Weekly Basketball Report for October 25, by Rod "Alley'Gator" Hunrichse

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October 25, Sports&Talk Zone with Pascal Mathieu
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Date:  Monday, October 25, 2010
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Liga Superior: Regular Season. Groups. Playoffs. Regulations. Probable qualifying leaders.

> Liga Superior

Liga [Superior] Nacional "Movistar" Tournament end Regular Season this weekend

In three Groups, 11 teams play regionally:

GROUP A
Osorno Basquetbol
Aleman Concepcion
Universidad de Concepcion
Español Talca

GROUP B
Universidad Católica
Municipal Puente Alto
Sagrados Corazones Viña
Providencia

GROUP C
Liceo Mixto Los Andes
Boston College
Sportivo Italiano

Regular Season end Oct 30-November first weekend.

After Regular Season, come the Playoffs.

The teams are sorted: the top two of every Group, plus the two best third teams.

The positions are sorted this way:

The top THREE teams on each Group are sorted according to GOAL AVERAGE: FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FOR PLAYOFFS.

The three SECOND positioned teams on each Groups are sorted according to GOAL AVERAGE: FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH FOR PLAYOFFS.

From the THIRD positioned teams on each Groups, the BEST TWO are sorted according to GOAL AVERAGE: SEVENTH AND EIGHTH FOR PLAYOFFS.

This top eight teams will play series of best-of-three play-offs: best vs worst and second to less-worst and so on:

First vs Eight
Second vs Seventh
Third vs Sixth
Fourth vs Fifth

All four Series are scheduled best-of-three like this:
* First game Friday, November 5, played home at the worst positioned team.
* Second game Friday, November 12, played at the best positioned team.
* Third game Saturday, November 13, IF NECCESARY, played at the best positioned team.

Second Round Series are scheduled best-of-three like this:
* First game Wednesday[!!!], November 18, played home at the worst positioned team.
* Second game Friday, November 25, played at the best positioned team.
* Third game Saturday, November 26, IF NECCESARY, played at the best positioned team.

FINALS Series are scheduled best-of-five like this:
* First game Friday, December 3, played home at the best positioned team.
* Second game Saturday, December 4, played at the best positioned team.
* Third game Friday, December 10, played at the worst positioned team.
* Fourth game Saturday, December 11, IF NECCESARY, played at the worst positioned team.
* Fifth game Saturday, December 18, IF NECCESARY, played at the best positioned team.

Champion get a chance to play internationally on Liga de las Americas next year.

> Regulations

One foreign player is MANDATORY.

Programming changes are to be requested THIRTY DAYS in advance.

All teams pay their own expenses

Full recording of the games to be sent together with the game sheet.

Official website post everything.

> National over-the-air/ pay TV Sports.

Hola Deportes has been showing delayed weekday sports games at midnight on telecanal, including basketball games from LNB. No previous announcement but on the Radio Show.

Currently, the MOST PROBABLES are:

GROUP A
POS EQUIPO PTS PJ PG PP PF PC PPF PPC G/PR. DIF.
2 7 4 3 1 329 290 82.3 72.5 1.134 39 CD UDECONCE
1 9 5 4 1 401 355 80.2 71.0 1.130 46 DEPORTIVO ESPAÑOL
3 5 4 1 3 249 286 62.3 71.5 0.871 -37 DEPORTIVO ALEMAN

GROUP B
POS EQUIPO PTS PJ PG PP PF PC PPF PPC G/PR. DIF.
1 7 4 3 1 328 258 82.0 64.5 1.271 70 CD U. CATOLICA
3 6 4 2 2 265 262 66.3 65.5 1.011 3 PROVIDENCIA
2 6 4 2 2 264 264 66.0 66.0 1.000 0 SAGRADOS CORAZONES

GROUP C
POS EQUIPO PTS PJ PG PP PF PC PPF PPC G/PR. DIF.
1 6 3 3 0 278 226 92.7 75.3 1.230 52 BOSTON COLLEGE
2 6 4 2 2 348 316 87.0 79.0 1.101 32 LICEO MIXTO

20101025, Rod Hunrichse.

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