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Date: 4/26/2026 1:38:18 PM
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As you may have noted, all participating teams of HGL will be required to send box score links for all of their regular season games to this HGL Scores Season 5 Official Thread before Season 5 starts.

First notes A)-F), and then instructions on how to complete the process.

Notes:
A)these score links will be added to one post per manager, that can then be edited throughout the season if needed.
Links will be added to one post/manager to avoid overcrowding of HGL Scores thread, and for being easily searchable.
B) links to every match box scores (from your post) will be copied to the official HGL Scores Thread's 'Schedule/scores'-post, so that each team has access to box scores of every match easily
C) in Playoffs, we will use that same box score post created by each team
D) please never delete box score post then created by you, we might need it a lot later in order to confirm things.
E) to see what filled box score post should look like: (326590.44). Please still read through instructions below before proceeding.
F) to create your own teams' box score post for Season 5, copy-paste everything to your own post (below * * * * * *) from here: (331391.22)

Instructions on how to proceed with writing one post about your HGL box score links:
Remember: you can't finish this process completely before all HGL matches for Regular Season are organized properly and visible in your team schedule page.

(Season 1 info post: (326590.43)).

1. Go to your official BB schedule page, which is found from https://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/XXXXXX/schedule.aspx
(where X is your team number)
2. Click "Tactics/match instructions"-link (between team names) on your HGL match that you wish to link. (It is the link what you use to set up your lineup and tactics for the match).
3. Once you enter on tactics/line up setting page, match number of that Pickup (PU) match is revealed to you in the browser's address line. It looks like this: https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/XXXXXXXXX/tactics.aspx and number in place of this XXXXXXXXX is your match number.

Now at this point, you have two ways to proceed, described below as 4A (preferable way which all managers have used), and 4B.
Choose a preferable way for you and please stick with it for the whole season.
Method 4A would be preferable.


In your box score-post on HGL Scores Season 5 Official Thread, you enter links for 17 matches.
For each game include Round number, a day game is played on, and name of your opponent (like in my box score post).

So to your post, link the box score in either way:

4A):
By following above instructions you are on the match tactics page already, so copy/make note of the number of the PU match (visible at web browsers' address line). Then on this thread update it to your box score link post, and do so by using 'a basketball button' on the page into where you write text to be sent to forum; that is located above the text frame. Pressing a button will automatically create a string of text such as '[match=XXX.XX]', and as you replace XXX.XX with your match number, the box score link will be automatically created. It will create a functional link to a match box score, which will look like this: (132386153).

4B) by a direct web page link to box score, such as: https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/XXX/boxscore.aspx (in where XXX represents the match number). You can simply access this by visiting above mentioned match tactics page. By following above instructions you are on the match tactics page already, so Pickup match number is visible to you. If you choose to use this 4B-method, you can copy-paste https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/XX/boxscore.aspx-link to your season box scores link 17 times (one for each match) on every line, and then for each line replace XX with your Pickup match number.

5. Do this with all matches.

Last edited by Wagner at 4/29/2026 5:59:43 PM

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Season 5 HGL Threads (main and scores thread) have now been set up, so HGL related conversation will mainly take place in those Threads from now on.

******
Below you'll find a typical listing on what everyone who participates to Season 5 of HGL needs immediately ensure they have done;
I want to emphasize we're running low on time, so everybody please act especially quickly with organizing Season 5 matches this time!
******


1. At least briefly check out your season schedule (posts 5 and 6 on Season 4 Scores Thread, link at the end of post); I didn't notice anything special/faulty in it, but having another eyes to check it too doesn't harm.
(Note: we are reusing Season 4 schedule as is, so basically we should be good to go on that part, and no thorough inspections should be needed - my mistakes are always possible, so let me know if you spot any very strange errors).

2. Create an own box score post for your team, just like during all previous seasons. Do this immediately.
As an idea for your convenience (and to retain preferred standard for HGL) you can respond to this message (331391.22) and from that post of mine copy-paste everything below * * * * * * * to your own box score post (and only change your team name/abbreviation, opponent name for each Regular Season Round, and add match links to it as soon as matches for Season 5 have been organized by you and your opponents).
If you need a memory refresher on how your box score post for the season works/how you edit it once you have box score links to add, you can read this post: (329501.14).

3. Familiarize yourself with match organization process if you need a refresher (guide available on 'Announcement'-posts on both Official Threads before season) and ask questions (if needed) preferably before you'll start the process.

4. Start organizing HGL Regular Season matches (sending and accepting Pickup match challenges, 17 per team during Season 5).
As mentioned, we are very pressed in time on this pre-season, so please act/proceed quickly with match organizing process.

5. Send/copy all your Regular Season match links to your teams' Season 5 own box score post immediately.

As you all have likely noticed (when being on this Thread), you'll find Official Season 5 HGL Threads from here:
Home-Grown League (HGL) Season 5 Official Thread: (331392.1)
HGL Scores Season 5 Official Thread: (331391.1)

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Progress of match organizing process, updateable team list for Season 5:

All managers note:
We are in a real rush on this Season 5 pre-season, so I ask everyone to act really quickly with match organizing process.
As it stands 29th of April, only 8 out of 18 managers have even created own box score post for their team.
We don't have time to waste, so everybody please proceed with completing your box score post (add all match links to it!) as soon as ever possible.

(As usual, I won't fill my own box score post with match links before all/most managers have copied it to their own box score post first, in order to keep editing process as easy as possible for everybody).


Listing of match organizing progress on Season 5 pre-season:

Wagner College (BP:OK)
Les Gueux du Marais (BP:OK)
Elan Demars (BP:OK)
BC Eos (BP:OK)
Freccia Azzurra (BP:OK)
Madrid Chotis (BP:OK)
WiMaOlca (BP:OK)
Rajdersi (BP:OK)
Vilniaus „Vilkai“ (BP:OK)
Hårdboll (BP:OK)
Lielupes Melnas Sirdis (BP:OK)
Virtus Portici (BP:OK)
KK Stihija [(BP:OK)
Club Trouville (BP:OK)
Alanurmon Rikkaat (BP:OK)
Vindicta (BP:OK)
Homegrown Kings (BP:OK)
BC Rajaleidjad (BP:OK)



Abbreviations used on the table above:
***POST MISSING!***=own box score post not yet created; please create it immediately!
(BP:OK)= own box score post for Season 5 created
S4S:OK= season 5 schedule; all match links sent to own box score post (which are not yet verified by league Commissioner)
*GTG*= team good to go for Season 5, because all above done, plus league Commissioner has confirmed/verified that match days and times are correct.-post)

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EDIT: As everyone can see, things below have been completed, so of course this post can be ignored for now; I'll keep it here for in order to be able to use it easily later on (after editing it, of course).
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(End of an EDIT).

@ all HGL managers:

Quick action is needed in order to ensure Season 5 will start in time.



Season 5 Threads have now been practically completely been established, here:
Home-Grown League (HGL) Season 5 Official Thread: (331392.1)
HGL Scores Season 5 Official Thread: (331391.1)

As for how to proceed, I believe all of you have a good grasp what needs to be done with match organizing, as nothing has changed from Season 4, other than being in a major rush.

There are typical informative posts available though if you're feeling unsure, for example this post (331392.16) and one above it, here: (331392.15).

Also posts on Announcements-sections on both Official Threads (second messages of Threads) do give you some memory refreshers on how you should now start to function.


I do strongly emphasize that we are very pressed with time, so I ask everybody to act immediately.

One of the challenges are that
A) I can't spend tons of time in BB every day, including tomorrow
B) I haven't had time to check a single match link some managers have provided
C) 10 out of 18 managers haven't created their box score post; is this due to not just having copied it from their device to Season 5 Thread, or have they not even started creating one?
D) I can't still know if all matches have been organized or not
E) I don't know if someone wants to help with part of the match specs inspection process or not (in verifying match specs are correct).

As I said, my BB access tomorrow will very likely be minimal.

So I ask and expect everyone to proceed with match organizing process for Season 5 RS "with full steam", and I'll reply as soon as possible (but I'm sure also some active HGL managers might be able to help you, if I'm not online at that moment).

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HGL-PL (HGL-Promotion/Participation League) info for Season 5 of HGL:

On this Season 5, we will start a HGL-PL "short league", for teams that:
A) are not currently playing in HGL, but would wish to do so on either HGL Season 6 or 7 (played during BB seasons 73 and 74), and
B) are willing to remain completely homegrown teams throughout the whole duration of HGL-PL (see *1 below), and
C) are willing to organize HGL-PL Pickup (PU) matches based on official schedule that HGL will provide. This does require usage of tokens, and basic understanding on how this PU match process works. It will also require communication with HGL Commissioner (myself), to get possible problems sorted out quickly.

*1= on this Season 5 you are able to trade after HGL-PL has ended completely, as long as your team becomes HGL eligible before you might start in HGL (after possibly receiving invitation based on your success in HGL-PL).
This is due to the current facts:
- there seems to be a place to HGL Season 6 available through this Seasons' HGL-PL, but it's probably decent to let managers become non-HG while waiting (especially worst teams of HGL-PL likely not receiving invitation for HGL for the next Season).
- we are still somewhat undecided on whether this HGL-PL ranking will also be used to determine which teams are being offered a place in HGL for Season 7 as well (in the case if managers would withdraw from the HGL voluntarily, or if HGL will adopt a relegation/promotion scenario; voting about that is under way), if no new teams announce their interest to participate to Season 7 after this Seasons' HGL-PL has started; or whether result of this first HGL-PL should be used only for ranking teams in an order in which they would be offered a place to HGL should some managers withdraw their participation commitment for Season 6.

Please also note:
A) you should only participate to HGL-PL, if you are actually intending to accept place in HGL for either Season 6 (in the first place) or on Season 7; it's not meant to be just 'a league to play few fun PU games without any purpose', and

B) it is not guaranteed, that this result would be used on next Season (7) selection/offering process, so if you're extremely low on tokens, you might want to consider if it's worth participating now.

Having said that, I want to emphasize, that teams are offered a place in HGL based on success of most recent HGL-PL.
Please take that into consideration.

Let me give you an example:


We'll play HGL-PL now on Season 5.
Result of it is guaranteed to be used at least for Season 6 replacement processes (team withdrawals with short notice but only before Season 6 starts).
It might also be used for Season 7's similar process, but as mentioned, it remains to be decided.

Now let's take example teams that have and have not participated to this first HGL-PL.

Imaginary teams that have participated to HGL-PL, and results:
Winner of HGL-PL: Team A $400K
2nd: Team B $460K
3rd: Team C $80K
4th: Team D $120K

Imaginary teams that have not participated to HGL-PL, but would theoretically be interested in HGL Season 6:
Most expensive top8-salary, Team E $800K
2nd most expensive top8-salary, Team F $600K.

Now to get to the point in this example, remember, that teams are offered "a cancellation/withdrawal" places to HGL based on success in most recent HGL-PL being played.
Therefore, if for example 3 teams would be for any reason withdrawing (or making an action causing a penalty that would make their team HGL-ineligible for the next Season), teams would be offered a place in order of A, B and then C.

Note, that teams having not participated to HGL-PL, with salaries of $800K and $600K, would be only 5th and 6th in order on this "invitation list" as they would have not participated to HGL-PL at all in that occassion.
I hope this explanation and example clears the idea behind HGL-PL.
See next p

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HGL-PL (HGL-Promotion/Participation League) info post 2/2 for Season 5 of HGL:

On this Season 5, HGL-PL is played either with round robin format (every team faces each other once), playoff-format (one match to decide winner at each stage), or a mix of both (depending on number of teams willing to participate).

Format will likely be round robin (to be announced), as that would provide most fair solution to all and also clear and easily defineable ranking order of teams, but as mentioned elsewhere before, among some other factors the amount of participating teams would affect that decision.

The points that would speak in behalf of combining both systems (first playoff among weakest teams, to see which team(s) will get access to actual HGL-PL round robin) are that we could keep the games as meaningful/as even as possible (and avoid most of those 65 point blowouts), and also if there would be plenty of teams, the token usage for round robin-format HGL-PL could become an issue to some.

Ranking similar to Official Regular Season Rankings (ORSR) used in HGL will be created after the HGL-PL has finished, and the result of most recently played HGL-PL is used when inviting teams to further Seasons of HGL, in the case (now or then) current HGL team:
- decides to withdraw voluntarily
- causes a penalty through their actions (or being inactive/non-communicative in important matters especially during critical times of the Season) that will cause them to lose their place in HGL for the next Season.

Note though, that replacements won't be done in a middle of any given Season (after first Regular Season match of HGL has been played on each Season).

See next post for HGL-PL (that is played during HGL Season 5)
- participating teams,
- schedule, and
- league table.

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HGL-PL (HGL-Promotion/Participation League)
Schedule and League Table post for Season 5 of HGL:

Please note, especially if you're more or less a random visitor unfamiliar with HGL, that this is not the actual HGL (Home-Grown League) schedule/scores/league table post, but HGL-PL is rather a short league/playoff/combination of both depending on a Season.


HGL-PL is played in order to be able to determine in which order teams are being offered places to HGL on next Season should there be any voluntary withdrawals of current managers (at the last minute, as has often been the case), or severe penalties given to teams that would make some current team(s) being ineligible for next HGL Season.

The scores, schedules and league table of actual HGL can be found from HGL Scores Season 5 Official Thread, here: (331391.1).


Teams that will not participate to HGL-PL on Season 5/teams that aren't yet 100% HGL-PL eligible:,
1. BC Homegrown (Dutch Farmer) - will not participate to 1st HGL-PL
2. San Antonio Gladiators (Enigma) - has not responded
3. San Fernando VR (VR75) *has currently 1 ineligible player; Bolourchian* - will participate
4. Svätý Jur Snakers - will not participate

Teams that have previously announced their interest have been contacted (see:(331392.83)), and posts have been published on HGL main Thread, and Homegrown Teams II-thread, to make as many HG teams aware of it as possible.


Participating teams (and name of manager) to HGL-Promotion/Participation League (HGL-PL) on Season 5,
and their local match time on Season 5, team abbreviations and team links:

- 10.30PM Tassie Devils (Tazdevil); TD (38697)
- 02.30PM San Fernando VR (VR75); SAN (77070)
- 02.30PM borteam (bort); BOR (46607)
- 03.30PM M.L.S. REICH (impero); MLS (39615)


Schedule of HGL-PL on HGL Season 5:

Important: Official match time is the same on HGL-PL, as it is on HGL;
on Season 5 that is your local equivalent of 03.30PM aka. 15.30 Eastern European Time, Daylight Savings Time (EET DST), matches organized at wrong times will not be accepted as results!


Note: all matches that will be organized before HGL-PL starts (just as in HGL).

Matches will be organized by each participating team using Pickup (PU) matches, and are played on neutral court only!

HGL-PL will be played using Round Robin-format, meaning that each team faces each other once during "Regular Season".
Result of Regular Season (3 matches per team) determines the result of HGL-PL; no Playoffs on HGL-PL will be played on Season 5.
There are 4 participating teams, so that means 3 Rounds will be played in total.

For clarification of team abbreviations, see confirmed teams-listing above; you can use team link to access team page and send your opponent a PU match invitation.


So, below you will find schedule for HGL-PL on Season 5:

Note: # sign in front of team name means it's their responsible to send Pickup match challenge!

HGL-PL Round 1, Monday July 20th, 2026:

#TD-SAN (139722442)
MLS-#BOR ###Match number 139721682 has been organized 1 hour too late, reorganizing needed immediately!###

HGL-PL Round 2, Friday July 24th, 2026:
#TD-BOR *Waiting for match link!*
#MLS-SAN (139721683)

HGL-PL Round 3, Sunday July 26th, 2026:
TD-#MLS *Waiting for match link!*
#SAN-BOR (139719056)


League table of HGL-PL on HGL Season 5:

Team W L PTS +/- F
BOR 0 0 0 0 0
MLS 0 0 0 0 0
SAN 0 0 0 0 0
TAS 0 0 0 0 0

W=Wins, L=Losses, PTS=points, +/-=scoring difference, F=forfeit losses.
2 points for a win, 1 for a loss and 0 for a forfeit.

Please note that similar ranking system/order in the case of equal number of wins-situations is used as in HGL.


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@ all HGL-PL teams on Season 5:

Tassie Devils (Tazdevil); TD (38697)
San Fernando VR (VR75); SAN (77070)
borteam (bort); BOR (46607)
M.L.S. REICH (impero); MLS (39615)

You need to create an own HGL-PL box score post for Season 5 for your team, by responding to this message/post.

You can copy-paste everything below the line of stars (********************************) that you can find below, to your box score post.
Process is simple: you just exclude (remove) that match on every round in which you don't play in, and then provide a match link to your post when you have created that match challenge.
In other words, when you have organized a match, you go to your team schedule, click on a match, and then see the address line of the browser and note the match number, and then in below "[match=XXX]" you replace XXX with the correct match number.

Remember: I will verify all matches before they are played, so it is of utmost of importance of everyone providing match links to their own box score posts before HGL-PL starts.
But I can not verify court balance before match starts, so be very careful to only organize matches on neutral court only!

When the matches have been played, you also edit it to include all match scores in written numbers (you can see my actual HGL box score post on Season 5, to get an example of it, here: (331391.22).


So reply to this post by copying everything below that line of stars to your teams' own box score post, and edit it as needed:
********************************

This is my teams' own box score post for HGL-PL on Season 5:

HGL-PL Round 1, Monday July 20th, 2026:

#TD-SAN [match=XXX]
MLS-#BOR [match=XXX]

HGL-PL Round 2, Friday July 24th, 2026:
#TD-BOR [match=XXX]
#MLS-SAN [match=XXX]

HGL-PL Round 3, Sunday July 26th, 2026:
TD-#MLS [match=XXX]
#SAN-BOR [match=XXX]

Note: # sign in front of team name means it's their responsibility to send Pickup match challenge!


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EDIT: As everyone can see, things below have been completed, so of course this post can be ignored for now; I'll keep it here for now as other HGL manager has replied to this post so I don't prefer to use it for another purpose currently (as his reply refers to this post).
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(End of an EDIT).



We are in a rush if and as we want to start Season 5 in time, hence the direct way of communication:

Still to this moment Alanurmon Rikkaat (ALA) has not created box score post for their team for Season 5.

They have been contacted, as I mentioned.

ALA has been online after my latest reminder, but no response to my message (or created box score post) - I don't know if matches have been properly created or not.


@all: it's 38 hours until the planned start of HGL Season 5. We need to step up our game a notch and finish strong, in order being able to get things done in time, so I ask everyone to make sure everything is as is supposed to be in terms of everybody having all of their Season 5 matches organized in their BB schedule.

Also, as many managers as possible, please try to click game links on other HGL managers' box score posts; do they work (or not, like is the case when I try to click them)?


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Wagner wrote:
Also, as many managers as possible, please try to click game links on other HGL managers' box score posts; do they work (or not, like is the case when I try to click them)?


MrJ wrote:
I'm just waiting on ALA


Thanks for info. I have match against ALA organized myself, but many seem to have that exact match missing.

Now at least ED, TRO, HGK, myself, and a non-HGL team Reghin Bulls have reported about same issue, so maybe this is real issue with all of us, yes?

Can everybody or at least some HGL managers please try to click HGL match links on their own BB schedule to see if they work?
For me they work that way, and that to me is the strange part.


It makes me think how links can be broken, as I don't think anything should've changed during BB server migration, and for instance:
- pressing basketball icon on BB text (post) editing window produces same kind of string of text, [match=XXX]
- going to tactics set up-page on my first HGL match (vs. LMS) produces same kind of text as usual: https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/138830137/tactics.aspx


When I change that match number to typical box score link (*boxscore.aspx), it then produces a typical Oops-error message.
(In other words, when I open that match from my BB schedule page, it opens tactics/match set up-page > then when I replace text 'tactics' on browser address line with 'boxscore' I get the error message)

Speaking of which, can somebody please try to do the same experiment as described above so we could see if it's only me that this problem is haunting?

Last edited by Wagner at 5/2/2026 6:57:40 AM

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