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with 1/3 of the season gone and everyone having played everyone in their conference once, here are your power rankings:

1. Philadelphia Phantasm - 7-0

the phantasm have started out perfect. their only close games have been at home to west side, and on the road against fbc. fischer is looking back to mvp candidate form, and philly looks poised for a title run. can't argue with undefeated.

2. Baker Street Irregulars - 6-1

the irregulars are back at it and in full force. suffering a surprise, very close overtime loss at home against mitsubishi proves the only stain on their otherwise unsullied record. thus far, they look the favorites in the blue side.

3. West Side Tigers - 5-2

west side has taken a few lumps lately, bettered by philly (really no shame in that one), and absolutely battered by space von jam. looked like they were setting up against a pretty tough cup opponent in that one, and essentially gave the game away. could be a slick move to rake in a few more $50k pay days. they're still contenders.

4. BucsBlue Lob City - 5-2

only ousted early in their rebuilding by homeboyz and baker street, bucsblue have yet to concede a defeat since week 1. perhaps they should be 3rd, the margin is extremely close. tompkins is yet again in mvp contention. they're also contenders, despite them having some believe otherwise.

5. Diamantes - 5-2

even after having sold a key bench component, they're one of the deepest team in the league. this squad has plenty starting and bench talent, which should poise them for a cup run, as well as boding well for consistent league play. after their purchases, it'd be a mistake to dismiss the newcomers as pretenders.

6. Frosty BC - 4-3

crying bias is perfectly fair in this scenario. i had to do it. not gonna lie, i'm still salty about that last second 3 to beat me. what a crock! in any case, their inefficient lineups have been their bane, they could possibly be as good as 6-1 otherwise. a 1 point loss to svj, an 8 point loss to philly, and a regular whooping by 21 at home against west side are their losses. pretenders. they have no chance at a 'ship.

7. Space von Jam - 5-2

a curious loss to ballstars early in the season, but they've really picked up their play since then. their only other loss coming against philly at home where they got smoked by 34 points. their victories have come in unconvincing fashion, leading me to believe they might not have a legitimate shot at promotion. very talented squad, though.

8. Mitsubishi Eclipse - 4-3

they've had some impressive wins and some unfortunate losses. they're the only team to have beaten baker street, and they did so on the road in overtime. while i highly doubt they themselves would say they have aspirations of promotion this season, i'd bet the farm on their goal being a playoff birth.

9. homeboyz - 4-3

the boyz stole one early against bucsblue while they were rebuilding. since then, they've been okay, as indicated by their record. they hung tough against baker street and diamantes, and won a close one on the road against walnut. they'll be contenders for a playoff spot.

10. Walnut Streets - 3-4

easily the most disappointing team of the season, the streets have really struggled to put together a consistent effort. a tough loss against the homeboyz has them on the outside looking in on the playoff spots. they'll need to pick up the pace in inter-conference play.

11. Crosstown United - 3-4

they hung tough against frosty and svj, they just can't seem to get over the hump this season. only 1 game back from a playoff spot, rest assured that'll be crosstown's goal this season. can they do it? well, a +50 pd is a good start. let's see what they have in store for the blue conference.

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12. Ballstars - 2-5

yes i know new york beat them AND have a better pd, but they beat svj and they have a more competitive roster, compelling me to rank them just out of a relegation spot. i would think they'll want to avoid a relegation series altogether, so look for to work toward that end.

13. New York Chickens - 2-5

with a roster that would be ok by d4 standards, it's hard to imagine them avoiding relegation, although that is surely their goal. the brand new franchise has old players in poor game shape, so it's a little hard to imagine them achieving their goal. we'll see.

14. LambdaLambdaLambda - 0-7

new players, new direction. see you again soon, longduckdong

15. Wrexham Rebels - 1-6

somehow the afk new franchise has a win. that's because...

16. Pearl City - 0-7

i know you're rebuilding, but seriously, how do you lose to an afk rookie that has 21 players? i'm just messin with you man.

as always, 6-11 is extremely closely contested, and difficult to rank. herein lie the middle-of-the-road teams.

Tremendous post and great Rankings. I did since some HomeCooking on the FBC rank but that's why its YOUR post. Anyone is welcome to do their own power rankings.

As i did last season during interleague because we DONT KNOW the opponent as well (I know i dont scout the other side much besides record) i like to give a brief preview of what to watch for. BuzzerBeater sometimes seems like it KNOWS how things will play out early. I find it simply AMAZING we have a 1vs2 crossover on opening NIGHT!. Philly vs. BucsBlue & Baker vs. WestSide.

Here's what to watch.

Philly vs. BucsBlue.... Currently Philly is the unblemished, best team in the league. They are in my opinion the most balanced team in the league. BucsBlue continues to SWEAR this is not a championship year. But when you have the Best player in the league (Tommy Lee...never has won an MVP award in career) he refuses to acknowledge that he can't carry this team to a title no matter what's around him on the floor. W2W4=> Former MVP Tim Fischer vs. Tommy Lee (we believe these 2 will see lots of each other tomorrow.) Key to winning=> Can Philly's PG/SG/SF (Avg 67.3 PPG combined) out score BucsBlue Backcourt (Avg 61.9 PPG).

Baker vs. WestSide... (No Cody Meredith kills Baker) This game shouldn't have any less hype than Philly vs. BucsBlue.... Baker currently the top team in the Big 8 carries the weight of that side of the conf as he takes on Championship or Bust motto WestSide. Baker and Westside are total opposites on building their respective teams. Baker a team not known for FA splashes while WestSide's 500k purchase of a 100k PF shows they want to win now! W2W4=> how does Baker make up for NO Cody? devastating loss going into such a big game. Keys to winning => Westside hands down BEST SF/PF/C combo in the league has to establish dominance and will be too much for Baker's balance w/out Cody to overcome.

Other Tuesday Games...

FBC vs. Walnut... W2W4=> Can and when will Walnut ever put it all together for an entire season. Tremol is a 77k Center he's been in this league 4 seasons; never close in MVP is very alarming for the 27 yr old big man. who this season has a modest 13 PPG & 12.6 Rebs...the youngest player on Walnut looks as if the team is built around him. Currently is 14th in game Rating in the league with only 3 players ahead of him making a higher salary. whats his TRUE league value not BB value?)

Diamantes Vs. CrossTown... W2W4 => Crosstown is a game out of the playoffs right now and Diamantes is still trying to show exactly where they fall in the pegging order of this league early in their D3 career. Both teams seem evenly matched. Should be a good game.

The last potential good game could be Homeboyz vs New York. I expect HomeBoyz (who hates being disrespected... ps when is the game HomeBoyz vs Frosty???? HomeBoyz has a bone to pick!!!!!) But i believe the boyz play every game hard. A blue Collar approach and a team who believes they are at min a playoff team at worst.


Best of luck to everyone tomorrow. I am nervous as to how our side the Big 8 will do overall vs Great 8. But last year Great 8 looked WAY better than the Big 8 and our side held its own.

Both you guys do a great job and makes this a lot of fun. Yes good old Frosty DAWGED me last year. I don't plan on EVER losing to him !!!!!!!!

Welp the little brother (Big 8) got spanked by the Big brothers (Great 8). In a battle of the top 2 teams of each side it wasn't much of a "battle"... BucsBlue took a 17 point loss to Philly. this being with Bucs playing as normal & Philly playing as TIE. Tommy Lee & Pana Accounted for 40 of the teams points buts Philly's balance and added punch from their SG was WAY to much. Philly also did a great job of drawing fouls. Made more FTs than we attempted.

In Baker's game he made a great fight in the first half. Did a great job not fouling but when WestSide shoots 45-80 thats going to be trouble. Baker also played as normal while Tigers played as TIE. Baker lost his game by 14 points.

In conclusion the Great 8 has some really good teams on the top. But i am not completely discouraged that interleague play will be a total smashing. At least for myself and i think i can speak for Baker in that sense as well. The Great 8 despite having Philly & Tigers up top, along with Space Von (who has just a BEAST of a player and good 20k balance around him) there are some weak teams on the Great 8 side that are just prime for a few TIE beatings. I believe that due to how he manages FBC will always be a challenge and those games can go either way, but outside the top 4 there are 4 teams that are very beatable.

But i think the undeniable fact is that unless someone does some kind of major move. The promotion team is coming from the Great 8 and its going to be Philly or Westside. with Space Von right there but ultimately lacking 1 other impact player to do it.

I'm still not in compete mode yet. My primary objective is continue to get younger and better. While that may seem counter-intuitive because the ages of my starting lineup are 32, 33, 34 and 35, I'll be phasing those players out over the next two seasons, but I really like the core group of U23 guys in the wings. I just have to gain more trust before starting them. I'm not far off from letting Cooper start over Bowers, but Bowers has been putting up his typical numbers. I like the idea of that coming off the bench. And with last year's draft picks, they have the potential to be even better than the guys ahead of them.

Well there you go. I just wonder and not to try to help or hurt your team. How much do you feel Marc Tremol gives you? on a Championship team i think he would be a great final piece and thats why i could him getting large value at 70k and 27 years old on the BB market. But you've been in this league a while and every year i think man Tremol is going to have that explosive year you expect from a 70k player and it never happens in rebounds, block shots or points. Now like any Center in Real life sometimes your statistical value is increased by having really good guard play so you get put backs, dump offs for dunks and alley oops. So that could be it. But i just always wondered cuz i look and say man Tremol would be a great center to have but then i look at his numbers and he's got 20k-30k centers giving way more production than he does.