Candlepants KVKL Top 20 Rankings Week 10 plus Bonus Tournament Preview!

Hey balls deepers…err. Anyway…week 10 was a dream come true!  Congrats to Solidarity for pulling out a tight hard fought game vs Lady Lumps. It’s a testament to our league when the top 2 teams meet and the score is 12-9 and when the bottom 2 teams meet and the score is 13-11! How bout that.  Streakers, fireworks, a noise rock band, a bench clearing brawl, and all around crazy clouds and lightning made this one for the books. I’ve been looking forward to that game all season and as expected, it didn’t disappoint. Thank u ladylumps and solidarity(i meant to show the lady lumps my sugar lumps…oh well maybe next year).

There were so many other close games out there including a huge win for Jazzhaus over First Blood as well as a close victory for Liberty Hall over Screamers. I predicted 5 weeks ago that this would be the best 5 game stretch in KVKL history and I think its come to fruition. A round of applause for board member Phil Mitchell for the schedule re-design. He’s smiling somewhere. 

As for your Top 20 this week, I’ve sprinkled in some exta information for all you numbers nerds to drool and bitch over. Your Top 20 will also serve as my tournament preview, think of it as a mini KVKL version of what USA Today does for College Basketball’s March Madness. (Note: this is MY version of the rankings not the KVKL Board so these will not be the final word on bracket placement).  Cougar I know you’ll be a proud poppa of this. I’m no Jay Bilas, but can I be Erin Andrews? Here it is:

1 Pita Pit              record:10-0      pool play:4-0        rank play: 5-0       RPI:1

key win: all of them                      notable loss: none

The returning champs are poised for another run. They’ve won something like 18 in a row dating back to last year. KVKL hasn’t seen an undefeated season since 2003. While they are the most balanced team offensively and defensively they’ve had some really close games. KVKL has never had a back to back champ and the only 2 time champs are Love Garden. Are the Pit ready to make KVKL history or fall like they did a couple years back when they entered the tournament undefeated? Either way, everyone is out to get them. 

Tie 2nd    First Blood     record: 8-2         pool play:4-0        rank play: 3-2     RPI:2

key win: love garden                            notable loss: jazzhaus(6-5)

It’s clear First Blood can kick the ball. They are one of the highest scoring teams in KVKL history. They have the best back to back kickers in KVKL, Jared & Andy. They made it to the championship game last year and were one out away from bringing it home. I think they’ll be out for blood this tourney, and I expect them to make a deep run.

Tie 2nd   Jazzhaus    record:8-2         pool play: 4-0       rank play: 3-2         RPI: 3

key win: first blood                   notable loss: love garden

If First Blood has the best back to back kicking duo in the KVKL, then Jazzhaus has the best back to back to back trio in the league. Robo, Speakerfoxx, and Troy can and will create problems for any team so look out. They’re the only ones to come close to beating Pita Pit this year (5-4), and since they just beat First Blood last week, this could be an omen of things to come.

Tie 2nd   Love Garden           record:8-2     pool play:4-0   rank play: 3-2    RPI:5

key win: Jazzhaus                     notable loss: Forst Blood (16-14)

KVKL’s only 2 time champs always seem to find their way into the thick of it. While this is a different team than the Love Gardens of the past, their knowledge and execution of the game is one that keeps them in every game. Everybody knows what to do and when to do it. They won’t wow you with kicks like First Blood or Jazzhaus, but when their D is on its tight and you could lose to them with one mistake.

5 Eastsiders                 record:6-4     pool play:4-0       rank play:1-4       RPI:4

key win: sacred sword (twice)               notable loss: First Blood (10-8)

If there’s a sleeper towards the top of the rankings it’d have to be the Eastsiders. While this is not your momma’s Eastsiders, this reincarnation has something no other KVKL team can boast of: 3 southpaw kickers who can bend it like Beckham. While that might not seem like much, it creates all kinds of problems for defenses, and this team is as crafty as Love Garden for sure. Never count out the mind of the their coach Robert, who’s been responsible for the creation of some of the more creative defensive shifts that many teams in the league have copied and adopted. They’ll be a tough out.

6 Rangelife                   record:8-2          pool play: 3-1          rank play: 5-0         RPI:6

key win: Tellers          notable loss: Eastsiders

The team that has yet to practice somehow finds it way in at #6?  While half the team is comprised of folks who took the trophy back in 2005 with Jensens, this rag tag collection of skinny white boys has complicated the notion of what a kickballer truly is by juxtaposing the jock with the jester, combining the student of the game with the I-don’t-give-a-fu$ks drunk. Who are these people? Business casual? Bellyshirts, Zubaz shorts, and tucked in muscle shirts in shorts have no place in the upper ranks of the kickball elite…or do they? This team prides itself on D and if they’re kicking well (IF) they could create all kinds of problems.  

7 Sacred Sword    record:4-6          pool play:4-0     rank play: 0-5     RPI:7

key win: Tellers                  notable loss: Eastsiders(twice)

It’s been a tough year for the Sword coming off last years Final Four appearance. Expectations were high and it seems people have figured out their bunt-first-ask-questions-later style b/c unlike last year teams know what to expect. However, with that said this is still one truly talented team. They dropped 14 on Jazzhaus who only allowed Pita Pit and First Blood 5 runs each!  If they play their best for an entire game, they can beat anyone ranked above them. Don’t sleep on the record, these guys mean business.

8 Tellers    record: 7-3      pool play:3-1      rank play: 3-2       RPI:8

key win: rangelife                notable loss: Brew Ballers

It’s nice to see Tellers return to the top of the KVKL. Afterall, they were KVKL’s first trophy winner back in 2002. But this is a completely different team from then. When full strength though they can give anybody a run but some injuries have slowed them down a bit towards the second half of the season. Watch out b/c they have a whip and they just might use it!

9 Brew Ballers   record: 6-4      pool play: 2-2    rank play:3-2      RPI:13

key win: Tellers        notable loss: West Coast Saloon

Ever since their lopsided loss to Das Boot they’ve been a different team. If somehow they meet Tellers in the 8/9 matchup in the second game of the first week of the tourney, that could be a fun game to watch. 

10 Eldridge     record:5-5     pool play:3-1     rank play: 2-3    RPI: 17

key win: Das Boot                notable loss: Slowride

Their RPI is low because they had pool play in the weakest division but please note that all their losses in rank play were close games. If they can keep their defense together, they could create problems.

11 Liberty Hall    record:7-3      pool play: 2-2    rank play: 4-1    RPI: Tie 11th

key win: Screamers                  notable loss: Astrokitty

First year coach Billy Gay Cyrus has his team in order and primed to be the underdog story for 2009.  They keep creeping in the rankings all year and find themselves at #11. If they meet Rangelife in the second game of the first day of the tourney, a fight might just break out! A handful of  players from last year’s Liberty Hall team difected to Rangelife this year and the coach & his team are ready to seek revenge on those Benedict Arnolds. It’s on!

12 Screamers   record:7-3      pool play:2-2       rank play: 4-1    RPI:10

key win:  Mad Greek          notable loss: Liberty Hall

Swag & Co. will be out to make you scream in the post season tourney.  Their RPI is so low b/c their pool play was one of the tougher go arounds for a #3.

13 Das Boot         record:4-6          pool play:2-2        rank play:2-3         RPI:9

Key win: Brew Ballers                                  Notable loss: Freestate

The website is wrong and has their record at 5-5. Their RPI is so low b/c during the first five games they played 2 #1’s(pita pit & first blood). Despite their 13 ranking, I still think this team poses problems. While they have lost 3 in a row heading into the tourney, I would not want to face them. Rangelife barely escaped 7-5.  You have been warned.

14 Mad Greek     record:5-5        pool play: 2-2          rank play:3-2      RPI:Tie 11th

key win: Red Lyon                   Notable loss: Slowride

Remember this team caused some problems last year in the tourney and made it to the elite 8 with a second round upset. Are they poised to be the spoiler again this year?

15 Yellow Sub     record: 4-6        pool play:2-2      rank play:2-3      RPI:14

key win: Weavers                      notable loss: Jazzhaus (15-14)

This team scares me. They lost something like 4 count em’ 4 one run games and 1 two run game!  I would not want to play them. They dropped 14 on jazzhaus man check the stat sheet. This is my ultra sleeper team to watch.  

16  Slowride           record: 6-4       pool play: 2-2           rank play:4-1         RPI:15

key win: Mad Greek                       Notable loss: Blue Collar

17   Astrokitty              record:4-6        pool play: 2-2              rank play:1-4     RPI: 19

key win: Liberty Hall                      Notable loss: Weavers

18 Red Lyon             record:2-8        pool play:2-2            rank play:0-5          RPI:20

key win: Slowride                         notable loss: Astrokitty

19 Wildman      record:5-5           pool play:1-3      rank play:3-2          RPI:16

key win: Blue Collar                        Notable Loss: Slowride

20 Weavers            record:3-7         pool play:2-2       rank play:1-4      RPI:27

key win: Astrokitty                          Notable loss: Liberty Hall

Sorry I ran out of steam towards the end. I think I bit off more than I could chew. Look for my post season tourney preview podcast on lawrence.com with commish Deron and Chris from Red Lyon as well as the brackets which will be released wednesday morning. I can tell you right now it’s anyone’s ball game. But then again, you already knew that.  You know how the kickball gods work. Until next time…see you on the fringe at the fridge by the bridge.  Candlepants.

Cougar’s KVKL RPI Rankings: Week 10 (Final Regular Season Standings)

These are the KVKL RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Standings. For an explanation of what is the RPI, please refer to my blog at http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/rpi-101/  with a reference from http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/

The RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) formula is as followed: 25% team’s winning percentage + 50% team’s strength of schedule + 25% team’s opponents’ strength of schedule. The three numbers inside the parentheses, at the far right of each RPI ranking, are raw numbers BEFORE being multiplied by the appropriate percentage in the RPI formula.
RPI Ranking/Team name/RPI rating/ (team’s winning %, team’s strength of schedule, team’s opponents’ strength of schedule)
1. Pita Pit .705 (1.00, .622, .575)
2. First Blood .659 (.800, .633, .567)
3. Jazzhaus .650 (.800, .622, .554)
4. Eastsiders .626 (.600, .667, .567)
5. Lovegarden .619 (.800, .567, .541)
6. Rangelife Records .596 (.800, .528, .527)
7. Sacred Sword .570 (.400, .656, .566)
8. Tellers .554 (.600, .550, .516)
9. Das Boot .552 (.500, .589, .529)
10. Screamers .541 (.700, .478, .507)
11. Liberty Hall .5238-repeating decimal (.700, .444-repeating decimal, .506-repeating decimal)
      Mad Greek .5238-repeating decimal (.500, .544-repeating decimal, .506-repeating decimal)
13. Brew Ballers .52249-repeating decimal (.600, .488-repeating decimal, .512-repeating decimal)
14. Yello Sub .520 (.400, .589, .499)
15. Slowride Roadhouse .516 (.700, .433, .494)
16. Wildman Vintage .492638-repeating decimal (.500, .494-repeating decimal, .4816-repeating decimal)
17. Eldridge .4916-repeating decimal (.500, .488-repeating decimal, .488-repeating decimal)
18. Blue Collar Press. 490 (.500, .483, .491)
19. Astrokitty .486 (.400, .511, .518)
20. Red Lyon .458 (.200, .556, .518)
21. West Coast Saloon .44249-repeating decimal (.600, .355-repeating decimal, .458-repeating decimal)
       Miltons .44249-repeating decimal (.300, .488-repeating decimal, .492-repeating decimal)
23. Channel 6 .43305-repeating decimal (.300, .477-repeating decimal, .476-repeating decimal)
24. Free State Brewery .432-repeating decimal (.400, .433-repeating decimal, .462-repeating decimal)
25. Open Sky Landscaping .420 (.400, .411, .457)
26. Weavers .418 (.300, .444, .483)
27. Girls w/ LSE .384 (.300, .394, .447)
28. Replay Lounge .374 (.300, .367, .461)
29. Lady Lumps .318 (.000, .411, .449)
30. Solidarity .316 (.091, .367, .436)

Candlepants’ KVKL Top 20 Rankings: Week 9

So I thought I’d make everyone sweat even more this week and post this on Wednesday. Actually I’m just lazy and drank too much. I’m going to keep the chatter to a minimum this week since I will be doing a very special tournament preview breakdown after week 10. I’ll have everone’s record next to their ranking as well as their RPI, Division record, and Rank Play record. I’ll also have my thoughts on which division did the best/worst and other tidbits like that. It’ll be fun and thorough so check it out.  

  Once again though, I can’t stress enough about how excited I am for week 10’s game of the week: Lady Lumps vs. Solidarity! I’ll be there umping to make sure no one throws the game on purpose to become one of the most infamous teams in KVKL history…a completly defeated 0-10! Maybe we should get a Detroit Lions jersey to give to the losing team or something like that…all I know is this is one KVKL game you don’t want to miss.  Maybe Pooh will make an appearance.

Thanks for all the kind words regarding my quad, feels like I’ll be out there this sunday. Until then, here’s my Top 20 KVKL rankings after week 9:

1 Pita Pit

2 First Blood

3 Love Garden

4 Jazzhaus

5 Eastsiders

6 Rangelife

7 Sacred Sword

8 Brew Ballers

9 Tellers

10 Eldridge

11 Das Boot

12 Screamers

13 Liberty Hall

14 Astrokitty

15 Mad Greek

16 Yellow Sub

17 Slowride

18 Red Lyon

19 Wildman

20 Blue Collar

Candlepants.

Cougar’s KVKL RPI Rankings: Week 9

These are the KVKL RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Standings. For an explanation of what is the RPI, please refer to my blog at http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/rpi-101/  with a reference from http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/

The RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) formula is as followed: 25% team’s winning percentage + 50% team’s strength of schedule + 25% team’s opponents’ strength of schedule. The three numbers inside the parentheses, at the far right of each RPI ranking, are raw numbers BEFORE being multiplied by the appropriate percentage in the RPI formula.

RPI Ranking/Team name/RPI rating/ (team’s winning %, team’s strength of schedule, team’s opponents’ strength of schedule)
1. Pita Pit .713 (1.00, .639, .573)
2. First Blood .676 (.889, .625, .562)
3. Eastsiders .650 (.667, .683, .563)
4. Jazzhaus .631 (.778, .597, .546)
5. Lovegarden .604 (.778, .556, .522)
6. Rangelife Records .603 (.778, .548, .535)
7. Sacred Sword .571 (.444, .641, .556)
8. Tellers .569 (.667, .552, .505)
9. Screamers .555 (.778, .458, .523)
10. Das Boot .535 (.444, .583, .527)
11. Mad Greek .530 (.444, .583, .506)
12. Brew Ballers .514 (.556, .500, .500)
13. Liberty Hall .510 (.667, .431, .508)
14. Slowride Roadhouse .506 (.667, .431, .491)
15. Yello Sub .505 (.333, .597, .493)
16. Astrokitty .496 (.444, .514, .512)
17. Wildman Vintage .493 (.556, .460, .496)
18. Eldridge .477 (.556, .431, .486)
19. Blue Collar Press .474 (.444, .484, .485)
20. Red Lyon .470 (.222, .569, .516)
21. Miltons .454 (.333, .500, .482)
22. Channel 6 .446 (.333, .486, .479)
23. Open Sky Landscaping .418 (.444, .375, .477)
24. Weavers .417 (.333, .431, .469)
25. Free State Brewery .416 (.333, .431, .468)
26. West Coast Saloon .413 (.556, .314, .468)
27. Girls w/ LSE .382 (.333, .377, .441)
28. Replay Lounge .352 (.222, .361, .460)
29. Lady Lumps .340 (.000, .458, .445)
30. Solidarity .300 (.000, .389, .419)

Cougar’s KVKL RPI Rankings: Week 8

These are the KVKL RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Rankings. For an explanation of what is the RPI, please refer to be blog at http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/rpi-101/ with a reference from http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/

The RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) formula is as followed: 25% team’s winning percentage + 50% team’s strength of schedule + 25% team’s opponents’ strength of schedule. The three numbers inside the parentheses, at the far right of each RPI ranking, are raw numbers BEFORE being multiplied by the appropriate percentage in the RPI formula.
RPI Ranking/Team name/RPI rating/ (team’s winning %, team’s strength of schedule, team’s opponents’ strength of schedule)

1. Pita Pit .716 (1.00, .643, .577)
2. First Blood .677 (.875, .643, .544)
3. Eastsiders .665 (.750, .667, .573)
4. Jazzhaus .643 (.750, .655, .508)
5. Rangelife Records .627 (.750, .617, .520)
6. Lovegarden .597 (.875, .500, .513)
7. Sacred Sword .587 (.500, .652, .542)
8. Tellers .586 (.750, .533, .524)
9. Das Boot .558 (.500, .589, .551)
10. Screamers .550 (.750, .464, .520)
11. Mad Greek .539 (.500, .571, .513)
12. Astrokitty .533 (.500, .554, .522)
13. Yello Sub .510 (.375, .583, .494)
14. Slowride Roadhouse .502 (.625, .446, .491)
15. Liberty Hall .498 (.625, .431, .504)
16. Brew Ballers .486 (.500, .473, .496)
17. Wildman Vintage .482 (.500, .464, 499)
18. Blue Collar Press .475 (.375, .512, .501)
19. Red Lyon .470 (.250, .554, .520)
20. Milton’s .459 (.375, .485, .488)
21. Eldridge .454 (.500, .429, .457)
22. Channel 6 .436 (.375, .441, .484)
23. Free State Brewery .424 (.375, .411, .497)
24. Open Sky Landscaping .402 (.375, .396, .481)
25. West Coast Saloon .399 (.571, .274, .474)
26. Weavers .390 (.250, .429, .446)
27. Girls w/ LSE .351 (.143, .411, .435)
28. Replay Lounge .350 (.250, .339, .467)
29. Lady Lumps .333 (.000, .438, .456)
30. Solidarity .294 (.000, .384, .406)

Candlepants’ KVKL Top 20 Rankings: Week 8

So I decided to wait until tuesday to post the new top 20. Wanted to make everyone sweat a bit. Week 8 turned out to be one of the best weeks so far this year with 7 games decided by 3 runs or less, 4 games decided by 2 runs or less, and two one run games!  Remember when I predicted that the second half of this season would be the best five game stretch in the history of KVKL? Looks like its headed that way. We might see an undefeated team(Pita Pit 8-0) and a defeated team this year(Solidarity & Lady Lumps are both 0-8). In fact, I may have to come out of ‘game of the week umping retirement’ for that week 10 game of Solidarity vs Lady Lumps. I can’t wait!

Wish me a speedy recovery as this week I will truly be living on the fringe since I severely sprained my left quad in Rangelife’s extremely close game vs Das Boot. I’ll be working the sidelines and be in full heckle mode though. Last time I got injured during a kickball season my team went on to win the title (Jensens 05). Is this the omen I’ve been waiting for from the kickball gods? Maybe now I’ll organize a practice since we haven’t had one yet. 

And now your week 8 KVKL Top 20 Rankings:

1 Pita Pit (first undefeated season since 2003?)

2 First Blood (I feel sorry for any defense facing this team)

3 Love Garden (they keep creeping up the rankings)

4 Jazzhaus (FYI: don’t kick it to 3rd base)

5 Eastsiders (don’t sleep, they only lost by 2 to Pita Pit)

6 Sacred Sword (their schedule is brutal but they’re still one of the best)

7 Rangelife (skinny white boys making some noise)

8 Tellers (they have a whip, and they know how to use it!)

9 Das Boot (as i predicted in week 2 they’ll be trouble in the tournament)

10 Brew Ballers (back in the top 10 after a close win over Eldridge)

11 Eldridge (i want them to do something with that parking lot next to the hotel?)

12 Screamers (they’re showing that they are the #3 to beat)

13 Liberty Hall (they play Screamers in week 10: that’ll be a hott game!)

14 Mad Greek (tough loss last week, remember they made a run last tourney though)

15 Astrokitty (i love the battle between all these #3’s, it’s anyone’s game!)

16 Yellow Sub (they’ve had a lot of close losses this year but they can do damage)

17 Red Lyon (i hope to see Chris off crutches this week, good luck dogg)

18 Wildman (looks like that food drive paid off, Rangelife looks healthy)

19 Weavers (ever been in the basement there? they got great kitchenware?^%$#?)

20 Slowride (last but not least)

till next week…dr. candlepants.

Cougar’s KVKL RPI Rankings: Week 7

These are the KVKL RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Standings. For an explanation of what is the RPI, please refer to my blog at http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/rpi-101/ with a reference from http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/

The RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) formula is as followed: 25% team’s winning percentage + 50% team’s strength of schedule + 25% team’s opponents’ strength of schedule. The three numbers inside the parentheses, at the far right of each RPI ranking, are raw numbers BEFORE being multiplied by the appropriate percentage in the RPI formula.

RPI Ranking/Team name/RPI rating/ (team’s winning %, team’s strength of schedule, team’s opponents’ strength of schedule)
1. Pita Pit .715 (1.00, .643, .573)
2. Eastsiders .683 (.857, .657, .560)
3. First Blood .678 (.857, .667, .520)
4. Jazzhaus .659 (.857, .633, .511)
5. Rangelife Records .613 (.714, .610, .515)
6. Sacred Sword .592 (.571, .633, .526)
7. Tellers .588 (.714, .562, .512)
8. Lovegarden .586 (.857, .500, .488)
9. Das Boot .575 (.571, .595, .537)
10. Mad Greek .549 (.571, .548, .529)
11. Astrokitty .548 (.571, .548, .525)
12. Screamers .539 (.714, .452, .534)
13. Yello Sub .512 (.286, .633, .492)
14. Slowride Roadhouse .490 (.571, .452, .534)
15. Wildman Vintage .476 (.429, .471, .531)
16. Red Lyon .475 (.286, .548, .514)
17. Eldridge .473 (.571, .429, .458)
18. Liberty Hall .469 (.571, .405, .493)
      Miltons .469 (.429, .476, .497)
20. Channel 6 .466 (.429, .490, .457)
21. Blue Collar Press .456 (.286, .510, .516)
22. Free State Brewery .450 (.429, .429, .513)
23. Brew Ballers .442 (.429, .414, .512)
24. Weavers .404 (.286, .452, .424)
25. West Coast Saloon .381 (.500, .262, .501)
26. Open Sky Landscaping .373 (.286, .357, .486)
27. Lady Lumps .358 (.000, .486, .459)
28. Replay Lounge .354 (.286, .333, .450)
29. Girls w/ LSE .318 (.000, .424, .422)
30. Solidarity .283 (.000, .357. 416)

Candlepants’ KVKL Top 20 Rankings: Week 7

Ah just 3 weeks left in the regular season. We’ve had the most beautiful weather of any kickball season I can remember…lets hope it stays that way for next week!  There were 3 rematches in week 7 (Eastsiders v Sacred Sword, Tellers v Rangelife, & West Coast v GWLSE) and only Rangelife Records was able to avenge their early season loss. Sacred Sword had a nice rally late but fell just a bit short. The Love Garden v First Blood & Pita Pit v Jazzhaus games proved that the run for the championship could be won by anyone. Both games came down to the wire and this could be a preview of the Final Four to come in the tourney. Personally I’m holding out for the Solidarity v Lady Lumps game of the week in the final week of the season…it’ll be magical!

Now that we’ve played a couple of “Rank” play games, I’m giving an upgrade and downgrade assessment for one team in each rank #1-#5. Teams on the upgrade list are on the rise so watch out if they’re in your ranking while teams on the downgrade list might be slipping a bit amongst their peers with the same rank. As always though, don’t overlook anyone because on any given sunday… 

                Upgraded                                         Downgraded

#1            Jazzhaus                                          Sacred Sword

#2           Das Boot                                            Red Lyon

#3            Astrokitty                                          Yellow Sub

#4           Slowride                                               Replay

#5           Free State                                             GWLSE 

Now that you know who’s hott and who’s not in each rank, here’s the top 20 for week 7.  

1  Pita Pit

2  First Blood

3  Jazzhaus

4  Love Garden

5  Eastsiders

6  Sacred Sword

7  Rangelife Records

8  Tellers

9   Eldridge

10  Das Boot

11  Screamers

12  Astrokitty

13  Mad Greek

14  Brew Ballers

15  Liberty Hall

16  Yellow Sub

17  Red Lyon

18  Weavers

19  Slow Ride

20 Wildman

till next week…the candle of pants.

Candlepants’ KVKL Top 20: Week 6

The second half of the season has begun and what a wonderful start!  As many predicted there were some amazing games out there on sunday including Yellow Sub vs Screamers(came down to the last out) and Pita Pit vs First Blood(amazing rematch from last years’ championship).  A lot of people have been giving me crap by ranking Pita Pit #1 over First Blood but like I said the champs is the champs until someone beats them! There hasn’t been an undefeated team since 2003 when Wattleneck won it all(remember the mysterious 5th foul controversy?), could this be the year for Pita Pit? It’d be quite a feat considering the field of competition, but it’d be fun to see. The last time they went undefeated in the regular season(as Papa Kenos) they lost in the playoffs. Can’t wait to see how it plays out this year. I also can’t wait for the Tellers vs Rangelife rematch this week as well as the game of the week, Liberty Hall vs Astrokitty! I might come out of hibernation to ump the game of the week on sunday with cougs & crew so heckle the shit out of me (and beer me) if you see me out there. Don’t try to pull me back because I’m living on the fringe! Candlepants.

1 Pita Pit (the most balanced team in the league)

2 First Blood (their offense is amazing but can their ‘D’ shut people down?)

3 Love Garden (KVKL’s only 2 time champs are trying to stop Pita Pit from joining that elite company)

4 Jazzhaus (they keep creeping up…watch out y’all)

5 Eastsiders (sorry i called you easysiders two weeks ago…it was a typo.)

6 Sacred Sword (don’t sleep they can still bunt their way to the top)

7 Tellers (holding steady)

8 Rangelife (not bad for not having a practice yet)

9 Eldridge (they can compete with anyone)

10 Das Boot (they’re getting better all the time…i don’t want to play them)

11 Brew Ballers ( Green is the new Black)

12 Screamers (nice win over Yellow Sub)

13 red Lyon (Jameson anyone?)

14 Liberty Hall (they look so cute in baby blue)

15 Mad Greek (watch out #3’s, here they come!)

16 Astrokitty (congrats and enjoy your first game of the week. try not to poop your pants in front of everybody)

17 Yellow Sub (this team could cause some trouble in the playoffs)

18 Weavers (since 1864?)

19  Channel 6 (nice homer at Wrigley, but can you kick one at Cowser?)

20 Slowride (who doesn’t love a slow ride? congrats on being the last one in)

Cougar’s KVKL RPI Rankings: Week 6

These are the KVKL RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Standings. For an explanation of what is the RPI, please refer to my blog at http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/rpi-101/ with a reference from the website http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/ 

The RPI formula is as followed: 25% team’s winning percentage + 50% team’s strength of schedule + 25% team’s opponents’ strength of schedule. The three numbers inside the parentheses, at the far right of each RPI ranking, are raw numbers BEFORE being multiplied by the appropriate percentage in the RPI formula.

RPI Ranking/Team name/RPI rating/ (team’s winning %, team’s strength of schedule, team’s opponents’ strength of schedule)
1. Jazzhaus .686 (1.00, .600, .544)
2. Pita Pit .669 (1.00, .567, .544)
3. Eastsiders .658 (.833, .633, .533)
4. Sacred Sword .626 (.667, .667, .505)
5. First Blood .616 (.833, .567, .500)
6. Tellers .606 (.833, .533, .522)
7. Lovegarden .604 (1.00, .467, .483)
8. Rangelife Records .576 (.667, .567, .505)
9. Yello Sub .557 (.333, .700, .494)
10. Das Boot .534 (.500, .567, .506)
11. Mad Greek .527 (.500, .567, .472)
12. Screamers .522 (.667, .433, .550)
13. Brew Ballers .506 (.500, .500, .522)
14. Astrokitty Comics .504 (.500, .500, .517)
      Channel 6 .504 (.500, .500, .517)
16. Liberty Hall .495 (.667, .400, .511)
17. Miltons .489 (.333, .567, .489)
18. Eldridge .483 (.500, .500, .433)
19. Slowride Roadhouse .466 (.500, .433, .494)
20. Wildman Vintage .444 (.333, .467, .511)
21. Red Lyon Tavern .442 (.333, .467, .505)
22. West Coast Saloon .441 (.500, .367, .533)
       Blue Collar Press .441 (.333, .467, .500)
24. Free State Brewery .438 (.333, .467, .489)
25. Weavers .423 (.333, .467, .428)
26. Open Sky Landscaping .361 (.167, .400, .478)
27. Replay Lounge .352 (.333, .300, .478)
28. Lady Lumps .349 (.000, .467, .461)
29. Girls w/ LSE .339 (.000, .433, .489)
30. Solidarity .313 (.000, .400, .450)