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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 Spring 2: Your team will play 8 games over 9 weeks as our dates for Sun Spr 2 are: May 7, 14 (Mothers Day, Pick your time frame or Skip), 21, 28th (Optional Holliday), June 4, 11, 18 (Fathers Day, Pick your time frame or skip), 25th, July 2nd .
Sunday May 28th (Optional 4 of 9) If your team wants to play - today is Optional and you have to text us that you want to play 
UnderBold means two games this day
Crew Chief Referee Gym Lead Time Location Home Team Visitor Team
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Nelson-M Reinhard-J Nelson-M 4:30pm @ Columbia Christian School Rose City Rain vs Steady Progression
Nelson-M Reinhard-J Nelson-M 5:30pm @ Columbia Christian School CORT Ballers vs Thickfreakness 1
Nelson-M Tillman-M Nelson-M 6:30pm @ Columbia Christian School Hampton Inn and suites vs Thickfreakness 2
Nelson-M Tillman-M Nelson-M 7:30pm @ Columbia Christian School SPYCE vs Snap Fitness Ballers
Nelson-M Tillman-M Nelson-M 8:25pm @ Columbia Christian School Islanders vs Cut the Check (Vancouver)
McElroy-K Lashley-S Lashley-S 6:00pm @ Club Sport AMF (Club Sport) vs 40Roll?
McElroy-K Lashley-S Lashley-S 7:00pm @ Club Sport Bates Group (Club Sport) vs Old school

  • 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 4 championships per year; here is how we define our seasons: each season such as Summer 1 & Summer 2 are separately paid for 7 game seasons, but for the sake of defining a 'Summer Champion', it is the combination of the playing in both Summer 1 & Summer 2 that creates your overall record to get you in the 'Summer Championship tournament' (restated: 'Summer1' & 'Summer2'- will have one Summer champion). Thus, PortlandBasketball.com will have a Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring tournament.
  • 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 Spring 1 & 2 A Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun SPYCE 3 0 1.00 81 71 10 2.69 W3 44.51
2 Wed Portland Marathon  10 1 0.91 91 80 17 3.02 W1 44.15
3 Mon Milk and Cookies 13 1 0.93 95 76 21 2.99 W6 43.93
4 Mon 3s Get Degrees 5 1 0.83 82 71 17 2.91 W4 42.60
5 Sun Wednesdays Work 8 3 0.73 81 67 14 3.19 W1 41.64
6 Sun AMF (Club Sport) 2 1 0.67 84 78 6 2.67 W2 40.46
7 Sun Canoes 6 4 0.60 90 84 7 3.51 L1 40.29
8 Sun J5 (SUN) 4 3 0.57 70 66 5 2.09 W1 38.82
9 Wed We Want Jimmy 5 9 0.36 81 91 8 3.37 W5 37.50
10 Sun Snap Fitness Ballers 4 6 0.40 63 83 20 3.57 L3 37.39
11 Wed JLS Custom Homes 2 7 0.22 77 86 11 3.68 L1 36.11
12 Sun Mastercraft Sun 2 6 0.25 62 65 3 2.81 W1 35.31
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Spring 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Spring 2.
 Masters 40+ Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Mon CompView (Masters) 10 2 0.83 81 61 14 1.83 W5 35.78
2 Wed MAC Masters 6 3 0.67 68 84 16 2.46 L3 35.67
3 Wed Pick to Play Eastside Masters 5 1 0.83 87 73 16 1.68 W1 35.51
4 Wed SWAG Northwest (Masters) 8 4 0.67 88 72 11 1.79 L1 33.67
5 Mon Robinsons Canby (Mon) Masters 7 5 0.58 69 69 5 1.25 W2 31.80
6 Mon Clackamas PCC Deer Creek 6 5 0.55 67 62 4 1.04 W2 31.19
7 Mon Polity Hoops (Masters) 5 6 0.45 61 63 4 2.06 L2 31.01
8 Wed Davis (masters) 5 7 0.42 72 78 7 2.35 W2 30.86
9 Mon Toolby (Masters) 4 7 0.36 74 63 15 1.99 W1 30.13
10 Wed MAC Platinum (Masters) 5 2 0.71 74 69 10 0.49 W1 29.89
11 Mon The Domestics (Masters) 3 8 0.27 60 64 6 2.48 L1 29.23
12 Wed MAC GM (Masters) 3 3 0.50 69 73 15 1.55 L2 28.66
13 Wed Oldest Rebels (masters) 1 3 0.25 65 74 17 1.21 L1 27.60
14 Mon Robs Real Estate Services (Masters) 4 5 0.44 64 81 21 1.27 L4 27.29
15 Wed Robinsons Canby (wed) Masters 4 10 0.29 81 82 12 1.59 W1 26.34
16 Wed LandSharks (Masters) 1 12 0.08 59 73 19 1.57 L2 23.36
Sunday Winter 1 & 2 B Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun Team Dele 6 2 0.75 69 60 10 2.57 W3 37.88
2 Sun Old School (Masters) 8 2 0.80 70 67 3 1.98 L1 37.84
3 Sun Tropics 5 7 0.42 65 73 9 2.71 L2 33.68
4 Sun Bates Group (Club Sport) 1 2 0.33 86 86 0 1.86 L1 32.23
5 Sun Ball Above All 1 3 0.25 73 75 2 2.42 L3 31.58
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Spring 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Spring 2.
Sunday Winter 1 & 2 C Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun Team 902 3 1 0.75 84 76 9 2.04 W3 34.71
2 Sun RB Legacy Sunday C  9 3 0.75 77 62 15 1.92 W4 34.67
3 Sun The Mike Perkins (Masters) 6 2 0.75 73 81 8 1.82 W1 34.21
4 Sun Chriscrossover 8 3 0.73 86 73 13 1.72 W3 34.19
5 Sun Mantelopes (gresham) 8 4 0.67 73 67 6 2.44 L1 34.02
6 Sun PM Dawn  6 4 0.60 70 74 4 2.17 W1 32.78
7 Sun Dustys Busties 1 1 0.50 76 72 5 3.11 W1 32.68
8 Sun The Hangovers (Vancouver) 7 5 0.58 71 55 16 1.65 L1 32.44
9 Sun StumpTown Sasquatch 1 1 0.50 63 67 4 2.83 W1 32.22
10 Sun Burntwood Legends 5 4 0.56 71 66 5 1.85 L1 32.07
11 Sun Average Joes (masters) 6 5 0.55 72 70 3 1.97 W1 32.04
12 Sun #Hashtag 5 4 0.56 72 72 0 1.82 L1 31.97
13 Sun Still got that 10" Vert 5 5 0.50 74 77 3 2.03 W1 31.50
14 Sun 40Roll? 5 6 0.45 73 75 2 1.96 W1 30.88
15 Sun Haitian Zoe Boys 4 7 0.36 86 92 6 2.21 L3 30.12
16 Sun Don’t Look 4 8 0.33 98 93 4 1.56 W1 29.31
17 Sun SWAG Northwest (masters) 3 5 0.38 71 85 14 1.39 L2 29.20
18 Sun Skull Crushers 1 2 0.33 74 78 4 1.49 L1 28.94
19 Sun LTRMN 1 3 0.25 70 73 2 1.93 W1 28.37
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Spring 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Spring 2.
Sunday Winter 1 & 2 Rec Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun Thickfreakness 2 2 0 1.00 65 53 13 1.17 W2 34.35
2 Sun Team Reamers 4 1 0.80 73 64 9 1.68 W2 32.59
3 Sun Let Em Fly 8 2 0.80 78 58 20 1.42 W1 32.45
4 Sun No Limit 4 3 0.57 94 64 30 1.48 W1 30.03
5 Sun Tom Sellecks Mustache 7 5 0.58 56 54 2 1.78 L1 29.97
6 Sun RB Legacy Sunday REC 7 5 0.58 79 77 2 1.22 L2 29.30
7 Sun B.W.V 1 1 0.50 69 66 3 1.50 L1 28.62
8 Sun Replacements 2 2 0.50 71 75 4 1.41 W2 28.42
9 Sun Rose City Rain 5 5 0.50 84 75 9 1.20 L1 28.40
10 Sun Hoop City 4 5 0.44 65 65 0 1.31 W1 27.63
11 Sun Thickfreakness 1 4 5 0.44 57 61 5 1.25 L2 27.43
12 Sun Hampton Inn and suites 1 2 0.33 61 73 12 2.00 W1 27.05
13 Sun F-League Dream Team 3 8 0.27 78 86 8 1.36 L4 25.64
14 Sun PDXers 3 8 0.27 66 86 21 1.32 L2 25.33
15 Sun SWYB 2 8 0.20 78 83 5 1.49 W1 24.98
16 Sun Islanders  0 4 0.00 59 84 25 1.87 L4 22.69
17 Sun Cut the Check (Vancouver) 0 4 0.00 65 75 11 1.27 L4 22.08
18 Sun Cort Ballers 0 3 0.00 61 96 34 1.19 L3 21.69
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Spring 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Spring 2.
Sunday Winter 1 & 2 Coed Division
Day Team W L Win % AVG PF AVG PA AVG DIFF STR OF SCHED STREAK RANK PTS
1 Sun PDX7 (COED) 10 2 0.83 80 64 16 1.25 W4 32.89
2 Sun 3J Consulting (coed) 6 5 0.55 73 63 10 1.12 W2 29.08
3 Sun Simply Ballin (COED) 6 5 0.55 78 82 4 1.06 L2 28.83
4 Sun Never Nudes (COED) 3 7 0.30 56 76 20 1.35 L2 25.97
*Teams who play a minimum of 11 Spring 1 & 2 Games will be playoff eligible Week 6 of Spring 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