[Ballers]

We keep it up, we will be in the playoffs once again..

[Deathstar 80]

We keep it up, we will be in the playoffs once again..

Definitely. But we have to keep working on it. I think it was three seasons ago when I told you guys that we would make it to the playoffs. It turned out I was wrong because I couldn't think of a good-enough strategy... And I learned my lesson that I should never assume that we're going to make the playoffs until we actually do.

11/16/10

Bluegrass Rivals (10-7) 15 16 19 25-75
Outsiders (7-10) 39 33 26 29-127

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=812630

If you guys remember, this was the team that beat us when we first got to the playoffs. Don't worry about this loss, though. The Outsiders has been a team that has consistently been one of the best teams in almost every season of the Jordan League.

We're ranked #51.
Next Opponent: LA Slamdancers (9-8) Ranked #53.

[Ballers]

LA Slamdancers are very good.. They have many guys ranked 800+.... Im not sure how we held that game that close.

[Deathstar 80]

11/18/10

Bluegrass Rivals (11-8) 27 37 25 30-119
Big Flow Stat Padders (9-10) 12 10 17 10-49

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=815353\

We're Ranked #52.
Next Opponent: BestDunker (10-9) Ranked #51.

[Deathstar 80]

I hope nobody minds, but I thought of just posting the game from tonight and skipping from posting the other games. And I'm very sorry that I haven't been posting the scores for awhile. I'll start posting these scores again.

11/24/10

Bluegrass Rivals (15-10) 22 24 27 25-98
******************* () 32 18 21 19-90

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=823544

We're Ranked #47.
Next Opponent: Big Bad Whopper Kings (14-11) Ranked #54.

We're still hopefully going to have another Court Rivals team. I've just sent e-mails seeing whether or not certain members are still interested in joining.

[Deathstar 80]

11/27/10

Bluegrass Rivals (18-10) 22 28 24 26-100
BestDunker (14-14) 29 23 24 19-95

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=827650

We're Ranked #41.
Next Opponent: Big Bad Whopper Kings (15-13) Ranked #56.

We're doing great!

[Deathstar 80]

11/28/10

Bluegrass Rivals (19-10) 32 35 24 24-115
Big Bad Whopper Kings (15-14) 21 29 18 21-89

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=829027

11/29/10

Bluegrass Rivals (19-11) 15 22 21 13-71
QA Grizzlies (15-15) 29 29 34 18-110

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=830397

We're Ranked #40.
Next Opponent: The All Americans (14-16) Ranked #38.

[Deathstar 80]

11/30/10

Bluegrass Rivals (19-12) 18 17 29 24-88
The All Americans (15-16) 23 39 28 20-110

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=831767

We're Ranked #45.
Next Opponent: The Filipino Pride (28-3) Ranked #42.

[Deathstar 80]

12/1/10

Bluegrass Rivals (19-13) 19 23 23 24-89
The Filipino Pride (29-3) 43 28 41 39-141

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=833145

12/2/10

Bluegrass Rivals (20-13) 33 28 17 30-108
Mindoro Black Panthers (18-15) 15 25 24 31-95

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=834528

We're Ranked #43.
Next Opponent: Point Blank (22-11) Ranked #56.

[Deathstar 80]

12/3/10

Bluegrass Rivals (21-13) 30 26 31 35-122
Point Blank (22-12) 32 17 30 11-90

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=835905

We're Ranked #43.
Next Opponent: DewOver (15-19) Ranked #47.

[Deathstar 80]

12/4/10

Bluegrass Rivals (21-14) 19 25 14 19-77
DewOver (16-19) 21 22 39 14-96

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=837281

We're Ranked #43.
Next Opponent: LIGHTNING ALLYOOPS (20-15) Ranked #37.

[Deathstar 80]

12/5/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-14) 26 19 21 31-97
LIGHTNING ALLYOOPS (20-16) 11 19 32 18-80

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=838658

We're Ranked #43.
Next Opponent: RoundBallCity (14-22) Ranked #57.

[Ballers]

Deathstar, Just noticed something very strange...

We are on a crash course to face my former team again.. only this time it will be a much much closer game.

1 Bluegrass Rivals 22 15 0.595 1517
2 Burgettstown Blue Devils 21 16 0.568 1576

We are #1 in our division, and they are right behind us.

[Deathstar 80]

Should be very interesting!

As a matter of fact, we'll not only be facing your old team captain, but we'll also be facing playergrg7200, the person you replaced on this team!

Rivalry game? :Thumbs:

[Ballers]

Should be very interesting!

As a matter of fact, we'll not only be facing your old team captain, but we'll also be facing playergrg7200, the person you replaced on this team!

Rivalry game? :Thumbs:

playergrg7200?

So basically we switched teams? That is crazy!!!!

EDITED: Deathstar your right he did leave the team and basically I came here and he went there! How odd!! Yes rivalry indeed!

[Ballers]

We lost in a very high scoring game..
Strange enough, my guy had his career high against his former team LOL...

[Deathstar 80]

We lost in a very high scoring game..
Strange enough, my guy had his career high against his former team LOL...

I didn't score ANY points. As a matter of fact, I went 0/2.

Actually, we were supposed to win that game according to the game summary. That honestly surprised me because they have about 600 more team training points than we do.

12/8/10 Rivalry Game

Bluegrass Rivals (22-17) 27 30 30 37-124
Burgettstown Blue Devils (22-17) 36 26 39 34-135

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=842121

12/9/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-18) 18 21 17 39-95
QA Grizzlies (21-19) 32 34 27 20-113

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=844204

We're Ranked #49.
Next Opponent: La Hawka Nostra (19-21) Ranked #59.

[Ballers]

I didn't score ANY points. As a matter of fact, I went 0/2.

Actually, we were supposed to win that game according to the game summary. That honestly surprised me because they have about 600 more team training points than we do.

12/8/10 Rivalry Game

Bluegrass Rivals (22-17) 27 30 30 37-124
Burgettstown Blue Devils (22-17) 36 26 39 34-135

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=842121

12/9/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-18) 18 21 17 39-95
QA Grizzlies (21-19) 32 34 27 20-113

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=844204

We're Ranked #49.
Next Opponent: La Hawka Nostra (19-21) Ranked #59.

I noticed they had more overall points than us, I had a bad feeling about the game.. Looking at the Play-by-play it was a very good game.

[Deathstar 80]

12/10/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-19) 19 28 28 33-108
La Hawka Nostra (20-21) 32 27 35 30-124

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=845598

We're Ranked #51.
Next Opponent: Air Shooting (22-19) Ranked #59.

[Deathstar 80]

12/11/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-20) 27 30 26 31-114
Air Shooting (23-19) 29 23 36 33-121

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=846983

We're in the PLAYOFFS!!!

:letsparty:letsparty:letsparty

For the third straight time, we've made the playoffs.

We're a 13-seeded team ranked #52 facing against the 4-seeded team called the "Jogo Bonito", who have a (22-20) record and is ranked #13.

I do want to say that I have a "secret strategy" to use in this game. This is the strategy:

In the game of Court Rivals, the team captains (and also co-captains) get to scout the other team and set "Team Skill Points", which decrease the amount of sim value the other team has in a specific attribute area. In other words, the "Team Skill Points" makes the other team worse.

My idea is to not set any players as starters. This prevents the other team from being able to scout our team and to create a "proper" strategy against us. On the other hand, I will be able to still scout the other team and to create an effective strategy against them. The computer simulator will then randomly choose the five starters for us for the game.

Overall, this is a big risk for us. If the computer chooses the wrong players for the lineup (an imbalanced lineup), then we could have a really bad game. On the other hand, if the computer chooses a balanced lineup, we can possibly upset stronger teams. The reason why I was thinking of using this strategy for the playoffs is that our opponents are usually much stronger than us. So by using this strategy, I think we have a better chance of winning. Is everyone fine with this strategy? If you're not, please send me a pm.

By the way, congratulations to the entire team!!! And thanks for all of your help guys!

[Deathstar 80]

12/12/10 (2 games)

(Playoff Game)
Bluegrass Rivals (22-20) 6 12 11 16-45
Jogo Bonito (19-20) 42 28 33 30-133

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=847698

Bluegrass Rivals (22-21)
Mindoro Black Panthers (23-20) 31 24 25 23-103

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=849100

12/13/10

Bluegrass Rivals (22-22) 8 26 19 28-81
Mindoro Black Panthers (24-20) 24 21 22 24-91

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=849843

We're Ranked #52.
Next Opponent: Alaska_Aces 2010 (31-13) Ranked #49.

Don't be discouraged about losing against Jogo Bonito in the playoffs. They're now in the final four... This reminds me of last year, when we lost to the soon-to-be league champion.

We've run into some bad luck in our last two playoff appearances, but hopefully we'll get a little better luck next season. As I have said earlier, thank you guys for training and everything. By the way, I'll be making a thread in the team forum of courtrivals.com soon! It'll be about strategy. I hope nobody minds, but I would like everyone to post in that thread if you guys are able to.

[Deathstar 80]

12/14/10

Bluegrass Rivals (23-22) 16 42 33 32-123
Alaska_Aces 2010 (31-14) 31 20 28 27-106

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=851240

We're Ranked #52.

Since this is the final day of this season, we won't have a game tomorrow. The first day of each season is always a day off for everyone. But you'll still be able to train tomorrow. I'll keep you guys updated if the web administrator makes any updates to our league.

[Deathstar 80]

12/16/10

Bluegrass Rivals (0-1) 10 24 25 16-75
The All Americans (1-0) 34 23 25 23-105

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=852632

We're Ranked #29.
Next Opponent: D-LEAGUE SUPERSTARS (1-0) Ranked #57.

[Deathstar 80]

12/17/10

Bluegrass Rivals (1-1) 22 36 17 25-100
D-LEAGUE SUPERSTARS (1-1) 22 21 26 22-91

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=854027

Shawn Embs scored 41 points!!! :yikes:
Congratulations Strikeout King!

We're Ranked #28.
Next Opponent: ********* (2-0) Ranked #18.

[Deathstar 80]

12/18/10

Bluegrass Rivals (2-1) 26 27 20 28-101
********* (2-1) 12 21 16 23-72

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=855431

We're Ranked #22.
Next Opponent: Burgettstown Blue Devils (0-3) Ranked #100. *Rivalry Game!*

[Deathstar 80]

12/20/10 Rivalry Game

Bluegrass Rivals (3-1) 20 29 27 38-114
Burgettstown Blue Devils (0-4) 29 12 28 27-96

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=856824

We're Ranked #17.
Next Opponent: Point Blank (3-1) Ranked #17.

We're tied with Point Blank for being ranked #17 in the entire league right now!!!

[Deathstar 80]

12/20/10

Bluegrass Rivals (3-2) 21 25 20 17-83
Point Blank (4-1) 28 21 25 27-101

click the link for stats[URL="http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=858223"]
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=858223[/URL]

We're Ranked #25.
Next Opponent: San Miguel Development Team (4-1) Ranked #31.

[Ballers]

Glad to see we won the game against the Burgettes Town Bluedevils!

[Deathstar 80]

Glad to see we won the game against the Burgettes Town Bluedevils!

Burgettes Town Bluedevils... Probably a bunch of Duke fans. :boosign:

[Deathstar 80]

12/21/10

Bluegrass Rivals (4-2) 16 25 28 38-107
San Miguel Development Team (4-2) 25 25 23 17-90

click the link for stats
http://www.courtrivals.com/showBoxscore.php?gid=859618

We're Ranked #19.
Next Opponent: Point Blank (4-2) Ranked #19.