PCTI Players' Poll: #3 Beas

The Brat's Preamble: Beas's grip over PCTI can be described only one way: a force of nature. Combining a mix of athleticism and competitiveness that is almost unmatched with a team-first attitude, he is overwhelmingly one of the most highly regarded players.

The biggest thing going for Beas may be that he looks the most like a ballplayer at all times. Really it's a landslide. He scores a 1600 on the eyeball test. He's always in a stance on defense, he attacks the rim on offense and he's clearly naturally good looking in general (more on that in a moment.)

What's not as striking, by and large, are his numbers. Name the stat, and there's a guy in the bottom half of the balloting who does it just as well.

But the vast majority of PCTI clearly believe the best is yet to come for Beas. I certainly count myself among them. If you are able to combine talent with consistent effort, by PCTI standards you are elite. And few do it better than Beas.

Voting Breakdown: highest vote: 2, lowest vote: 7. The top three ranked players were the only ones to not receive any votes below seven.

Lifetime Record: 1-1, loss in the KD and a win last year.

Lifetime Stats: 7.7 ppg (T-8 with Cockboy), 4.5 rpg (11^th), 10 steals (11^th, for perspective 8 steals in PCTI IIII tied for first with Sabin), 0 blocks (16^th), 24 assists (10^th, 14 assists in PCTI IIII, tied for third with The Brat), 35.5 percent shooting (11^th), 28.1 percent from three (7^th), and the all-important Sabin productivity number: 61 (14^th, not sure if this stat builds over time)

Lifetime Bests: 21 points (PCTI III, game 4), 7 rebounds (multiple times), 7 assists (PCTI III, game 4)

Other Notes: My favorite Beas stat through both PCTIs: On both final days he has matched his point total from the first part of the weekend. In PCTI he had 21 points combined in games 1-3 and closed impressively with a 21,7, and 7 line in game four. A performance that was marred by the final score (106-80 loss) and Actor's 30, 5 and 4 line.

In PCTI IIII he had 24 points combined in games six and seven, matching his 24 points through the first five games. This was big in helping his squad take the series.

How is this explained? Certainly with only two PCTIs where every lady would like to wind up, under his belt there is a limited sample size. But for our purposes where is the fun in that? Is he a superior athlete who hits his stride while others are fading? Is it a competitive streak that makes him well fitted for the role as his team's closer? Or is he simply a really slow starter? How annoying is it that every sentence I'm writing is a question?

I look at Beas taking home the title of Best Looking as a win for all of us. He got eight votes and the rest of us shared eight votes. I don't think there's a guy in here who wouldn't be proud of keeping it that competitive.

You would think that perhaps Beas would make a case for most disappointing player considering how highly regarded he is among the brethren, yet he did not receive a single vote. He did get three votes for Best Off The Court (sharing second with fellow quadpoders Spot and A-Hop) and got a pair of votes for Favorite Teammate.