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.
Roundball.
