BuzzerBeater Forums

BB Australia > Battlers Tournament Bantz

Battlers Tournament Bantz

Set priority
Show messages by
This Post:
00
307794.20 in reply to 307794.19
Date: 5/27/2021 3:34:43 AM
Kira Kira Koseki
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
780780
Second Team:
Yubi Yubi
Tannum Tantrums vs Hard Ball Gets tonight for the trophy. This season the tournament stung me in the form of a CT from a division II side, but it's also given me gifts in the form of both of these teams conceding games to be recently for the sake of their cup campaign. But I digress, seems like a pretty even contest judging by league form, maybe advantage HBG but only slightly if it is.

This Post:
00
307794.21 in reply to 307794.20
Date: 5/29/2021 4:45:17 AM
tannum tantrums
ABBL
Overall Posts Rated:
7171
Yeah congrats to Hard Ball Gets - they handled me pretty easily.

Seems I need to try something different to get over the hump. Pretty safe bet you will have home court so you have a great chance of taking out the league title at least.

This Post:
00
307794.22 in reply to 307794.21
Date: 5/29/2021 5:32:03 AM
Kira Kira Koseki
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
780780
Second Team:
Yubi Yubi
Hard Ball's B3 form was something I hadn't considered when assessing the strength of both teams. They finished the group play 7-1 in a competition I went 0-8 in last season whilst legitimately trying. Honestly, if I 22-0 the league it'll be in spite of my team strength rather than because of it, I know Laga'aia has blossomed to MVP form this season but I still have reason to be wary of my opposition come the play-offs.

This Post:
00
307794.23 in reply to 307794.22
Date: 8/17/2021 6:51:17 AM
Kira Kira Koseki
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
780780
Second Team:
Yubi Yubi
Way too close for comfort tonight. Drew an ABBL team away, and HBG tanked the league more than I did so garbage time threw my minutes off. In trying to save some players for the quarters I go down by as much as 15 to Dark Passenger, and the comeback got hindered by the GE deciding that 17 and even 20 JS isn't enough to make threes. Was 1-21 before the luck correction kicked in.

On the other hand, I caught a break in Manchester's injury making Duffield the effective starter in a situation where I ultimately needed him to actually win the game. In that context maybe DP was the one who got screwed by the GE. All I know is that if I had that one back, I would've gone normal instead of TIE.

This Post:
00
307794.24 in reply to 307794.23
Date: 8/17/2021 8:27:09 AM
Heywood Big Dogs
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
180180
Second Team:
Heywood Lions
How about with JJacks drawing Glenvale Cheaters in the quarters we are guaranteed to have a Div 2 side into the semi finals. How often would that happen?

This Post:
00
307794.25 in reply to 307794.24
Date: 8/17/2021 6:46:44 PM
Aussie Pride
ABBL
Overall Posts Rated:
546546
Almost every season a Div 2 team makes the semis. Out of the last 13 seasons, 10 times a Div 2 team made semis (but never 2 in one season), 1 time a Div 3 team made semis and only twice has it been all ABBL. The last time a non ABBL made the final was Season 35. Seasons 2 and 7 have been the only time a non ABBL has won the Cup.

Last edited by aussie dude at 8/17/2021 10:13:17 PM

This Post:
00
307794.26 in reply to 307794.25
Date: 8/18/2021 8:24:42 AM
Heywood Big Dogs
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
180180
Second Team:
Heywood Lions
I stand corrected.

This Post:
00
307794.27 in reply to 307794.26
Date: 8/26/2021 5:55:49 AM
Kira Kira Koseki
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
780780
Second Team:
Yubi Yubi
2nd time in 2 seasons that MP5 has a legitimate reason to be mad at me for a match outcome. An injury and a lopsided foul count. I know I can't say anything that will make it better but I do want to acknowledge that, B3 aside, I've been getting ridiculously lucky in recent seasons.

In other news... DIV II TEAM IN THE FINAL. I would not have bet on that happening again given the gulf between ABBL and most of Div II these days.

This Post:
00
307794.28 in reply to 307794.27
Date: 8/26/2021 6:09:54 AM
Heywood Big Dogs
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
180180
Second Team:
Heywood Lions
Well done on getting through again.
Spare a thought for those of us in the same div 2 conference as Jack - he’s played it well and has some good young prospects coming through.

This Post:
11
307794.29 in reply to 307794.28
Date: 9/2/2021 10:50:37 AM
Kira Kira Koseki
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
780780
Second Team:
Yubi Yubi
Was surprised to see j-jacks tank it, but in retrospect I shouldn't have been. The league and specifically making the ABBL is pretty important, especially for a roster that's all-in by Div II standards. Conceding HCA to Trolololo would make that task difficult. Assuming they make the ABBL, I think we will see j-jacks competing for a national title again sooner rather than later, and in fact they could even win a BBM tier this season (tier 6).

As for me, my season is already successful, so I'm going to take some time to think about what I actually want to do next. I really want to aim for B3 glory whilst I have the Duffield/Laga'aia duo, so do I risk blowing it up before the playoffs to try and build a better starting 5 for the following season?

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 9/2/2021 10:51:00 AM

This Post:
00
307794.30 in reply to 307794.29
Date: 9/3/2021 8:50:47 AM
Heywood Big Dogs
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
180180
Second Team:
Heywood Lions
Well done on the win, Jay. I think you had Jack's measure in the final this time, so it was probably a savvy move by him to go lower in enth, but I agree, he might shake things up if he does push on from our Div this season.

Advertisement