well, the intensity is certainly turned up for the majority of the remaining cup teams, with most of them having very, VERY difficult draws. might be a tough week for III.7. here are the matchups:
BucsBlue Lob City (d3. 116) vs The Closer (d3. 137)
Warhawks (d3. 209) vs The Goon Squad (d4. 743)
Snake River Panthers (d3. 143) vs DDJJK (d5. cpu)
North Carolina Tar Heels (d3. 331) vs Houston Hamburgers (d4. 726)
Grand Ma Mas (d3. 382) vs The Coolness Factor (d4. 563)
CRF Flamengo (d3. 124) vs Olympic 84 (d5. cpu)
LambdaLambdaLambda (d3. 96) vs Neo Angeles Lightning (d5. 1078)
Frosty BC (d3. 268) vs Robins Nest Slayers (d6. cpu)
nyc warhawks (d3. 343) vs Locomotive DieselDogs (d2. 39)
West Side Tigers (d3. 176) vs GR Venom (d4. 300)
Strong arm of the law (d3. 280) vs Noreasterners (d3. 94)
Glugly (d3. 220) vs Corn Growers (d2. 74)
teams got a cake walk: snake river, flamengo, lambda, frosty. everyone else got a pretty tough draw. let's start with the easiest draw and work our way up.
warhawks drew the goon squad. warhawks are a very, very good team, and they should be able to slice through any d4 team without a ton of effort. i fully expect this to be a blowout, barring warhawks taking it easy and playing all backups.
tarheels got an equally manageable game against (i would argue) an even less competitive d4 team. the hamburgers basically rely on 1 player, and their team is ancient. should be a breeze unless, again, they take it easy and play all backups.
grand ma mas drew a pretty good d4 team, whose team is in excellent game shape. this will be a real test for grand ma mas, who rely primarily on the strength of their big trio of duk, adli and cisis. they're playing a more well rounded team with better game shape. it's honestly a little tough to see them pulling off a road win here.
west side drew gr venom, who is an outstanding d4 team. their star players aren't in great game shape, but everyone else on the team is. on the other hand, it's very difficult to see how bois and gybels don't overwhelm venom. west side can probably beat venom, but it won't be easy on the road. venom's manager seems to know what he's doing, he'll be prepared.
bucsblue drew the closer, who is a very competitive d3 team, akin to themselves. the closer boasts a 7 deep lineup, who are all in good game shape. they also have 2 (yep, 2) u21 national team players. and. they. are. both. awesome. very difficult game for lob city, but also winnable, because belbucs is an excellent coach and gm, who has very good players in good game shape as well, and he will have that team scouted and game-planned. we'll see if bucs can overcome the depth disadvantage, i suspect he will.
and then comes the really tough games. first, strong arm drew noreasterners. that's one of the better d3 teams i've seen. they have 9 guys that can put up double digit ratings, as well as a starting 5 that's on par with any starting 5 in our league. and they're all in great game shape. tough to see strong arm pull this one out, but it's not impossible. play all 5 starters, crunch time... they also have home court. very very difficult, but not impossible.
glugly is toast. it seems the manager has gone mia, and they're playing a d2 team. they lost.
nyc warhawks, again, got an incredibly difficult draw. i would say the draw is impossible, but dieseldogs are selling 2 starters. if they sell before the game, this game has a slight chance for it to go the way of the warhawks, whom also have home court advantage. ct'ing the team... ya never know. warhawks are a very good team themselves, and imo can compete with that team anyway.
Last edited by FrostyMc at 11/12/2014 5:28:20 PM