By Matt House Brown:
The YMCA House Basketball season is back in play. The boys took to the court on Sunday (1/9) to fire up the first game of 2011.
1. Bucks (W, 51-39) – There are few adjectives that wrap around the game of Brunswick sophomore Jack Sherwood other then this one: baller. In this game, the entire gym, including the Bobcats, simply watched Sherwood led his squad in the second half and ran away with a solid victory. Fear the Deer…. or Jack Sherwood. (3-0)
2. Knicks (W, 59-31) – This undefeated squad slaughtered the Wizards. The most impressive part is the Wizards aren’t really that bad. The only thing stopping the Knicks from claiming the top spot is the Bucks have beaten the Heat, a top-tier team, and the Knicks have mostly been beating up on lesser opponents. However, the Knicks have a shot at the Bucks next week, and will probably be the biggest matchup of the regular season. (3-0)
3. Heat (W, 51-16) – The Heat’s full court press suffocated the Bulls into a terribly low-scoring performance. Although, this is not a feat to get over-excited about because the Bulls are simply a much worse team. The Heat needs to show consistency before they can reach the top of the rankings once again. (2-1)
4. Raptors (W, 50-29) – The Raptors are firing on all cylinders and have earned the fourth spot in the rankings with a dominant victory over the Nets. Their size is simply too much for the majority of the league and is improving as the season continues. (1-2)
5. Wizards (L, 31-59) – The Wizards cannot receive too much blame for the beating they suffered on Sunday. Sophomore Brian Weil (pictured) and the Wizards failed to perform some magic on the court. The Knicks are a great team and a close loss to this squad – as compared to the rest of the league - is as impressive as a victory. Results show the Wizards should remain at number four, (they did beat the Raptors) but I feel that if they played again this coming weekend the Raptors would win. The Raptors are on the rise and the Wizards, seemingly, have no rebut. (2-1)
6. Hornets (L, 39-51) – I’m not sure how they did it, but they were able to stay with Sherwood and the Bucks for a little over a half. This isn’t too great of a feat, but the Hornets are simply a lot worse than the Bucks and the feat of staying with them for half the game is rewarded with the 6th spot in the rankings. (1-2)
7. Celtics (W, 24-8) – Convincing victory over the Bobcats. This could be both a mixture of the Bobcats being bad and the Celtics being good. Either way they still have two wins due to lack of schedule difficulty. (2-1)
8. Bobcats (L, 8-24) – When you are down this low, just having a win is impressive.
9. Nets (L, 29-50)- With the Nets it isn’t that they are so bad, it’s that they are just too small. The upside with them is that they can probably win a game against a team that lacks in the size department almost as much as they do. (0-3)
10. Bulls (L, 16-51) – The inability of the Bulls at the offensive end makes winning a game a near impossible task for them. (0-3)
Pictured: Sophomore Brian Weil
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