Hey Fellas, Just wanted to congratulate you guys for another terrific season! As we all know, we this could have been our 3rd in a row. Sh#t happens, so I'm okay with it. I do want to thank Greg, Mo, Kirk and Steve for traveling up from Philly and DC to play!! That's commitment! I hope the Championship makes it all worth while!! Thank you guys! I gotta give props to Rod for coming back up to play in the finals!! I hope it was a pleasant April Fools joke for those who were 'surprised'! Hahahaa! With the exception of Mo, I know it wasn't our best shooting game. We did mix it up and got points inside and outside. Seriously...I'm not sure if there's a team out there who can stop a front court of Smitty, Rod, and Duncan!! We've had it for the past 3 seasons (summer, fall, winter) and should have had 3 titles to show for it! Duncan was killer from the stripe! Not sure why they kept choosing to foul one of our best free throw shooters! We played good defense, but it wasn't our best. Next season we really need to work on not "reaching in" and bailing the other team out on drives to the basket. We also need to get in shape to make our trap even more deadly! I think we all were watching the game prior to our game Wednesday. You saw the best from the other divisions. I know some of us thought it would be a great learning experience to play some of those teams! Well you know what... since we won our division, we have been invited to play in the "Quads". The Quads is their version of the Final Four. These are games that are all played in one night. The winner will be the best team of ALL the divisions in nyurban!! It's scheduled for April 23rd. Our game is at 6:30pm. If we win, we play again that same night at 9pm. I was also told that all the division trophies will be handed out at the Quads. I guess its the incentive to get people to come out and play. This game is in addition to the spring season games. So we may have two games that week. Mark your calendars. I don't expect everyone to make it, but let me know if your interested in playing in the Quads. I do want to field a team and not cancel. Let me know! Here are videos from the finals. Its not the entire game but its a good 7 or 8 minutes of segments. They are in sequential order.
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Spring season starts next week! Our first game is Tuesday April 7th. The cost is $119 per person! If you've committed to the Spring please get me the money as soon as possible. I have to pick up the league shirts and pay our dues.
Black Mambas - Spring Season Game One
Tuesday April 7th @ 8:10pm
Park West High School - 525 West 50th St. Between 10th & 11th Avenues. Gym is on the 5th floor.
If you didn't know, we will be getting some Nike throw back jerseys! They are scarlet (red) and white. The name on the jersey will be 'Apaches'. It's my high school team. They have already been ordered through Nike. We will still use the Mambas Jerseys and on occasion wear the throwbacks. Here are the numbers I got for us. There will only be 12 Jerseys and I tried to keep the numbers and sizes the same as your Black Mamba.
Number Size
50 XXL
4 XXL
5 XXL
43 XL
11 XL
23 XL
2 XL
7 L
22 L
31 L
20 L
24 L
I own all the tops (home and away). My time in NYC will eventually come to an end and I plan on taking the throw back jerseys with me. I will pass on the extra Mamba jerseys to the next mamba captain so the team can carry on. However, if you want to buy your top, you can get them individually on your own. We will have to go to a local shop to get the number and team name on it. Since these are yours, you can even put your name on the back if you want.
Jersey Top (optional)
Scarlet/White
Product: 77771657
Price: $43.99
http://www.eastbay.com/
I do ask that you buy the shorts! These are way better than the Mamba shorts.
Ohio State Game Short (required)
Scarlet/White
Product #: 77772657
Price: $39.99
Link: http://www.eastbay.com/
We won't wear the throw backs until we all have the shorts!!! So get them now before they run out of a size!! Once again, thanks for a terrific season!
-Larry
