ICC Men’s Basketball League Open gym will be held on June 3rd from 11 to 1 pm here at the ICC Cougarplex, you have to come to the open gym to be eligible to play in the summer league.
10 games guarantee starting on June 10th thru Sept 2nd.
If your team wins their first round playoff game you will have at least one or two more games in the playoffs.
Games start 9:30 and 10:45 on Sunday mornings.
8 teams with 8 different captains
20 minute running clock with the clock stopping the last 5 minutes of each half.
College rules,
$50 dollar fee to play
18 years old or older
Dates of games are as follows:
June 10th, 17th July 1st, 15th, 22nd August 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Sept 2nd and 9th are playoff games
1. Otters
2. Snipers
3. Tropics
4. Hitmen
5. Ramrod
6. Red Devils
7. Raging Royals
8. Silverbacks
9. Irish Assassins
10. Warriors
11. Crusaders
12. Ramrod (via Team Crusens)
13. Hurricane
14. Crusaders (via Lions)
2011-12 SBL Champions
Come out to St. Vincent dePaul’s Livingston Gymnasium for the 2012 SBL Finals. The forth championship game in league history pairs the Hurricane against the Lions. This is the first time in league history that both of the top seeds will be squaring off in the title game. Game begins at 12:00 PM. Come out and celebrate a successful SBL season and watch and see which team is left standing at the end. There is no admission fee so feel free to bring the family out and catch what promises to be a great end to a great season.
Following the game, come to Crusen’s on War Memorial for the 2nd Annual SBL Championship Celebration. Great food and drink specials at Crusen’s all day! And that will be the first chance for returning SBLer’s to start to talk about the 2012-13 season and a great way for those who want to join the league next season to meet some people who are in the league and get some early name exposure out there.
We are hoping for a HUGE crowd on Sunday so please tell anyone that loves basketball to come out and watch the SBL Finals 2012: Hurricane vs Lions.
Hurricane:
#1 Julian Jones
#2 Trevor Birkmeier
#4 Joe Arnett
#6 Brad Ihnken
#11 Jake Fiddes
#14 Brian Redington
#20 Cortney Atkins
#23 Andy McMorrow
#33 Alex Birge
#36 Landon Reed
#40 Jason Lanzotti
#42 Justin Gardner
#43 Alex Sollberger
Lions:
#3 Marcellous Buntley
#6 Jermaine Bond
#11 Romon Hugan
#12 Gavin Sullivan
#15 Dustin Warfield
#21 Sean Grove
#22 Kevin English
#24 Martell Webster
#25 Dominique Stenson
#44 Nate Webster
The SBL Finals are almost here. The final game of the season is a rematch from week 8 of the regular season. The Lions won that game 78-64 behind 28-points from Gavin Sullivan. Some interesting storylines played out in the first meeting. There was the ruckus around the Hurricane bench between Dustin Warfield of the Lions and the Hurricane’s Joe Arnett and Alex Sollberger. There were Gavin Sullivan’s clutch 3 pointers that pulled the game out of reach. Also, the fact that the Lions bench that some around the SBL consider to be their weakness stepped up that game, led by Romon Hugan’s 9 points. Some other key points out of that first match-up involve who wasn’t there. The Lions were without six man Jermaine Bond (still with the Crusaders) and F Sean Grove was out with a knee injury. The Hurricane was without SF Jake Fiddes and F Alex Birge for the contest as well. All four of those players play key roles with their teams as the season winds down and are capable of impacting the game. The Lions, prided on their defense, were able to hold PF Jason Lanzotti, PG Cortney Atkins, and SG Julian Jones well below their season averages. Where as the Hurricane were able to negate the rebounding prowess of C Dustin Warfield and PF Nate Webster, holding them both to single digit total rebounds.
The 2012 SBL Finals figure to be a great game between two bitter rivals. There is still some bad blood between these two teams from meetings in years past and this season. The Lions are out to prove that they are the best team in the SBL. It has only happened once in league history that the team with the best regular season record has been the last team standing at the end of the season (2009’s Black Attack). The Hurricane is looking to ride out the recent string of good games by finishing off the Lions. Both teams are their conference champions and fought through a trying regular season to earn the top slots in their respective playoff brackets. The Lions went through a tough Red Devils team and then defeated a very talented Team Crusens in the Western Conference Finals. The Hurricane knocked off a feisty Ramrod squad and then went through the very skilled Crusaders to advance out of the Eastern Conference.
What to look for in the SBL Finals: Can the Hurricane keep everyone involved. Sometimes the Hurricane force too many bad shots. Better ball movement and willingness to make the extra pass will go a long way for them. They have a legitimate 5 scorers in their starting line-up. This makes them a very difficult match-up. Recently PF Jason Lanzotti has been the forgotten man on the offensive end. The Hurricane will need to involve him offensively as well as Jake Fiddes in order to win. SG Julian Jones faces a tough match-up again in SG Martell Webster. If Jones can take what is given to him and deliver on his opportunities in transition as well as be an offensive facilitator the Hurricane could be hoisting the title at the end of Sunday’s game. Also, PG Cortney Atkins must take some pride in his defense and really make life difficult on PG Gavin Sullivan. Team Crusens SG Jamie Fiddes did a remarkable job in making Sullivan work to get open, denying him the ball after he gave it up. If Atkins can make Sullivan work as hard as well as be physical with him that will also play to the Hurricane’s advantage. As for the Lions, they need to continue to play their style of basketball. They set a lot of high screens that get Sullivan and C Dustin Warfield open 3-point looks. With a slower C Justin Gardner for the Hurricane, the Lions should look to set a lot of high screens for Warfield and make Gardner defend him far away from the basket. The Lions will also be counting on a good effort on the offensive glass by PF Nate Webster. The Hurricane was able to limit his offensive rebounds last time out, but on the whole that has been a tall task for any team. The other key for the Lions will be Martell Webster on Julian Jones. The cousin-on-cousin match up should be a good one. Webster has some buzz surrounding him as a possible SBL Defensive Player of the Year so Jones, the Eastern Conference leading scorer will have his work cut out for him. Lastly, which bench will step up? The Hurricane are viewed as one of the deeper teams in the SBL with weapons such as SG Brad Ihnken, C Joe Arnett, PG Brian Redington, and PF Alex Sollberger coming off the bench. The Lions bench is not as decorated as the Hurricane but has been productive. SG Jermaine Bond since arriving from the Crusaders mid-season has provided instant offense. SF Marcellous Buntley and PF Romon Hugan have improved as the year has gone on. The x-factor could be will the Lions emotional leader SG Dominique Stenson be in attendance for the contest?
Position by Position
Point Guard: Cortney Atkins, Hurricane vs Gavin Sullivan, Lions
Advantage: Lions
Shooting Guard: Julian Jones, Hurricane vs Martell Webster, Lions
Advantage: Hurricane
Center: Justin Gardner, Hurricane vs Dustin Warfield, Lions
Advantage: Lions
Power Forward: Jason Lanzotti, Hurricane vs Nate Webster, Lions
Advantage: Push
Small Forward: Jake Fiddes, Hurricane vs Sean Grove, Lions
Advantage: Lions
Bench: Hurricane vs Lions
Advantage: Hurricane
Final Score:
Hurricane: 82
Lions: 85
Finals MVP: Nate Webster, Lions
2012 SBL PLAYOFFS
Here is the schedule. Teams will be filled in after this weeks games.
*NEW* 2011-2012 Sponsorship Forms Now Available Online
July 24, 2011
This season's league sponsorship form/information has been posted in the League Forms page of theSBL.com. You can access this form by clicking on the League Forms tab in the menu of the left side of the page.
This form is public information and can be given out to anyone interested in becoming a team sponsor or league sponsor. Please direct anyone who is interested in becoming a sponsor to the sponsorship form.
Any questions about sponsorship information can be emailed to the league.
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