HKF

While the Golden Grizzlies should be commended for playing Xavier, Cincinnati, Michigan and Missouri, they lost every single one of those games and were only competitive in the Missouri game (losing by 5).

If you are Oakland coach Greg Lampe, you have got to be dissapointed that you squandered 4 chances for huge power rating wins.

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My favorite NBA players: Deron Williams * Kobe Bryant * Carmelo Anthony * Ben Gordon * Joe Johnson * Kevin Martin * Tim Duncan * Kyle Lowry * Thad Young * Amare Stoudemire * Dwight Howard * Josh Smith * Brandon Roy * LaMarcus Aldridge * Rudy Gay * Al Horford * Brandan Wright * Craig Smith * Renaldo Balkman * Wilson Chandler

2008-09 Favorite Rookies: Jerryd Bayless (POR), Roy Hibbert (IND), Greg Oden (POR), Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJN), Joe Alexander (MIL), Patrick Ewing, Jr. (NYK)

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Chi-Man

You play these games for a number of reasons. 1) Financial windfall 2) Extra exempt games (3 at Xav) 3) Possible tv exposure 4) To toughen up your team for Jan/Feb, Mid-Con play. 5) Beating Nobody Wesleyan by 50 doesn't help you much. If you win 1 or 2, that's a bonus. But the results will be long forgotten when league play rolls around. The Mid-Con winner is locked into a 14 or 15 seed anyway as the 24th ranked league and only 1 team is going.