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Sunday Basketball League
League Notes:
1) Team Schedule: while you're all together in the gym today, talk about NEXT week, and let us know of any changes to next week's schedule, or if you want, any input on tonight.  Text or voicemail to office line. We are able to accommodate most input if given time enough. 503 597 8819
2) Stop Clock Rule change: Last 2 Minutes: clock now 'Toggles' in/out time based on the 6pt (Stop Clock) / 7pt (Run Clock) limit.
3) Sunday Fall 1 2017: Your team will play 8 games over 7 weeks as our dates for Sun Fall 1 are: Aug 27th, Sep 3, 10, 17, 24th, Oct, 1, 8th.
Sunday October 1st (6 of 7)
UnderBold means two games this day
Crew Chief Referee Gym Lead Time Location Home Team Visitor Team
Burns-T Richards-M Burns-T 12:45pm @ Columbia Christian School
Burns-T Richards-M Burns-T 1:40pm @ Columbia Christian School
Burns-T Richards-M Burns-T 2:40pm @ Columbia Christian School
Burns-T Peterson-J Burns-T 3:35pm @ Columbia Christian School
Buse-K Peterson-J Buse-K 4:30pm @ Columbia Christian School
Buse-K Peterson-J Buse-K 5:25pm @ Columbia Christian School
Stinson-D Buse-K Stinson-D 6:25pm @ Columbia Christian School
Stinson-D Beberness-C Stinson-D 7:20pm @ Columbia Christian School
Stinson-D Beberness-C Stinson-D 8:15pm @ Columbia Christian School
Stinson-D Tillman-M Stinson-D 9:10pm @ Columbia Christian School
Stinson-D Gym clean Stinson-D 10:00pm @ Columbia Christian  Gym clean
Nelson-M Penn-L Nelson-M 4:30pm @ Salvation Army
Nelson-M Penn-L Nelson-M 5:25pm @ Salvation Army
Nelson-M McKenzie-L Nelson-M 6:20pm @ Salvation Army
Nelson-M McKenzie-L Nelson-M 7:15pm @ Salvation Army
Nelson-M McKenzie-L Nelson-M 8:10pm @ Salvation Army
Richards-M Tillman-L McElroy-K 5:00pm @ Warner Pacific College
McElroy-K Tillman-L McElroy-K 5:55pm @ Warner Pacific College
McElroy-K Tillman-M McElroy-K 6:50pm @ Warner Pacific College
McElroy-K Tillman-M McElroy-K 7:45pm @ Warner Pacific College
Vaughn-K Richardson-G Vaughn-K 5:50pm @ Prince of Peace  Lutheran Church
Vaughn-K Richardson-G Vaughn-K 6:45pm @ Prince of Peace  Lutheran Church

  • We have playoffs: College Football has Playoffs -finally- and so does PortlandBasketball.com! The reason we did not do playoffs in the past is because playoffs- historically have teams no-showing (no shows occurred because 'playoffs' occur in set times & locations that did not fit certain teams needs) and so historically PortlandBasketball.com found that teams would rather have all their games be intentionally scheduled rather than have playoffs that occur in a bad time/location. In fact, PortlandBasketball.com focus is two things we consider more important: 1. we provide parity each week (close games) & 2. we allow for schedule requests.
  • There are 3 championships per year; here is how we define our seasons: Fall 1 & Fall 2 (will produce one Fall championship). Winter 1 & Winter 2 (will have one Winter championship). Spring 1 & Spring 2 (will have one Spring Championship). In Summer we only run a Summer 1 session (no 2nd season) and so there is no tournament- you are just playing 8 games and you are playing for rankings.
  • Date of playoffs: the final week of the 2nd season (for example- for Spring 1 season & Spring 2 season, the championship will occur on the final date of 'Spring 2' season)
  • Awards: you get a photo- Facebook fame! And you got to play 1 free game (the Championship game is an extra/bonus game).
  • To qualify- requirement #1: to play in the tournament you must have played in both seasons of that 'seasonal name' (example for 'Spring' you must have played in Spring1 & Spring2). Exception: for teams that joined late you can 'pay for extra games' as long as you get to 10 games one week prior to the playoff dates).
  • To qualify- requirement #2: - you must finish in the top 4 rankings (in your skill level) & (from the day that you are playing).
  • To qualify- requirement #3: you must be a team with matching jersey colors (every week) plus you paid on time.
  • To quality- requirement #4: if your team caused a game to end early- your team will not eligible to partake in the playoffs
  • The following are the championships that will occur (must play both the 1st & 2nd season- such as Fall1 & Fall2 to be eligible):
  • Monday A & B (the top 4 teams from all the As and Bs will be invited to one combined A tournament)
  • Monday C (the top 4 teams from all the Cs will be invited to a C championship tournament)
  • Monday Rec (the top 4 teams from all the RECREATIONAL teams will be invited to a RECREATIONAL championship tournament)
  • Monday WOMEN  (top 2 ranked teams after the 2 seasons- will play for the 'Womens league championship')
  • Tuesday (top 4 ranked teams after the 2 seasons- will play for the 'Tuesday league championship')
  • Wednesday A & B (the top 4 teams from all the As and Bs will be invited to one combined A tournament)
  • Wednesday C (the top 4 teams from all the Cs will be invited to a C championship tournament)
  • Wednesday Rec (the top 4 teams from all the RECREATIONAL teams will be invited to a RECREATIONAL championship tournament)
  • Thursday (top 4 ranked teams from all the levels- after the 2 seasons- will play for the 'Thursday league championship')
  • Friday (this league does not have a championship- just 7 games)
  • Saturday (this league does not have a championship- just 7 games)
  • Sunday A & B (the top 4 teams from all the As and Bs will be invited to one combined A tournament)
  • Sunday C (the top 4 teams from all the Cs will be invited to a C championship tournament)
  • Sunday Rec (the top 4 teams from all the RECREATIONAL teams will be invited to a RECREATIONAL championship tournament)
  • Sunday COED (top 2 ranked CoEd teams after the 2 seasons- will play for the 'CoEd league championship')
PortlandBasketball.com Fall 1 & 2 A & B Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun Mastercraft Sun 4 0 1.00 78 72 6 2.25 W4 45.00
2 Sun Dirty Doug 5 0 1.00 86 72 13 2.08 W5 44.74
3 Sun NW Elite  (Sun)  3 1 0.75 89 78 12 2.75 W2 37.86
4 Sun VSM 2 4 0.33 74 82 15 3.24 L1 37.32
5 Sun Tropics 1 4 0.20 67 69 7 3.60 L4 31.83
6 Sun Old School (Masters) 0 4 0.00 69 84 15 2.90 L4 28.38
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Fall 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Fall 2.
 Masters 40+ Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun The Mike Perkins (Masters) 3 0 1.00 86 74 12 0.89 W3 36.63
2 Wed SWAG Northwest (Masters) 3 1 0.75 77 67 14 2.43 W1 35.54
3 Sun Average Joes (masters) 3 3 0.50 64 63 12 2.03 L1 31.70
4 Wed Oldest Rebels (masters) 3 1 0.75 73 67 10 1.14 W1 31.34
5 Sun Old School (Masters) 0 4 0.00 69 84 15 2.90 L4 28.38
6 Wed LandSharks (Masters) 1 3 0.25 62 81 22 2.73 W1 26.51
7 Wed Robinsons Canby (wed) Masters 1 3 0.25 77 79 9 0.99 L3 25.12
Sunday Fall 1 & 2 C Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun The Mike Perkins (Masters) 3 0 1.00 86 74 12 0.89 W3 36.63
2 Sun Karls Killas 5 1 0.83 68 64 7 2.67 W2 36.27
3 Sun Haitian Zoe Boys 4 1 0.80 76 69 13 1.60 W4 34.85
4 Sun PM Dawn  3 1 0.75 70 61 18 1.52 L1 34.17
5 Sun Chrisscrossover 4 1 0.80 81 70 13 0.87 W2 34.24
6 Sun Snap Fitness Ballers 4 2 0.67 71 64 12 2.33 L2 34.03
7 Sun #Hashtag 4 2 0.67 73 71 8 2.17 W2 33.91
8 Sun Mantelopes (gresham) 3 3 0.50 77 72 12 2.29 L1 32.08
9 Sun Average Joes (masters) 3 3 0.50 64 63 12 2.03 L1 31.70
10 Sun RB Legacy Sunday C  1 5 0.17 72 83 14 3.34 W1 28.97
11 Sun X-Tropics 1 5 0.17 67 74 10 2.32 W1 28.10
12 Sun Dont Look 1 5 0.17 61 69 14 2.17 L5 27.76
13 Sun Pick to Play 0 4 0.00 63 71 8 2.75 L4 26.50
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Fall 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Fall 2.
Sunday Fall 1 & 2 Rec Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun Never Nudes 5 1 0.83 66 61 6 0.83 L1 32.89
2 Sun No Limit 4 1 0.80 75 69 9 0.83 W2 32.10
3 Sun Team Reamers 2 1 0.67 66 58 15 2.13 W2 32.05
4 Sun Fat & Slow 3 3 0.50 52 55 12 1.51 L1 29.18
5 Sun RB Legacy Sunday REC 3 3 0.50 76 77 22 1.32 W2 28.83
6 Sun F-League Dream Team 2 2 0.50 67 68 17 1.17 L1 28.48
7 Sun Rose City Rain 2 4 0.33 66 69 17 1.70 W1 27.37
8 Sun SWYB 0 2 0.00 72 86 15 1.20 L2 22.35
9 Sun Tom Sellecks Mustache 0 5 0.00 46 68 22 1.30 L5 22.20
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Fall 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Fall 2.
Sunday Fall 1 & 2 Coed Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun A Team has no name (Coed) 4 2 0.67 65 60 11 1.17 W1 30.76
2 Sun Simply Ballin (COED) 4 2 0.67 82 64 21 0.67 L1 30.13
3 Sun PDX7 (COED) 2 4 0.33 66 70 8 2.19 W2 28.24
4 Sun Slackers (vancouver) 2 4 0.33 54 65 16 1.50 W2 26.73
5 Sun Adam and Friends 0 3 0.00 52 72 20 1.67 L3 22.58
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Fall 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Fall 2.

Legal Guarding position (1 min)

Legal defensive position is that you are square (in front of) opponent prior to their final step of the move/shot. After the 'moment' of being in front and in 'legal guarding position'- you can be moving backward and/or jumping up and contact should be legal, as seen in this video; in fact, if you are in front and displaced, it can be a charge call.

Incidental contact (21 sec)

This play could have been a no-call as the contact seems very incidental ('incidental' meaning- the contact did not create an unfair advantage for the person being contacted). This video seems to show a defender flopping, not a defender displaced by contact and therefore this could just as easily be a 'no-call' from the referee as the contact was incidental.

Incidental contact (26sec) example 2

Defense gets to position prior to final step of offensive player- thus, the contact is going to be a no call or an offensive foul (offensive foul if the offensive player then displaces/dislodges the defender).

No Call - On a Shot (40 sec)

This is a no-call because the defense is there. Restated - contact is legal if the defense is there first.

No Call - On a Shot (1 min) example 2

This could be a no-call as the contact is not creating a disadvantage and trained referees know that a foul requires three things: 1) illegal position with 2) contact and 3) a disadvantage created and as the ball goes in pretty easily in this video, it kind of makes the argument that there was not really a disadvantage created.

Block/Charge? (36 sec)

Defense gets to position prior to final step of offensive player- thus, the contact is going to be a no call or an offensive foul (offensive foul if the offensive player then displaces/dislodges the defender).

Block/Charge? (1 min) example 2

This looks like a good call (a defensive foul). Plus if you think about it- a defender really should be 'defending'- not setting up for flops. A defender is a player trying to legally impede an offensive player from scoring- but the guy in the video is not trying to prevent scoring as much as he is trying to 'work the referees'.

Various Examples of Foul Calls (6 minutes)

PortlandBasketball.Com encourages players and referees to watch this video. There are 10 explanations of fouls vs 'no calls' vs charges in this training video.

Law of Verticality (1 minute)

If defender gets "in front of" an offensive player prior to that offensive player's final step of his move/shot, than that defender is entitled to (law of verticality) to the space behind him and 'to the ceiling'; in other words the defender can jump straight up (but- proof of jumping straight up- is that defender landed close to the same spot on floor when coming down). Important- for safety- to understand this concept of jumping straight up as opposed to jumping outward.

Law of Verticality (6 minutes) explanation

All players in PortlandBasketball.com, for safety reasons, need to watch this video explanation of the law of verticality and how it relates to safety- thank you.

2016 Verticality Rule

2016 Definition of a Foul &/or a No-Call