How is Twin Falls only 5 games out of first place in the Wasatch? The Gators and Stratagem face off in a rare Game of the Week rematch (Strats won 5-4 in Week 2).For the first time in a long time, the WFBL makes sense. There are good teams ('Caibo, Nephi, Park City, Zermatt, Twin Falls), there are the Butchers, and there are bad teams (everyone else). The good teams generally will beat the bad teams and the Butchers...well your guess is as good as mine with the Butchers. And so here we are, with a good team playing a good team, for our game of the week. Will Nephi reassert themselves as the top power in the Wasatch? Are the Gators ready to make their move? Will any of the bad teams beat any of the good teams? Well?
Team, Rank, (Previous), Overall, (Last Week)
1 (1) 61-36-2 (6-3-0)The Igs lose but one game off of their lead on Zermatt, and get the good fortune of facing Bayside again (5-3-1 victors in Week 2). Something tells me that LeBron and Co. are just biding their time until Park City comes to town in two weeks.
2 (2) 56-40-3 (6-3-0) Five weeks without a loss now for Park City, and still their only blemish was their Week 6 disaster at Nephi. And wait...what's this? Now superstar Kevin Durant has been added to the already star-studded Sundancer lineup! Well I wouldn't be surprised if the whole league started writing up their concession speeches!
3 (3) 57-38-4 (5-3-1)Desperate times call for..Andres Nocioni? Nephi has a gaping hole to fill at the SF spot, and our sources tell us the Strats are completing a deal that will bring Mike Dunleavy from Zermatt for O.J. Mayo. Will Dunleavy regain his 2008 form? Will Nephi be able to hold off Park City for the Wasatch title?
4 (6) 54-43-2 (7-2-0)Part 1 of "The Manageable Gauntlet"? Check. Part 2? At Udorn this week. And although the A-Boms should be favored here, one has to think they better not take the Jai-Rai for granted. This also marks our first blessed Deron Williams/Chris Paul matchup of the season. We're not worthy!
5 (7) 53-44-2 (7-1-1)Kobe's playing like a man possessed. Wait, Kobe is already a man possessed. The evil spirit possessing Kobe's body is playing like an evil spirit possessed. And that evil spirit which possesses Kobe's evil spirit is pretty dang good at basketball.
6 (5) 50-48-1 (4-5-0)Well, if you're going to lose to your closest competitor, a 5-4 loss really ain't too bad a way to go. But seriously, Richmond, you're getting awful close to losing your spot in the "undecided" group and joining the "bad group". It's official: if you lose to New York this week, you are bad. The end.
7 (10) 46-53-0 (5-4-0)
The good news: you gutted out a victory over Richmond, your biggest postseason competition. The bad news: you still sit 4.5 games back, and are done playing the Butchers this season. Not to sound repetitive, but calling the Zermatt series this week "must-win" may sound a bit harsh, but at 4.5 games back with New York breathing down their necks, we don't think so.
8 (6) 43-53-3 (1-7-1)
Rigby's actually quite lucky to get that tie, to be honest. They had to win last week. HAD to. One game from their PG. One from their PF. Now, for a team that just last week was dubbed "hottest in the league", the Trojans really have to hope Twin Falls chokes down the stretch (but, now that we think about it, that's not out of the realm of possibility).
9 (8) 42-56-0 (3-6-0)
The Kings were awful close to losing 8-1, and we find it very hard to find something positive to write about New York. Let's see...oh ok, here goes: Stephen Jackson's injury means there's no reason for him to be starting, which is the definition of addition by subtraction.
10 (11) 41-52-6 (3-5-1)
Don't get excited, St. George. You only move up thanks to Salt Lake's big loss. And while you entered last week only 6 games out of a playoff spot, you now sit 10 games out. In theory, the U-Dogs should be a better, well-rounded team now, having traded Durant to Park City for Turkey Glue and Lamarcus Aldridge.
11 (9) 43-55-1 (3-6-0)
How do you follow up the biggest regular-season upset in WFBL history? Why, by coming back down to earth in a demoralizing loss to Park City, that's how! And now what? Three weeks of winnable matchups before taking on the Iguanas. But, then again, is any matchup winnable for Salt Lake? Well, they beat Nephi, so anything is possssiiiiiiiiibbbbbbblllllleeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
12 (12) 35-62-2 (2-7-0)
We feel we should elaborate on last week's claim of Bayside's suckitude. Lachowsky has ignored his team for so long, he has nobody on his bench to replace his crappy/injured starters, because most of his reserves are also either crappy or injured, and the best player available on the waiver wire is Von Wafer. Is the season over yet?
7 (10) 46-53-0 (5-4-0)The good news: you gutted out a victory over Richmond, your biggest postseason competition. The bad news: you still sit 4.5 games back, and are done playing the Butchers this season. Not to sound repetitive, but calling the Zermatt series this week "must-win" may sound a bit harsh, but at 4.5 games back with New York breathing down their necks, we don't think so.
8 (6) 43-53-3 (1-7-1)Rigby's actually quite lucky to get that tie, to be honest. They had to win last week. HAD to. One game from their PG. One from their PF. Now, for a team that just last week was dubbed "hottest in the league", the Trojans really have to hope Twin Falls chokes down the stretch (but, now that we think about it, that's not out of the realm of possibility).
9 (8) 42-56-0 (3-6-0)The Kings were awful close to losing 8-1, and we find it very hard to find something positive to write about New York. Let's see...oh ok, here goes: Stephen Jackson's injury means there's no reason for him to be starting, which is the definition of addition by subtraction.
10 (11) 41-52-6 (3-5-1)Don't get excited, St. George. You only move up thanks to Salt Lake's big loss. And while you entered last week only 6 games out of a playoff spot, you now sit 10 games out. In theory, the U-Dogs should be a better, well-rounded team now, having traded Durant to Park City for Turkey Glue and Lamarcus Aldridge.
11 (9) 43-55-1 (3-6-0)How do you follow up the biggest regular-season upset in WFBL history? Why, by coming back down to earth in a demoralizing loss to Park City, that's how! And now what? Three weeks of winnable matchups before taking on the Iguanas. But, then again, is any matchup winnable for Salt Lake? Well, they beat Nephi, so anything is possssiiiiiiiiibbbbbbblllllleeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
12 (12) 35-62-2 (2-7-0)We feel we should elaborate on last week's claim of Bayside's suckitude. Lachowsky has ignored his team for so long, he has nobody on his bench to replace his crappy/injured starters, because most of his reserves are also either crappy or injured, and the best player available on the waiver wire is Von Wafer. Is the season over yet?
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