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Thanks - my little write-ups seem to have achieved their goal!

This was a fun little experiment, although I’m not sure I’ll do it again. At least, I doubt I’ll do it in the same way as this season. I’m thinking through what next season looks like- what’s interesting/entertaining but not as time consuming.

I’ve got an end of season post coming up this afternoon and then I’ll play around with some playoff ideas before taking a couple weeks off for the draft, where I’m certain to get a 6’8, $12k/wk, ATG 18 y/o with 85 TSP. I’m quitting if I pull anything less.

Season 69 Postview: Stars Shifted, Giants Held
The dust has settled and the receipts are in. Some payrolls ballooned, some rosters frayed, and a few old heads turned back the clock. In the end, the steady giants mostly held serve—while a couple chaos agents made sure we weren’t bored. Here’s how Season 69 actually played out.
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Big 8: The Machine, The Metronome, The Mystery, The Ticket
• Wobbles were exactly who the preview said they were: stable, ruthless, and deep. Samara paced the arc (Shooter of the season: 57 threes); Rivera piled up triple-double energy; Er-Rai did the dirty work. Top seed, no frills.
• Innovatus chased hard behind Zigui (one of the rare 6-block club) and Ikoma’s conductor energy. They finished like a pro outfit—clinical and mean.
• The Reductions lived on variance and vibes, yet landed in the bracket anyway. Some nights they looked like alchemists, others like lab assistants—still, the Patient/Princeton grindbank paid interest.
• Meridian waited all season to punch their ticket into the playoffs. Curley’s paint efficiency and Pollock’s “everywhere” lines feel postseason-ready.
• BC Lituanica ended as the league’s big question mark turned cautionary tale: Pessach was still a monolith (Top SG, 23.3/5.9/7.2 and MVP candidate; a triple-double on the ledger), but the supporting cast flickered. Rebuild sirens are gettin deafening.
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Great 8: Hammers, Glass-Cleaners, and a Popcorn Machine
• Wasco stayed bossy and well-oiled, leading the league in assists (600). Sorensen/Pisano kept the paint a restricted area.
• Delta 9 brought the stat factory: Rebounds (1164), Blocks (162), and Top PG Carlos Olmos (19.3/4.4/6.9; “Best performer” rating king). When the jumper fell, scoreboards begged for mercy, and we’re bound to see more of that in the playoffs.
• Kiwi Sheep Pimps led everyone in pace and points (2408) and rode a gang-rebounding ethos; Cristiano Guaraes’ MVP candidacy is strong as the Top C (12.7/12.8, 23.2 eff) while Hess Araya even joined the 3-block nightly bests.
• Wellington were chaos on the glass and the break. A. Bowling dropped the line of the year (33 & 31, 16 OR; while Cisneros flirted with triple-doubles.
• Ferth turned into a late-season popcorn stand (25 steals in one game, shout to Peró’s 9 steals)—and swiped a finale win.
• Llama led the league in steals (164) and vibes; the Walkers…led the league in “we tried.”
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Headline Performers (Buzzer-Manager receipts)
• Season MVP: R. Zviedris (FR-S) — 25.1/12.5/3.9 on absurd efficiency (32.1). Box-score cheat code, even if the team result lagged.
• All-League by slot — PG: Olmos (Delta) • SG: Pessach (BC Lit) • SF: Skrzypacz (BC Lit; also tied the season-high 6 blocks) • PF: Zviedris (FR-S) • C: Guaraes (Kiwi).
• Personal bests — Points: Vogt (Cali) 53 • Rebounds: Bowling (Welly) 31 • Assists: Rocher (FR-S) 18 • Steals: Peró (Ferth) 9 • Blocks: Bruner (Delta), Skrzypacz (BC), Zigui (Inno), Paz (Reductions) at 6.
• Triple-doubles roll call — Abrahamsohn (Welly), Clemens (Meridian), Lovaina (Tasty), Pessach (BC Lit), Villar (Cali), Rivera & Blum (Wobbles).
• Season oddities — Iron-man: Yulun (Walkers) 1056 minutes • Turnover magnet: Cerda (Walkers) 88 • Whistle-collector: Paama (BC Lit) 82 fouls.
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Parting Shot
Season 69 promised upheaval and still crowned the usual grown-ups—just with louder fireworks. If the transfer list keeps humming (hi, BC Lit), Season 70 might be even messier. For now, sharpen those scout notes and pack a lunch. The giants are steady, the stars have shifted, and the bracket has teeth.

Last edited by stillhere at 9/29/2025 11:11:03 AM

Season went off the rails and there wasn't much I could do... But still a good learning experience for me... Good luck to those who are left, I probably won't make another DII debut until a few more in game seasons as I try to build up defensive players for next time...

You the goat man we appreciate you whether you keep going or not you for enhanced the experience! Especially this being my first time in D2 I had a blast!

🌟 Game of the Night: Wellington 96 – Wasco 95 🐗🐅
The top seed in the Great 8 is gone and everyone’s bracket has busted. It took every tick, every rebound, and every whistle to get there. Let’s go:

The biggest lead of the game was held for only a moment—halfway through the third. A minute and a half later, the lead was down to 4 and the lead never stretched further. Pure theatre.

Pisano (22/14/4) kept bullying in the post, hitting soft hooks and drawing fouls, while Longino (22/10) responded with bruising finishes at the rim. Both teams went punch-for-punch, neither breaking.

Bunn was the difference-maker in the 4th: he caught fire late, dropping two clutch triples in the fourth that stopped Wasco runs cold. How do you solve a problem like Bunn? Foul him on his next three. But Bunn ain’t Shaq: he sunk all three free throws. What Bunn lacked in efficiency (10-35 from the field) he made up for in heart as Wellington let him cook.

Wasco found a way to make the closing minutes Bunn-free, but it came at a cost. Tied at 91, the flurry began when Abrahamsohn dropped the hammer to give Wellington the lead, 93-91. Miner pushed it down court, not wasting any time feeding Ascensão for a mid-range bank shot that would make Timmy D. proud. Cisneros ran it back, forced his response, and drilled the jumper in Sorensen’s face. 6 points in 19 seconds of play, 95-93, everyone in Thiessen Arena held their breath.

Wasco drew up the perfect play out of a dead ball, inbounded the ball with 29 seconds left. Sorensen came off the screen, Davis found him in rhythm and Sorensen caught nothing but net as Thiessen Arena exploded—tie game, 95-95. The celebration didn’t last long.

The Warthogs lived up to their name: Bunn chucked a three with 9 seconds left: BRICK. Welly’s Apatič grabbed the long rebound, dished to Abrahamsohn for the point-blank winning shot: BRICK. Wong Wart-hogged yet another offensive board, attempting the putback on Abrahamsohn’s miss…and the zebras had enough: Pisano was whistled for the foul. Like several games this season, this one ended with free throws after the buzzer. Not a good look for the league, but you can be sure someone made it big in Vegas.

📈 Meridian Hill 73 – Wobbles 86
Meridian swung early but faded hard. Nash and Curley kept it close, but Anguera (31 pts) lit the fuse and Samara buried triples down the stretch. Wobbles turned a halftime grind into a 2nd-half surge, winning the boards 55–45 and leveraging their home-court advantage to lock in the W.

💊 Delta 115 – Kiwi 85 🐑
Delta dominated from wire to wire, winning every quarter and crushing the glass 60–43. Shelley (29/16) and incredible bench play from McNally (26 pts) and Porter (16). Kiwi’s Rae and Gaffney tried (35 pts combined), but the Sheep shot a miserable 18% from deep as Guaraes melted under the pressure. Kiwi never sniffed a comeback. Delta Rolled.

📈 The Reductions 67 – Innovatus 98
Innovatus clamped down early and never let up. Zigui (24 pts) and Thomas (18/13) owned the paint, Ikoma (16/7) ran the show, and the Reductions looked like a team that liquidated their best talent at the end of the season.

🔮 What It Means
The Conference Finals are set: Wobbles vs. Innovatus in the Big 8, Delta 9 vs. Wellington in the Great 8. Wobbles bring depth and shooting, but Innovatus’ interior duo is peaking at the right time. Delta look like juggernauts, yet Wellington just toppled Wasco in a thriller…do they have enough left to do it again?

Two Conference Finals games, four hungry squads—Arby’s has the meats, we’ve got the drama.