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9.29.2010

West Preview - Rollin' on the River

I was really hoping to have a rankings update this week but it looks as if that is very unlikely to happen. I still have to get a preview up of the most hyped region playoffs in roller derby history, though.

Hellarad says that Westerns are the new Nationals. They would be right if Gotham (#1, 10-0) didn't exist. This region is ridiculously stacked from one through seven. It could also be one of the most unpredictable, if not the most unpredictable, of all the regions. Oly (#3, 9-0), Rocky Mountain (#2, 8-1), and Denver (#4, 7-1) have clearly set themselves up to be the three teams heading to nationals again this year. Unless, of course, the grouping of Rose City (#11, 7-4), Rat City (#8, 6-5), and Bay Area (#9, 5-5) has inched close enough to challenge for at least one of those spots. Those three teams essentially just played a round-robin at the Hometown Throwdown and they each finished 1-1. Did I mention this region would be unpredictable?

The matchups in this one are going to be fun to watch. Rose City and Rat City meet on the first day which will be the rubber game of this year's series with Rose taking the first 124-105 and Rat taking the second 155-111. Both games were played in Portland. Another potential rubber game is a possible matchup of Rocky Mountain and Denver in the semifinals. The two squads from Denver haven't played this season but did meet at Westerns and Nationals last year with RMRG taking it 122-107 in a classic at Westerns and the Mile High Club beating a Deranged-less 5280 Fight Club 151-103 in the 3rd Place game of Nationals. Finally, Oly has won both matchups with Rocky Mountain but the third time could be the cliched charm as the Fight Club have never looked better than they do right now.

1: Oly Rollers (#3, 9-0)
2: Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (#2, 8-1)
3: Denver Roller Dolls (#4, 7-1)
4: Rose City Rollers (#11, 7-4)
5: Rat City Rollergirls (#8, 6-5)
6: B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (#9, 5-5)
7: Jet City Rollergirls (#14, 4-2)
8: Duke City Derby (#27, 4-4)
9: Tucson Roller Derby (#38, 5-3)
10: Sacred City Derby Girls (#41, 3-3) 

Champion: Rocky Mountain. All giants fall eventually. Oly is going down this year, whether it's to Rocky Mountain in the Western Championship or Gotham in the WFTDA Championship (or semifinals). The 5280 Fight Club are just too much of a force this season.

Ticket-punchers: Rocky Mountain, Oly, Denver. These three are the cream of some great competition. I don't see any reason to believe that the ticket-punchers won't be a repeat of last year.


Team most likely to play above their seed: Uhh...None. While the Derbytron's picks don't line up exactly with WFTDA's seeds, there is pretty solid reasoning behind the WFTDA seeding. Oly has beat Rocky Mountain twice. Rat City and Rose City split their series this year and Bay Area just went 1-1 against those two teams. You'd have to be a crazy person to think any team is likely to play above their seed.

Predicted finish:
1: Rocky Mountain
2: Oly
3: Denver
4: Rat City
5: Bay Area
6: Rose City
7: Jet City
8: Duke City
9: Tucson
10: Sacred City

9.28.2010

2010 Rankings - September 28

Team Rating 2010 Record Base Rating SOS Games Used 2010 Games
1 Gotham 0.805 10-0 0.757 0.581 15 10
2 Rocky Mountain 0.762 8-1 0.707 0.600 18 9
3 Oly 0.727 9-0 0.759 0.614 15 9
4 Denver 0.703 7-1 0.688 0.571 15 8
5 Philly 0.697 12-4 0.688 0.603 21 16
6 Texas +1 0.689 4-6 0.615 0.602 16 10
7 Rat City +1 0.644 6-5 0.563 0.626 16 11
8 Charm City +7 0.640 7-7 0.539 0.606 19 14
9 Chicago +4 0.639 1-1 0.535 0.470 2 2
10 Bay Area -1 0.638 5-5 0.533 0.559 15 10
11 Rose City 0.636 7-4 0.583 0.591 16 11
12 Detroit -2 0.633 9-3 0.634 0.567 18 12
13 Steel City -7 0.631 12-4 0.625 0.501 20 16
14 Windy City -2 0.627 7-3 0.617 0.596 15 10
15 Jet City -1 0.610 4-2 0.593 0.482 7 6
16 Atlanta 0.599 11-2 0.638 0.500 19 13
17 Boston +1 0.593 5-9 0.535 0.590 20 14
18 Madison -1 0.590 3-8 0.500 0.603 16 11
19 Kansas City 0.574 5-4 0.569 0.543 14 9
20 Minnesota 0.572 7-2 0.556 0.486 15 9
21 Cincinnati +1 0.549 9-4 0.574 0.527 18 13
22 Montreal -1 0.533 11-5 0.581 0.454 20 16
23 Brewcity 0.529 8-5 0.564 0.485 18 13
24 Naptown 0.524 10-5 0.538 0.464 18 15
25 Carolina +6 0.521 6-8 0.476 0.529 20 14
26 Omaha +9 0.520 7-4 0.542 0.465 12 11
27 Dallas -2 0.520 12-7 0.576 0.502 23 19
28 Duke City -1 0.514 4-4 0.509 0.552 13 8
29 Maine -3 0.511 3-2 0.559 0.428 6 5
30 North Star 0.502 6-5 0.498 0.504 16 11
31 Nashville -3 0.502 9-3 0.573 0.479 18 12
32 No Coast -3 0.501 5-2 0.516 0.435 12 7
33 Arch Rival 0.495 4-12 0.439 0.536 21 16
34 Tampa Bay -2 0.486 5-9 0.457 0.501 20 14
35 Pikes Peak +1 0.460 4-6 0.426 0.456 14 10
36 Houston +1 0.456 3-7 0.445 0.510 15 10
37 Tucson +1 0.443 5-3 0.500 0.520 12 8
38 Hard Knox +1 0.436 6-4 0.452 0.431 15 10
39 Grand Raggidy +3 0.432 3-3 0.408 0.459 11 6
40 Sacred City +1 0.428 3-3 0.441 0.516 8 6
41 DC +3 0.427 5-10 0.407 0.481 19 15
42 Providence -2 0.425 4-9 0.447 0.533 18 13
43 Salt City 0.424 3-3 0.428 0.345 7 6
44 Ohio +4 0.423 4-5 0.419 0.439 11 9
45 Fort Wayne +2 0.417 4-4 0.465 0.397 10 8
46 Memphis -1 0.417 4-5 0.452 0.437 15 9
47 Slaughter County +2 0.413 1-2 0.435 0.513 3 3
48 Connecticut -2 0.402 2-4 0.405 0.430 11 6
49 Dutchland -15 0.394 6-7 0.440 0.430 15 13
50 Lava City 0.379 1-3 0.410 0.456 5 4
51 Arizona +1 0.372 5-3 0.451 0.374 8 8
52 Bleeding Heartland -1 0.366 2-5 0.354 0.435 9 7
53 West Texas 0.358 0-1 0.274 0.498 4 1
54 Angel City +1 0.353 0-3 0.360 0.552 8 3
55 Northwest Arkansas +1 0.343 2-3 0.397 0.460 7 5
56 Sioux Falls +1 0.342 0-6 0.382 0.516 8 6
57 Bellingham +1 0.342 0-2 0.393 0.369 3 2
58 Emerald City +2 0.340 2-1 0.397 0.374 3 3
59 Tallahassee 0.338 1-4 0.337 0.487 6 5
60 Dominion +1 0.333 2-3 0.403 0.463 10 5
61 Green Country -7 0.327 4-3 0.474 0.363 9 7
62 Big Easy 0.311 2-4 0.353 0.356 7 6
63 Central Coast 0.304 2-2 0.408 0.348 4 4
64 Burning River 0.288 0-3 0.357 0.495 8 3
65 Oklahoma 0.278 1-3 0.300 0.368 6 4
66 Dixie 0.273 2-7 0.296 0.406 12 9
67 Pacific 0.272 1-5 0.286 0.445 7 6
68 Suburbia +1 0.271 2-5 0.345 0.397 8 7
69 Assassination City -1 0.266 1-7 0.277 0.400 9 8
70 FoCo 0.215 0-2 0.308 0.540 2 2
71 Long Island 0.197 0-1 0.279 0.288 2 1
72 Sin City 0.195 0-5 0.217 0.377 5 5
73 River City 0.188 1-4 0.251 0.398 6 5
74 Hammer City 0.170 0-6 0.223 0.452 8 6
75 Derby City 0.096 0-4 0.237 0.474 4 4
76 Harrisburg Area 0.080 0-5 0.199 0.417 5 5
77 Alamo City 0.077 0-2 0.160 0.386 3 2
78 Gem City 0.060 0-3 0.181 0.283 4 3
*Unofficial Team