Due to my own recent incapacity(insert joke here) and some website glitches, I have not been able to keep things current but the website issues have been resolved and I am back in the saddle again.
Bye- Team Statham
6:00- Manzke v. O’Malley -6 (Upset Special)- if there is ever a chance of an upset, this could be it but regardless of the outcome, everyone is simply playing out the schedule to see who gets beat by Team O’Malley in the Championship. As for this game the two pitbulls, Gierhahn and Manzke could cause major match-up problems for Team O’Malley. Goyke could be the “x” facote for Team Manzke. As always McCann will pose a problem for Team Manzke but between Hunt and McNulty and send -ing Gierhahn or Manzke to double and tripe team him ala James harden maybe they can slow hin down and contain him a bit. The secret(some secret) is to make someone else beat you. McCann is great at creating and finding his open teammates so O’Malley and Tyler could have a big night but Team O’Malley still has to find a consistent third option on offense. Joe DeCarlo has missing in action all year and now that he is not drinking he has no chance for the all-bar team so he needs to contribute something. Glanville could also have a big night. Team Manzke will also need to get some offense out of Keaty and Griffin. This could be a low-scoring game that could go to OT or be decided on the last possession.
7:00- Mikuzis-4 over Bernard- this is the “who cares” game and a preview of the play-in game. Jason’s blind draft is coming back to haunt him and chemistry has been a problem all year. Even worse, this team can not even fall back on being a good bar team as in year’s past.. Team Bernard is struggling on the court and at the bar and there seems to be no end in sight. Both teams have the talent to have an occasional upset but unless something changes quick for both teams the only thing they have to look forward to is an early start on the golf course and next year’s draft.
8:00- Wagner v Shimko – 5- last week Team Shimko was lucky to pull the game out at the buzzer and played just good enough to win against a pretty poor defensive team. Team Shimko still needs to find a third scoring option after him and Bendo although those two are pretty darn good and might be good enough to carry the team on most nights. So far they have been doing it by committee witch a five-headed monster approach with Hahn, Garmes, Gainer, Rees and Abe all chipping in which is actually working out okay for now. They need to get Bedell back and get him into the mix. Assuming Team Shimko can get consistent offensive production from this monster they could do okay and make a serious run. Alex and Bendo are going to have to continue to feed the beast so they will be ready come play-off time. Team Wagner continues to play at a 500 level despite having some serious offensive talent. This is a team that could put it on cruise control all season yet has enough talent to make a serious run in the play-offs. It would be fun to see a Carroll-Shimko match-up in this one.
9:00- Healy -8 over Spadoni- As with Shimko’s team, Team Healy needs to find a consistent third scoring option even if it means combining the Healy brothers as one. As hard as it is for teams to match-up with Marinier and Brown, they are going to have to get some help. They also need to find away to get Sexauer to be involved-he is just too important to that team for him not to be more involved in the offense otherwise they basically have wasted their fourth round pick..Alkofer and Taft could also be that option but both have been too inconsistent so far. As for this game, Marinier and Brown have the advantage over Koll and Harrigan especially on the defensive end. Team Healy also has a huge advantage on the boards with the Bash Brothers, Maloney could be an “x” factor and gives Team Spadoni somehting Team Healy does not have and that is a pure point guard. If Team Healy can’t keep Maloney out of the paint an upset is possible. Team Spadoni is going to have to figure out if they want to be a zone team or play man to man. Right now they can’t do either and tonight may not be the night to experiment.
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