I feel dirty

I appreciate Dan's support for me being BBA Player of the Week, but I honestly felt I had better weeks when I got passed up. For some reason I felt really good while shooting around before the games, but once the offical whistles blew...i sucked.

I have to thank ROG for coming through with a triple double to save our team, MA and MAT for playing big in the second game while I was jacking up stupid 3 pointers when we had game-point, and Herb for playing out of his mind in my third game (watch the vids...I literally just pass the ball to him and told him to go to work).

So yes, thank you to my teammates for dragging me across the finish line in my 12-10, 12-11, and 12-11 games.

Too bad Herb had that one crappy game, otherwise, he had an excellent showing. Jesus...he made 15 SHOTS in two consecutive games. Good job for listening to my wise words of wisdom over beer pong on Saturday Herb (STFU ALEC, I inspired him, not RAY). HRmphhhh!

Idea for Next BBA Season

Every shot is 1 point.

Week 5 News Addendum

Stats are up for Week 5, along with Dan's first ever News segment, thanks Dan!

Just a few things I noticed:

- HRB played in 3 straight 12-11 nail-bitters:

1. RAY-HRB-ROB's crucial 11-12 loss to HYN-MA-MAT, ending their undefeated bid, sending them to fight amongst the crowded 3-1's.  (Although, like I had pointed out before, their 12-0 shutout of ROG-ALC-DAV might prove to be the deal breaker.  Their Margin is still tops in the league.)  HRB played terrible in this one, scoring only 1 point.  This performance quite possibly cost him the Player of the Week Award.
2. ROG-HRB-RUS's complete meltdown, letting KLO-DAN-ROB come back from down 3-11 to tie it at 11.  They did not deserve the win, but KLO gifted it to them with the missed point blank layup, and HRB took the money and ran, finishing off his superb 8 point performance with the sudden-death game winner.
3. HYN-HRB-RUS, lead by HRB's 7 points, edged out ROG-MAT-DAV 12-11, with HRB again hitting the game-winning shot.  Two straight game-winning shots by HRB with it tied 11-11.  Clutch.

- Equally clutch: MAT's 3 game-winners on all 3 of his wins from his 3-2 day.  Probably most tragically his game-winning 3 pointer against KLO-RAY-RUS to win the game 13-10 and complete ROG-MAT-DAV's improbable comeback and give them their first win...  KLO and RAY were tearing it up at the beginning of that game, with assists galore.  Then something happened...  MAT happened: 7 points on 54.5% shooting, 1 for 2 from 3pt, with 8 rebounds.

- There have only been 3 recorded 0 pt - 0 reb - 0 ast games: DAV had one, MA had one, and now ROB had one.  If ROB could have managed to contribute just a point, KLO-DAN-ROB would have won.

- KLO managed to do several things with the missed layup for the ages:

1. Lose the game.
2. Miss out completing the first ever 12 point game in BBA modern history.
3. Lose KLO-DAN-ROB's undefeated season.
4. Lose KLO-DAN-ROB's spot atop this week's Power Rankings at 4-0.
5. Leave the greatest comeback in BBA history incomplete.
6. Drop to 1-3 on the day, likely costing him Player of the Week honors after averaging what would have been 6.00 ppg, 3.25 rebs, 1.00 asts on 48.5% shooting, 53.3% 3pt.
7. Give ROG-HRB-RUS their first win, enabling them to jump 5 spots in the Power Rankings.

- MA jumped from last to 1st in 3pt Percentage, from 0% to 33.3%... By making 1 3-pointer.  He is 1 for 3 on 3 point shooting.  I hope this will encourage the new 3 point Leader to take more 3's!  (If not, as Commissioner I hereby mandate the "5 shot attempts" rule: YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 ATTEMPTS TO BE ATOP THE LEADERBOARD!  All in favor, say Aye!)

- Preseason #1 is now ranked 23rd out of 24.  KLO-HRB-DAV is 1-3 and sucking it up big time.

- ALC just can't keep it consistent: Look at all those peaks and valleys on his Progression Chart (Point totals last 6 game: 0, 6, 0, 7, 1, 5)

F- - - HRB-MA-ROB!

all 3 of hrb-ma-robs wins have come against alc teams. thank god i dont have to play them again.

This Sunday's 2 vs. 2 match-up

Well most of you missed some exciting match-ups this Sunday.  Matthew, Ray, Alec, and Herb all "showed up" - but as you will see, that is being a little kind.  Alec apparently just had lunch at Panda Express, and based on his odorous burps, we could all guess his exact meal - I hope it tasted and smelled better on the way down.  Alec spent much of the inter-game period, sitting on his arse, holding his belly, and moaning.  Herb was only in a slightly better disposition - I was made to understand that they both had gone on a lengthy run yesterday or something like that.  Of course Matthew, who had done a rigorous core work-out the day before, and Ray, who biked from his home to St. Mary's, then from St. Mary's to the Commons, did not have a single complaint...

Anyway, this is how the games went down - each series was played as a best of three games, 2's and 3's to 21:

Series 1 match up: Herb-Ray vs. Alec-Matt

Alec-Matt somehow took game 1 with a surprising early flurry of shots from Matt and a 3 from Alec, along with some slick passing.  Herb-Ray made a run at the end to get within a few points, but lost anyway.  Alec-Matt 1 - Herb-Ray 0

That woke Herb up finally, and game 2 was a no-contest romp for Herb-Ray as Herb repeatedly took Matt and Alec to the hole. Rebounds were all going the way of Herb-Ray and the game was over quickly.  Alec-Matt 1 - Herb-Ray 1

Prior to game 3, Ray told Herb that the final score would be 21-8.  He was close, the final score was 22-9.  It was over before it started, and Alec was left rubbing his belly, while Matt was left scratching his head.  Series over; Herb-Ray 2, ALec-Matt 1

The next series paired Herb-Matt against Alec-Ray.  Alec and Ray had their passing down to a science and there really never was a threat.  However, it became obvious in this series that Alec had just come from the movie theatre and had eaten a lot of popcorn; as many crisp passes to Alec simply slipped right through Alec's well buttered fingers.  4 consecutive game winning passes to Alec for easy lay-ups, while both Matt and Herb were draped all over Ray, went instead harmlessly through Alec's fingertips.  Ray had to repeatedly chant, "I will not pass, I will not pass, I will not pass" so that Alec-Ray could wrap up the series 2 games to none.

The last series paired the force of Herb-Alec against the resilient team of Matt-Ray.  This was in fact the match up that started the entry into the BBA for both Ray and  Matt almost 1 year ago.  Back then, Ray was getting back into playing shape after suffering a broken leg, and Matt was just starting to re-learn how to play the game of team B-ball.  The outcome then was a 3-2 5 game series loss for Matt-Ray to Alec-Herb.  This time would be very different.  With the consistent outside-inside game of Matt, and the stealth passing and fade aways of Ray, this also was done in 2 games.  Matt-Ray 2, Alec-Herb 0.  While this was a somewhat surprising outcome in its shear domination, I must allow that neither Herb and Alec were not in their usual form - for instance Alec made just 1 or 2 3's a game while Herb did not throw even 1 ball into the stands out of frustration.  I hope that next time they each bring their A-game.

After 2.5 hours, Ray got on his bike and went home.  Matt put on his Will Farrell headband and shorts and walked away to his car, Alec let out another loud belch and finally wiped the butter off his fingers, and Herb sulked away with his ball in hand.

Hope that gives you all a little taste for the BBA this Sunday!!

See 'ya then.

For those not able to keep score, here it is:

Ray 6-1 (should have been 7-0 if Herb was not watching rebounds bounce right in front of his face)

Matt 3-4 (should have been 5-2 if not for being let down by his teammates)

Alec 3-4 (should also have been 5-2 if he didn't each so much Kung-Pao chicken)

Herb 2-5 (should have been 6-1 if he actually cared to go after all the loose balls that were not his own)

It was fun for all. I wish more of you had been able to join us.

 

Progress Charts

I added Progress Charts to each of the individual pages.  Just kind of cool to look at.  Maybe I will add trendlines as the season progresses (mine will be positive! ALC and HYN's negative...).

http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~elowe/BBA5.htm

Let me know if you have any other cool ideas.

All the bickering

Listening to all the bickering back and forth, I have come up with only two possibilities:

1) You all are a bunch of hormonally challenged teenage girls.

2) You all are tight like brothers in a big, extended Asian family

Given the choice between these two and the fact that I will soon return to my dominating game, I will choose to believe #2.

See ya next Sunday!

In a Funk

Lately I've been in a Funk (qtr life crisis??? haha), and it has def followed me to BBA. I'm getting out hustled like a mofo this sundays performance was just sad. That 3 games in a row def was a dagger to my teammates esp the 3rd game of the 3 in a row (pls try not to schedule me 3 in a row, but if needed, BRING IT, i dont mind people having an advantage, its more satisfying if my team gets the win when we are out maned) The game is not flowing for me, not getting the shots I want, shoulder problems has been affecting some of my shots when I cant elevate my shoulder right, playing against teams with the hot hand etc etc.

Its very discouraging but I will try to tough it out. Im not gonan shoot anymore, ill just play the best D I can do, grab some boards, and set picks. Ive bulked up recently and because of that I get tired faster cus more weight to move around. I have changed my diet and started to do more cardio to offset this, so hopfully soon I will bring up my speed and edurance. As for the shoulder.. All I can do is do exercises to try and strenghten and keep it lose and ibuprofen to keep down the pain and swelling. I aint no bitch so ill keep playing no prob!

BTW, 12-0 shut outs dont mean shit.

Im gonna play harder, dont be little bitches and call me out for getting position in front and backing it up when I go for a rebound, or running into your screens too hard, or little body bumps when going for a shot... this aint no NBA and Unlike majority of the players in BBA, I got some size on me, you all know the formula... Force = Mass x Accel. I got a lot of mass do some simple math.

Wah Wah Wah

Cry some more Alec. Don't get upset at me because you are on the receiving end of not one, but TWO 0-12 losses.

And who cares if I give Russ crap after every game, whether we win or lose? He's my housemate and he gives me crap all the time as well. I can score 12 points and he'll still say something like I shoot too much, or I have 12 assist, he'll say I play like a girl and that I'm not aggressive. That's why he doesn't take anything I say seriously and I continue to make fun of him.

And I didn't know joking around with you about going 0-12, without saying anything malicious whatsoever, would cause you to bitch like a little girl. Honestly, I can't even look at myself in the mirror if I were to allow ANY of my teams to get shut out. I just won't allow it.

And are you seriously bringing up my losses? Just take a look at the point margins for each player on the BBA site. Sit down.

I'm also going talk about my individual play: I have absolutely no lateral movement on defense and get beaten time and again by quicker players (which is everyone it seems like), I get lazy during games and walk around rather then playing actual defense on my man when he doesn't have the ball, I spend too much time watching my man shoot the ball rather then turning around and grabbing the rebound, I never learn to stop doing running step-back three-point jumpers that are just bad, I make too many bad passes, I don't trust my teammates enough so I double-team their man and therefore leaving my guy open for easy layups. Please add in the comments anything else I forgot, because it's a long list I'm sure lol.

I don't know what your problem is Alec, you act like I think I'm good or something. I'm not. Ask Russ...everytime on our ride home I just talk about how bad he sucks, but more importantly, shot crappy my play is. I have broken shoulders, no stamina, and can barely move around. The only thing I have going for me are my good looks.

With that being said, I just have one question to ask you Alec: Is this all because I beat you on the XBOX360 by a billion points with Yao Ming? Because if it is, I'm sorry man. I should have put in my subs at halftime rather then running up the score. Live and learn right?

My new shoes

All you fools better watch out now. First of all I am going to be running on the elliptical all week getting back in shape and losing 2-3 pounds to help with my elevation. And then, my new shoes just came in the mail today. With the new traction I will have, all of you are in some serious trouble when I take the ball to the hole - well everyone except maybe Ma who couldn't care less if I get by him because he will knock my shot back to when I was still 25.
Davis, Dan - help is on the way!

Great games last night boys.

Most dominating performances? - Ma
Biggest disappointment? the one-sided Ma - Matt match up in the last game.
Biggest personal let down? the continued failure of the Davis-Dan-Ray trio.
Most inebriated at game time? - I can still smell Russ on my clothes
The baller most called out? - Herb - he finally came out of his shell in the last game.
The most confounding? - Roger pulling a cramp while sleeping. He must have been dreaming of a sick move he put on Kevin and pulled a hammy.