Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Toozday Pix
PoolFiction @ ElitePool (Florida vs. Ohio) God knows I wanted to find a #1 seed vs. a decent team, but...No. PFN is Florida here because they are red hot coming into this match, and ElitePool is just so-so pretty much. EP has to come out with their best players early, because Mick is lights-out in a clutch situations (No, playing with a 6-0 lead isn't clutch, so that's only a quarter of a loss) Mick can also keep you guessing even if you're the home team, which makes him arguably the deadliest captain in MLP. Will Mark play first, will it be cub, maybe Jason plays game 2, maybe 1, 3, he could go as late as 5, what if Stud plays 5 and Jase goes 4? It's just so confusing for anyone who tries to figure out Mick so it's much harder guesswork. I think PoolFiction is gonna roll here, it probably won't be as bad as the 6-1 slashing they gave DreamPool, but it could be an easy 5-2.
Bearskin Eightballers @ BlackSilver (West Virginia vs. Creighton) Neither team is great, and neither team blows the big one. Despite BS' horrible start, they haven't been missing cupcake shots and gimmes, or just ball-bashing around and dropping 8's early everywhere. They've played good, but just haven't maintained it long enough to get 4 wins. BE plays the role of Creighton here actually, because we haven't seen much of them at all, just a 7-0 mudhole-stomping of BNR, and now we'll see if BS can get a big win. They caught a HUGE break with EZ8 leaving, because I think EZ8 would've won. I think BS will squeak one out here, and I do have West Virginia picked in my brackets...I think. Either way, BS, barring any lingerring problems with their league being hacked yesterday, 4-3. Why? Rich is gonna come out of his shell, if Cameron shows back up and plays, he could win, Lisa's not a bad player at all and could play if she wants, Eddie's helped this team about all he possibly can, BS needs this one, and this time they shouldn't let it slip.
Quez @ LPL (Texas vs. Nevada) This is one that could go either way so on like 3 sheets I have it going one way, and the other sheets the opposite way. Anyways, hopefully for LPL they'll have Ogges back. That's big plus #1. Big plus #2: They've recently got...Amir. He's not gonna win any sportsmanship trophies or golden duct tape award for being silent, but he can pick up a win for LPL if they really need him to. Ruffer says Amir's playing if he shows, Quez take note. Mark it down on calendars...LPL, March 15th...Accused...of...aimers. OK, got it all written and stuff, LPL also has Romper and Ruffer, who will match up well against Paul and Kyle in Quez. King James from what little I've seen of him, if he even plays at all, just doesn't seem to have the fire he had back in season 3. But the biggest problem I can see Quez possibly having, is in their captain. It has been said time, and time, again. It is the captain's, job, to check, the players. He hasn't done it. It leaves the door wide open for a match-changing DQ, doesn't it WildAngels? Quez could and after that scratch in game 7 SHOULD have lost, they survived, but LPL won't be as forgiving. Quez do have the players to take out LPL, and they very well could win 5-2, but I'm going with LPL winning 4-3.
DreamPool @ 8BallRunners (Villanova vs. New Mexico) DreamPool plays Nova here. Sorry guys, 5 seed best I could do. 8BR is New Mexico because they're not under-rated, they're underachieving. They've got players skilled enough to have a winning record, and they just haven't closed out games. DP will most likely not be rattled too much by, again, the brutal assault they took from PFN, but...they also have to realize 1-3 8BallRunners are by no means an easy match. Bokey_hata's a good early gamer, Pascal, Super Mario, Bryan, and then insert others very capable of picking up wins here. 8BR, and I hate to keep picking on copenhagen but, as much time as he takes sometimes shooting, he should, and he knows this, be able to win a big game or 2 for the Runners. Then of course Trouble4some, miz, mspoolpro, wildhorse, this is much like BS' situation. At home, against a team they can beat, although barely, and they need to feel that sense of urgency. Although it's still kinda early, 8BR needs to win this match, or else they're gonna need to go into Pray Mode. I think the Dreamers will win though, but if you notice...Villanova-New Mexico is a 12 vs. a 5...Hm...Look out.
