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This was definitely Round 5 - I checked.

Not too many close games but there was one notable shock as D2's Arsenal 98 knocked out EBBL side Stinkilemons in a thriller which, because of last minute fouls, ended 65-77. The Stinkis are the second team to fall to Arsenal 98, making the D2 team one of the few to knock out two EBBL teams in the same season.

Another EBBL team which looked to be in trouble in the late going was Durham Wasps who at one time held a 22 pt lead over D3 Derby County (who were playing fcp), saw their lead reduced to a point before a Jackie Thompson steal followed by a score allowed the Wasps to hang on for a barely deserved win. Credit to Derby for making the fcp, a much maligned defence work quite well.

In the all EBBL matchup the Phoenix Warriors easily dispatched Kapsukas to advance. The other EBBL teams were largely untroubled in making round 6.

In the closer all D2 games Club Deportivo San Andres beat Bc Atletas 80-75, BC ANGLIOKAI beat WTK Trail Blazers on the road 118-112, Arab City beat Silent Hill 97-88 and in a game that was close throughout Gwent Galacticos beat Allll Stars 91-88.

As you would expect by now, Round 6 has thrown up some tasty games. The two all EBBL games see CWA Fury at home to the mighty Tide of Fire, and Durham Wasps are at home to their long time rivals M Dogs. This rivalry goes back to Season 19 and M Dogs are 2-0 in Cup games against the Wasps.

There are a number of EBBL vs D2 games. Los Mikitos are at home to JA Miami, new jersey2 travel to Mortal Vombats, Phoenix Warriors are on the road at Detroit Pistons I, Sabre of Valiente are at Carolina BC while Doncaster Hawks and Gauson have home games against Galaxy Walkers and Stiggs.

The three all D2 games look like they could be tight affairs, Roaring Lions at BC ANGLIOKAI, Arsenal 98 at Spoiled, and Arab City at Club Deportivo San Andres.

There's one all D3 matchup, which involves the two lowest ranked teams left in the Cup, Support and ribs; and four D2 teams face trips to D3 teams.

With Tide of Fire chasing a potential double and Los Mikitos wanting to win the Cup for a third season in a row we're heading into the more exciting phase of the cup. The easy games are gone and the harder work (for those of us who have had easier draws - not you Bergkamp) begins.

hardly a game there that doesn't look good, fun times in the cup!

As it turned out not quite the exciting round of matches that we were expecting, largely due to the number of coaches throwing their games, including two EBBL teams, CWA Fury, and my own Durham Wasps. With three tough games in a week, something has to give, and for some teams it is better to lose a cup game than a league game.

new jersey2 looked like they might make it 3 EBBL teams to go out but Mortal Vombats lost their starting SF after leading for some time and new jersey2 were able to eke out a narrow win in the 4th. Marikina Floods, BC Norwich, and Ipswich WinterWolves were 3 D3 teams who knocked out D2 teams. The WinterWolves beat Gwent Galacticos on what could be the best painted court in England.

Arsenal 98's cup run, which has included two wins over EBBL teams, wasn't spoiled as they won a close game on the road.

Looking forward to next thursday, in the only EBBL game new jersey2 travel to M Dogs. Sabre of Valiente travel to D3 BC Norwich, and Phoenix Warriors travel to Ipswich WinterWolves. Doncaster Hawks host another D3 team Marikina Floods. And in matchups where top D2 teams play top EBBL teams Arab City go to Los Mikitos, and Arsenal 98 will try to make it three EBBL teams on their hitlist when they face Tide of Fire, current favourites for the Cup.

The other two games feature D2 BC Angliokai at EBBL Gauson, and D2 Halucagenic Dayglo at D3 ribs, the lowest ranked team left in the Cup.

In CWA's defence, although he played TIE and I was expecting a crunch (from this point on I expect to be crunched almost every game), he did play his strongest DMI team against me.

Ipswich WinterWolves look good, I'll look forward to following their progress as they will likely promote to D2 this season too.

Looking forward to welcoming Arsenal 98 this week - 2 for 1 special on coffins at the crematorium this week...

I don't even have good GS this week :( be nice. Dropped from 4m team DMI to 2.7m...minutes weren't even bad. Good ol' randomness I guess.

Kinda funny though, just as me and Vecx were talking in chat and I'd been revealing a load of my teams skills I refresh the cup page and see the draw. Of course, if Vecx and me were in the same division or on more equal a footing I'd probably not have been doing that, but still...

Mistakes I've spotted in Gully's post: 1. We're playing on Tuesday and not Thurs but I'm sure everyone left in realises this (I hope) ;)

IWW's court makes me want supporter...

Mistakes I've spotted in Gully's post: 1. We're playing on Tuesday and not Thurs but I'm sure everyone left in realises this (I hope) ;)

Oops.

In CWA's defence, although he played TIE and I was expecting a crunch (from this point on I expect to be crunched almost every game), he did play his strongest DMI team against me.

I did actually know that, I just included him incorrectly when I was pointing out I'd thrown the game. Apologies to Coach jb13fury for that.

In CWA's defence, although he played TIE and I was expecting a crunch (from this point on I expect to be crunched almost every game), he did play his strongest DMI team against me.

I did actually know that, I just included him incorrectly when I was pointing out I'd thrown the game. Apologies to Coach jb13fury for that.

I promise to be nice

Hey,

No mistake, I did not try to win... Having played Vecx on Tuesday with the intention to crunch the cup, I let a winnable league game get away as he was able to field several bench warmers and still win. Kudos to Vecx for predicting this move and taking advantage...

A quick look at his minutes and i knew I would see his strongest side which even crunching at home has too much for me and I need to win some league games made the decision as you pointed out to save enthusiasm for the league...

Well played to Vecx and good luck in next round not that i think he needs it...

JB

The draw has been made for the quarter finals and the only word I can come up with is: juicy!

The two third division teams have been paired together, ribs vs BC Norwich. Remember all games from now are on neutral ground.

Doncaster Hawks play M Dogs, Gauson play Phoenix Warriors, and in probably the clash of the tournament so far, the winners of the last four Cups between them, Tide of Fire play Los Mikitos.

I'll post more later but atm I'm a bit pissed off that I'd spent a fair while writing an excellent summary of the previous round only to be logged out when I tried to post it. Will try later.