interesting discussion..

was wondering if anyof you guys do play ball during the ANA..looks like u all do...

as for sleepyspur's"why do you think these talented teams like NYNYC could not go past the quarter finals?".....i think it all depends upon practicing as a team for a lil longer period of time than what they usually do before the ANAs; then you might argue that teams like DH dont get to practice before the tourney as a team since they are from all over the place to which I'd say its all in the will to win and "who wants it more".DH does seem like a group of guys that want it real bad. On contrary,talking bout their game-plans,its all in the hands of saurav-the big guys  rebound then  fastbreak  and saurav gets to score the majority of the points;no wonder he scored 34 points all by himself in the finals. during the quarterfinals,dallas did manage to put a block on that strategy holding him to 3 points.but ya,thats their only style of game for the past 3 ANAs and surprisingly it has worked on most times.talking bout the finals this yr,dc did fail to man mr.mvp for reasons unknown .

i did have high hopes for mmc and it was sad to see them get eliminated during the quarters.the 2nd boston vs mmc game was indeed a highlight of the tournament.mmc does have skilled players that have been playing together since nepal and that counts big.

as for ny getting beat by san jose .it was the rainmakers the san jose triplets( twins and the look-alike) were making during the end that nynyc din have any answer for.and yes i do agree that besides 3 guys ,nynyc din have much talent.

dc on the other hand had the same familiar faces that has  been there since the start of the ANA bball in 2002 witht the exception of few young-guns.btw,think the name of the young guy form dc  is saurav not mahip.ritesh did look a lil injured during the finals but since he played during the game,so no excuses for him.he did played his heart out during the finals and so did guys like devashish and mahip.also,even though age is just  a no. some of the  guys in DC are def. gettin old and the team  needs to get out of the so called Nepali congress politics and play their best. the veterans can always remain as a good bench support .nevertheless,they always put a good show and are and will always be the team to beat .

the last seven yrs of ANA ball DH won 2 , DC won 3, and DALLAS has won 2.and dont forget DCs been to finals on all but one.dallas however hasnt won one without saurav.

overall if u rank all the teams THIS YEAR on the basis of winnings,which is the ultimate frontier,i'd say:

1. DH

2. DC

3. Boston

4. MMC

5. NYNYC

6. DALLAS

The others dont count in the sense that they didn't  show much this yr .

the argument bout the mvp is interesting as well. mvp definately goes to someone who carries their team ,without him the team definately falls apart. bipin is awesome but take him out of the team and boston is still a good team.take the fast-kid out of NYNYC and NYNYC can still survive.Take rinzin out from MMC and MMC still is a very good team; but take Saurav out of DH and where do they stand?? defintely at the bottom of the hill.So,as long as he wins titles,it looks like the mvp should go to him;without him the DH cant stand ,let alone fly( like hanuman).

overall,i enjoyed this yrs ANA bball  and thought that this was definately  a highlight of the whole ANA which did not have much charm .beside the venue which was tricky to locateand the 2nd court which was full of lines,the tournament was well organized.the girls from nebraska were awesome compared to who they were playing with.the ny girls looked like they would play good,all in vain.

THe final game between DH and DC was worth my money even though DC pulled in close a little late in the game.Other games that were enjoyable and exiting were

both MMC vs BOSTON game

DALLAS vs DH semis

NYNYC vs SAN JOSE quarterfinal

DC vs MINNESOTA quarterfinal

Virginia VS SAN JOSE groupstage

and thats bout it.

hopefully next yr at SAN FRANCISCO brings a better bball compition .