Wednesday, July 23, 2008

ALL-STAR COMPETITION

The battle to make it to the All-Star Team is heating up with only five more games in the season left for each team. The All-Stars will be determined by evaluating 13 stats at the end of the season: Free Throw %, Free Throws Made, Field Goal %, Field Goals Made, Three Point %, Three Pointers Made, Total Points, Assists, Blocks, Steals, Rebounds, Fouls, and Turnovers. Since Scoring makes up 7 of the 13 stat evaluations, the following list includes all players who are averaging more than 10 points per game so far this season, and are organized by position. These players are the likeliest contenders for becoming an All-Star. If players have the ability to play multiple positions, then they will be listed multiple times.

Point Guards
1. Yo Yo Dalton (Vipers) PG SG 20.5
2. Jerry Daines (Ice) PG 20.1
3. Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 18.5
4. Terrance Clark (Scorpions) PG 13.4
5. Bryce Howard (Wolves) PG 12.4

Shooting Guards
1. Yo Yo Dalton (Vipers) PG SG 20.5
2. Greg Harris (Wasps) SG 13.5
3. Dennis Scott (Tigers) SG 10.3

Small Forwards
1. Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 17.9
2. Colby Manterola (Stallions) SF 17.3
3. Carter Hanks (Wolves) SF 16.1
4. Bill Wyecliffe (Bulls) SF PF 11.9
5. Gary Letty (Knights) SF 11.8
6. Martin Luther (Bears) SF 11.4

Power Forwards
1. Andrew Bogart (Killer Whales) PF 20.4
2. Freddy Hendricks (Cobras) PF 16.3
3. Peter Phillips (Tigers) PF 14
4. Jeff Walters (Cougars) PF 13.4
5. Bill Wyecliffe (Bulls) SF PF 11.9
6. Ed Wagner (Scorpions) PF 11.1

Centers
1. Avery Gunderson (Cougars) C 18.8
2. Will Antone (Fire) C 14
3. Fred Saunders (Bears) C 13.7
4. Ted Gumphrey (Bulls) C 13.3
5. Andre Simms (Dragons) C 12

Only the top two in each position will become an All-Star. Since the Shooting Guards aren't very dominant this year, Yo Yo Dalton will probably play in the SG position during the All-Star Game even though he plays PG for his team. This will leave a battle for second spot between Harris and Scott. If Dalton goes to SG, than Daines and Mills will most likely be the PG's. For the Small Forward Positon it is basically a battle between Macey, Manterola, and Hanks. Manterola tends to turn it over a lot so he better get his scoring higher. Bogart and Hendricks are leading the Power Forwards, but Phillips and Walters have a shot at snatching it away from Hendricks because of his excessive fouls and turnovers. Avery Gunderson has virtually a 99% chance at being an All-Star, but the second spot is up for grabs between Antone, Saunders, and Gumphrey. Although Wyecliff plays SF and PF, he is not very close at either position. Anyway, we'll have to see what happens next in the final third of the season.

Monday, July 14, 2008

DICE BASKETBALL HEATING UP

The competition is heating up during the second half of the DBA season. Many dominant teams have fallen from elite status, and the upsets have proven that any team can win on any given night. The Scorpion's win over the then 6-0, #1 ranked, Cobras marked the start of a host of underdog wins. The Cobras lost again to the resurging Wolves 45 to 36. Then came the game where the Tigers beat the Killer Whales 37 to 31. Several games later, the Ice triumphed over the Vipers 42 to 39 in an amazing comback victory in overtime. A few games later, the Vipers lost another one to the Bears 38 to 47 as the Bears try to prove they can compete with anybody. Then to cap it all off, the Knights overtake the undefeated Cougars 35 to 31 to prove that they have a shot at the DBA Title.
There have been some amazing stories emerge as the season has continued on. There is the story of the Sharks winning 3 games in a row by one point, or the story of the Scorpions who even though they have a score differential of only -2, they have a dismal 2-7 record including a win over the fierce Cobras. There's the story of Terrance Clark getting the leagues individual game scoring record at 30 points, which was almost 3 times his previous personal best. There's the story of the previously unbeatable Cougars falling to the Knights, which hold the record for the fewest points scored in a game.
Throughout these stories are athletes; athletes with big dreams, even as they face many challenges. Some, such as the Cobras, struggle to not foul out of the game. Others, such as the Tigers and Stallions, struggle with turning the ball over. The Wasps and the Dragons struggle scoring the ball, although their rebounding is superb.
Regardless the challenge, they all continue fighting. They keep fighting for the right to be a champion. They keep fighting for the love of the game and they keep fighting for the enjoyment of the fans and spectators cheering from the stands. Whatever the outcome in the weeks that follow, you can only count on this; entertainment, blood, sweat, tears and a championship team. May the journey ahead be a memorable one.
I'm out.

JCC

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

COBRAS GET SLAM DUNKED

Cobras 4 16 2 4 26
Scorpions 17 16 5 14 52

1st Quarter
Scorpions start off the game with a 4 point play and a 3 point play on their first two possessions. Cobras struggle to get Mills the ball and commit a few turnovers. Clark for the Scorpions gets on fire.
Cobras 4
Scorpions 17

2nd Quarter
Cobras start to heat up after a couple of three's in a row by Mills, and 4 0f 4 free throws by Hendricks. Scorpions stay on fire however with Clark leading the way. Scorpions get two more three point plays and nail a bunch of high percentage shots. Mills fouls out with a couple of possessions left before halftime. He leaves the game with only 8 points.
Cobras 20
Scorpions 33

3rd Quarter
The 5 on 4 advantage for the Scorpions becomes very detrimental. The Cobras commit a bunch of turnovers, and can't get the ball to Hendricks. Hendricks fouls out midway through the third causing it to be a game of 5 on 3. He left the game with 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Although the Scorpions are able to get a bunch of steals, they start to get cold shooting the ball. They only score 5 in the third.
Cobras 22
Scorpions 38

4th Quarter
The fourth quarter belonged to the Scorpions. Clark got hot and rack up a bunch of points including two three pointers, one of which turning into another 4 point play. The Cobras made a couple of lucky shots with 2 of their worst players and turned the ball over some more. Clark finished off the game with a league record 30 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 0 turnovers.
Cobras 26
Scorpions 52

The Scorpions beat the Cobras 1 to 15 in turnovers, 8 to 14 in fouls, 9 to 0 in steals, and 18 to 8 in assists. The only stat comparable was shooting %. The Cobras, however, only shot the ball 20 times while the Scorpions got 41 shots off (free throws were included for both teams in shot total). Turnovers can literally kill a team.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

TEAM STATS

Free Throw %
1 Cobras 50 of 59 85%
2 Killer Whales 47 of 55 85%
3 Knights 40 of 48 83%
4 Scorpions 35 of 43 81%
5 Wolves 16 of 20 80%
6 Sharks 37 of 46 80%
7 Tigers 32 of 40 80%
8 Bears 41 of 52 79%
9 Bulls 47 of 60 78%
10 Stallions 40 of 51 78%
11 Wasps 26 of 34 76%
12 Cougars 27 of 36 75%
13 Fire 39 of 57 68%
14 Dragons 27 of 42 64%
15 Ice 29 of 47 62%
16Vipers 18 of 29 62%

Field Goal %
1 Cougars 98 of 118 83%
2 Stallions 81 of 107 76%
3 Killer Whales 92 of 123 75%
4 Tigers 75 of 103 73%
5 Bulls 69 of 97 71%
6 Sharks 83 of 118 70%
7 Cobras 77 of 117 66%
8 Bears 84 of 130 65%
9 Scorpions 69 of 111 62%
10 Vipers 64 of 109 59%
11 Ice 57 of 96 59 %
12 Fire 74 of 127 58%
13 Wolves 66 of 113 58%
14 Knights 56 of 104 54%
15 Dragons 52 of 103 50%
16 Wasps 60 of 122 49%

3 Pointer %
1 Bears 7 of 9 78%
2 Cobras 21 of 29 72%
3 Killer Whales 11 of 16 69%
4 Vipers 29 of 43 67%
5 Tigers 17 of 31 55%
6 Wolves 23 of 43 53%
7 Dragons 18 of 37 49%
8 Wasps 16 of 33 48%
9 Ice 26 of 55 47%
10 Knights 16 of 34 47%
11 Scorpions 15 of 37 41%
12 Sharks 12 of 29 41%
13 Cougars 12 of 30 40%
14 Bulls 10 of 25 40%
15 Fire 7 of 18 39%
16 Stallions 5 of 15 33%

Assists per Game
1 Cougars 14.7
2 Cobras 13.2
3 Killer Whales 13
4 Tigers 12.8
5 Stallions 12.3
6Wasps 12.2
7 Wolves 12
8 Bears 11.8
9 Sharks 11.5
10 Vipers 11.5
11 Scorpions 11.2
12 Fire 11
13 Bulls 10.5
14 Knights 10.2
15 Dragons 9.8
16 Ice 9.2



Blocks per Game
1 Dragons 1.8
2 Fire 1.7
3 Tigers 1.5
4 Bulls 1.2
5 Cougars 1.2
6 Scorpions 1
7 Sharks 1
8 Vipers 0.8
9 Killer Whales 0.8
10 Cobras 0.7
11 Knights 0.7
12 Wolves 0.7
13 Stallions 0.5
14 Wasps 0.4
15 Bears 0.3
16 Ice 0.3

Steals per Game
1 Vipers 3.3
2 Cobras 2.5
3 Wasps 2.4
4 Bears 2.3
5 Killer Whales 2.3
6 Bulls 2.3
7 Ice 2.2
8 Cougars 2
9 Fire 2
10 Scorpions 1.8
11 Knights 1.8
12 Tigers 1.8
13 Stallions 1.8
14 Dragons 1.5
15 Sharks 1.3
16 Wolves 1.2

Rebounds per Game
1 Wasps 16.4
2 Vipers 11.8
3 Cobras 11.8
4 Cougars 10.8
5 Wolves 10.5
6 Knights 10
7 Killer Whales 10
8 Fire 9.7
9 Sharks 9.3
10 Scorpions 9.2
11 Tigers 9.2
12 Bulls 9
13 Dragons 8.8
14 Ice 8.5
15 Bears 7.3
16 Stallions 6.3

Points per Game
1 Cobras 44.5
2 Killer Whales 44
3 Cougars 43.2
4 Sharks 40
5 Wasps 38.8
6 Vipers 38.8
7 Tigers 38.8
8 Bears 38.3
9 Ice 37.3
10 Scorpions 36.3
11 Wolves 36.2
12 Stallions 36.2
13 Bulls 35.8
14 Fire 35
15 Knights 33.7
16 Dragons 30.8

Points Against per Game
Vipers 31.2
Cobras 31.2
Cougars 34.7
Sharks 35.3
Knights 35.7
Killer Whales 36.3
Wolves 38.2
Wasps 38.6
Bulls 38.7
Scorpions 39
Fire 39.3
Tigers 39.7
Dragons 41.7
Bears 41.7
Ice 41.8
Stallions 44.8

Fouls per Game
1 Fire 4.5
2 Bears 5.2
3 Killer Whales 5.2
4 Sharks 5.7
5 Cougars 6.5
6 Cobras 6.5
7 Wolves 6.7
8 Knights 6.8
9 Dragons 7.2
10 Scorpions 7.5
11 Tigers 7.7
12 Vipers 7.8
13 Wasps 8
14 Bulls 8
15 Ice 8
16 Stallions 8.3

Turnovers per Game
1 Ice 4
2 Wolves 4.2
3 Bears 4.2
4 Sharks 4.2
5 Cougars 4.2
6 Fire 4.5
7 Scorpions 4.7
8 Knights 4.8
9 Killer Whales 4.8
10 Vipers 4.8
11 Cobras 5
12 Dragons 6.5
13 Wasps 6.6
14 Bulls 6.8
15 Tigers 7.2
16 Stallions 8.2

Friday, May 30, 2008

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

Free Throw % (At least 10 attempts)
1 Terrance Clark (Scorpions) PG 19 of 19 100%
2 Larry Murphy (Stallions) PF 10 of 10 100%
3 Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 20 of 21 95%
4 Avery Gunderson (Cougars) C 11 of 12 92%
5 Edward Lyles (Knights) SG 11 of 12 92%
6 Bill Wyecliff (Bulls) SF 9 of 10 90%
7 Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 17 of 19 89%
8 Freddy Hendricks (Cobras) PF 28 of 32 88%
9 Ted Gumphrey (Bulls) C 26 of 30 87%
10 Gary Letty (Knights) SF 15 of 18 83%
11 Carter Hanks (Wolves) SF 10 of 12 83%

Field Goal % (At least 10 attempts)
1 Jeff Walters (Cougars) PF 33 of 34 97%
2 Larry Murphy (Stallions) PF 15 of 16 94%
3 Bill Wycliffe (Bulls) SF 26 of 30 87%
4 Andrew Bogart (Killer Whales) PF 49 of 57 86%
5 Avery Gunderson (Cougars) C 51 of 61 84%
6 Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 31 of 37 84%
7 Kirt Bellows (Tigers) PG 10 of 12 83%
8 Peter Phillips (Tigers) PF 35 of 43 81%
9 Patrick Thurman (Sharks) 12 of 15 80%

3 Point % (At least 10 attempts)
1 Yo Yo Dalton (Vipers) PG 23 of 31 74%
2 Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 19 of 26 73%
3 Bryce Howard (Wolves) PG 11 of 16 69%
4 Dennis Scott (Tigers) SG 8 of 13 62%
5 Jerry Daines (Ice) PG 20 of 35 57%
6 Karl Samuelson (Knights) PG 6 of 11 55%
7 Kevin Nielson (Bulls) PG 6 of 12 50%
8 Jeremy Simper (Tigers) SF 5 of 10 50 %
9 Greg Harris (Wasps) SG 9 of 19 47%
10 Edward Lyles (Knights) SG 7 of 15 47%

Points per Game
1 Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 21.7
2 Andrew Bogart (Killer Whales) PF 21.2
3 Yo Yo Dalton (Vipers) 19.5
4 Avery Gunderson (Cougars) C 18.8
5 Jerry Daines (Ice) PG 18.8
6 Freddy Hendricks (Cobras) PF 16.7
7 Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 15.7
8 Colby Manterola (Stallions) SF 15.7
9 Peter Phillips (Tigers) PF 15
10 Jeff Walters (Cougars) PF 13.8
11 Carter Hanks (Wolves) SF 13.7

Assists per Game
1 Devin Marks (Bears) PG 8
2 Andre Peterson (Cougars) PG 7
3 Kirt Bellows (Tigers) PG 7
4 Kenny Jones (Stallions) PG 6.8
5 Phil Young (Fire) PG 6.2
6 Kevin Nielson (Bulls) PG 5.7
7 Rich Emery (Dragons) PG 5.7
8 Patrick Thurman (Sharks) PG 5.5
9 Kent Nell (Killer Whales) PG 5.3
10 Karl Samuelson (Knights) PG 5

Blocks per Game
1 Peter Phillips (Tigers) PF 0.8
2 Dan Black (Dragons) PF 0.8
3 Freddy Hendricks (Cobras) PF 0.5
4 Kevin Rogers (Dragons) SF 0.5
5 Andre Simms (Dragons) C 0.5
6 Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 0.5
7 Gary Jebson (Cougars) SG 0.5
8 Alven North (Bulls) PF 0.5
9 A J Caroll (Fire) PF 0.5
10 Will Antone (Fire) C 0.5

Steals per Game
1 Yo Yo Dalton (Vipers) PG 1
2 Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 1
3 Kevin Nielson (Bulls) PG 1
4 Kirt Bellows (Tigers) PG 1
5 Jeff Willard (Bears) SG 0.8
6 Sam Mcdonald (Vipers) SG 0.8
7 Kevin Alred (Wasps) PG 0.8
8 Avery Gunderson (Cougars) C 0.8

Rebounds per Game
1 Cam Richards (Wasps) C 4.3
2 Gary Letty (Knights) SF 4
3 Kit Hughes (Wasps) PF 4
4 Will Antone (Fire) C 3.7
5 Seth Reed (Vipers) C 3.7
6 Fred Karuso (Vipers) PF 3.5
7 A J Carrol (Fire) PF 3.5
8 Andrew Bogart (Killer Whales) PF 3.5
9 Ed Wagner (Scorpions) PF 3.3
10 Jeff Walters (Cougars) PF 3.2

Fouls per Game
1 Joseph Garland (Scorpions) C 2.7
2 Kirt Bellows (Tigers) PG 2.7
3 Ted Gumphrey (Bulls) C 2.7
4 Stephan Mills (Cobras) PG 2.2
5 Niles West (Ice) C 2.2
6 Ray Chello (Stallions) C 2.2
7 Sam Mcdonald (Vipers) SG 2.2

Turnovers per Game
1 Andre Simms (Dragons) C 3.5
2 Colby Manterola (Stallions) SF 3.3
3 Peter Phillips (Tigers) PF 3.2
4 Freddy Hendricks (Cobras) PF 2.8
5 Ted Gumphrey (Bulls) C 2.7
6 Bill Wyecliff (Bulls) SF 2.5
7 Greg Harris (Wasps) SG 2.3
8 Larry Murphy (Stallions) PF 2.2
9 Jason Macey (Sharks) SF 2