The 4.0 playoff pools have been released.
Teams in Flight I: Copperfield, Good Guys, Lakeside, West Side Warriors, Sienna
Teams in Flight II: CR-Comets, Hurricanes, Unicorns, West Side Phoenix, Mob Squad
Matches start on Thursday. On paper, none of the matches this Thursday are headliners.
At first glance, one might be tempted to assume that Flight II is a lot stronger (and it may be), as it contains the recent powers in 4.0: The Hurricanes, Unicorns and Mob Squad. Can Copperfield "rest" their vulnerable players until a match-up with the Good Guys? Oooh...that takes place on the 12th. Can't wait for that one.
I assume the 4.5 stuff will also be released shortly.
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It appears that the 4.5 playoffs have now been posted.
ReplyDeleteFlight 1 Teams: Lakeside, Westside, Hurricanes, Deucebags
Flight 2 Teams: Copperfield, Blast, Sugar Creek, HRC
Again, the Flights seem fairly well-balanced to me, with Flight 2 perhaps being a bit stronger.
First match is on the 12th...JAM/Blast might be the one I'd most like to see on that night.
Discuss.
So, based upon the schedule it looks like the seeds in 4.0 and 4.5 were set as:
ReplyDelete4.0 Pool 1:
1 - The Good Guys (8-0, 47-3)
4 - Lakeside (7-1, 33-7)
6 - Copperfield (7-1, 31-9)
WC - Westside-Warriors (7-1, 31-9)
WC - Sienna Plantation (6-2, 28-12)
4.0 Pool 2:
2 - Unicorns (7-1, 34-6)
3 - Hurricanes (7-1, 33-7)
5 - Mob Squad (7-1, 33-7)
7 - Cinco Ranch (8-0, 29-11)
WC - Westside-Phoenix (7-1, 33-7)
4.5 Pool 1:
1 - Westside-Black Sheep (10-0, 47-3)
4 - Hurricanes (9-1, 35-15)
WC - Lakeside (8-2, 34-16)
WC - Deucebags (5-3, 25-15)
4.5 Pool 2:
2 - Copperfield (7-1, 29-11)
3 - Sugar Creek (8-2, 36-14)
WC - JCC (8-2, 38-12)
WC - HRC (7-3, 31-19)
Chances to win pool:
ReplyDelete4.0 Pool 1
Copp 45%
Good G 40%
Westside 15%
4.0 Pool 2
Canes 80%
Unicorns 15%
Mob Squad 5%
4.5 Pool 1
BS 55%
Hurricanes 40%
Lakeside 5%
4.5 Pool2
SC 60%
Copp 35%
JCC 5%
Book it.
Deucebags winning with several upsets. BOOK IT.
DeleteAlain, I completely agree with you.
Deleteyou are right alan, you are going to have several upset deucebags.
Deletepool 1
ReplyDeleteblacksheep has not proven anything from past nor present. they have a good team that was in a non-competitive div. a true test will be their first match against lakeside. i will have to go with hurricanes, from their history of success
pool2
sugar creek to win, but i would put jcc above copperfield, because of the more experienced league players, compared to the copperfield juniors.
Pool 1 winners: Duecebags
ReplyDeletePool 2 winners: Copperfield
comments?
No comments - you are right.
DeleteHere are my thoughts 4.0 Pool 1:
ReplyDeleteCopperfield - top talent with Michael Salinas, Zachary Salinas, Heath Bromley, Brian Hays and a host of other above average 4.0 players. This team is deep with ringers. Unless they get a DQ, I suspect Copperfield wins Houston and does well at sectionals.
Lakeside - nice, solid team with veteran leadership. These guys have been around the block and they know how to put out a lineup that will get them 3 lines. Their doubles lines are crafty enough to frustrate the younger kids on Copperfield and The Good Guys. Lakeside's problem will be winning singles lines in this pool.
The Good Guys - nice, deep team that hasn't been challenged all year. It is hard to argue with a 47-3 lines won record but the only thing that counts is winning 3 lines when it matters. Andrew Nguyen, who was 1st team all-state at Carmel HS in Indiana, may be secret weapon that gets The Good Guys past Copperfield.
Westside-Warriors - nice team that has a couple of solid players and one for sure win each match in Mark Etienne. But this team is not very deep and it will be difficult for them to go out and take 3 lines off of three elite teams.
Sienna - this team was lucky to make the playoffs and should go 0-4 in pool play.
I will research and comment on pool 2 when I get some free time.
It looks like Westside won the 4.5 pool lottery in avoiding Sugar Creek and Copperfield. The only 2 teams they can't beat.
ReplyDeleteHow much Ristau is praying to make his dream happen, but he most remember, Ristau (blacksheeps) = stay in Houston.
DeleteCopperfield has two of the best players in the state in Orlando Galvan and Odion Dibua. If these juniors are as good as I hear then they should beat Jam handily.
ReplyDeleteblacksheep will play lobsters in the finals of 4.5.
ReplyDeleteblacksheep has the experience needed to advance this year.
lobsters have the youth to push them over the edge.
flight 1
ReplyDeletebs vs lakeside- singles split. connell/wright will win their line. that leaves line 2 and 3 doubles as the deciding lines.
dbags vs canes- canes will sweep dbags
flight 2
jam vs blast- good match to see sydney vs taylor. sydney wins. jam will sweep doubles
copperfield vs hrc- not worth mentioning
How could you count 4.5 canes out? They still have a solid team still able to compete with the best of them....
ReplyDeleteCanes have the experience to win their flight.
DeleteExperience doesn't mean shit. Talent and Playing Ability do. And they have it.
DeleteWho's the fucking moron who thinks the Copperfield juniors don't have experience enough? Do you really think they are going to get nervous playing fucking league tennis? They have probably played as many matches in their lives as a lot of the old men in the 4.5 league. They are experienced. Are they good enough? I don't know. We'll find out.
Juniors usually have the talent, but they like to swing for the fences. I recently played some really good juniors, but this was in doubles and they didn't know how to handle it once they started losing. Singles might be a different story.
DeleteJuniors suck at doubles. They stay back too much, volley like shit and can't believe fat, old hackers with shitty strokes and continental grips are kicking their asses. It shell-shocks them sometimes.
DeleteCanes sucked last year and they suck this year. They might make it to Dallas, but that's as far as they go.
ReplyDeleteCanes 4.0 is the same as last year. They'll be playing at sectionals on sunday. Canes WILL make it to sectionals again this year in 4.5.
DeleteLucas the "Bomb" and King James will show you how good they are next week. DONT doubt these juniors skillz. They will bring their super champ "A" games !!!
ReplyDeleteWho gives a f*ck about being a super champ lmfao.... You guys are idiots.
ReplyDeleteThe difference in a 16 super or 18 champ vs. an 18 super is the latter has learned patience to go along with their talent. An 18 Super will beat most all 4.5 players everytime. It's only the guys who really should be 5.0 may beat an 18 super on a good day.
ReplyDeleteMost of the top singles guys competing in the playoffs are 5.0's. The only thing that I will guarantee is that the juniors aren't gonna feel the heat on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteReally? Who is a "5.0"??? Most of the guys???? That's a joke. Singles is BAD this year. Bad.
DeleteMussenden, Martinez,Pise, Guy, Dibua, Galvan, Jim, Davila, Sanborn, Edwards, Staley,Taylor are all good 4.5's and could compete at 5.0 level.
ReplyDeleteBlacksheep is underrated. They will crush the canes and will make it to sectionals for the first time.
ReplyDeleteTommy is that you talking trash for the Blacksheep? Wasn't he suppose to make it to Dallas, but couldn't beat a sorry ass DBag team?
ReplyDeleteBlacksheep got schooled by Sugar Creek before and will lose again! Go SC!
ReplyDeleteTommy has been running his mouth that this years team is "THE" team. I give him credit that he tanked his players from 5.0 down to 4.5. We will see how good they are after their Lakeside match.
ReplyDeleteWestside vs Lakeside can go 3-2 either way.
ReplyDeleteBlack Sheep Best Line up
ReplyDeleteSingles: Sanborn & Davila/Muhala/Hale/Hinojosa/Alzate
Doubles: Davidson/Lacy, Cannon/Luna and Ristau/Dimitrijevic.
They will win 3 Lines in Sanborn, Davidson/Lacy, Cannon/Luna and even Ristau/Dimitrijevic.
Black Sheep 4 - Lakeside 1
Your missing Charlton Doucette. He's a for sure starter on the B.Sheep.
ReplyDeleteDbags all the way suckers, wait till you haters see what we are made of
ReplyDeleteDbags will be in last place once the playoffs are over.
DeleteDbags do suck. what is the best line up that they have?
Delete12:19 Were the the one that tried out for the team and did not make it as a Dbags
ReplyDeleteMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE
ReplyDeleteMoose is gonna be a factor.
ReplyDeleteWho is Moose?
ReplyDelete6 foot 7 giant on the canes.
ReplyDeleteIf he was a real athlete he's be playing on the hardwood.
ReplyDeleteAny interesting matchups in 4.0 tonight?
ReplyDeleteWhen will Houston know if they get a 4.5 wild card for Sectionals?
ReplyDeleteNo wild cards for 4.5 in 2012. There are 12 cities with 4.5 teams and no teams registered for the qualifying tournament.
ReplyDeleteThat means Sugar Creek will go to Dallas without anyone else. Hurricane are the 2nd best team, then Coppierfield.
ReplyDeleteget rid of noho and always have two houston teams for sectionals. that's poor management from usta/hta. if you have a north houston league, then why not have south houston (soho), west houston (woho), east houston (eoho)? houston is houston. your decision to move far from town is your decision.
ReplyDeleteFollow the Caucasians with money. They live in places named Woodlands and Kingwood.
DeleteGetting rid of NoHo wouldn't ensure another team from Houston. That's not our call. Even then we'd have fewer teams than Dallas and they don't get an automatic 2 teams in 4.5 either. A smarter idea might be to form a WeHo Tennis Association? (Katy area has enough players to field the 3 teams necessary for a Sectionals berth)
ReplyDeleteAny of the Houston teams could easily play in the NOHO league.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if they would increase the number of 4.5 teams playing at sectionals to 16 so that the bigger cities could get wild cards.
NoHo actually has a southern boundary of like 1960 or something, so not anyone per-se could sign up and play.
DeleteThe problem that I have found out there is finding a place that let's non-members play. The closest affordable solution was Forest Oaks, but that got shut down.
There are no public parks out there. You can pull a Red and register out of one of the high school's out there and try and play away every week, but that won't fly on a larger scale.
Was just reading austin blog and it seems like they knew wild cards for some levels. Does hta release this info out?
ReplyDeleteOf course not. That would make too much sense.
DeleteWho won in 4-0 tonight?
ReplyDeletenobody, it was 2-3 one match and 3-2 on some other matches
ReplyDeleteIs Lakeside 4.0 any good this year?
ReplyDeleteLakeside is in the middle of the pack. They are probably the 4th seed.
ReplyDelete