarkes (Seattle SuperSonicz) : Rating : 4.5

Saturday Night Thriller Recaps
Not sure how you can be the highest rated player and only take 3 shots (here’s looking at you, Terry Armstead)...really annoyed by my offensive woes. At any rate, it was a bit intriguing having Big 8's 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, 7 vs 8 and Great 8 almost the same in matchups (1 vs 2, 3 vs 6, 6 vs 4, and 7 vs 8). Couple of games looked to go down to the wire - here are those quick recaps:

War Birds vs. Seattle SuperSonicz
Big 8 Cellar Dwellers provided a good show, with War Birds falling one point shy of Seattle SuperSonicz. The Birds found themselves down 3 after three quarters. Seattle hit two quick shots to increase the lead to 7 and then War Birds backup SG C. Alexandru threw the ball away, but fortunately, made up for it by corralling a defensive rebound and then stemmed the immediate threat by hitting a three for his first points of the game, cutting it back to four. With just under 9 minutes left, Collin McMahon continued his hot night by nailing a three to cut the lead to 1, but SuperSonicz were getting more shots off in the final period, including a lucky three ball from center Jarkes. Ramunas Kiaulius (Birds PG) answered with a three from the corner, to make it 80-81, Seattle. With just over 6 and a half minutes, McMahon slammed the ball down to put the Birds up by one. Seattle called a time out to gather itself and try to not squander this game, but coming out of the break, Muncy missed a layup and the Birds grabbed the board with Kiaulius hitting another three (4-4 so far in the period) to go up 4. Seattle struggled to score on the next trip down the court, and the Birds increased their lead to 6 with five minutes remaining. The teams traded back and forth missing and rebounding the ball before Birds PF C. Pirtsos fouled PF Pugejs and he ignites the SuperSoniz with two free throws. Jarkes turns around and steals the ball, laying it in on the fast break to cut the lead to 2 with four minutes remaining. SF Griffiths scored from the top of the key to put the lead back to 4 - the Birds grabbed a defensive rebound on the following possession and McMahon banked in a jumper, pushing the lead to 6, 91-85. Seattle's Jarkes responded with a three ball with 2 and a half minutes left - after a quick miss by the Birds, Seattle took a shot and missed. McMahon dishes to backup PF Benny Herron and he scored to make it a 5 point game with 1:51 left, but Seattle responded with a quick two. Down three, Jarkes stole the ball and backup SG Gregory Jordan ties it with 1:08 left with a three from the corner. A missed 3 by Birds resulted in a defensive rebound and Seattle went the other way. Jarkes response clanked off the rim and backup PG Hud Leal snagged the rebound, only for McMahon to miss a three pointer. With 15 seconds left, PF Pugejs nails a hook shot to regain the lead for Seattle. Following a 30 second time out by War Birds, and a subsequent miss, Seattle's SG Lisnevskiy is fouled and scores both free throws with two seconds left, all but sealing the win. Of course, there's a buzzer beater(!) but too little too late as the War Birds squandered a comeback 4th quarter.

I never really know what I'm wandering into when I look at a box score and see it's close and decide to recap it, but WHEW, that was a lot. A lot more buck than I bargained for and I'll bet Grimhawke is PISSED that McMahon couldn't make just, like, one more three on the night. As it was 4-6 FG and 2-4 3FG in the final frame. His PG, R. Kiaulius fared even better, going 4-4 FG and 2-2 3FG. If anything, the thing that finished them was they just didn't get as many shots off in the 4th as Seattle did and from what I can tell from the stats, that's primarily a result of fouls and turnovers (5 each in the 4th). At least it was a good, close game! Congrats to iBeStrugglin.

Saturday Night Thriller Recaps Continued

Miami Cleo vs. Żubr Biały
Miami and Zubr came into the 4th quarter tied at 57 points apiece and both teams started out the final frame COLD shooting 1-16 over the first 4:17 in the period. Once PF Shaun Hatch scored for Zubr, PG Domaon Santana responded. Hatch answered back, and then Miami's SF Marko Maurin got an assist by passing through to CHeatle for the slam. After that BARRAGE of scoring, with half of the period consumed, Miami found themselves up 1, 64-63.

Three minutes later, with the teams trading two buckets each, the score was 68-67 Miami. But nearly a minute later, Zubr's SF Sam Dickens nailed a three pointer to go up two. Maurin responded with a quick drive to even it up and on the drive by Dickens, he was fouled by Miami's Varpukevicious. Dickens sank the first free throw, but clanked the 2nd and the ball went out of bounds. Less than two minutes remaining, with Zubr now up by one with the ball - Dickens, who was finally coming on strong, scored to increase the lead to three. Varp, who'd had a good game coming into the 4th but utterly choked on himself, got a shot blocked, but fortunately, backup PG W. Graf grabbed the ball and scored to keep it close. After a turnover by center G lucas, Zubr scores but Maurin responded to keep the game at one. Unfrotunately, starting center G. Locus for Miami fouled, bringing Zubr into the bonus. Zubr, retaining the ball, missed, but grabbed the offensive board and held the ball as long as possible until Hatch shot and missed, but H. Yuyao grabbed it off the glass and touched it back in to go up three with 16 seconds left. Miami called a timeout hoping to inspire Maurin to continue his good play or to convince Varp or P. Cheatle to spark some offense as they'd both gone dark. All starters back in the lineups and D. Santana tries a threee but misses - the ball was loose but went out of bounds in favor of Miami. After another miss by Varp, and a defensive rebound, Denis Minkinen is fouled and does his duty, sinking 1-2 free throws with only one second left, again, sealing the game. Unfortunately, no buzzerbeater here, but another inspiring ending and a blown lead by a team that really needed it.

Reviewing the stats, it looked like even though Miami didn't fare much better in the 2nd quarter (16 points) Zubr failed to take advantage of the opposition's struggles and only produced 18 points themselves. Miami's shooting woes followed them most of the night, only able to hit 3 three pointers out of 15 attempts, most likely forced to take threes in their Low Post offense because of Zubr's 3-2 Zone tactic. I mentioned it in the commentary, but Miami's starting SG and PF just didn't show up in the 4th quarter with Varp missing all 6 of his shots. If Miami had pulled off the upset, they'd be in 4th place right now with Zubr knocked down to 4th and Miami's prospects looking more like a contender in relegation rather than a write off. Hopefully I'm wrong!

just listed my OGs...it truly is an end of an era for the society

Day 8 (Tuesday 17 May 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Mighty Moose Rockets 132 - The Beer Bellys 142
Lion Rebels 97 - pintipv 87
San Dominica Warriors 66 - Gremlins 81
Rip City Revival 83 - The Ashkickers 93
Seattle SuperSonicz 71 - Żubr Białystok 87
War Birds 112 - Miami Cleo 110
Philly Dribble 102 - Dallas Bomskwad 60
Linndale 114 - Weather Society 83

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 142 : The Beer Bellys
Rebounds : 60 : The Ashkickers
Assists : 34 : Mighty Moose Rockets
Steals : 15 : Philly Dribble
Block Shots : 14 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points: 42 : I. Avellaneda (The Beer Bellys), N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival)
Rebounds : 22 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)
Assists: 11 : A. Albrecht (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)
Steals: 4 : J. Fleurent (Mighty Moose Rockets), R. Sole (pintipv)
Block Shots: 5 : T. Colomina (The Ashkickers), R. Peñalver (Gremlins)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard: I. Avellaneda (The Beer Bellys) (42 Points, 5 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Shooting Guard: C. McMahon (War Birds) (38 Points, 2 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Small Forward: J. Fleurent (Mighty Moose Rockets) (32 Points, 6 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Power Forward: R. Peñalver (Gremlins) (24 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Center: T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (14 Points, 22 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37

MVP of the evening
C. McMahon (War Birds) (38 Points, 2 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots), R. Peñalver (Gremlins) (24 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 5 Block Shots): Efficiency : 38

The bad performance of the evening
A. Braka (Miami Cleo) (1 Points, 0 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), R. Alderman (Dallas Bomskwad) (0 Points, 2 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots): Efficiency : -5

Triple-Double of the evening
T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (14 Points, 22 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens: F. Jarkes (Seattle SuperSonicz) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees: Á. Sütöri (Linndale) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man: W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) : 53 Minutes

The shooter: I. Avellaneda (The Beer Bellys) : 6 Three points

The best performer: H. Yuyao (Żubr Białystok) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer: M. Cornwell (Weather Society) : Rating : 4.5

just listed my OGs...it truly is an end of an era for the society

It is sad to have to list your OGs! Hopefully you get some good bang for your buck!

Week 4 Power Rankings
Almost a quarter of the way through the season, so this is a special rankings update where we examine which teams have improved the most since week one and which teams, well, haven’t. Once again, these rankings are based on a team’s game efficiency rank and their opponent allowed efficiency rank. Any ties are broken by highest efficiency rank change from last week. Also, as an aside, overall ranking is still at the front, but this week, their first week ranking will be listed in parenthesis behind the name.

1. Philly Dribble (2)
Pretty telling week for Philly, who blew out not only Dallas, but also 2nd seed Linndale to prove that they’re clearly the best of the Big 8 and it’s probably not going to be close. We have to wait another two weeks for their matchup against Gremlins and then a week later for Ashkickers, but I think it is safe to say they’ll be competing for the championship come July. They stayed steady in EFFG and improved on their OPP allowed EFFG to take over as top dog for the week.

2. Gremlins (1)
Another week, another undefeated Gremlins team at the top of the list, for the first time, not ranked 1. What did they do to deserve this? Well, a tough, but decisive win over Ashkickers came around and then they handled San Dominica Warriors, but San Dom played them almost as well as Ash. Interestingly, while their EFFG dropped slightly, they still rank highest in the league, but their OPP EFFG rank dropped a spot even though it improved, which is how they find themselves ranked 2nd for the first time. Interesting Cup matchup for them (nationally ranked 81 Bluegrass Nationals traveling to 80th Gremlins Temple of Doom, before some relatively easy matchups for them coming into next week.

3. The Ashkickers (3)
Slight drops in both EFFG and OPP EFFG this week, but they’re holding relatively steady – tough loss to Gremlins will do that to you, but a bounce-back win against Rip City Revival keeps them strong. They’re one of only three teams with a +100 point differential this season, and the next teams aren’t necessarily close. Looks to be a tough Cup matchup, though they get the game at home, before facing Lion Rebels and San Dominica next week to more than likely improve to 9-1 on the season.

4. Linndale (6)
Linndale was one of three teams after the first week of the season tied at the fourth spot, with the tie breaker going to highest EFFG, which pushed them down to 6th. But they’ve consistently proved that they belong in the playoff chase and aren’t a has been DIV IV promote. They’ve only made two moves this season, selling a rookie for a decent profit, and then bringing in Kyle Knowles at SG who has performed quite well, averaging nearly 17 PPG and a 13.0 rating in league games. Interesting matchups against fellow DIV IV promoters on the other side of the division this week, facing Beer Bellys and pintipv – are we still asking if Linndale is for real?

5. The Beer Bellys (5)
Two wins last week, including a dominate one over their closest seeded rival in pintipv brings thatguy to 5th place in this week’s rankings. They’ve continued to have an impressive EFFG for a recently promoted team, and while they’re lacking a bit in OPP EFFG (ranked 11th this week and last), at least they’re consistent about it! Two big games on the horizon against the top seeded Big 8 teams. Will they stumble?

6. Żubr Białystok (14)
The most impressive transformation for a team in our division so far this season from the 1st week til now, whitestok’s crew has moved up 5.5 points in their average ranking, which gets them to 6th from what looked to be like the start of a cellar dweller occupant. Żubr has kept fairly consistent with EFFG over the last few weeks and improved their OPP EFFG to find themselves well in the playoff pack for the Great 8. An interesting matchup against Rip City followed by the dynamic, if not, sporadic San Dominica Warrior