Top Scoring Forward Seasons of All time...

1. 24.4 ppg...Marshall Stax, Oklahoma City...Season 10

2. 21.3 ppg...Marshall Stax, Milwaukee...Season 13

3. 21.2 ppg...Chip Battoe, Dallas...Season 47

4. 21.0 ppg...Chip Battoe, Dallas...Season 44

5. 21.0 ppg...Chip Battoe, Dallas...Season 45

6. 20.3 ppg...Curly Hogbottom, Philadelphia...Season 20

7. 20.3 ppg...Stuffy Pipes, Dallas...Season 26 (his rookie year)

8. 19.8 ppg...Curly Hogbottom, Dallas...Season 16

9. 19.6 ppg...Baba Brinkman, Milwaukee...Season 40

9. 19.6 ppg...Link Lennex, Houston...Season 10

9. 19.6 ppg...Johnny Fartpants, San Jose...Season 11

12. 19.5 ppg...Curly Hogbottom, Philadelphia...Season 22

12. 19.5 ppg...Bill Cull, Chicago...Season 43

14. 19.2 ppg...Boone Doggle, Dallas...Season 24

14. 19.2 ppg...Vic Hitler, Houston...Season 36 (his rookie year)

Note: All on list are Hall of Fame members with the exceptions of Pipes, Fartpants, Cull and Hitler

Top Playoff rebounders through the years

 

More Season 52 milestones

 

The championship won by the Dallas Demons marks just the 18^th time in 52 seasons that a title team placed no players on the All-MBA first team.

Freddy Gooch of Gillette established a one-game scoring record for Gillette in Season 52 with a 35-point game.

The next game Wawa Wewa plays in Season 53 will give him the all-time consecutive games played mark in MBA history. He is currently tied with Hall of Famer Raisin Sport with 120 straight games.

Dallas will go into Season 53 with a 9-game regular season winning streak. The record is 16 straight regular season wins, set by Dallas during late Season 46 and early Season 47.

Great Gruncle Terry is just the fourth Hall of Fame player to earn that distinction without ever having earned All-MBA honors.

Milwaukee, having swept Philadelphia in Season 52, is now the only franchise with a winning record over every team in the MBA.

The Gillette Humps are again changing head coaches. Out is Tiger Masterson (who howled at the prospect) after two seasons. In is newly retired Otto Palindrome. Tiger Masterson was 8-12 in his two seasons, the two best in franchise history. We expected more from the team last season.

 

 JESSE SHERSHOT MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN SEASON 52 

n             Jesse Shershot moves from 17^th most honored player of all time to number 11 ranking, tied with Link Lennex and Stu Nod. In doing so he passed Cam Bodia, Doc Watson, Jonny Cockaroo and Diamond Dallas Paige. He is now right behind Mamadou Zongo.

n             Jesse Shershot broke his own franchise record for best single scoring season…21.4ppg

n             Jesse Shershot is one of just six players with 6 or more All-MBA foil stars. Only Curly Hogbottom and Naf Naf have achieved 7.

n             Jesse Shershot is just the third player in MBA history to make All-MBA in every one of his first 6 seasons. The others are Naf Naf and Chip Battoe. Naf Naf upped the mark to a record 7 straight before retiring after his 7^th season.

n              Jesse Shershot third regular season MVP is tied for third-most in history with Cappy Gambol, Curly Hogbottom, Sagittal Occlusal and Hrundi V. Bakshi. The top two winners of regular season MVPs are Chip Battoe with 5 and Naf Naf with 6. 

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Season 52 retirees...their place in the MBA universe

 

Season 52 Playoff Summary

 

Season 52 Finals Game 5...Milwaukee at Dallas

Dallas 80, Milwaukee 64

WHIZ KIDS WALK IT HOME 

DALLAS -- The ridiculously youthful Dallas Demons, unbeatable at home this season (9-0 including playoffs) got off to a 24-14 lead after one quarter and were never threatened on the way to an 80-64 championship game win over the Milwaukee Greyhounds. The triumph was expected, and secured the franchise's sixth MBA title, just one behind the Milwaukee organization's second-best overall total. 

This team, featuring three rookie starters, a second-year man who was injured for the post-season and a third-year star, finished with an overall record of 13-4 including the playoffs. How they lost four games is somewhat of a puzzle, and at least half of the MBA franchises are hoping that something can be done to break up the Whiz Kids (the only likely possibility in that direction is free agency for at least two Demons starters...which is not likely). 

A doff of the cap to the losing Greyhounds, picked for last in the East, who nearly pulled off an all-time shocker in taking Dallas to the full five-game Finals. Milwaukee has now gone a record 34 seasons without a championship, having made it to the Finals five times since their last title in Season 18. 

Dallas has won championships in Seasons 20, 21, 28, 46, 47 and now 52.

Congratulations to Demons owner Tyler Masterson and team coach Buzzy Bazinski, who brought home the hardware in his rookie coaching season. 

PLAYER OF THE GAME

34 GVP...The last of the five starters to earn a POG in the playoffs, Dallas center BIGGUS DICKUS followed his 19-point Game 4 performance with a game-high 21 points in the championship clincher. The 7-foot behemoth did so despite going up against shot-blocking specialist Lothario Fartlek, who rejected a game-high 6 shots. Still, it was Dickus who dominated that battle, allowing Fartlek a mere 2 points while also pulling down a game-high 9 rebounds. The rookie was 9 for 18 from the floor and 3 for 3 from the foul line, blocked 2 shots and passed out 2 assists.  

Other 20-Plus GVP performers

26 GVP...Third-year wunderkind Dallas guard Juzan Djinn completed his most excellent playoff run with a 19-point game that included 4 rebounds, 2 assist and a blocked shot as he kept Milwaukee's top scorer Thomas Thomas Thomas from going off offensively.

22 GVP...The old man in the Dallas lineup (due to Satan Israel's injury), forward Al A. Orden, will be wearing his third title ring, all with the same franchise, for whom he has toiled these12 seasons. The steady 6-8 player scored 12 pints, snagged 5 boards, assisted a game-high 4 times and added the only steal by his team.

20 GVP...Eight-season point guard Flip Phelps led his team in scoring with 18-points, dominating Rookie of the Year Kopi Luwak of Dallas in the process. He drilled three treys in the game and scored all those points despite losing a full quarter's worth of time to injury and forced rest in this game. He added 1 rebound and 1 assist.

20 GVP...Despite being hounded by defensive stalwart Juzan Djinn, Milwaukee shooting guard Thomas Thomas Thomas managed to put in 14 points worth of buckets, grab 3 rebounds, hand out a team-high 2 assists and snag 1 steal. 

NEXT UP: Naming of the Playoff MVP and playoff stat leaders.