Week 4 Power Rankings

Where Your Guess Is As Good As Ours

More than just a rematch of the 2005-06 Concludings, the Old-Timey Game of the Week pits the streaking (2 weeks counts as a streak) Llamas against the Buzzers, who welcome hand model Pau Gasol back into the starting lineup.

Who's the best team in the WFBL? Zermatt? Really? Who's the worst team? New York? You sure? So far Season Five of the WFBL can be summed up with one word: parity. The longest active win streak comes from a team without their all-world point guard. One of the teams with a league-leading 3-week losing streak, Richmond, leads the league in three categories and is ranked in the top 6 in all but three. All but four teams are .500 or better, and each team has lost and won at least one matchup. You try and figure it out! Maybe some good ol' fashioned Old-Timey Week shenanigans is all the Power Rankings needs to sort through the mess.

Team, Rank, (Previous), Record


1 (1) 22-13-1
At the beginning of the season, if you would have told A-Bom fans that after 4 weeks they would have gotten only two and a half weeks from EBP Chris Paul, one and a half weeks from Kevin Martin, not a single appearance from Antawn Jamison, and a pile of turd from Al Jefferson—yet still be in first place—they'da told you you wuz crazy! Yet here they are, winners of 6 of their last 7.


2 (6) 17-17-2
The Tigers' victory over the Gators was impressive, but let's be honest: they're here because teams 2-5 all lost last week. Still, Bayside has lost only one matchup, a 2-6-1 defeat at the hands of top-ranked Zermatt in Week 2, and are only one game out of second place in the World Conference.


3 (8) 18-17-1
That 7-2 drubbing of New York is more like what Rigby fans had in mind. With Carter and Parker back in the starting lineup, will the rest of the Wasatch finally get to see the Trojans' full wrath? Nephi sure hopes not.

4 (9) 19-17-0
If there's anything that Udorn should be upset about, it's shooting their way out of a 9-0 victory over the Strats last week. While Nephi got a taste of 4 games apiece from Granger and Kobe, the rest of the league wonders how the Jai-Rai lucked into such an embarrassment of riches at the PG position (Westbrook, Arenas, and Jennings).

5 (7) 18-18-0

Speaking of Udorn, are the Sundancers this year's Jai-Rai? So far Barton's boys have won or lost all their matchups by a score of 5-4. Can Park City figure out their PG woes, with Jameer Nelson recovering from surgery and Derrick Rose recovering from whatever it is that's making him suck? Is Will Bynum really the answer?


6 (4) 18-16-2
That Bayside loss could have been much worse, so kudos to the Gators for keeping it close. Having said that, it's no secret that the Power Rankings have been less than impressed with Duncan and Co. Hey, maybe whatever performance-enhancer Rashard Lewis was taking will rub off on the rest of the Gators!


7 (3) 18-16-2
A tough loss, but this one also should have been much bigger. The big question in Maracaibo right now is can Hopkin figure out a way to get Joakim Noah in the starting lineup? The crazy-haired yahoo is leading the league in rebounding, at 12.3 per game, all while averaging almost a steal and two blocks per game.

8 (10) 15-19-2
In answer to last week's Power Rankings, yes, it is too early to call this year's Underdogs the worst in league history. The U-Dogs' problems begin and end with Dwight Howard. His numbers are solid, just not "super". Seriously, we just spent a paragraph discussing how great Joakim Noah is. C'mon Dwight, you can do better than that!

9 (5) 16-20-0
Step one: Get Pau back. Step two: Get Eric Gordon back. You're almost there, Salt Lake! This has been one of the Power Rankings' sleeper teams, and with Josh Smith filling the stat sheet and Dirk partying like it's 2005, we won't be surprised if the SnowBees are challenging for the Wasatch title at the end of the year.

10 (2) 18-18-0
From 10th to 2nd one week, and back down to 10th from 2nd the next. At this rate, Nephi may have both spots alternately lined up for the rest of the year. Although that 1-8 loss is starting to justify the Power Rankings' low preseason estimation.

11 (11) 17-19-0
It pains us to put the Butchers here, given how much they dominate across the board statistically. But in the end, it's about getting wins, and the Butchers haven't tasted victory since Week 1 against the Igs. A win against top-ranked Zermatt may be enough for Richmond to get out of our dog-house.

12 (12) 14-20-2
Three straight losses have the Kings once again at the bottom of the rankings. But don't worry, there's reason to hope. Troy Murphy comes back from injury this week and a rejuvenated Stephen Jackson should provide a spark at the SF position. The only downside? New York welcomes red-hot Udorn to town.

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!