PCTI8 Awards

Another year in the books! San Diego was a great time except for the basketball… Well I guess TWLTB had a good time on the court. That was a great team performance and what shows that the most is the way the votes fell. Each player on TWLTB received at least one vote for AT which has never been done before. Before we get to the awards, some off the court awards:

All tournament performance: Spot for making PCTI international, Joe for making out at a restaurant after meeting the chick 5 minutes earlier, Bruise for his bottle ordering skills, Abe for his performance between the sheets, the others that also got some action, whatever drug delivery service we used, Smo driving, Costco and the Night Manager. And the MVP for the 8^th year in a row off the court: Deuce! Thanks for this pic…

Congrats to TWLTB as a team on a great tournament! As for how the votes broke out individually, here are the results:

Missed AT

Bruiser

TP

Juice

Each of these dudes got 1 vote. TP didn’t put up monster numbers but his energy, size, and effort killed our team. He also scored in double figures 3 of 4 games and average 10 ppg. The Juice Man made some delicious liquid snacks, but also created a lot of opportunities with his movement and energy. Also, putting up 7.3 rebounds per game at his position was huge. Everyone knows what a force Bruise was on the boards creating advantages and opportunities for his team time and time again. He was also excellent on the defensive end.

Abe

Joe

Both of these guys got 2 votes. I guess if our team didn’t have Abe we would have lost by 30 every game? Abe was able to finally get over the 25-point hump and scored 26 in game 4. He led his team in scoring and rebounding. Joe scored 10 ppg and was awesome on defense averaging 2 steals per game.

All Tournament

BC (1 vote MVP, 8 for AT)

DK (3 votes MVP, 10 for AT)

THE BEAST was loose in San Diego! While not as high of a scorer this year, BC was a matchup our team struggled with most the weekend. He answered the call on D leading all players in STOCKS (steals+blocks for the dummies). He did all of that while not saying one word to the refs! Hope he has paid his debt to Smo. He also led the league in 3 point %. Just an all-around good performance all weekend.

Dan was the general for your team on the floor and played unbelievable. Shooting a high percentage, pulling down boards, being an anchor on defense were all reasons why he deserves the all-tournament spot. But the assists… the mother fucking assists!! 16 and 10 the last 2 games?! He averaged 9 assists per game. To put that into perspective, in PCTI 1-7, only once had some had someone had more than 9 assists IN A SINGLE GAME. Back-to-back years that Dan has had incredible performances.

MVP

Sabin (10 votes MVP, 4 votes AT)

He finally broke through and won a PCTI! With a C donning his chest, Sabin played incredible and led his team to a sweep. He was relentless on the offensive end and continually beat our team down the floor. He was solid on the defensive end having to matchup all over the place. There were multiple times where he looked gassed and needed a sub but fought through the fatigue and made a big play. He set the tone with his team and got them ready for battle. He deserved the MVP and I’m glad he got it!