Week 2 Power Rankings

1. Team Tornaritis- (+1) Well it's week 2 and no one appeared to be able to stop Dean. He netted over 30 again, and looked for the most part unstoppable. With that level of play this team will be very difficult to beat. That being said this team goes where Dean goes, and if he struggles in any games they will lose. It's up to the rest of the league to make that happen.
2. Team Dorff- (+2) They play team basketball. They have no major weaknesses, but don't appear to be particularly strong in any area. Having a team that is solid all the way through is a proven way to win, and this team embodies that. It's clear giving his players homework assignments is paying dividends for coach Dorff. Their game looked lopsided, however that was mostly because of missed shots and not good defense. We warn this team about getting too cocky, as we see them as the most likely to drop a few places in coming weeks.
3. Team Booth- (+3) They surprised everyone by beating Gingras while very shorthanded. They didn't have a player over 6 feet, and still managed to win. We do have to put a slight asterisk as Ben Wadden fouled out early, and still continued to play due to Booth only having 5 players. Looking at the matchup this team seemed over matched, but they clearly out worked Gingras, and very much deserved the win. This team is proving that looks can be deceiving, and could continue to climb up the rankings

4. Team Transfaglia- (+3) This team is 1-1, were able to squeak out a win against Werner. They played well, and look like the team we expected them to be at the beginning of the season. As long as the in team fighting remains at a minimum, this team should continue to succeed.

5. Team Gingras- (-4) This team is really not living up to expectations. Realistically they'll continue to fall, and will soon be in the bottom of the league. Their height doesn't seem to be helping them win games, and their guard play is below the league average. They are no longer the only team with twin towers, and we expected them to keep losing. The only hope for salvation is if Jack Battles can figure out that he is taller than the other players, and use that to score points. Unfortunately we highly doubt that will happen

6. Team Werner- (+3) They have lost both their games. In the first they were missing Gabe, and his presence may have affected that game. In the second game questionable score keeping from Dean may have cost them the game. Both their games have been close, but what really moves this team up is the addition of Justin Watt. They now have the most dominant big man paring in the league, and we hope they will be better at using it then Gingras was. We fully expect this team to go on a win streak and rise to the top of the league.

7. Team Mitchell- (+1)  This team pulled out a close win against Hecht in what looked to be an even game. They were short a few players, however we are not sure of that was positive or negative. Once again Quintin's brother was out of control, losing his temper at his team, the refs, and it appeared the ball. If he can calm down this team could play a lot better, perhaps he should buy a stress ball or start taking yoga. Even if he can control himself, we don't see this team rising to much higher, their potential looks for the most part to be maxed out.

8. Team Dawson- (+4) We are not really sure what to make of this team, with the league apparently banning varsity players, due to being afraid of competition, it would make sense this team wouldn't play well. However Dylan Dawson stepped and played very well, and was the most important player to their win. We don't think this team will rise to the top of the league, but they aren't the last place team we thought they would be.

9. Team Gavel- (-4) We still like this teams potential, however the 0-2 start is leading us to question how successful they will be able to be. They have scored a lot of points, but also allow a lot. That is a tough formula to win with, if they want to turn their season around they'll need to step it up defensively. The talent is there and we think they will be able to rise back to the top of the league.

10. Team Hecht- (+1) This team has exceeded their projections both weeks, we played Mitchell tough till the end of the game, and were very close to a 2-0 start. This team has proved they can shoot 3s well enough to succeed, with some better late game decision making this team, will continue to play well, and could quite possibly rise into the top half of the league.

11. Team Modzelewski- (-8) This team is embarrassing to write about. They finished with 14 points, and only had 4 in the second half. It was one of the worst performances in rec history, and we are unsure if they will be able to show their faces on the rec courts this week. That being said they played very well week 1, and showed they can have great chemistry, it will be interesting to see how this team progresses during the season.

12. Coveno- (-2) Team Coveno has looked very weak this season, and it looks like they will be walked all over. In their week 1 loss they seriously struggled, while they did play better in week 2, however we at the blog feel that Dean walked all over them. Maybe they should walk over some plays in practice, they clearly need to change something in order to start winning,