BuzzerBeater Forums

Fun fact: Upsyndrome has lost 56 league games in a row.

USA B3 Update

(95633536) My match tonight was one of the most ridiculous games I've ever watched on BuzzerBeater.

First of all, my Brazilian opponent only played 7 guys, and only has 4 healthy players on his team who make more than $10k. Well 1 got hurt after playing 1 minute and another fouled out so he has like a 3k guy going at center. After the third quarter I was comfortably in front by 15 and even made the first basket of the 4th. Then it starts to get weird.

Despite playing my typical backcourt whose OD is pretty freaking good, his SG Prestes (35200596) scored 30 points (!!!) in the 4th quarter, making 8 3's. He couldnt miss. His team had 57 points after 3 quarters and scored 42 in the 4th without any foulouts/injuries/substitutions on my end. He even took the lead a couple times but thankfully I was able to finish him off. I got 22 more rebounds and made I think 15 more FT's yet I only won by 1 point. Weird ass game, I'm now one of the better 4-2 teams and could sneak into the knockout round.

(95633506) Eugene blistered his opponent, going up by 35 after 3 quarters, never giving his opponent hope. He's undefeated, ranked #7 in the standings right now and gets to play a bot (I'm really jealous) in his final pool play game. Don't look now but he has a very legitimate shot to get a top 3-4 seed and make some noise in this thing!!

that was an amazing quarter. if you were watching, the mood swings must have been extraordinary -- from confidence, to disbelief, to near panic, to blissful relief. looking over the entire game, the first period gave an indication that the fourth could happen -- but, still, 30 points in quarter!

you have done very well with a really challenging B3 schedule. six teams ranked in the top 100 globally, including one in the top 10! i had my easiest draw yet -- all teams but one ranked outside of the top 100. i hope you can squeeze in the next round, but i always came up just short with 2 losses. good luck!

I am playing a $300K payroll team, whose best player is coming off the bench and we are tied at halftime. Either a huge second half for my team is coming, or we suck even worse than I thought!!

I haven't given up on your boys tonight—it's been close all night—but it is looking bleak. My fingers are crossed for you as you head into the last minute,

dang, they shot 3s like the Warriors -- or a team from Brazil --

the best spin i can put on the game is that you made some coach really, really happy, by beating the #7 team in the nation.

Only 6 teams left! Next round:
Dog River Riverdogs vs. Kiwi Sheep Pimps (II.2)
High Point Heroes @ EDH Wolves (II.4)
Eugene Register-Guard vs. Cold Fish (III.9)
silver dogs vs. Gremlins (III.11)
TarTeam vs. Seku (IV.24)
Irvine Anteaters @ DC Wizards (IV.59)

Sometimes I just don't get this game... Kirk Jones got 69 minutes last week and I trained Gameshape as well. On both weeks, he stayed at respectable and had a 900,000 something DMI.



I get the fact there's a sense of randomness in the GS calculation, but c'mon already. The randomness factor shouldn't outweigh what I can control on my end as a manager.

Or maybe Kirk Jones has an atrocious level work ethic and was eating cheeseburgers all week instead of getting in shape. Either way, I'm not very pleased with the situation.

dang, they shot 3s like the Warriors -- or a team from Brazil --

the best spin i can put on the game is that you made some coach really, really happy, by beating the #7 team in the nation.

Thanks for the encouragement Pappy :-)

Yeah Hassan, their 3 point barrage made little sense...My OD isn't great, but certainly good enough to shut down a D3 team with no clear great players. Tonight's win makes that Cup loss even more frustrating....Certainly thankful to get a win tonight against such a great team....but such a win just shows that on even effort, even on the road that team shouldn't have even competed in that game. Ugh!

That said....must have been some outlet pass to get an inside shot attempt after a defensive rebound with 2 seconds left in the game:

4 0:02 86 — 86 L. Huainan (A) goes up strong for an inside shot, guarded closely by B. Pekak (H). Shot missed.
4 0:02 86 — 86 The defensive rebound is snapped up by A. Hafidi (H).
4 0:00 86 — 86 B. Pekak (H) tries a driving layup
4 0:00 86 — 86 L. Muaziz (A) is called for a shooting foul.
4 0:00 86 — 87 Free throw made by B. Pekak (H).
4 0:00 86 — 87 K. Šcegauskas (A) substituted for N. Fontanellas (A) at PG.
4 0:00 86 — 87 R. Pequeño (A) brought in for L. Muaziz (A) at PF.
4 0:00 86 — 88 B. Pekak (H) gets the free throw to go.
4 0:00 86 — 88 End of period.


Last edited by Jason at 4/30/2017 12:45:34 AM