Thursday, May 16, 2024

 

With the two-time defending champion Demons from Dallas currently at 7-0, it's appropriate to look back on the four teams that made it all the way through the regular season to go unbeaten at 10-0. 

The first two teams to do so failed to win the championship, and only one team ever ran the MBA gauntlet to finish 15-0.

This Dallas team has a good a chance to join these four teams and even go totally unbeaten. They must get past Charleston (4-3) who took them to overtime in their last meeting, Los Angeles (5-3) and finally, Oklahoma City (5-2), who they squeezed by for a 90-86 triumph. That's a pretty tough road.

Also, Milwaukee, currently 0-7, has a shot of joining the three teams who went 0-10 for the season:

Seattle in Season 5

Milwaukee in Season 43

Kansas City in Season 47

They will, however, be getting back probably their best player Ehhy Table for their last three games...Philadelphia (2-5), Charleston (4-3) and Seattle (3-5). We predict at least one win out of that schedule.

Anyway, here are the four clubs who went 10-0.  

Season 6 PHILADELPHIA PHOBIA 

- 10-0 regular season; lost first game of playoffs to Charleston, then won next two; swept by Milwaukee in Finals

- sandwiched between two championships ... won titles in Seasons 5, 7 & 8

- All-MBA players were: guard Uncle Bob Masterson, center Alex Pal, forward Rowdy Ron Clutch

- Five starters, plus top sub all eventually made Hall of Fame...Masterson, Pal, Clutch, guard Oscar Mudcat, forward Raisin Sport, top sub guard Stu nod. 

- Sport led the league in blocks with 26

- Mudcat led the league in 3-point shooting (70%)

- nod made the All-Rookie team

- team led league in scoring at 81.9 ppg

- led in defense at 65.5 ppg (+16.4 differential)

- led in rebounds at 22.7 per game

- led in blocks with 74 (a record at the time)

- Pal led playoffs in rebounds at 6 per game

- Mudcat led playoffs in steals with 4

LINEUP WAS

G – Uncle Bob Masterson (Hall of Fame)

G – Oscar Mudcat (Hall of Fame)

C – Alex Pal (Hall of Fame)

F – Raisin Sport (Hall of Fame)

F – Rowdy Ron Clutch (Hall of Fame)

Key sub – guard Stu Nod (Hall of Fame)



Season 18 Oklahoma City Lariats

-10-0 regular season; swept by Milwaukee in Semifinals

- Hall of Fame center Diamond Dallas Paige won league MVP honors in his final season

- Paige tied Chicago center Achilles Heel for scoring title at 19.8 ppg

- Paige led league with 8 rebounds per game, which is still a record

- Forward Tersio Tataruga made All-Rookie team

- team led league in scoring with 79.4 ppg

- team led league in rebounding with 24.1 per game

LINEUP WAS

G – Streetcar Johnny Masterson

G – Mamadou Zongo (Hall of Fame)

C – Diamond Dallas Paige (Hall of Fame)

F – Briscoe Darling

F – Tersio Tataruga

Season 42 Charleston Mountaineers

- first 10-0 team to go on and win the championship, beating Dallas in Finals, going 5-1

- Hall of Fame guard Naf Naf was league MVP for 6th consecutive, and last time

- Naf Naf lone All-MBA player of team

- Naf Naf led league in scoring with 25.3 ppg (6th of 7 consecutive)

- Naf Naf led league in 3-point shooting at 68.2% with 60 made (5th & final time)

- substitute forward Sheik Yerbouti made All-Rookie team

- team led league in scoring, averaging 91.8 ppg (still a record)

- team led league in shooting percentage at 63.1%

- team led league in assists with 13.7 per game

- team led league in steals with 23

- team led league in blocked shots with 76

- Naf Naf was top playoff scorer at 20.7 ppg (tied with Bingo Bango of Dallas)

- Pietro Destroyer was tops in playoff assists at 3.2 per game

- Bezow Bop-Bop tops in playoff blocked shots with 15

- Bop-Bop tops in playoff steals with 7

- Naf Naf tops in playoff 3-point shooting qt 58.3% with 28 made

LINEUP WAS

G – Naf Naf (Hall of Fame)

G – Beezow Bop-Bop (Hall of Fame)

C – J.J. Gargantuan (Hall of Fame)

F – Pietro Destroyer

F – Wawa Wewa


Season 47 Dallas Demons

- first & only MBA team to run the table at 15-0, sweeping Los Angeles in Semis, then Sacramento in Finals for back-to-back titles

- 5th straight (and last) MVP award for Chip Battoe

- 2nd straight (and last) Playoff MVP award for Chip Battoe

- Battoe only Dallas player on All-MBA team

- Battoe leads league in blocks with 44...5th consecutive season of what would be six in a row

- team led league in scoring at 80.1 ppg

- team led league in defense allowing 61.8 ppg

- team led league in steals with 38

- team led league in blocks with 92

- Battoe led in playoff scoring at 17.8 ppg (2nd in a row)

- GoTo Grot led in playoff rebounding with 6.6 rpg ( 2nd in a row)

- Battoe led in playoff blocked shots with 35 (4th time in a row)

LINEUP WAS

G – Louie Subgum

G – Meatpants Masterson

C – GoTo Grot

F – Chip Battoe (Hall of Fame)

F – Tiger Masterson

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