THE DREAM LEAGUE
National Basketball Tournaments
|
2004 Summer Vegas Basketball Tournament |
||
|
Vegas ABL Select Defends Home Turf as NL/AL Champs Bay Area HEADS Defeat Pure Foods in AAA | ||
| NL/AL Champs Vegas ABL Select (w/ coach Tim Sudario) and MVP TJ Valera, Bay Area HEADS and Co-MVPs DelaCruz and Pacana. | ||
QUICK LINKS: Registration & Info Page Schedule & Scores Grid (or scroll down) Pre-Tournament Message DEDICATION TO A TEAM MOM COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE: Thanks to all of you for making this foray into Sin City a highly competitive and enjoyable one, plus very smoothly run thanks to good sportsmanship, top-notch refs, gym directors, and scorekeepers. Let's stay in touch and we look forward to seeing you in about five months! SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 -- The Vegas ABL Select team defended its home turf by defeating the East Bay Cardinals, 68-44, in the NL/AL division championship. Meanwhile, at first glance it seemed like Raffy Consing missed the memo about the competitive level of the AAA, but the Bay Area HEADS managed to pull together quite an extraordinary squad at the last minute and took care of an almost equally extraordinary Pure Foods team. It should be noted that the HEADS' Francis Machica scored 45 points against the Alameda Runners in one of the semifinal games, a tally which is believed to be the most points ever scored in a Dream League game (more research will be required to confirm this). Also, our roving reporter S. Audacity Smith also gives us some insights on the Vegas tournament! Results: NL/AL Gold Medal: Vegas ABL Select Silver Medal: East Bay Cardinals Bronze Medal: Minneapolis Lakers 4th Place: Runnin' Rebels 5th Place: Y Tu Mama Tambien 6th Place: Rich's Leftovers II AAA Gold Medal: Bay Area HEADS Silver Medal: Pure Foods Bronze Medal: PAA 4th Place: Alameda Runners 5th Place: Rich's Rayguns IV 6th Place: Double Down Here are the all-star selections: NL/AL TOURNAMENT MVP: TJ Valera, Vegas ABL Select NL/AL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE TOURNEY: Anthony Aponte, Y Tu Mama Tambien NL/AL FIRST TEAM ALL-TOURNEY: G Huy Nguyen, Minneapolis Lakers G Karl Gusner, East Bay Cardinals F Michael Carboni, Vegas ABL Select F TJ Valera, Vegas ABL Select (MVP) C Hank Huang, Minneapolis Lakers NL/AL SECOND TEAM ALL-TOURNEY: G David Wong, Y Tu Mama Tambien G Ben Wang, Runnin' Rebels F Andrew Lee, East Bay Cardinals F Ken Wan, Rich's Leftovers II C Anthony Aponte, Y Tu Mama Tambien AAA TOURNAMENT CO-MVPs: Jeremy DelaCruz, Bay Area HEADS Chris Pacana, Pure Foods AAA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE TOURNEY: Steve Chipp, Alameda Runners AAA FIRST TEAM ALL-TOURNEY: G Jeremy DelaCruz, Bay Area HEADS (Co-MVP) G Chris Pacana, Pure Foods (Co-MVP) F Alex Yang, PAA F Aries Candelesa, Alameda Runners F Francis Machica, Bay Area HEADS AAA SECOND TEAM ALL-TOURNEY: G Nino De Leon, Rich's Rayguns IV G Haruka Kitihara, PAA F Al Yee, Bay Area HEADS F Steve Chipp, Alameda Runners F Joe Liaw, Double Down |