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MAC in LA - Day 2 Update:

MAC TAKES TWO TEAMS TO THE PLAYOFFS

Both the MAC A-Team and the MAC Open-Team went 2-1 in their respective round robins, and each will advance to the playoff system here in LA for the NACAD Basketball championships.

The MAC Masters team's narrow loss (66-69) to the Olympic Club (San Francisco) this afternoon kept them from advancing to the playoffs.

The A-team will start their playoff run tonight, while the Open team will start Sunday morning.  We'll keep you posted. 

Pic above, MAC Open-Team point guard, Ryan Robertson is getting ready to make a free throw against the Olympic Club, with Forest Reinberg and Chris D. Braun looking on.

MAC in LA - Tournament Update (Day 1)

MAC teams go 3-2 on day one

Left: A few of us got out on Trump National (thanks to our local Under Armour Nike rep).  Okay course, if you like  golf holes with a decent-sized body of water in the background.

Day 1 Highlights:

MASTERS TEAM (0-1)
> Lost game one to Los Angeles AC (70-83)
> The team plays two games today and mathematically has...(never mind)

A TEAM (1-1)
> We're not allowed to talk about game 1
> Game 2 featured a come-from-behind victory over Union League (Chicago).  After falling behind 22-4 in the first half, the A team went on a 52-29 run to close out the game 56-51.
> Coach Troy Robertson was offered a 2 year extension after the thrilling comeback.
> His moves to shut up the "game announcer" and to have the team play defense were brilliant game-time adjustments, some observers have said.

OPEN TEAM (2-0)
> Methodical double-digit victories over Los Angeles and Multonomah in their first two games.

Highlights: 
> Ryan Robertson going 9-11 from the field in game one
> Brian Westre pleasing the crowd with a put back dunk in game two
> Forest Gump Beau Reinberg showing off his incredible running abilities to the locals here in LA

Team Dunn Goes 10-0 w/ Come from Behind Win!!

Troy Robertson Helps Engineer a Stunner, 58-54 win!

With less than 8 minutes to go, down by 12 points, Troy Robertson called a time out which turned out to be the point when the comeback started.   "I just win", Robertson quipped, comparing himself to the likes of other "winners" like Derek Jeter and Tom Brady. 

Over the next 8 minutes, team Dunn methodically ate away into the double-digit deficit and ultimately took the game into their hands for the Winter-2008 Open League championship.

Former Hornet, Demond Wilkerson's 67% FGP, 19 point effort wasn't enough for team Brown to secure the win.  Critics of captain Peter Brown site his controversial decision to sit Wilkerson out for 4:57 in the 2nd half during a critical juncture in the game.  Brown could not be reached for comment.

Robertson shot 50% from the field with 16 points, and Mike Corrigan assisted with a 55% field goal percentage with 12 points in the victory.

Championship Game Preview

Wilkerson Guarantees a win!!

Former Delaware State Hornet, Demon Wilkerson, guaranteed a win for Team Brown over Team Dunn in tonight's championship game.

After pouring over hours of tape of Troy Robertson at St. Charles West and at SLU, both Demond and captain Peter Brown are confident they have found "something" in Troy's game that they can expose tonight.

Meanwhile, rumors are flying that disgruntled inside man, Brian Westre, is consulting with them as well.  Westre's team lost to Troy's last week in the Red divsion finals.

Game line for tonight remains at -4 points for team Dunn despite Demond's guarantee.

Developing....

Open Ball: Week 8 Results

Download MAC.WINTER08.W8.PDF

Week 8 Highlights:

> Beau Reinberg avoids getting the "Matt Fagin Award" with first victory of season
> Team Dunn continues roll with a squeaker over sliding Team York
> Team Hillin steals one with 4 on 5 win in Double OT - Westre pours in 49

Monday, February 11th
6:00pm    Team Dankenbring defeats Team Carlson 76-70
7:00pm    Team Boles defeats Team Garavaglia 74-64

Tuesday, February 12th
5:30pm    Team Dunn defeats Team York 66-62
6:30pm    Team Reinberg defeats team Robnett 62-49
7:30pm    Team Hillin defeats Team Brown 88-87 (D-OT)

Undefeated Teams Play Tonight (7:30PM)

T. Robertson has a plan

"We have a plan for Westre", stated Troy Robertson in a pre-game conference call this AM.  Although Robertson wouldn't elaborate on how they plan to slow down Brian Westre, who has been hitting 70% of his field goals this season, our staff believes they know the outlines of the plan.

However, we can't divulge this information until after the game has started.

Alex Jenson's status for tonight's game is unknown at this time.

Note: Andy Hillin stated this AM that tonight he intends to go after Sean Boles' 3-point field goal record  - Boles hit 11 treys in September, 2005 in a 44 point effort.

Who's Hot?

Raymond The Sub Goes Deep!

Joe Raymond (who played as a sub for team Robnett last week) stunned his opponents by nailing 5-11 three-pointers in a winning effort for Team Robnett.

Mark Bumgarner, in charge of guarding Raymond, intentionally left him open for the three-pointer, a witness of the game believes.

The 18 point performance was Raymond's highest offensive output since a dazzling 22 point show in 6th grade co-ed church league basketball in the summer of '78, our records show.

Open Ball: Week Six Results

Download hoops.2008.W6.pdf

> High scoring was the theme last week, with an average of 78 points scored per team

Week 6 Highlights:

> Team Boles takes 89 shots and hits 23/53 treys (43%) /  Van Rhein, "won't forget"
> Team Robnett sub, Joe Raymond goes 5-11 from treyland - Bumgarner, "stunned"
> Team Hillin dominates Yorkless Team #6 in battle of division leaders

Monday, February 11th
6:00pm    Snowed Out - Rescheduled for March 3rd
7:00pm    Snowed Out - Rescheduled for March 3rd

Tuesday, February 12th
5:30pm    Team Boles defeats Team Carlson 108-60
6:30pm    Team Robnett defeats team Garavaglia 84-82
7:30pm    Team Hillin defeats Team York 74-58

Basketball Committee to Consider a New Rule...

"Westre-Free" Zone Could be In the Works

The MAC basketball committee is finalizing plans for instituting a new zone to be painted on the downtown courts, a committee insider was thought to have said.

This new zone would specifically prohibit Brian Westre from either taking any shots or picking up any offensive rebounds within this new painted area. 

Committee members have been scrambling to do something ever since BW's field goal percentage has approached a ridiculous 70%, our source believes.

Controversy is swarming around team #2 (6-0 thus far in the season).  If you couple Westre's recent dominating performance with allegations from other team captains that Andy Hillin (captain of team #2) used inside information to scoop up Alex Jenson in the third round of the league draft, one may appreciate the tight rope the basketball committee must walk.

This story is developing...

Open Ball: Week Five Results

Download MAC.2008HOOPS.W5.PDF

MAC computers were down for a couple of weeks.  Stay tuned for expert analysis on upcoming games and playoff picture....

Open Ball: Week 2 Results

Download 2008.HOOPS.W2.PDF

Week 2 Highlights:

> Both Hillin and Van Hee break out by raining treys, nailing 7 & 5 respectively
> Team Boles blows lead late in game  - not a reprint from last week
> Van Rhein's personal win streak comes to an end (finally)

Monday, January 14th
6:00pm    Team Dunn defeats Team Garavaglia 66-49
7:00pm    Team Hillin defeats Team Reinberg 80-68

Tuesday, January 15th
5:30pm    Team Brown defeats Team Robnett 55-49
6:30pm    Team Dankenbring defeats team Boles 64-63
7:30pm    Team York defeats Team Carlson 58-49

 

Deal is Finalized!

Team Dankenbring makes early season move:

Veteran Chris Sloan is traded to the Knicks for MAC rookie Josh Bledsoe, sources have confirmed.  The deal was not an even swap, we were told.  Apparently, captain Scott Dankenbring has requested some cash, tickets to the Garden, and a "night on the town with David Lee" in addition to the services of Bledsoe.  Neither Sloan or Bledsoe was asked to comment on veracity of this story.

Still unanswered:   Why was the trade made?  What will Sloan be doing with the Knicks?  Developing...

Open Ball: Week 1 Results

Download MAC.HOOPS.W2008.W1.PDF

Week 1 Highlights:

> Westre/Jenson combination: Effective (72% from the field in game 1)
> Sloan contract falls through for Team Dankenbring / gets traded to Knicks for PBNL*
> Dibble breaks out with 30 in losing effort
> Team Boles blows lead by missing 4 front ends late in game - loses in OT to Team Dunn
> Team Reinberg goes 45% from the charity stripe and loses by 2 points
> Team Garavaglia shoots 24% from the field - loses by 34 to team York

Monday, January 7th
6:00pm    Team Hillin defeats Team Dankenbring 85-64
7:00pm    Team Carlson defeats Team Robnett 58-55

Tuesday, January 8th
5:30pm    Team Dunn defeats Team Boles 68-65
6:30pm   Team York defeats team Garavaglia 82-48
7:30pm    Team Brown defeats Team Reinberg 75-73

* Word is that the player to be named later is MAC newcomer, Josh Bledsoe. We're currently efforting the details of the financial arrangement in this transaction.  More to come soon...

A First in MAC Pickup Ball!

5 on 4 pickup game gets ugly...

Rarely do we document the ugliness that is the lunchtime pickup game at the downtown MAC.  But, the unprecedented 5 on 4* loss by the likes of Al Meitl, Jim Heney, Matt Garavaglia, and Peter Brown had to be noted.

* It did help having an AB product on the court for the four-man team.

Open Ball: Playoff Update - Championship Game

Team Kingston Meltdown in H2.....Team Walsh Goes 10-0!

Chris Sloan Celebration T-Shirts Go on Sale!!

Sloan Draws on Skipping Experience - Pours in 51!

Chris Sloan propelled Team Walsh to the championship game of the MAC Fall Open League with a 51 point performance last week. A member of his posse claims that Sloan's game has improved ever since he recently reviewed some "old jumping tapes".  Our crack staff believes that the insider was referring to Sloan's stint as a premier competition jump rope player for the famous Iowa Skippers.  We're still looking into veracity of this claim...

p.s. - We're not sure whether Sloan is rebounding or shooting in this picture, but we'll be sure to find out...

Open Ball: Playoff Update

Championship Game is Set: Robertson vs. Sloan

Schedule with Predictions:

Monday – November 19th

9th Place Game:
6:00 pm – Team #5 (Brown) vs. Team #1 (Kaniecki)
Upshot: Team Kaniecki will go 0-10, Kaniecki +7

7th Place Game:
7:00 pm – Team #7 (Gamache) vs. Team #6 (Fuesting)
Upshot: Team Feusting will bounce  back, Gamache +5

Tuesday – November 20th

5th Place Game
5:30 pm – Team #8 (Bhuyan) vs. Team #2 (Sextro)
Upshot: Sextro wants revenge, Bhuyan +2

3rd Place Game
6:30 pm – Team #10 (Rodgers) vs. Team #3 (Mohnke)
Upshot: Mohnke will Prevail, Rodgers +3

Championship Game
7:30 pm – Team #9 (Walsh) vs. Team #4 (Kingston)
Upshot: Team Walsh will pound it in, Kingston +4

Coach Kaniecki in the Hot Seat!

Coach Brent Kaniecki may soon be out of a coaching job, sources have informed us.  With an 0-9 record, his team is on the verge of tying the MAC record for the "worst season ever".  The last team to go 0-10 was coached by Matt Fagin (2003), who soon after quit basketball altogether and has since taken up recreational co-ed volleyball.

We were unable to get any comments from Kaniecki.  This story is developing...

MAC Golf Club Website Link:

We will be launching the 2008 calendar this January.  Click here.

What are the odds?

Odds of getting a hole in one: 5,000 to 1

Odds of Winning an Olympic medal: 662,000 to 1

Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1

Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1

Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1

Odds of Beau Reinberg ever winning a season-long free throw contest: 12,820 to 1

Open Ball: Regular Season Final Stats

Download Fall_2007.Week8.pdf

> Team Walsh goes undefeated
> Team Kaniecki goes winless
> Brian Westre fnishes with the best PPG (26.0) and FG% (.638) in the league
> Ryan Robertson finishes second with 24.2 PPG & a .598 FG%

Textbook Definition: col·lapse (kə-lăps')

v. col·lapsed, col·laps·ing, col·laps·es
v.intr.

1. To fall down or inward suddenly; cave in.
2. To break down suddenly in strength or health and thereby cease to function
3. To give up a 10 point lead with 1:40 left in a basketball game, and to lose the game outright in regulation.  (e.g. - Team Feusting's team collapsed in last Tuesday night's game against Team Mohnke.  The collapse was one of the worst in recent MAC basketball history.  The collapse was largely a result of poorly-timed turnovers, unneeded technical fouls, and missed lay-ups.)

v. col·lapsed, col·laps·ing, col·laps·es
v.intr.

1. To fall down or inward suddenly; cave in.
2. To break down suddenly in strength or health and thereby cease to function
3. To give up a 10 point lead with 1:40 left in a basketball game, and to lose the game outright in regulation.  (e.g. - Team Feusting's team collapsed in last Tuesday night's game against Team Mohnke.  The collapse was one of the worst in recent MAC basketball history.  The collapse was largely a result of poorly-timed turnovers, unneeded technical fouls, and missed lay-ups.)

Snap Poll: Winter League Wish List

Open League: Fall 2007 Playoff Preview

Monday – November 12th
6:00 pm – Game #1 – Team #6 (Fuesting) vs. Team #5 (Brown)
7:00 pm – Game #2 – Team #8 (Bhuyan) vs. Team #1 (Kaniecki)

Tuesday – November 13th
5:30 pm – Game #3 – Team #2 (Sextro) vs. Team #7 (Gamache)

Game #4 – League Semifinal Game – White Division
6:30 pm –Team #9 (Walsh) vs. Team #10 (Rodgers)
> Game Line:    Team Walsh —12
> Word:     Team Rodgers will be missing their two big men
> Given:    Team Walsh is already looking past this one

Game #5 – League Semifinal Game – Red Division
7:30 pm –Team #3 (Mohnke) vs. Team #4 (Kingston)
> Game Line:   Team Mohnke —2
> Word:   R. Robertson may not make the game
> Given:   Mohnke will come close to getting another T

Open Ball: Week Seven Results & Playoff Scenarios

Download WEEK7.2007.PDF

> Braun goes 11/14 (.786) from the field
> Cousin Jimmy (Herbig) scores 22 points - his high output for the season
> Team Walsh (7-0) or the Pats (9-0)......Who's better?
> Word on the street is that Kaniecki has abandoned his own team (0-7)
> Team Mohnke (6-1) clinches a top 2 playoff spot in the Red Division

Playoff Scenarios:

Red Division:

> Team Mohnke has clinched a top 2 spot
> Team Kingston will get in if they win this week
> Team Sextro will get in if they win and Team Kingston loses
   (Team Sextro holds head-to-head tie breaker)

White Division:

> Team Walsh has clinched 1st place (about four weeks ago)
> Team Bhuyan will get in with a win this week
   (Team Bhuyan will hold tie breakers over Fuesting and Rodgers)
> Team Rodgers gets in with a win and a Team Fuesting loss
   (Team Rogers will hold the tie breaker over Team Bhuyan)
> Team Fuesting gets in with a win and a Team Bhuyan Loss
   (Team Fuesting beat Team Rodgers in Week 5)

Westre Assaults Long-Time MAC B-Ball Fan!

Downtown MAC (October 30, 2007):

MAC Basketball League officials are reviewing the alleged assault by Brian Westre on a unsuspecting fan during last night's week 6 game with team Kingston.  "He totally knocked over a long-time MAC basketball fan" (pictured below), exclaimed a source that wanted to keep his anonymity.  Westre was supposedly frustrated at his team's (captained by Greg Feusting) inability to get a pass to him down on the block in last night's loss to Team Kingston.  The loss put Feusting's team in 3rd place (White Division) with one game remaining in the regular season.

Open Ball: Week Six Results

Download WEEK6.FALL2007.PDF

Week 6 Highlights:

> Robnett goes 10/10 from the charity stripe - offers to coach Reinberg
> Sextro "scares" Westre into not showing up
> Team Bhuyan shoots 29.5% from the field - loses by 3 to team Brown (42.9%)
> Team Walsh clinches a top 2 playoff spot

K Watch Kicks into High Gear...

Rumors have been flying as to where K has been this fall - he's missed all five games this year for Team Brown.  Well, one of our anonymous sources may have a hit.  Apparently, K has been performing death-defying stunts around the state for cash, our source has concluded.  Here is a rough pic of a person (resembling his frame) jumping into a lake. Our source also provided us with this map, which looks like this person swam from the Horny Toad to Shady Gators, at the Lake of the Ozarks.  Just how much cash K received for this stunt could not be confirmed.  But, surely no one in his right mind would do something like this in the dark for less than say, $10K.  Our "CSI" lab is studying this picture at this time.  Developing...

Allen Iverson "Black Hole" Monitor...

Allen Iverson

From Wikipedia:
"Critics point out that Iverson's career shooting percentage (.423) is unremarkable. They also frequently accuse Iverson of being a ball hog: as of March 2007, he has taken ~16,800 shots in just over 700 games, averaging over 23 per game."

Open Ball: Top 10 Shots per Game (through week 5)

Open Ball: Week Five Results

Download fall2007.Week5.pdf

Week 5 Highlights:

> Dibble breaks the 30 point barrier
> Mohnke goes 11-11 from the line
> Team Walsh: only undefeated team
> Westre and R. Robertson lead their divisions in PPG
> Team Kaniecki has two less losses than the Rams

Note: We're looking for someone to help us figure out how Beau Reinberg can shoot 51% from the field, but only 25% on the charity stripe.  At this point, we'll consider just about any theory.

Over 40 League Smack Talk...

Yes the Grown ups still talk smack...

Teammate Winkler calls out Sextro in a team e mail to shut down Over 40 league leading scorer Nat Walsh who is averaging 17 points per game. Sextro responds, " I'll hold their whole team to 17 points." The two undefeateds had a battle royale. Team Conrad held Team Ranalletta to a lowly 10 points in the first half, and all star Walsh to the big ZERO. With six minutes to go they only have 17 trying to make Sextro's prediction to come true. Two desperation three's and finally 3 lonely free throws by Walsh cut the final lead to 14. Another resounding victory by undefeated Team Conrad.

MAC Open League: Week 3 Stats

Click here for PDF of the stats:

Download MAC_Hoops.2007.W3.pdf

> Shooting Percentage has been added this season (FG and 3P FG)

Open League Playoff Schedule:

Divisional Playoffs:

Monday 2/26/2007

Red Division
5:30 pm – Seed #5 (Breshears) vs. Seed #6 (York)
6:30 pm – Seed #3 (Boles) vs. Seed #4 (Sauget Jr.)
7:30 pm – Seed #1 (Reinberg) vs. Seed #2 (T. Dankenbring)

Tuesday 2/27/2007

White Division
5:30 pm – Seed #5 (Fagin) vs. Seed #6 (Jumper)
6:30 pm – Seed #3 (Van Rhein) vs. Seed #4 (Ramthun)
7:30 pm – Seed #1 (Karsten) vs. Seed #2 (T. Robertson)

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St. Louis, MO 63102
314.539.4434

Open League Week 6 Results:

Download OPEN.WK6.PDF

York calls out Sextro...

Maybe it's the cold weather, but things are getting touchy on the 5th floor once again.

"Maybe 12 years ago before all the youngsters arrived  in the league.  Actually  everyone  is young compared to you", blurted Mike York to Gary Sextro this afternoon.  Sextro retorted by calling York a poster boy for Soul Glo.* - an anonymous informant may have heard today.

This story is developing...

*(an obvious reference to the superb Eddie Murhpy flick, Coming to America)

Note: the beat reporter fully acknowledges that he is in the later stages of balding and wishes that he had 1/4 the hair York has on his head.

MAC to Take 3 Teams to San Fran

NACAD 2007 Men's Basketball Tourney - April 27-29

This year, the MAC will be taking three teams to San Francisco to compete in the NACAD basketball tournament.  The defending NACAD "A-team" champs (pictured left) will move up to the Open league.  We will bring a new A team to the mix, captained by Dave Robnett (pictured in a tussle below) and Sean Boles.  The Masters team, led by Tim Van Rhein, will return to the action as well.

The competition is pretty strong in this tournament.  Typically, the open league will feature former NBA and D-1 college talent.  Below is a link to the Olympic Club's basketball website (this year's
tournament host).  You can get a good idea of how seriously they take their basketball.  < click here >

Our club has also taken these tournaments extremely seriously in recent years.  Witness the documentary that covers the grueling training regimen (both mental and physical) while on these missions for the club. < click here to see a trailer for the documentary >

Rosters for the teams will be posted soon...

Week 6: Preliminary Results

> It all came down to the last week of games.
   - Team Ramthun defeated Team Jumper to even their record at 3-3
   - Team Van Rhein defeated Team Fagin to also even their record at 3-3
   - Team Karsten defeated Team Robertson and took possession of the 1st seed

> Team Karsten and Team Robertson will play for the division championship
> 4-way tie for 3rd place (tie-breakers were enabled)

White Division Finals have been moved back due to bad weather: will post date soon.

5th Place Game @ 5:30pm
(5) Team Fagin [7]  3-3 record
(6) Team Jumper [8] 3-3 record

3rd Place Game at 6:30pm
(3) Team Van Rhein [12] 3-3 record
(4) Team Ramthum [9] 3-3 record

1st Place Game @ 7:30pm
1) Team Karsten [10]    (4-2 record)
2) Team Roberston [11]  (4-2 record)

Tie-Breakers:

1) Head-to-head Record
2) Common Opponents (if more than two teams are tied)
3) Cumulative Average Margin of Victory among common opponents
4) duel (captains: 20 paces with a paint gun - first to get hit loses)

Over 40 Ball: Salci takes it hard!!

From your over 40 League Beat Reporter:

Update on Sextro/Walsh clash.  After being called out by Walsh in several E-mails, Sextro answers by knocking down 3 - 3 point shots over Walsh in the final 2 minutes giving his team a 2 point victory. Coach Salci was actively seeking counseling after the loss and poor display of defense by his franchise # 1 draft choice.  He was later seen disguising himself with sunglasses and actually taking the metro link to work (picture above).

Open League Week 5 Results:

White Division Breakdown:

(This time-consuming analysis was put together by Andy Hillin - thanks)

Q: What happens if both Karsten and Jumper's team win next week? (from J Kingston)

A: If that happens there will be a 3-way tie for 1st place (4-2 records), and since all three teams will have 1-1 records among common opponents, then the 3rd tie breaker, cum scoring margin, will be the deciding factor - as of now, Jumper's team is on the outside - they will need a big blowout to make it.

A2: Here's where it gets interesting.  If Team Fagin can also win next week, then there will be a four-way tie for 1st place.  If all three of these teams win next week, check out the common opponent results below:

Team Fagin:           1-2
Team Karsten:        2-1
Team Jumper:        2-1
Team Robertson:    1-2

In this scenario, the 2nd tie-breaker (common opponents) will eliminate both Fagin and Robertson's team from the 1 & 2 spot in the division.

Q2: What happens when Team Ramthun wins and if Team Robertson and Team Van Rhein win? It would be a 5 way tie for second place. (from J Ramthun)

A: If we have a five way tie for 2nd place in the White division, then believe or not, Team Van Rhein would win out via the 2nd tie-breaker (common opponents).  They would have a 3-1 record between the five teams.

Red Division Breakdown:

> Team Reinberg (who lost by 55 in week on of inter-league play) has clinched a top two position
> Team Dankenbring needs to win to secure the 2nd spot
> If team Dankenbring loses, team Boles will have a good chance since it holds the tie-breaker between the other two contending teams.  If we see a three way tie for 2nd (3-3  records), team Boles would come out on top via the 2nd tie-breaker (common opponents) with a 2-0 record.

 

Tie-Breakers:

1) Head-to-head Record
2) Common Opponents (if more than two teams are tied)
3) Cumulative Average Margin of Victory among common opponents
4) duel (captains: 20 paces with a paint gun - first to get hit loses)

Download 2007.week5.pdf

Biggest Loser Results...

Beau Reinberg won the "biggest loser" weigh-in and collected a total of $1K from J. Carroll and Dave Robnett, sources have informed us.

Results: (start date: 12.01.06)
Reinberg Before: 247 / After: 221 / ∆-26 (-10.5%)
Carroll Before: 240 / After: 224 / ∆ -16 (-6.7%)
Robnett Before: 237 / After: 215 / ∆ -22 (-9.3%)

• Reports have filtered in that neither Robnett nor Reinburg ate or drank anything for two days leading up to the weigh in.  In fact, Beau's mouth was so parched, that he had trouble speaking.

• The three lost a total of 64 lbs (that's 83 bottles of beer in equivalent weight) - Congrats guys!!

Image Left: This image is a computer-enhanced image of what Beau could look like if his weight continued to spiral towards 350+ lbs.  Thankfully, he is now eating sensibly and staying clear of french fries, burgers, short ribs, etc.

Open League: Week 4 Update

Download week4.2007.pdf

Frustration sets in for Sloan...

Chris Sloan almost lost it last night when team Van Rhein ran the box and one on him to oblivion, witnesses of the game reported to our staff.  "A BOX AND ONE LAST NIGHT!! On a court built for 6th graders is not a good combination" exclaimed Sloan (pictured left - surrounded by Charlotte defenders)  via email this morning.   We've also learned that Sloan may consider consulting with Gary Sextro to help with his potential anger management issues. 

The loss to the previous winless team Van Rhein puts Sloan's team in a tie for 3rd in the White division.

Update: The quote above was obtained from a non-paid affiliate to a sibling of a person in Sloan's posse.  Apparently, Sloan is not happy about the leak - so we're duly warning this confidential source to watch out.

Sextro and Walsh Duke it out!!

Things are getting ugly again in the Over 40 Legaue again.  Ever since an email scuffle had flared up between Nat Walsh and Gary Sextro over Gary's double Technical last Wednesday, this picture of Gary mysteriously surfaced on the web again.  Walsh denies having anything to do with the re-releasing this picture of Sextro (apparently in his College days) with still to be  identified shirtless man.

In response to Walsh's claim that Sextro took too long to get off the court after he was ejected from the game, Gary responded "It is my right, as I paid 50 Bucks to play in this league,to make as dramatic of an early exit that I choose."

This story is still developing...

Your Opinion Matters...

Open League: Week 3 Results

RED DIVISION HEADLINES:

> Teams Dankenbring-6 and Reinburg-2 emerge as front-runners for the Red Division
   - Although, they lost by a combined 65 points in week one during inter-divisional play
   - Of course, Reinburg's team benefited from having DW and RR show up this week
   - Dankenbring's 1st round pick is averaging 15.3 PPG (1 PPG better than Alan Perryman)

> Team Boles is virtually out of the playoff picture
   - New free agent, Randy Nistler, has proven to be a bust so far (see post below)
   - With an 0-3 start, they'll have the opportunity to play spoiler for rest of season

WHITE DIVISION HEADLINES:

> Team Robertson-11 (no that's Ryan's brother, Troy) has vaulted into 1st place (3-0)
   - Four other teams are in the mix with a 2-1 record
   - Team Van Rhein's [#12] 0-3 start has put them out of the playoff picture
   - High draft picks, Mark Bumgarner and Dave Robnett, have been unable to pull their
     weight, inside sources affiliated with the team coach's office have informed us
   - Controversy has been brewing ever since TVR learned that Bumgarner had been
      keeping his knee injury a secret before the league draft. No one is sure how
      Bum injured his knee, but our doctors are confident he must have either thrown or
      kicked something very hard.

Download MAC_OPEN.WEEK3.PDF

Lost my manhood

Wow. Team Boles took it severely in the ass by Team Hoene. A 48 point defeat. It wasn't even  that close. I felt violated.  The score keepers must have quit, cuz Team Hoene had at least 4 players score in triple digits. 

(this post was submitted by the professor, Randy Nistler)

Update: Mike York is the official Captain of team #3 (once Pat Hoene was placed on IR).  We informed the professor about his mis-statement, but he declined to issue a retractment.

Open League: Week 2 Results

Download 2007.W2.PDF

Open League: Week 1 Results

HEADLINES:

> Week One was inter-league play
> White Division dominated Red, winning 5/6 games & outscoring 394-307
> If it wasn't for Alan Perryman (16 pts), the Red Division would be 0-6
> Team Reinberg [#2] lost by 55 to Team Fagin [#7] - missing RR & DW
> Team Dankenbring's [#6] 1st round pick was held to 12 points
> Gary Sextro is not among the Top Bruisers® (first time since '99) - but it's early
> Mark Bumgarner sat out 1st game, still bitter about losing to TVR at Pebble Beach

 

> Next Week is the start of divisional play

Download MAC_Hoops_2007_W1.pdf

Demond and Beau Free Throws

Demond Wilkerson (1st time Brick Layer) and Beau Reinburg (Brick Layer Veteran) will be on the same team this season [Team 2].  What do you predict their combined free throw percentage to be for the season? (hat tip: This poll was Beau's idea)

Update: Beau went 4-13 in week 1 from the charity stripe (31%)

Open League: Division Poll Results

Voters believe that the White division is stronger on paper...