If we are being completely honest, I’ve never actually played fantasy basketball before. I’ve been in leagues with friends where we had drafts and stuff, but I’ve never paid attention and gotten invested in it. Maybe that explains why I stood pat and didn’t adjust my roster this week besides to make sure I took Dylan Sinnickson ’15, who didn’t have a conference game, out of lineup and put in Rashid Epps ’16, a player I thought was going to see an uptick in production. Meanwhile Joe got his namesake Joseph Lin ’15 back into the starting lineup and benched Jaquann Starks ’16. Then he gave Zuri Pavlin ’17 and Hunter Sabety ’17 the nod this week over Hunter Merryman ’15, who also didn’t have a conference game, and Ed Ogundeko ’15.
| Lord of the ‘Cac (Adam) | Lin and Tonic (Joe) |
| Player | Player |
| Guard G. Safford | Guard J. Lin |
| Guard D. Wohl | Guard L. Hausman |
| Guard J. McCarthy | Guard L. Westman |
| Forward J. Swords | Forward C. Hudnut |
| Forward A. Santos | Forward D. George |
| Forward Mar. Delpeche | Forward Z. Pavlin |
| Forward R. Epps | Forward H. Sabety |
| Bench D. Sinnickson | Bench H. Merryman |
| Bench J. Brown | Bench J. Starks |
| Bench S. Ajayi | Bench E. Ogundeko |
No two ways around it, I got thrashed this week. Nobody on my team performed better than expected except for Graham Safford ’15 who had eight assists, six rebounds and four steals to go along with 13 points. Joe enjoyed a solid offensive week especially in the points category where Lucas Hausman ’16 led the way with 24. Joe’s efficiency starts with the efficiency king Luke Westman ’16, but other guys like Sabety were also crucial in overcoming a subpar shooting week from Lin and Chris Hudnut ’16. The only other category where Joe had a significant lead over me was assists where Lin continued to be a dynamo with another casual nine dimes. My down week did not cost me too badly except in points where a 51-point deficit in one week is hard to overcome. Here’s the Week 3 scoresheet.
| Category | Lord of the ‘CAC (Adam) | Lin and Tonic (Joe) |
| Points | 53 | 104 |
| Assists | 16 | 27 |
| Rebounds | 49 | 52 |
| Steals | 8 | 12 |
| Blocks | 7 | 6 |
| FT% | 61.5% (8/13) | 73.5% (25/34) |
| FG% | 41.2% (21/51) | 45.8% (38/83) |
| 3PT Made | 3 | 3 |
Even though the conference season is only halfway over, a lot of the categories are already so lopsided that they are unlikely to change hands. Points, once well within reach for me, is now dangerously close to being sewn up for Joe. Free throw percentage and assists are two categories Joe can practically guarantee because he has far and away the strongest individual performers in those statistics. I can look at blocks and three pointers as the only two categories where I am comfortably ahead. So the season looks like it will come down to rebounds, steals, and field goal percentage, with rebounds the closest of them all. Look for us to adjust our rosters over the next couple of weeks to try to fully take advantage of our team’s relative strengths and weaknesses.
| Category | Lord of the ‘CAC (Adam) | Lin and Tonic (Joe) | Leader |
| Points | 405 | 503 | Joe |
| Assists | 63 | 103 | Joe |
| Rebounds | 220 | 220 | Tied |
| Steals | 37 | 34 | Adam |
| Blocks | 40 | 21 | Adam |
| FT% | 69.6% ( 87/125) | 78.9% (163/213) | Joe |
| FG% | 47.8% (153/320) | 49.5% (185/374) | Joe |
| 3PT Made | 36 | 15 | Adam |
Overall Score: Joe leads 4-3-1