i'm playing USA Elite tonight in the Cup -- the team just recently went bot -- but it brought back some memories.
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Ohhhh, memories or nightmares?
USA Elite was not only successful, but they were one of the few teams that could get in your head too. Sometimes it was inexplicable the success they had. When their $17K big man is routinely destroying your $117k big, all you can do is throw your hands up...especially when you look back at his box scores, and see that same big played PG the week before with equal success.
In Season 16 I faced USA Elite in the Finals. We both finished 21-1 my only loss that season was a road loss (71-59) to them of course. I eeked out HCA through the Finals by just 23 points over USA Elite.
In Game 3, I was nursing a 6 point lead heading into the fourth, and my starting PG was hurt in the second quarter. USA Elite had already won 2 of 3 quarters and with 5 minutes left in the game we were tied at 71, ,with them holding the 4th quarter advantage as well, 10-4. At the very least USA Controlled the game to that point, but it felt like they were dominating the game.
Also, I followed them closely. so I was well aware of how many times they played super close games to the final minutes only to close out the game on a 10-0 run or 16-4 run, and steal it at the end. As it turns out I benefited from such fortune in that game closing the game on a 12-0 run and advancing to D2...but not much in BB more demoralizing than having a $200K payroll advantage over your opponent and feeling like you are the second best team on the court, and having no idea why!
Last edited by Jason at 1/5/2017 5:53:50 PM