Pre-Thanksgiving Mini Tournament

This Monday and Tuesday there will be a mini tournament for us held at the middle school north. Teams that usually practice on Monday night will go on Monday, and teams that usually practice on Tuesday will play on Tuesday. Everyone will play short 15 minute games, and at the end of each night there will be a championship game.
Notice team Forbes is switched to Monday and team Hecht is switched to Tuesday.

Monday: 7:30 - 9:00 (MSN)
    Gingras
    Werner
    Forbes
    Griffin
    Dawson
    Gavel

Tuesday: 6:00 - 7:30 (MSN)
    Hecht
    JimmyT
    Andreas
    Booth
    Dorff
    Coveno

This Weekends Games

It has been determined that all games played this weekend will be discarded, as the 8:40 games couldn't be finished and the 9:50 games were not played. The games are in the process of possibly being rescheduled.

Week One Score Predictions

Transfaglia-Gavel

Score: 40-26

A big match up between preseason ranked 2 and 3 with both rosters looking pretty strong. At full strength, this match up would be very good, but team Gavel’s star Zach Gavel and his minion Adam Scott are questionable to miss the game due to cross country districts. If they are not present, then Tranfaglia should have no problem squishing team Gavel and sending them down the power rankings.

Gingras-Werner

Score: 44-38

A match up between the “best” team in the league and the second to worst team in the league. As we’ve seen in the past, don’t let the preseason power rankings fool you. An underrated team

Werner could put up a good game against Gingras, considering the loss of sharpshooter Connor “glass knees” Johnson. Should be a decent match up.

Tornaritis-Hecht

Score: 45-30

Owen Torgersen is team Hecht's best player, that says something. Although he is a former first overall pick, I don’t think even he can pull out a win against the former rec basketball champs. With Tornaritis missing half it’s team (Matt Tornaritis), we’ll have to see if the overrated Jack O’Neill can somewhat fill an eighth of his role.  

Mitchell(Forbes)-Modzelewski

Score: 35-32

With team Mitchell being ranked 7th and Modzelewski ranked 5th, I sense there might be an upset. It all depends if Mitchell’s weak spot (Nate Forbes) shows up. If he is there, Mitchell might have hard time beating team Modzelewski. I’m also interested to see if the league's top point guard, Carl “feeble armed” Zimmon can make a comeback from last years injury.

Dorff-Dawson

Score:40-32,

Team Dorff 40 - Shane Dawson 32. Enough said.

Coveno-Booth

Score: 40-35

This will be a ruthless battle between the ego of Zach Coveno and the inexperience of team Booth. Coveno should be able to squeeze out a win but could have a hard time depending on whether or not Alan Robinson tries. Also, there are rumors of a potential return of Jack Wadden to play for team Booth. If he shows up then Coveno can accept the loss.

Schedule and Roster Tabs Updated

The schedule and roster are now able to be viewed in the tabs on the website.

Preseason Power Rankings

1. Gingras- This team will absolutely dominate the paint this year, with two of the tallest player in the league in Jack Battles and Griffaaannn Lily. There is no team in the league that will be able to out rebound them, and with their length teams will struggle to take the ball to the rim against them. That coupled with solid guard play, and overall team depth, we at the blog think this will be the team to beat.
2. Transfaglia- This team is probably the most balanced in the league, they have skill from top to bottom. There is no match ups other teams can exploit against them, so they will be difficult to score a lot against them. With Jason Pang this team will have one of the best shooters in the league who can provide instant offense. The only thing that could seriously hurt this team is Jimmy taking too many fade away threes.
3. Gavel- Zach Gavel is probably the most skilled big man in the league and will be difficult to stop for most teams. This team also has all three rookie of the year candidates, so look for them to break out and help carry this team throughout the season, the biggest detriment to this team will be its lack if experience, as they don't carry a single senior on their roster
4. Dawson- They have Shane. The defensive plan against them is for everybody to guard Shane and unfortunately for the rest of the league that probably still won't work.
5. Modezeleski- They have the best pure point guard in the league in Carl Zimmon and two very good bigs who can play anywhere in Mitchell Towsend and Aidan Hoey. This teams has height and athletes, but they lack scorers. They will have to rely on winning low scoring defensive games.
6. Coveno- This is team hustle, they will score most off their points off of offensive rebounds, and forced turnovers, and this team will cause a lot of them. This team will be able to outplay most teams, only struggling with the really tall teams. This team will struggle similarly to gavel with out senior experience, and the lack of player to close out games for them. They will have to hope for games in which they can build a large lead and don't need to close.
7. Micthell- This team has two skilled guards in Billy Mitchell and Will Cullen, and the rest of their team is very good too, Eric Tupua, Darren Costa, Kevin Doody, Zachary Loverin, Joey Madden, and Jared Smith should all be instrumental in helping this team win games.
8. Tornaritis- This team has a lot of athletes, and should be very good defensively. However it looks like Dean will have to score all their points, with Antonopoulos contributing 3s. However that will most likely not be enough, and this team could quite possibly struggle.
9. Dorff- This team has good depth but is lacking any real scoring power. They will be similar to Tornaritis, except less athletic, and worse at scoring. This team is one that needs to practice very hard, we would recommend lots of drill, and putting in many plays, in order to improve.
10. Booth- This team is talented at the top and has good guard play. The questions are about this teams ability to play good defense as their are lacking lots of athletes. They should score a lot, but they will struggle to stop anyone.
11. Werner- This team has very little offensive firepower. Chris Werner is a shell of his former self, he can't shoot he can't play defense, rumors are swirling about a possible retirement, as he is embarrassed to show his face on the court anymore. Dingle is one of the most over rated big man in the league, and will struggle to score on most of the others. This team also lacks a true offensive point guard, perhaps the only bright light is defensive specialist Nick Boggiano, who as some may recall was the only player to successfully lock down Shane Dawson last year.
12. Hecht- This team has zero height, and will struggle to rebound against most of the teams in the league. They will have to rely on a run and gun style of play, while shooting lots of 3s. This teams is in luck as both Mark De Binder and Wiley Ordemann can shoot the 3 well, however that still may not be enough for them to win.

2015-2016 Rosters

Werner  

Boggiano Nicholas    

Dingle Gabe

Lacombe Kyle

Martinez Nate

Meyers David

O'Reilly Patrick

Saboliauskas Alex

Truex Avry

Werner Chris

Forbes

Costa Darren

Cullen Will

Doody Kevin

Forbes Nate

Loverin Zachary

Madden Joey

Mitchell Billy

Smith Jared

Tupua Eric

Booth

Cronin Brendan

Booth Jacob

Dorr Andrew

Hickman Jacob

Hickman Christopher

Majkut Benjamin

Robinson Alan

Scharn Jake

Wadden Benjamin

Tranfaglia

Barranco Alec

Graham Jackson

Harrison Zachary

Maloomian Mark

Pang Jason

Rubeski Scott

Solomon Garrett

teDuits Ryan

Tranfaglia Jimmy

Dorff

Berube Andrew

Crowell Griffin

Dorff Jared

Femia Joey

Femia Andy

Fitzpatrick David

Hastings Edward

Kavalowskas Justin

Kimetto David

Lovezzola Anthony

Tornaritis

Tornaritis Dean

Antonopoulos Nicholas

Brennan Caleb

Crandall Timothy

ElMasri Adam

McDonough Liam

Niemoller Eric

ONeill Jack

Wheeler Mitch

Dawson

Dawson Shane

Battles Sam

Boudreau Samuel

Dawson Dylan

Henry Jack

Sickles Jeremy

Turksen Alihan

Zaiatz Marcus

Battles Cameron

Modzelewski

Zimmon Carl

Gravina Andrew

Gravina Kurtis

Hoey Aidan

Joyce Jack

McDonough Michael

Philbert Alex

Townsend Mitchell

Townsend Nathan

Zimmon William

Gavel

Scott Adam

Boynton Aidan

Brewster Jacob

Gavel Zachary

Gavel Jacob

Keast Jeremy

Phanord Max

Phanord Alex

Scott Brian

Baker Ryan

Hecht

Torgersen Owen

Bettencourt Samuel

Carroll Matt

De Binder Daniel

De Binder, Jr. Mark

Dutile Jacob

Hecht Christopher

Ordemann Wiley

Willsie Grant

Gingras

Battles Jack

Hertog Jacob

Battles Kyle

Battles Max

Gingras Andrew

Gingras Matthew

Johnson Connor

Lilly Griffin

Marsh Nicholas

Ralls Jeremy

Coveno

Brown Liam

Connerty Kevin

Coveno Zachary

Griffin Justin

Heffernan David

Marino Philip

Marson Jack

Naboicheck Tristan

Pisani Cole

Senior Rec Ball Analyst Jacob Barnes's Predraft Analysis

Projected Draft Order
Deluca
Dorff
Gingras
Coveno
Gavel
Werner
Transfaglia
Dawson
Tornaritis
Forbes

Possible First Round picks (No coach’s sons)-No Order
Kevin Connerty
 Aidan Hoey
Femia Package
 Owen Torgersen
 Jason Pang
Alan Robinson
 Garrett Solomon
Townsend Package
Wadden Package
Zimmon Package
Toner
 Connor Johnson
 Kyle Lacombe
Sleepers
David Fitzpatrick
Nick Boggiano
Wiley Ordemann
Jacob Hertog
Darren Costa
Breakout Candidates
Nick Antonopoulos
Griffin Lilly
Mark De Binder
Justin Griffin
Jacob Hickman
Value Picks
Will Cullen
Jack Joyce
Patrick O’Riley
Mark Maloomian
Eric Tupua
Rookie of the Year Candidates
Jeremy Keast
Brian Scott
Jacob Gavel
Projected last pick 
Nathaniel Forbes