Week 12 Power Rankings

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Can Tell Us How to Get to Sesame Street?

The Kings face the Strats in what promises to be an intense week of matchups, especially since this is the last chance for players to impress the All-Star voters before the rosters are announced. After that, all that's left are the less-motivating team-oriented goals. Oh yeah, and the Chris Paul Memorial EBP award.

Sesame Street, which just celebrated its 40th year, is the world's longest-running children's TV show. The WFBL, which is celebrating its 5th year, is the world's longest-running basketball league worth mentioning. So this week the Power Rankings asks each WFBL team, "If you were a Sesame Street character, which one would you be?"

Team, Rank, (Previous), Record

1 (1) 56-49-3
Big Bird. After all these years, who still rules the roost? The Commissioner's team has been no. 1 so often for so long, the rest of the league is starting to feel like Tony Danza in this epic tennis match.


2 (4) 54-51-3
Oscar the Grouch. Is reaching no. 2 in the Power Rankings enough to make those grouchy New Yorkers happy? Perhaps, but being happy puts them in a bad mood. Then again, they like being in a bad mood. I guess they're kind of conflicted. But one thing's for sure, they love Nash.

3 (1) 59-47-2

Ernie. Speaking of conflicted, Park City is in the unique position of leading the league in both steals and turnovers. Looks like the Sundancers could use a lesson in sharing.


4 (5) 54-50-4
Rosita. Both Sesame Street and the WFBL have a token green-colored Spanish speaker. And if every Maracaibo fan loved his Iguanas the way Little Richard seems to love Rosita, the Arena de Basquet de Hugo Chavez would be a tough place to play indeed.

5 (1) 57-46-5
The Amazing Mumford. The Gators are having themselves a magical season, levitating above the rest of the league and defying gravity, as it were. A la peanut butter sandwiches! But is last week's loss to Zermatt a sign that the platform is falling out from beneath them?

6 (8) 53-52-3
Cookie Monster. C is for Carmelo, whose 88 points on 55% FG shooting and 23-of-24 from the line were good enough for Richmond last week.



7 (9) 55-53-0
Sherlock Hemlock. There's a mystery to solve in Thailand—where the heck has Kobe Bryant's shot gone? Last week it dipped below 40%. Could this be a rhyme crime?


8 (7) 50-54-4
Count von Count. The Trojans have spent the season riding up and down the Power Rankings elevator, mostly between floors 1 and 8. For several weeks at the beginning of the season, they were on the rise, but right now the elevator is going down. One! One disappointing loss! Two! Two disappointing losses! Three! Three disappointing losses! Four! Four disappointing losses! Five! Five disappointing losses! [Crash of thunder] Ha Ha.

9 (12) 48-56-4
Yip Yip Martians. Early in the season, the Tigers looked like they were visiting competitive basketball from a distant planet. But now, thanks to their trusty Earth field guide, they seem to be figuring things out. Time is running out, though.

10 (6) 50-56-2
Grover/Supergrover. The Strats have had their super moments this season (and they are cute, too!), but lately they've seemed downright mild-mannered. Maybe they haven't quite finished changing into their costume.


11 (10) 49-58-1
Alistair Cookie. The SnowBees have quite a climb in front of them. Is there room at the top in the Wasatch Conference? "Sorry, buddy. Why don't you try the bottom?"


12 (11) 46-59-3
Don Music. Whom should I start at SF? Mike Miller? Shawn Marion? Michael Beasley? Hedo Turkoglu? Oh, I'll never get it right! Never! Where's Kanye when you need him?


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