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In the absence of a Cup thread I decided to hold an election to see who should start one, and I won. Democracy at work.

No poll I'm afraid. But everyone was going to vote for Tide of Fire anyway, so lets go on without one.

The big story of Round one was the loss of multiple winners LIDLTallfellas. Obviously in a rebuilding phase but an exit in Round One is still a shock.

In Round Two Flaming Carrot Unit, the vanquishers of the Tallfellas, got an undeserved slice of poor luck when they drew Sabre of Valiente, another strong EBBL opponent. Its proven in the past almost impossible to defeat two EBBL teams in a row (if I'm right its only been done once) and despite a very strong effort from the Carrots, Sabre prevailed with a strong last quarter.

Bethnal Green Erks were the other EBBL team with a tough draw, facing Bergkamp's Arsenal98 (I believe they're named after the number of touches Arsenal take in the box before they're allowed to shoot). Despite an injury, Arsenal's greater effort paid off to send the Erks packing.

Narborough Phoenix pushed Doncaster Hawks all the way before the EBBL team were able to draw clear to put themselves in Round 3. Elsewhere D3 Realdemardi managed to upset D2 Fenland Foxes, in a round dominated by matches that included at least one bot team.

Round 3 again features a large number of bots. Standout matchups include Sabre of Valiente facing another difficult away trip to D2 kotwa, D2 Keepmugs facing Cup holders Los Mistakos, and teams from D3 London Koalas, and Irvine Blackhawks facing EBBL opponents in likely winners Tide of Fire, and runners up from two seasons ago, Durham Wasps.

There are a few all D2 games which look interesting and D3 Realdemardi drew another D2 opponent Roaring Lions and will be hoping to hunt lions as well as they did foxes today.

The final mention goes to one bot team that many of us, especially those who've been in the game longer than me will know of. Two time Cup champions Da Bombs will play (and be knocked out by) Leeds City Ballers.

Great write up mate, glad you got 'elected'. I enjoyed laughing at the jokes, not sure I can do the double again but I'll try!

With a completely straight face: "What jokes?"

Thanks for doing this mate, been so deprived of time lately that I barely have time for the game anymore.

Stick it out mate, life changes and changes again. Just glad to have you around

I will do mate

Slight revision of how you ended up doing this I think Gully ;) Glad you took up my suggestion though.

I believe they're named after the number of touches Arsenal take in the box before they're allowed to shoot

Ha, well this isn't entirely inaccurate. I could say it was the year I was born in an attempt to make you feel even older, but nupe. I just liked the '98 team a lot, good year for Arsenal too. We only got 3 seasons of Overmars and since then I've basically wanted Arsenal to sign another proper winger since (there was a brief flash when Reyes might've been it, but yeah..) Off topic stuff :)

I've been granted a bot in the next round as a reward for my efforts, so \o/ Worth it. Maybe. 2 bots and it will for sure (I had a quick count and I think there'll still be 27 in the round after this, so good luck to all in hunting one down)

Last edited by Bergkamp at 06/10/2016 08:37:45

Slight revision of how you ended up doing this I think Gully ;) Glad you took up my suggestion though.

I didn't want you to be blamed for the extra dose of me on the forum.

Found this while I was looking to see if I'd done a Cup thread before (I thought I had!) and its relevant to me now:

Irvine Blackhawks have always been giant killers - it is the one team that I always want to avoid in the tournament.

From Mikramus in November 2014.

(http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...)

Possibly not the most exciting round of the Cup in history but lets see what happened anyway.

Sabre of Valiente of the EBBL were involved in the closest game of the top division teams, managing to hold on to a 7pt win over 2nd division kotwa, having led by 24 at the half. The rest of the games involving EBBL teams were not close, though its probably worth mentioning that Los Mikitos made extra effort in their game against D2 Keepmugs.

Biggest surprise must be Support of D3 edging out D2 Southern European by 5. AMI Giants came close to surprising HK Stars losing by 2 in OT, and Lusitania Brazil All Stars also won in OT by 6 against Drook House.

T20 Cricketers, Halucagenic Dayglo, St James Seahawks, Olympiacos 1925, and Club Deportivo San Andres all won clashes against fellow D2 opponents.

Looking at the next round the most interesting games seem to be M Dogs at Burdon Terrace Bears, and CWA Fury visiting Leeds City Ballers in games where EBBL teams are playing D2 teams. There are 5 games where D2 plays D2 so quite a few D2 teams should still be in round 5.

Any comments on your own games or others are welcomed, and of course if you'd like to point out errors I've made or something I've missed, feel free.

Like last week, not a huge amount to write about in the Cup this week.

Titanic Turtles managed to find themselves making their BB debut in the 5th round of the Cup and they gave D2 HK Stars a bit of a fright leading by 10 at HT, only to see a huge turnaround in the 2nd half as the Stars won by 26.

Phoenix Warriors of the EBBL were down by 1 at the half to Temps Titans but ran out winners by 36.

new jersey2 were another EBBL team that looked in trouble at times against Worcester Wolves, finally winning out by 9 after two overtime periods.

In the most interesting all D2 matchups BC Altletas defeated BC Snaiperiai (an old rival of mine) by 12 and Club Deportivo San Andres defeated Hereford Bulls by 13.

Probably the biggest shock was D3 Marikina Floods beating D2 Pinoy Bulls Devils by 108-90.

The draw for round 6 has given us one all EBBL matchup, Kapsukas at Phoenix Warriors. 5 EBBL teams face trips to D2 teams. Doncaster Hawks at BC Giants, Tide of Fire vs Olympiacos 1925, CWA Fury at HK Stars, Stinkilemons at Arsenal 98, and Sabre of Valiente at KK Alytus.

There are 9 all D2 matchups, and four all D3 matchups, and three remaining bots who should be flushed from the Cup in this round.

Oof, I get Lemons.

Nomination for upset of last round: (91612332) 24 vs 107 if you believe the rankings.

My old d3 rival Spanby Gaitors knock out one of the best teams in my current division Trixmos Trix. Weird looking game ratings wise and analysing the shots / etc, seems Trix would win that game more times than not. Rewarded with a trip to Gauson.