Week 2 Power Rankings

Good for what ails ya. Or at least pointing it out for all the world to see.

Twin Falls puts its league leading three week win streak (sarcastic whistle) on the line against Nephi in the battle of teams off to good starts after feeling slighted by low preseason rankings. Maybe this would feel more significant if we engraved it on a beat up snowboard.

Two weeks into the season and no team is without question marks, not even those surprising Gators. As such, the Power Rankings have boiled down every team's ailment down to one or two words. But instead of offering any actual advice, we will then tack on an amusing anecdote or obscure statistic. You know, the same thing we do pretty much every other week.

Team, Rank, (Previous), Record

1 (4) 13-4-1
Respect. The Gators crave it. Are they the real deal or merely the beneficiaries of a soft early schedule? Even Michael Jackson could have beaten the U-Dogs last week. Still, it's hard to argue with that glossy record.


2 (5) 10-7-1
Injuries. How banged up is Zermatt? Antawn Jamison, Kevin Love and now Kevin Martin are all out. Heck, even Chris Douglas-Robers has the swine flu. Yet the A-Boms still look down on the rest of the World Conference early on.


3 (6) 9-9-0
Redickulous. Starting in place of Vinsanity, JJ Redick's poor final game against Park City prevented the Trojans from making a bigger statement. At least the kid knows his way around a haiku.

4 (1) 9-9-0

Curses. Park City now has an 0-5 series record (13-31-1 overall) in weeks after reaching #1 in the Power Rankings. But now that they have fallen to #4, we wouldn't put it past them to rattle off a lengthy win streak.

5 (7) 8-10-0
The ball. There is only one in play at a time. Kobe commands it. Gilby pines for it. There just aren't enough offensive possessions to go around for this score-happy team.

6 (2) 10-8-0
Depth. After their solid starting five, the Butchers are suspiciously thin. And since the combined age of Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett and Marcus Camby is 473, you gotta think that is going to be a factor at some point.


7 (3) 7-10-1
Shooting. Perhaps Baron Davis has taken Caron Butler on as an apprentice in his woodworking shop, because now both are shooting under 40% from the field.

8 (10) 8-10-0
Pau. Two weeks in and the moisture-obsessed Spaniard is still on siesta. Perhaps the hapless SnowBees front office neglected to notify him that the season has already started?

9 (11) 8-8-2
Leadership. Chauncey Billups and Andre Iguodala have both been to the Concludings, but they didn't have to carry a team on their back to get there. Who will step up to conduct this team of second fiddles?

10 (8) 10-8-0
Chris Bosh. Nephi is off to a respectable start, but the shadow of a certain Bayside power foward continues to loom over the Arena of Liberty. Amar'e could quickly silence the second-guessers with some vintage domination.

11 (9) 8-8-2
Unrealistic expectations. Now that the Yankees have regained their rightful place as world champions, New Yorkers want more. Anything less than a Concludings victory will be viewed as a failure. Um, have they viewed the Kings lately?

12 (12) 4-13-1
Just about everything. Is it too early to start throwing up weekly comparisons to Nephi's record-setting '07-08 season of futility? Even Kanye's elaborate death hoax failed to galvanize the team.

So what do you think? Your team ranked too high? Too low? Who's overrated? Underrated? Let the Power Rankings know in the comments! And don't forget to vote on the Game of the Week and Week 1's EBP!