The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket, CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
April 6th, 2014
[Previously: First round, second round, sweet sixteen, second round, elite eight, final four.]
This is it, the final showdown. After a long, fiercely competitive, hit-count friendly month of titanic struggle and mesmering battle, we have eliminated 62 competitors in the first annual Ridiculous Basketball Player Names competition, and are down to the final pair. So established already are their names in basketball player folklore that it is beyond tricky to think of a single …
The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket, Final Four
April 3rd, 2014
[Previously: First round, second round, sweet sixteen, second round, elite eight.]
60 down, four to go.
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As always, these names are completely genuine. If you don’t believe it, Google it.
(1) Grienntys Chief Kickingstallionsims v (1) Gang Wang
Journeys so far:
(1) Grienntys Chief Kickingstallionsims
First round: Won 359-40 v (16) Indiana Faithfull
Second round: Won 125-39 v (8) God’sgift Achiuwa
Sweet Sixteen: Won 85-37 v (5) Solomon HorseChief…
The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket, Elite Eight
March 31st, 2014
[Previously: First round, second round, sweet sixteen.]
Due to an administrative error whereby I accidentally set the Sweet Sixteen polls to run for a week longer than they were supposed to, the 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Tournament is still going on, having lost all its previous momentum. Nevertheless, we are down to the Elite Eight. Here are the matchups!
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As always, these names are completely genuine. If you don’t believe …
The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket, Sweet Sixteen
March 19th, 2014
The results are in from the second round, and so it’s Sweet 16 time!
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THE “WHAT THE HELL?” REGIONAL
(1) Grienntys Chief Kickingstallionsims v (5) Solomon HorseChief:
Vote wisely. Vote HorseChief.
Grienntys Chief Kickingstallionsims or Solomon HorseChief?
(3) Typhoon Dusk Nurse v (7) Ruben Boumtje Boumtje:
Should Nurse lose points on account of his decision to mostly go by “Ty Nurse”, instead of the full glory that is his name? And with that …
The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket, Second Round
March 12th, 2014
The results are in from the first round, and there were upsets. It’s almost like a proper bracket.
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In accordance with prophecy, the number one seeds made it through unscathed, Grienntys Chief Kickingstallionsims and Steeve Ho You Fat putting up dominating performances in securing 85%+ of the votes in their matchups. However, the same can not be said of the #2 seeds, where a 2 v 15 upset went down. It was nearly …
The 2014 Ridiculous Basketball Player Names Bracket
March 5th, 2014
[Voting is now over. Go to ROUND TWO.]
In compiling a scouting database, hopefully to be launched in June time, I have spent a lot of time rooting through rosters of basketball teams all around the globe. And while this website and the subsequent database are to be completely serious – this website is one man’s CV, after all – I would be lying if I denied that all this trawling had uncovered some awesome player names along the …
