Some trends are starting to develop, although again, with all teams picking lineups based on the maximum amount of games they can find, few, if any teams have played their best lineup. Right now it’s more about certain individual players showing that they are for real.
Spread differential in order of highest per player average to lowest (W-L record shown for the week).
8.0 or better
Deep Valley Grouchos: 3 week spread average of
Week 3: 3-0>: +157=8.72
Week 2: 3-0>: +80=4.7
Week 1: 3-0>: +85=6.07
Comment: Guard insecurity still exists but the frontline options they have are for real. “The Cluffer from Down Under,” proved he’s for real as he had an even better week against higher level competition.
7.0 or better
Maize and Blue Bloods
Week 3: 3-0>: +137=7.61
Week 2: 2-1>: +107=5.94
Week 1: 3-0>: +90=6.0
Comment: In something of a “down week” for them (21+fppg per man if you do the math), their “spreadability” kept them strong.
Saluki YRD’s
Week 3: 2-1>: +104=7.4
Week 2: 0-3>: +68=5.66
Week 1: 2-1>: +61=5.01
Comment: Have yet to get a win vs. a quality opponent and have not scored more than 241 points in a week yet. Spread is making their record respectable.
5.0 or better
The Hoop Guru
Week 3: 1-2>: +76=5.06
Week 2: 1-2>: +33=2.2
Week 1: 2-1>: +48=3.69
Comment: Scoring has been going up each week.
Good add> Michael Rataj-f
4.0 or better
Virginia Gentlemen
Week 3: 2-1>: +86=4.7
Week 2: 1-2>: +77=6.41
Week 1: 0-3>: +32=2.9
Comment: They have put together a good looking roster. Production should start to show soon.
>Significant add: Keonte Jones should give them a consistent 23+fppg.
Gator Bait
Week 3: 0-3>: +61=4.68
Week 2: 2-1>: +79=4.81
Week 1: 2-1>: +78=6.0
Comment: Worst week yet for GB, and worst spread, but the problem isn’t with their spread. Martinelli flattened out like a pancake, Coles didn’t rebound, Nelly Joseph wasn’t himself and they still start Will Pruitt…
Hoosiers
Week 3: 2-1>: +75=4.68
Week 2: 2-1>: +110=7.85
Week 1: 0-3>: +85=6.53
Comment: Two straight weeks scoring 290+ ain’t nothin’. Shulga was steady. Coleman Hawkins had a career fantasy week (don’t be seduced by that), and, Hall has continued to be mediocre.
KC Warthogs
Week 3: 3-0>: +80=4.4
Week 2: 0-3>: +59=4.53
Week 1: 2-1>: +55=3.92
Comment: Are they the team that has had weeks of 224 & 239 or the team that put up 339 this past week? The answer is in between, which is no-man’s land. What has happened to Lee. Winston was Winston. Pyke disappointed in his debut.
Good add> Layne Taylor, frosh guard.
Hardwood Heroes
Week 3: 1-2>: +63=4.2
Week 2: 1-2>: +37=2.05
Week 1: 0-3>: +28=2.54
Comment: Scoring 148 may be an abberration but so is 291. The 220 they put up this week is closer to their level. Why anyone would put “Wild Rice” in the lineup is beyond me. Good to see Freemantle continue on his path to being his old self.
Hillbilly Maulers
Week 3: 0-3>: +59=4.2
Week 2: 2-1: +86=6.14
Week 1: 3-0: +56=4.0
Comment: Schedule finally caught up with them and I suspect their 4.2 spread is closer to where they are as a team. Beagle turned into a dog and Lanier reverted back to reality.
House of Sparky
Week 3: 2-1>: +53=4.07
Week 2: 3-0>: +74=4.35
Week 1: 1-2>: +76=5.06
Comment: Wins over the Psychos and Vindaloos are not going to impress the person looking at the resume. Roy is dazzling! McGlockton has turned back into a pumpkin. Augillard is a juco transfer with the keys to the kingdom but can’t figure our where to find the door.
3.0 or better
North Pole Fightin’ Reindeer
Week 3: 1-2>: +52=3.05
Week 2: 2-1>: +110=6.87
Week 1: 1-2>: +49=4.08
Comment: Underachieving. Difficult to see Lipsey continue to fall. I think the Max Green playing any position but the frosh slot should end.
Prozac Pups
Week 3: 3-0>: +54=3.0
Week 2: 3-0>: +93=5.81
Week 1: 1-2>: +51=4.25
Comment: 6 game winning streak including scoring 344 & 342 the last two weeks is impressive. This is a good roster that could continue to get better although it seems unlikely that they can continue averaging 300+. Getting a nice boost from Ethan Taylor. Raynaud continues to stud it out. Sparks continues to suck.
On Oxygen
Psychos
Week 3: 0-3>: +37=2.18
Week 2: 0-3>: +58=3.86
Week 1: 3-0>: +38=2.37
Comment: 6 straight losses include four to teams that are definitely better. They need to make some real moves. Nique Clifford is a stud!
Vindaloos
Week 3: 0-3>: +35=2.18
Week 2: 1-2>: +61=4.36
Week 1: 0-3>: +62=4.42
Comment: Only win was over the Psychos. Simply put, not a talented roster. Again, unless you absolutely have to, having two frosh in the lineup is not tenable…especially when one averages less than 6 fppg.
Sam Jacobson Went To Class
Week 3: 1-2>: +24=1.3
Week 2: 1-2>: +46=3.53
Week 1: 1-2>: +41=3.72
Comment: The Sammies have scored more each week, but when you are playing the big boys you need to have some real artillery, and, in their case, an unusually anemic spread meant they could only manage to beat the Vindaloos, who as of now are probably the weakest team in the MML.
Summary: You may notice that 7 teams were in the 4.0+category this week. As the season goes on, tiers start to form. 4.5 is appearing to be the middle ground for teams as far as spread goes. What does that mean? It means that separation is starting to show and we should know what’s both likely and real at the end of December. However, remember that conference play is a whole ‘nother animal. So, to know what’s likely to happen come playoff time, the first 3 weeks in January will just about complete that puzzle.
This Week In The MML
Week #3, November 23-29
Some trends are starting to develop, although again, with all teams picking lineups based on the maximum amount of games they can find, few, if any teams have played their best lineup. Right now it’s more about certain individual players showing that they are for real.
Spread differential in order of highest per player average to lowest (W-L record shown for the week).
8.0 or better
Deep Valley Grouchos: 3 week spread average of
Week 3: 3-0>: +157=8.72
Week 2: 3-0>: +80=4.7
Week 1: 3-0>: +85=6.07
Comment: Guard insecurity still exists but the frontline options they have are for real. “The Cluffer from Down Under,” proved he’s for real as he had an even better week against higher level competition.
7.0 or better
Maize and Blue Bloods
Week 3: 3-0>: +137=7.61
Week 2: 2-1>: +107=5.94
Week 1: 3-0>: +90=6.0
Comment: In something of a “down week” for them (21+fppg per man if you do the math), their “spreadability” kept them strong.
Saluki YRD’s
Week 3: 2-1>: +104=7.4
Week 2: 0-3>: +68=5.66
Week 1: 2-1>: +61=5.01
Comment: Have yet to get a win vs. a quality opponent and have not scored more than 241 points in a week yet. Spread is making their record respectable.
5.0 or better
The Hoop Guru
Week 3: 1-2>: +76=5.06
Week 2: 1-2>: +33=2.2
Week 1: 2-1>: +48=3.69
Comment: Scoring has been going up each week.
Good add> Michael Rataj-f
4.0 or better
Virginia Gentlemen
Week 3: 2-1>: +86=4.7
Week 2: 1-2>: +77=6.41
Week 1: 0-3>: +32=2.9
Comment: They have put together a good looking roster. Production should start to show soon.
>Significant add: Keonte Jones should give them a consistent 23+fppg.
Gator Bait
Week 3: 0-3>: +61=4.68
Week 2: 2-1>: +79=4.81
Week 1: 2-1>: +78=6.0
Comment: Worst week yet for GB, and worst spread, but the problem isn’t with their spread. Martinelli flattened out like a pancake, Coles didn’t rebound, Nelly Joseph wasn’t himself and they still start Will Pruitt…
Hoosiers
Week 3: 2-1>: +75=4.68
Week 2: 2-1>: +110=7.85
Week 1: 0-3>: +85=6.53
Comment: Two straight weeks scoring 290+ ain’t nothin’. Shulga was steady. Coleman Hawkins had a career fantasy week (don’t be seduced by that), and, Hall has continued to be mediocre.
KC Warthogs
Week 3: 3-0>: +80=4.4
Week 2: 0-3>: +59=4.53
Week 1: 2-1>: +55=3.92
Comment: Are they the team that has had weeks of 224 & 239 or the team that put up 339 this past week? The answer is in between, which is no-man’s land. What has happened to Lee. Winston was Winston. Pyke disappointed in his debut.
Good add> Layne Taylor, frosh guard.
Hardwood Heroes
Week 3: 1-2>: +63=4.2
Week 2: 1-2>: +37=2.05
Week 1: 0-3>: +28=2.54
Comment: Scoring 148 may be an abberration but so is 291. The 220 they put up this week is closer to their level. Why anyone would put “Wild Rice” in the lineup is beyond me. Good to see Freemantle continue on his path to being his old self.
Hillbilly Maulers
Week 3: 0-3>: +59=4.2
Week 2: 2-1: +86=6.14
Week 1: 3-0: +56=4.0
Comment: Schedule finally caught up with them and I suspect their 4.2 spread is closer to where they are as a team. Beagle turned into a dog and Lanier reverted back to reality.
House of Sparky
Week 3: 2-1>: +53=4.07
Week 2: 3-0>: +74=4.35
Week 1: 1-2>: +76=5.06
Comment: Wins over the Psychos and Vindaloos are not going to impress the person looking at the resume. Roy is dazzling! McGlockton has turned back into a pumpkin. Augillard is a juco transfer with the keys to the kingdom but can’t figure our where to find the door.
3.0 or better
North Pole Fightin’ Reindeer
Week 3: 1-2>: +52=3.05
Week 2: 2-1>: +110=6.87
Week 1: 1-2>: +49=4.08
Comment: Underachieving. Difficult to see Lipsey continue to fall. I think the Max Green playing any position but the frosh slot should end.
Prozac Pups
Week 3: 3-0>: +54=3.0
Week 2: 3-0>: +93=5.81
Week 1: 1-2>: +51=4.25
Comment: 6 game winning streak including scoring 344 & 342 the last two weeks is impressive. This is a good roster that could continue to get better although it seems unlikely that they can continue averaging 300+. Getting a nice boost from Ethan Taylor. Raynaud continues to stud it out. Sparks continues to suck.
On Oxygen
Psychos
Week 3: 0-3>: +37=2.18
Week 2: 0-3>: +58=3.86
Week 1: 3-0>: +38=2.37
Comment: 6 straight losses include four to teams that are definitely better. They need to make some real moves. Nique Clifford is a stud!
Vindaloos
Week 3: 0-3>: +35=2.18
Week 2: 1-2>: +61=4.36
Week 1: 0-3>: +62=4.42
Comment: Only win was over the Psychos. Simply put, not a talented roster. Again, unless you absolutely have to, having two frosh in the lineup is not tenable…especially when one averages less than 6 fppg.
Sam Jacobson Went To Class
Week 3: 1-2>: +24=1.3
Week 2: 1-2>: +46=3.53
Week 1: 1-2>: +41=3.72
Comment: The Sammies have scored more each week, but when you are playing the big boys you need to have some real artillery, and, in their case, an unusually anemic spread meant they could only manage to beat the Vindaloos, who as of now are probably the weakest team in the MML.
Summary: You may notice that 7 teams were in the 4.0+category this week. As the season goes on, tiers start to form. 4.5 is appearing to be the middle ground for teams as far as spread goes. What does that mean? It means that separation is starting to show and we should know what’s both likely and real at the end of December. However, remember that conference play is a whole ‘nother animal. So, to know what’s likely to happen come playoff time, the first 3 weeks in January will just about complete that puzzle.