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Basketballs Of Fury in control
JANUARY 30, 2008 (9:00PM) -- BBOF took control of the brackets by sending Team Rising down to the Losers Bracket, where they will matchup against the Raptors, who survived in the Losers Bracket against both Young'N and PDST. More details to follow as we catch up on stats, scores, and recaps.
Tipoffs for 1/27 to be posted soon
JANUARY 24, 2008 (8:00AM) -- I screwed up the playoff bracket and accidentally left out Young'N in the previous bracket, forgetting that the former Winners Bracket team still has double-elimination. So anyways, that leaves the #4 Raptors, #2 Young'N and #1 PDST in the Losers Bracket. Therefore #1 PDST, as the higher seed, gets to face the winner of #4 Raptors vs #2 Young'N. Keep in mind the PDST game will be at CSMM. Check the Bird's Eye page. Tipoffs will be finalized later today.
JANUARY 23, 2008 (10:30AM) -- Looks like EJ still has my PHRC binder and the one with all the stats from last week, so I can't update the bulk of the scores from either 1/13 or 1/20 yet. Matchups for 1/27 have been posted on the Bird's Eye page.
Weak sauce running rampant (UPDATED)
JANUARY 23, 2008 (10:30AM) -- UPDATE: The Bay Function captain chimed in to say that he felt Greg Hom wasn't a ringer in the sense that he's played 3 regular season games, but my point was that Hom, who can hit treys and drive to the basket at will, probably shouldn't be playing in the REC. However, this is probably Hom's first season in the league, so he wouldn't have really cared which division he played in.
Incidentally, if anyone objects to be called "weak sauce", by all means email me and I'm happy to post your rebuttal... More info
#12 vs #17 in Winners Bracket
JANUARY 15, 2008 (8:00AM) -- Playoff brackets have been posted at the above link and you can tell who plays who next on 1/20. March Madness in January! More to follow in the next couple days.
Recaps from 1/6 playoff games
JANUARY 12, 2008 (8:00AM) -- Here are quickie recaps from 1/6...
Aces d. Smky: Wes Cao and Mike Lai 13 pts. Lester Wong 14 pts in defeat, Kim Buenaflor added 13, Karl Arias 9 reb. Smokey down just 28-34 heading into 4th... YngN d. Aces: TJ Ellis 23 pts 16 reb, John Kim 18 pts. YngN only led 41-35 heading into 4th. Andy Hsieh 18 pts... Risi d. AnkW: Geary Luong's field goal the difference for Risi in OT over AnkW. Risi overcame 2-pt 1st qtr, 0-for-7 from FT in 4th qtr. Mike La 15 pts, John Bute 12 pts all on treys, 3 treys in 4th qtr alone. Somchit Phol 11 pts 9 reb, Elliot Kong only 7 pts on 3-for-17 shooting, 1-for-11 from downtown... IITWI d. TUS: With brothers Chris Deguzman and Brian Deguzman taking turns leading IITWI the first 3 qtrs, TUS was down 12 going into the 4th, but came up short even though holding IITWI to 5 pts in the 4th. Brian scored in every qtr except 2nd when Chris supplanted with 6 pts, Brian with 9 reb 4 ast, Chris with 17 pts on 5-for-7 treys. James Young 23 pts on 9-for-22 plus 5-for-12 treys, 13 reb... MHay d. AlBa: Thuan Ta 16 pts. Shane Rivera 19 pts... Rapt d. Bst: Allan Kwong 13 pts, David Hui 12 pts, Thien Nguyen a pesky 5 ast 3 blk. Mike Seisa 17 pts, Mason Chin 14 pts 8 reb... SFQ d. Xtrm: Mike Meehlieb 28 pts, Jon McClain 30 pts. Kevin Lee 9 reb... BBOF d. Wood: Paul Nguyen 32 pts 4 stl. Jason Tejano 11 pts.
Delivery of remaining t-shirts
JANUARY 11, 2008 (2:30PM) -- Happy Friday! First off, my plan is still to do some recaps from last week's playoff games. Now, most of the t-shirts have already been distributed. If your team has not received your t-shirts, please email me to arrange my drop-off of them next Thursday. I plan to get in my car as early as someone will see me, go burn some ozone layer, and drop off your t-shirts to wherever you are, be it at home, at work, or eatin' lunch somewhere. Get this thing off my plate, you know.
So first thing you gotta do is make sure your team is supposed to get t-shirts by double-checking the Payment Registry. Players or roster slots listed in bold mean they have already received them (and then some, meaning some of the not-bolded ones have also received them already). Then email me your situation. I will make sure my records don't indicate that we already gave them to someone at your team before some game in the past several weeks. If everything checks out, then I will reply to get your address of where you will be and I'll see you Thursday. CAVEAT: I will not be able to drive to San Jose; only Oakland or SF.
Tipoffs for 1/13 posted
JANUARY 10, 2008 (8:00AM) -- Tipoffs for 1/13 have been posted. Click on the Bird's Eye link above.
JANUARY 8, 2008 (4:30PM) -- Check the Bird's Eye page for the matchups. Whenever we have an odd number of teams in the Losers Bracket, the highest seed there gets a bye where necessary. So you see some doubleheaders for Losers Bracket teams on the Bird's Eye.
As far as homecourt this week, I'm turning over a new leaf and going by how many games you traveled over the course of the whole season, taken on a week-by-week scheduling basis. My goal this season is to make the mileage as fair as I can. That's why you see the Mo-Haye vs SF Quakes game at PHRC this week. You can just look at the STANDINGS/TEAMS page and see that the SF teams have probably done a lot of traveling thus far. I'm just evening things out.
That means at any given point from here on out, while you may own the higher seed, you might still travel to the home of the lower seed. During playoffs in previous seasons, we did not pay any attention to mileage over the course of the whole season, but we do now. Overall, opening your travel outside a 15-mile radius of your home ensures a better chance to play against similar high-quality teams. That's the trade-off of dreamleague and what makes our league different. At the same time, you still should have ended up with more than 50% of all your games at your specified home.
Superbowl Sunday 2/3 scheduling
JANUARY 3, 2008 (8:00AM) -- Check your Season Schedule article. If your team gets far into the playoffs, chances are you will need to play on Superbowl Sunday 2/3. On that day, the Superbowl will kickoff around 6pm. That means our last tipoff would be at 4pm. Please do not schedule any festivities prior to Superbowl kickoff on 2/3 -- if you are going to party, plan to do so afterwards.
The only way I will avoid scheduling on 2/3 is if I can utilize 2/10 without any more games mathematically possible after 2/10, i.e., 2/10 is the drop-dead date to get everything done.
All but SJH/Sitc in playoffs on 1/6
JANUARY 1, 2008 (8:00PM) -- HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! SJ Hibachi and Sitcom got things started on 12/16 (SJH won), so they'll pick back up on 1/13 with SJH in the Winners Bracket and Sitc in the Losers Bracket. Meanwhile, the #15 Smky vs #18 Aces and #16 Xtrm vs #17 SFQ "play-in" games will happen with the winners advancing against the homecourt #2 Young'N and #1 PDST, respectively. I'll post the bracket JPG picture sometime next week because it's a bitch to do and we don't even know the Losers Bracket matchups yet. The seeds are explained on the STANDINGS/TEAMS page and the matchups for 1/6 are obviously on the Bird's Eye page.
One matchup that will be interesting is the #12 Team Rising vs #5 AnkorWattz battle of good friends on both teams. Another rather incestual potential matchup is the #3 Usual Suspects and #14 IITWI, and #6 BBOF and #11 Morning Wood pairings. Should the seeds hold form and #3 TUS and #6 BBOF advance -- and I might be wrong about this -- we might have an not-so-old reunion on 1/13 between former players on the Ligers on both teams.
Looks like a massive playoff bracket
DECEMBER 12, 2007 (4:00PM) -- The STANDINGS page (click in lefthand navigation column) has all the seeds figured out. I'll go into detail on the tiebreakers later.
According to the replies from captains, looks like we'll go ahead with the #18 Aces at #15 Smky this Sun 12/16. Because #16 Xtrm originally wanted a bye on 12/16 way, way back, we'll grant that to them and peg their #17 SFQ at #16 Xtrm game for 1/6. Playoffs will start 1/6, which means the winner of the SFQ/Xtrm game will play a doubleheader and face #1 PDST (thus both games likely to be at Sequoia).
The Season Schedule article has been updated with this schedule change. 2/3 is Superbowl, but I hope to get the Final Three done by either well before kickoff at 3pm or well after the Superbowl ends at around 7:30pm.
DECEMBER 11, 2007 (8:00AM) -- The following was just sent to all AAA-6 captains: What can I say. Wow. We definitely have some parity this season. 13 of the 18 teams finished at .500 or better, earning them double-elimination playoff status. The 14th, IITWI, is at 3-5. I think it is fair if we proceed as follows...
- As a "play-in", the #15, #16, #17, and #18 seeds (Smokey, X-treme, SF Quakes, and Smokin' Aces, respectively) will duke it out for the 15th and 16th final spots of the massive yet mathematically do-able (i.e., multiple of 4) bracket of 16. Btw, I will double-check the tiebreakers in the next 24 hours, but X-treme beat SFQ which beat Aces, hence the ranking.
- X-treme cannot play on 12/16. Therefore, X-treme vs SF Quakes will occur on either 12/30 or 1/6, depending on how you vote. The winner of this game might end up with a doubleheader on 12/30 or 1/6.
- Smokey and Smokin' Aces can reply with the option of playing on 12/16 or a potential doubleheader on 12/30 or 1/6 (as is the case with the aforementioned X-treme vs SF Quakes).
- Please let me know if anybody cannot play on 12/30, otherwise we will proceed full steam ahead with the playoffs to start on 12/30. This helps me out in case of any prolonged problems with the 16-team mostly-double-elimination bracket. And don't forget 2/3 is Superbowl Sunday, so I'm in a bit of a pinch with such a large bracket.
PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR ANSWERS, QUESTIONS, AND/OR COMMENTS TO THE ABOVE BEFORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Swishes & Bricks from 11/18
DECEMBER 11, 2007 (8:00AM) -- Just got done with the 3rd annual Gold Rush James E. Love Memorial Tournament this past weekend. Thanks to all the NL and AL players that played (too many to list here), plus the guys on AAA's Ballin', Poorcats, Ryusei, Bomb Squad, Lions, and Trybe. Bay Area Select, South Bay Shootout, Super Bad, the Warriors, and even the champion Delano Renegades had a player or two or three from dreamleague Bay Area leagues make at least a cameo appearance. About half the teams paid us a visit from out of town or outside the usual leagues.
The Payment Registry will be updated later this week and I sure hope all the teams approaching playoffs this Sunday 12/16 are paid up in full. While I get the scores from 12/2 and requests for 12/16 up, please enjoy Vinsanity's latest Swishes & Bricks from way back on 11/18. I don't know about you, but Thanksgiving was hardly the time to catch up with work (I tried and so did Vinsanity, but just couldn't get it done). That holiday was more like a time to catch up with family. Hopefully during the December holidays we'll have more easy-going days to catchup on dreamleague scores and stats. Without further adieu, here's Swishes & Bricks from 11/18... More info
No games this Sun 12/9 due to Gold Rush
DECEMBER 4, 2007 (8:00AM) -- There are no games this weekend due to our annual Gold Rush tournament (good luck to the former AL-E team Davis Dynasty, Bomb Squad and 6FT Prodigies). Payment registry will be updated again early next week and the schedule for Sun 12/16 will go up as usual by Thu 12/12. Any tipoff requests for 12/16 should be emailed in ASAP. Scores from 12/2 will be up soon as well as Vinsanity's Swishes & Bricks from 11/18.
UPDATE ON T-SHIRTS: Remember, t-shirts are given out to players who paid early and via online so as to save us the hassle of collection and going to the bank. Most of the t-shirts have now been passed out (at PHRC on 11/18 and IJRC on 12/2). If your team has not received its t-shirts, know that we will try to coordinate logistics for 12/16 and so forth until all t-shirts owed are passed out. If somehow you can pick them up at commish's garage too, that would be preferred, as I'll be out of town on 12/16 and logistics will be difficult (although I'll try my best to have my staff come through).
No games this Sun 12/9 due to Gold Rush
DECEMBER 4, 2007 (8:00AM) -- There are no games this weekend due to our annual Gold Rush tournament. Payment registry will be updated again early next week and the schedule for Sun 12/16 will go up as usual by Thu 12/12. Any tipoff requests for 12/16 should be emailed in ASAP. Scores from 12/2 will be up soon as well as Vinsanity's Swishes & Bricks from 11/18.
UPDATE ON T-SHIRTS: Remember, t-shirts are given out to players who paid early and via online so as to save us the hassle of collection and going to the bank. Most of the t-shirts have now been passed out (at PHRC on 11/18 and IJRC on 12/2). If your team has not received its t-shirts, know that we will try to coordinate logistics for 12/16 and so forth until all t-shirts owed are passed out. If somehow you can pick them up at commish's garage too, that would be preferred, as I'll be out of town on 12/16 and logistics will be difficult (although I'll try my best to have my staff come through).
Matchups for 12/2 posted
NOVEMBER 28, 2007 (12:00PM) -- See Bird's Eye page. Simply makeup games this weekend. Barring geographical or other issues, my plan is to split the division into an upper double-elim and lower single-elim bracket (separate). This makes the brackets much easier to figure out. However, I might get hit with a wrench from left field, depending on how things play out. Feel free to voice your opinion on upper/lower as posted below. Please note that X-treme wants a bye on 12/16, so there's really no hurry to get things started too quickly. We'll play it by ear.
Every matchup on 12/2 except AlBa/YngN and Rapt/AnkW have double-elimination implications. However, AlBa/YngN and Rapt/AnkW do have homecourt and conference winner implications. Who knows if there's really a difference because, as I said in the beginning, I'm gonna even out the homecourt situation at least in the first round due to 2/3rds of the league being from Oakland and thus having a mathematical advantage. I'm gonna look at it matchup-by-matchup. But it doesn't hurt to get a better record and try to obtain a higher seed.
Should we have a lower playoff bracket?
NOVEMBER 27, 2007 (12:00PM) -- All captains have been sent the following message and I would like to get replies from the teams that currently do not have 4 wins...
"Before it's too late, I need to know if the teams that might not get double-elimination status want to participate in a lower AAA-6 single-elimination bracket, in which the champion of that bracket would still win championship t-shirts. Think of it as if it were the division I would have had if I had a crystal ball and could accurately gauge the competitiveness of the team. As you should know, I prefer to stratify every division into bite-sized chunks of at least 8 teams. I usually try to avoid an 18-team field like this one. Like in the NBA, quite frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing the top 8 teams play each other (but not for 82 games) in a round robin, then decide the champion. Would be some great games and everybody would go .500. But that's just me.
So anyways, the alternative to that is, your team without double-elim status will go into a bracket that will have at least 10 teams already with double-elimination status. If you just do the math, that's a pretty tall order to get through the field with only single-elim status, but it has been done in the past."
Swishes & Bricks from 11/11
NOVEMBER 24, 2007 (10:00AM) -- In this edition of Vinsanity's Swishes & Bricks, Jay Pattugalan probably (?) set a dreamleague record with 12, yes TWELVE, three-pointers made in a game, and this: "Among the dazzling performances of the weekend, some teams simply stunk it up shooting-wise. And I'm talking about not being able to buy a basket, period."... More info
Mullin, McHale and Ainge (and t-shirts)
NOVEMBER 21, 2007 (4:30PM) -- Today the Golden State Warriors take on the Boston Celtics -- what a way to enjoy our Thanksgiving break! Many, many years ago (twenty?) the Warriors visited the Celtics as they always have. Except on that night, there were three players who would eventually shape the very league that they play in from an executive level... More info
Btw, we started passing out t-shirts last Sunday at PHRC, SQHM, and SQHX. We will be at BCRC and IJRC on 12/2 and hopefully you'll get yours. Any issues, email me. And if you want to come by my house anytime to pick them up over here 2 blocks from PHRC, that would probably be the best way to ensure receipt of your t-shirts.
Happy Thanksgiving: no games on 11/25
NOVEMBER 20, 2007 (10:30AM) -- There are no games scheduled for 11/25. Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend. On 12/2, we're back at it (PLEASE SEND IN TIPOFF REQUESTS FOR 12/2 ASAP). Then on 12/9, there's another leaguewide bye due to the annual Gold Rush Tourney.
ALL ROSTER SLOTS MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS START. If not, then it makes no sense for me to schedule you in. Case in point for the Perpetrators of the AAA-Elite, who have not returned my phone call after 2 straight forfeits. They are on the hook for the remaining 3 roster slots, as well as the $50 forfeit fee unless their opponents in those forfeits are willing to waive the fee and shrug off the $25 each.
IF YOU GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH 9 PLAYERS, ALL 9 PLAYERS MUST BE PAID. Only players who have played 3 regular season games are eligible for the playoffs and they must occupy a roster slot, of course. All players who play for you in the playoffs must occupy a paid roster slot, with a minimum of 8 roster slots paid per team. The rosters are set and cannot change once the playoffs start.
THE PAYMENT REGISTRY WILL BE UPDATED LATER THIS WEEK. I still do not which team to allocate the roster slot payment for...
- Inigo Palileo (RWC)
- Suryo Senduk (OAK/SF)
- Christopher Romero (OAK/SF)
The teams of these players are all at risk of becoming delinquent on their payments. 411, please. And for those of you who have not finalized your payments, please put your team name on the memo line of your personal check or put your team name somewhere in your order with Google Checkout.
Auto-forfeit warnings for 11/18
NOVEMBER 16, 2007 (5:30PM) -- Check the Payment Registry link. The following teams are at risk of auto-forfeiting this Sun 11/18...
- Basketballs Of Fury: 7 slots paid, 8th game on 11/18
- In It To Win It: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/18
- Morning Wood: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/18
- SJ Hibachi: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/18
- SF Quakes: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/18
- Smokey: 7 slots paid, 8th game on 11/18
- The Usual Suspects: 7 slots paid, 8th game on 11/18
Roster slot payments are now up to $90 for SF/OAK and $95 for RWC.
Tipoffs for 11/18 posted
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 (12:00PM) -- See Bird's Eye page. Payment registry has also been updated. Auto-forfeit warnings will be posted tomorrow.
Matchups (but not tipoffs) for 11/18 posted
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 (8:00PM) -- Check the Bird's Eye link above. More info to follow on Thu and Fri about matchups. Payment Registry to be updated Thu night.
Swishes & Bricks from 11/4
NOVEMBER 13, 2007 (5:00PM) -- Matchups might not get posted until late Wednesday because it looks like we lost a scoresheet binder and the shotclock laptop got stolen (our 2nd laptop that has met the same fate). If anyone has a cheap old laptop we can use and maybe buy from you, please let me know. The laptop must have at least Windows 2000 and a USB port. Also, if anyone has an old laptop bag too. Meanwhile, enjoy Vinsanity's latest Swishes & Bricks from 11/4... More info
Tipoffs for 11/11 posted
NOVEMBER 9, 2007 (8:00AM) -- Payment Registry page has been fixed and updated. The following teams are at risk of auto-forfeiting this Sunday 11/11...
- AnkorWattz: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/11
- Bballs Of Fury: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/11
- In It To Win It: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/11
- Smokey: 6 slots paid, 7th game on 11/11
- Young'N: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/11
Roster slots are now up to $89 for SF/Oak and $94 for RWC. Refs and scorekeepers have been instructed to accept only a minimum of $89 or $94 per roster slot and they do not carry any change.
This week's matchups pit inter-conference East at West with Central playing intra-conference. Let's highlight some of the matchups. The Central Conference title is still mathematically up for grabs, so Sitcom and Young'N will duke it out to climb one step closer to the red-hot Usual Suspects, which wanted a bye on 11/11. To create this bye, we have their matchup against Alameda Ballaz, which was already played earlier this season. In terms of momentum, too bad for AlBa, which had a thrilling come-from-behind win against Beast last weekend.
AnkorWattz has the head-to-head advantage over the Raptors, so they get the chance to hand PDST its first loss. Can Jolinko Lassiter continue to light it up for PDST? The Raptors still will face a tough squad in BBOF. Mo-Haye wanted a bye for 11/11 and drew SJ Hibachi, so that matchup gets moved to 12/2. It's judgment day for Morning Wood. Another loss and they'll be relegated to single-elim playoff status. Their opponent Team Rising is also trying to avoid inching closer to that dreaded 5th regular season loss.
Swishes & Bricks from 10/28
NOVEMBER 7, 2007 (8:00AM) -- Check the Season Schedule article on the righthand table for matchups for 11/11. More to follow on that tomorrow should your division's schedule have quirks. Also, we're experiencing some problems with Google Docs, so the Payment Registry page will not be updated for a few days, but you'll know on Thursday night or Friday midday which teams are subject to auto-forfeits on 11/11.
Meanwhile, here's Vinsanity's latest installment re 10/28 stats... More info
Auto-forfeit warnings for 11/4
NOVEMBER 2, 2007 (1:00PM) -- The following teams are at risk of forfeiting on 11/4...
- Alameda Ballaz: 4 slots paid, 6th game on 11/4 (pay 2+ slots)
- AnkorWattz: 4 slots paid, 5th game on 11/4 (pay 1+ slots)
- Bballs Of Fury: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/4 (pay 1+ slots)
- SJ Hibachi: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/4 (pay 1+ slots)
- Sitcom: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/4 (pay 1+ slots)
- Smokey: 5 slots paid, 6th game on 11/4 (pay 1+ slots)
Please remember that fees are now at $88 per roster slot for SF/Oakland teams and $93 each for RWC teams. Our scorekeepers do not have change and must write down your payment on your scoresheet for us to process it properly.
Tipoffs for 11/4 posted
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 (2:00PM) -- Check the Bird's Eye link above. I'm gonna go eat some lunch now, so I'll be back later with some more tidbits about the difficulties of scheduling the 11/4 tipoffs, as well as some other stuff.
Swishes & the BRICK: ONLINE WAIVERS!!!
OCTOBER 31, 2007 (4:30PM) -- Matchups (but not tipoffs) for 11/4 posted on Bird's Eye page and Payment Registry updated (see links above). Also, Inigo Palileo, Suryo Senduk, and Wayne Bendebel need to email me so I know where to allocate their roster slot payment to. Not only did they fail to specify on the Google Checkout payment, but also they did not submit an ONLINE WAIVER, so I am unable to look them up in our player registration database to find out which team they're on.
While personally doing some online stats the other day, I noticed that dozens of you still have not filled out our ONLINE WAIVER, which serves many purposes. Not having you in our database to email you about our upcoming leagues and tourneys? Hey, I'm in over my head as it is, so no big loss, I can live with that. Playing on one of our courts without waiving your rights? OK, you'd be a fool to sue dreamleague and shut everything down for everybody else, so that one doesn't bother me as much either.
But not being able to look up your name to input your friggin' stats?! Bugger.
Please note, this is mainly for our newer players with whom we literally have no clue your full name or team because someone on your team botched your scoresheet one week. If you've never seen our ONLINE WAIVER page, then yeah you probably haven't ever filled one out, so go do it now. You can ignore the auto-generated error message -- haven't had time to fix that. First name, last name, team name, phone, address, email, click Submit. Simple.
So we're just gonna skip you if we can't find your name in the database. And we have to enter a whole team at once, so if we skip you, we skip your whole team. And once we skip your team, hell no, we ain't going back.
On another note, please enjoy Vinsanity's Swishes & Bricks from 10/21... More info
Ballers needed for paid photo shoot
OCTOBER 25, 2007 (4:00PM) -- We just got this in from a casting agency. Please let us know if you're interested and we'll put you in touch. Dates are Mon Oct 29 and Tue Oct 30: "PAID PRINT PHOTO SHOOT ($500 & $750). The client is a well-known sportswear company (name to be announced once final talent are selected). We need athletic people who are TRIATHLETES, RUNNERS, & BASKETBALL PLAYERS between the AGES of 19-29 with specific sizes... More info
Tipoffs for 10/28 posted, auto-forfeits
OCTOBER 25, 2007 (11:30AM) -- Click on the Bird's Eye link above for 10/28 tipoffs. The following teams are at risk of auto-forfeiting this Sunday...
- SJ Hibachi: 4 slots paid, 5th game on 10/28
- Sitcom: 4 slots paid, 5th game on 10/28
- Smokey: 4 slots paid, 5th game on 10/28
Please note that the fees have been increased by $1 per roster slot each, $87 for SF/Oak teams and $92 for RWC teams.
Code of conduct for spectators
OCTOBER 24, 2007 (8:00AM) -- In light of incidents involving spectators for at least the past two weeks, all spectators will now be expected to sign a waiver of liability form upon entry into any of our gyms. As has been dreamleague policy heretofore, spectators fall under the supervision of the teams they represent. Spectators will be ejected for any altercations they are involved in, whether they started it or not (like a double-technical). The teams they represent may be fined or suspended as well. You will be guilty by association. Therefore, eradicate your volatile spectators immediately, or else you are putting your own team at risk. You have been forewarned.
IF YOU ARE SPECTATOR, DO NOT TALK TO ANOTHER TEAM'S SPECTATORS. DO NOT TALK TO ANOTHER TEAM'S PLAYERS. DO NOT SAY ANYTHING DIRECTED AT THE OTHER TEAM'S PLAYERS OR THE OTHER TEAM IN GENERAL. DOING SO WILL PUT YOU AT RISK OF BEING EJECTED FROM THE GYM, AND YOUR TEAM OF BEING SUSPENDED.
Players banned for fighting
OCTOBER 24, 2007 (3:00PM) -- The paragraph below has been updated to reflect available information. There are claims that the Frosh Tryouts spectator may have instigated with a physical motion, which would suggest an element of self-defense on the part of Flores and Clayton. Also, the issues of suspensions are moving towards a reconciliatory path, which means all parties seem to understand what kind of environment dreamleague would like to promote. More informational updates will follow here if necessary.
OCTOBER 24, 2007 (8:00AM) -- Dexter Flores and Benjamin Clayton of the AAA-P SloJams have been banned indefinitely from dreamleague for entering the stands and fighting an opposing spectator. Flores's two sisters have also been banned indefinitely. The spectator representing SloJams' opponent, Frosh Tryouts, is suspended and cannot attend anymore dreamleague games for the rest of this season. SloJams may not replace Flores or Clayton on their roster for the remainder of this season.
I find it very disappointing that people still resort to violence to solve their problems, no matter how much verbal abuse you have taken. If you are one of these people who have even the remotest chance of crossing the line into physicality, who cannot walk away from a verbal attack, do us all a favor and don't play in dreamleague anymore. Don't come and watch our games. Don't visit this website. This is not the place for you.
For those of you who instigate with verbal attacks, it will not be tolerated AT ALL anymore. Anyone who instigates by verbal means will automatically be ejected, be it a player or spectator. The same goes for anyone who retaliates, even by verbal means. PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS WHO ARE EJECTED FROM THE PREMISES FOR THESE REASONS WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC 1-GAME SUSPENSION, more if the league office deems necessary. If you don't like these rules, then please do not play in dreamleague.
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE SITUATIONS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS. WE HAVE REFEREES AND GYM DIRECTORS WHO ARE FULLY QUALIFIED TO DIFFUSE CONFLICTS. OVERSTEPPING THIS AUTHORITY WILL LEAD TO EJECTION FROM DREAMLEAGUE.
"Uphold our safe haven for high-quality, high-caliber, high-class organized bball." -- dreamleague bullet point #1 on our RULES & REGULATIONS page.
Swishes & Bricks from 10/14
OCTOBER 22, 2007 (5:30PM) -- Dear Loyal Readers, yes, I'm talking to all of you, whoever you may be: captains, players, rabid fans, groupies (wait, do we even have groupies?). Please take the time to make sure roster lineups are filled in correctly. I can't stress how important this is to many of us here at Dream League HQ. To clarify -- by correctly, we mean a couple of things... More info
Tipoffs for 10/21, Risking auto-forfeits
OCTOBER 19, 2007 (8:00AM) -- See Bird's Eye link for 10/21 tipoffs. Scores from 10/14 have been entered.
So it goes like this: I call your ref before tipoff. If you haven't paid the scorekeeper what you owe by then, the ref proceeds to forfeit your game. So if you need to, bring your checkbook in case your teammate flakes. I don't care who pays your spots, but someone on your team's gotta pay 'em. The following teams are at risk of auto-forfeiting this Sunday...
- SF Quakes: 3 spots covered, 4th game on 10/21, pay for at least 1 slot before tipoff
- In It To Win It: 2 spots paid, 5th game on 10/21, pay for at least 3 slots before tipoff
- SJ Hibachi: 2 spots paid, 4th game on 10/21, pay for at least 2 slots before tipoff
- Ankor Wattz: 1 spot paid, 4th game on 10/21, pay for at least 3 slots before tipoff
- Sitcom: 2 spots paid, 4th game on 10/21, pay for at least 2 slots before tipoff
- Smokey: 3 spots paid, 4th game on 10/21, pay for at least 1 slot before tipoff
- The Usual Suspects: 4 spots paid, 6th game on 10/21, pay for at least 2 slots before tipoff
And don't forget, it's $91 for RWC teams and $86 for SF/OAK. Nothing more, nothing less (we have no change at the table). Next week, it goes up to $92 and $87.
Slight schedule change for two teams
OCTOBER 16, 2007 (9:30PM) -- Captain of Young'N, John Kim, all of a sudden found himself on the roster of a team in an LA tourney coming up, so he asked for a bye on 10/28. This entails moving Young'N vs Alameda Ballaz on 10/28 to 12/2. Alameda Ballaz captain Randy Rebanal said it was OK, so the change has been made... More info
Swishes & Bricks from 10/7
OCTOBER 16, 2007 (9:00PM) -- Going over the numbers from 9/30, I felt like I was in stathead heaven. Ballers dropping 30+ with ease, shooting ungodly percentages, ripping down boards like madmen and dropping dimes left and right...I guess you can say that this was a down week for the league. But that's not to say there weren't any bursts of brilliant play... More info
Late fees and auto-forfeits kick in soon
OCTOBER 15, 2007 (8:00PM) -- The payment registry (see link above) has been updated and now that most every team in the league has played two games and had a month to pay their roster slots ahead of time, the payment button will be updated within the next 24 hours with a $1 per roster slot per week late fee. Btw, t-shirts will then be ordered and any payments with late fees (or payments not made online) will obviously not get a free t-shirt. T-shirt orders are made to exact numbers from our payment registry.
Remember, any payments made by cash or check do not yield a free t-shirt because the whole point is to drive all payments online to minimize the work on my part after the fact. Also, if you are going to bring cash to a game, you must give it to a scorekeeper and have him/her write it down on your scoresheet. We do not give change at games, nor am I fond of keeping track of partial payments, so no payments except the exact amount will be accepted. Any partial payments will either be rejected or still incur late fees until paid in full.
All captains are expected to check the Payment Registry to see if their team is updated. Currently there are three players who have not stated what team they're on, nor have they submitted an ONLINE WAIVER (link is in the green part of the vertical navigation bar to the left) as we've instructed, so basically we do not know who these people are. Even though we are catching up on stats, we will NOT be publishing any stats for people who do not submit an up-to-date ONLINE WAIVER. Because of the risks posed to our gym directors, we reserve the right to kick any player out of the gym if they have not submitted an ONLINE WAIVER.
FAIR WARNING: from now on, if you don't have as many roster slots paid as the number of games played including the upcoming Sunday, your team will automatically forfeit unless the required payments are made before tipoff. This will be your only warning. I predict at least one or two teams will screw up in this regard. Prove me wrong.
Bay Area = mini-Milwaukee?
OCTOBER 13, 2007 (8:00AM) -- While Milwaukee introduces itself to Yi Jianlian, we ought to do the same here in the Bay, at Cal to be exact. Enter Max Zhang, who made a cameo appearance at an Asian tourney last year that we wrote about... More info
Update on suspensions
OCTOBER 11, 2007 (12:00PM) -- Just wanted to update everyone to basically say that I think a more positive spin should have come out initially below. Hopefully this update will make up for that. Although players will be suspended, Trybe and Kurruption are perhaps two of the senior teams in dreamleague who really "get" what we do. Unfortunately, they will have to sacrifice in this instance to make the league better. I thank them for that, although I still believe the suspensions are required... More info
Tipoffs for 10/14 posted
OCTOBER 10, 2007 (8:00AM) -- Click on the Bird's Eye link above. Randy Rebanal asked a good question last night: why is Alameda Ballaz playing The Usual Suspects again (they played 3 weeks ago) on 10/14?... More info
24-Hour: $25/mo., no down, almost all clubs
OCTOBER 10, 2007 (12:00PM) -- While we finish up the scores (they're almost done, which means the STANDINGS pages are almost updated), Mark Scates of NL Up In Smoke and AL-E Rayguns would like to announce that 24-Hour Fitness has monthly memberships at only $25 per month, month-to-month, at any club except the big-ass one in San Ramon. This is a pretty good deal and signing up thru Scates helps him out too. His new job at 24 Hour is his second job. He just had a new baby recently.
Contact Mark at apehangin@comcast.net. I'll let you know when the scores and standings thru 10/7 are updated.
Poor Man's Commish on camera
OCTOBER 9, 2007 (8:00AM) -- While scores from 9/16 thru 10/7 get posted on into the night, and special requests for 10/14 get posted to the Bird's Eye page, let us pre-occupy your time with something else. This is a blogpost shown on the righthand table.
The folks at Bassett Productions (Tom, Sidney, and Andrew) recently made an incredible video about community basketball leagues. It was one of the most riveting pieces I have ever seen about basketball "for the rest of us"... More info
"Swishes & Bricks" from Vinsanity
OCTOBER 8, 2007 (3:30PM) -- Wow, is Vinsanity making a splash or what (see below)? Aside from providing you with some content to enjoy the day after 13 non-stop hours of dreamleague hoops at 4 different gyms, #1 on Poor Man's Commish's to-do list is getting all the scores from 9/16, 9/23, 9/30 and now 10/7 posted. Meanwhile...
Welcome to the first installment of my weekly column that takes a deeper, insightful and frequently irreverent look at the numbers the Dream League players put up every Sunday. Yes...it may seem daunting to pore through a copious stack of scoresheets from the 40 or so games that took place -- squinting hard to discern whether or not the scorekeeper’s hastily scrawled “R” (for Rebound) is actually a “B” (for Block) or in some cases, neither -— but it is something that I truly relish... More info
Please fill in your team names or else
OCTOBER 4, 2007 (11:30AM) -- Now that we got Vince Morales doing some stat-mongering, it's becoming a bigger and bigger pet peeve when you guys don't fill in your team names (and FIRST AND LAST names) on the scoresheet.
So when you fill in your scoresheets every 4th quarter of the game preceding yours when you arrive at the gym before your game, be sure to fill in your first AND LAST names, as well as your team name. Otherwise, we will skip your team when Vince comes across your scoresheet to write a little sumthin-sumthin about it.
AAA-6 season matchups set
OCTOBER 5, 2007 (4:00PM) -- The season matchups for the 18 registered AAA-6 teams has now been completed. I know I wrote this somewhere else, but I love it when a plan comes together: 18 teams, 12 of them in Oakland, and 6 of them in SF. Perfect. So let's call the SF teams the Western Conference and split the Oakland teams into the Eastern and Central Conferences... More info
We're hiring! Play for free! Help wanted!
OCTOBER 4, 2007 (10:30AM) -- Yup, I've finally got way, way, way too much stuff on my plate. I really gotta hand this stuff off to some people. And I'm willing to pay for good service. Over the years, guys have asked if we have jobs available and I've told them we had nothing that would be substantial, but now we do. Here's what help we need... More info
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