Roundball Summer League WrapUp

WESTERN UNION - 2014 ROUNDBALL 

SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! 

Western Union wrapped up the Roundball Summer League in dominating fashion by winning their championship game against the Pinetree Blazers 88 - 44. Western Union came out of the gates swinging, by playing high intensity offense and defense. Their efforts led them to a 19 - 4 lead within the first five minutes of game play. From that point on, there was no stopping to their stellar performance as they never let up throughout the remainder of the game. Congratulations to a group of guys that play some of the best team based basketball our league has yet to see. We look forward to their defense of their title in future seasons to come. Well Deserved Western Union! It was truly a team effort!

The Roundball Finals MVP honours went to David Grobelski who knocked down a number of early three pointers in the first half. His shooting led him to a 19 point, double double performance with 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. In addition to Western Union's Championship performance, we crowned three individual award recipients who each had spectacular regular season performances.

Branden Dosanjh - Top Scorer

Gino Coronado - Top Defensive Player

Branden Dosanjh took home the Regular Season Top Scorer honours, averaging just over 19 points per game. He played a significant role in helping his team push its way into the playoffs. Branden had two outstanding 40 plus point outings over the regular season.

Gino Coronado was awarded the Roundball 2014 Top Defensive player honours. His leadership on the defensive end of the floor was an on-going threat over the course of the regular season. Not only did he easily lead the league in steals with over three plus steals per game, but his overall hustle, pressure defense and defensive awareness proved to shut down some of the top scorers in the league. It's popularly said that "defense wins championships" and Gino's stellar play was a clear testament of such a statement.

Mike Chen - Most Valuable Player

Lastly, Roundball Most Valuable Player honours was awarded to the Rec-IT team captain Mike Chen. Mike was a league leader in four of five statistical categories and was a defining reason why his team finished the regular season in second place with a 6-2 winning record. Throughout the season, Mike proved to switch up his style of play adjusting according to the needs of his team. Mike was most often a scoring threat but easily showed the ability to become a team facilitator, often easily setting up his teammates with perfect looks to the basket. Rec-IT fought through a number of nail biting close games, with Mike closing out a majority of the games with tremendously clutch shooting, passing and game winning shots.

Playoff Breakdown & Finals Schedule

Playoff Schedule

ROUNDBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

9:00 pm : Western Union vs Timberwolves

10:00 pm : Rec-It vs Pinetree Blazers

Congratulations to the Pinetree Blazers for solidifying their third place playoff position with a win this week.  In addition, it was a fight for positioning but congrats to the Timberwolves who edged out the Heat in the point differential to take the fourth and final playoff spot. We thank both the Heat and Made In Taiwan for your hard work this season, as well as your professionalism throughout the course of the regular season. We hope to see you back for the January season. 

 

Good luck to the remaining teams as you battle it out for the reigns of the Roundball 2014 Summer League Title. Please remember that there are No drop ins allowed during the playoffs. Any unregistered players will not be allowed to play. We wish each of your teams the best of luck and thank you for a competitive and successful regular season.

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Week 8 - Standings & Statistics

Week 7 - Standings & Statistics

Week 6 - Standings & Statistics

Week 5 - Standings & Statistics

League News

WEEK FOUR - LEAGUE UPDATE

LEAGUE SCHEDULE

 This past week our site facility representative notified our captains of one final cancellation next week (July 30th) We appreciate your flexibility around this and apologize for any inconvenience it may cause. All posted schedules on our blog are of our new extended league schedule. 

PLAYOFF STRUCTURE AND SEEDING PROCESS

As you may know only four teams will advance into the playoffs. If two teams competing for the fourth and final position have the same regular season record we then look at which team had a better record when competing against each other. If both teams have the same record when competing against each other, we then take into consideration which team has the better plus minus point differential over the course of the regular season. (total points scored - total points allowed =  total point differential) The team with the higher total point differential will therefore earn the fourth and final playoff position. What does this mean? It means that each and every single game counts! The more points you win by and the less points you lose by could play a detrimental role in your team making the playoffs, so play hard until the final buzzer!  

DROP IN REMINDER

Teams are reminded that a drop in player can only drop in one time and must report to the score table to pay his five dollar drop in fee. Late starts to games have come from a players inability to pay their drop in fee immediately before the game time. Please have your drop in players immediately report to the desk before the scheduled game. This will help us run on time throughout the course of the night.  

LEAGUE AWARDS

Each season we give end of the year awards to the Top Scorer of the regular season, the Top Defensive Player of the regular season, the Most Valuable Player of the regular season and the Playoff Most Valuable Player. The players from the championship team will all receive medals and the team will be awarded a Championship Trophy.

The Most Valuable Player Award  is based upon a players significance to his team throughout the course of the season. It signifies that the teams strong standing may not have been as prominent if the particular player did not perform at the level he played at. Other important factors such as the depth to his overall play via the league leader board as well as the teams rank are also considered strong factors in deciding who the award is given to. 

The Top Defensive Player Award is based upon a players overall performance on the defensive end of the floor. Top attributes looked at in this category are in the blocks, steals and some mention given to the rebounds category.However non statistical categories such as defensive awareness, hustle and defensive energy all play as important factors when selecting the top defensive player. 

Thank you for contributing to a smooth beginning to our season and we look forward to a great remainder of the season.

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Week 4 - Standings & Statistics

Updated League Schedule

Week 3 Standings & Statistics

Week 2 Standings & Statistics

Week 1 Standings & Statistics

 

2014 Summer League

2014 Surrey Summer League has Arrived

Register @ www.roundball.ca