Welcome to the 1999-2000 playoffs!


                        ALL PLAYOFF BOXSCORES


                         SOMIBA FINALS -- 7 GAMES


Dakota (seed #5) at Kaukauna (#1) -- won by Kaukauna 4 games to 3

  Dak roster:  C.Barkley, T.Porter, A.Croshere, V.Divac, D.Garrett, D.Harper, R.Harper,
    Av.Johnson, B.Bowen, K.Malone, M.Rose, C.Mullin (gpl's and games by Ed, see League
    News page for details)
  Kau roster:  Bibby, A.Davis, DeClercq, Dudley, A.Green, G.Hill, T.Hill, E.Jones,
    J.McInnis, Pippen, K.Thomas, Williamson

  Kaukauna 123   Dakota   118   at Kaukauna
  Kaukauna 127   Dakota   121   at Kaukauna
  Dakota   104   Kaukauna  95   at Dakota
  Dakota   109   Kaukauna  82   at Dakota
  Dakota   113   Kaukauna  96   at Dakota
  Kaukauna 112   Dakota   103   at Kaukauna
  Kaukauna 124   Dakota   109   at Kaukauna






                          SECOND ROUND -- 7 GAMES


Willamette (seed #6) at Kaukauna (#1) -- won by Kaukauna 4 games to 3

  Wil roster:  Childs, R.Davis, Duncan, Fisher, Keefe, Lynch, Donyell Marshall,
    J.O'Neal, Perry, Rice, D.Robinson, W.Williams
  Kau roster:  Bibby, A.Davis, DeClercq, Dudley, A.Green, G.Hill, T.Hill, E.Jones,
    J.McInnis, Pippen, K.Thomas, Williamson

  Kaukauna  114   Willamette 102    at Kaukauna
  Kaukauna  107   Willamette  92    at Kaukauna
  Willamette 89   Kaukauna    76    at Willamette
  Willamette 96   Kaukauna    79    at Willamette
  Kaukauna   99   Willamette  92    at Kaukauna
  Willamette 88   Kaukauna    83    at Willamette
  Kaukauna   92   Willamette  86    at Kaukauna





Dakota (#5) at Madison (#2) -- won by Dakota 4 games to 2

  Dak roster:  C.Barkley, T.Porter, A.Croshere, V.Divac, D.Garrett, D.Harper, R.Harper,
    Av.Johnson, B.Bowen, K.Malone, M.Rose, C.Mullin (gpl's and games by Charles, see
    League News page for details)
  Mad roster:  J.Kidd, A.Daniels, B.Phills, E.Piatowski, S.Abdur-Rahim, K.Gill,
    A.McDyess, C.Crawford, A.Mourning, C.Shackleford, E.Riley, M.Butler

  Dakota  106   Madison  97    at Madison
  Madison 100   Dakota   95    at Madison
  Dakota   94   Madison  77    at Dakota
  Madison 104   Dakota   99    at Dakota
  Dakota   92   Madison  84    at Madison
  Dakota  103   Madison  96    at Dakota






                          FIRST ROUND -- 5 GAMES


Milwaukee (seed #8) at Kaukauna (#1) -- won by Kaukauna 3 games to 0

  Mil roster:  C.Alexander, Brandon, L.Hughes, McGrady, Olowokandi, Pierce, Ratliff,
    Stepania, Sura, T.Thomas, S.Walker, L.Ellis
  Kau roster:  Bibby, A.Davis, DeClercq, Dudley, A.Green, G.Hill, T.Hill, E.Jones,
    J.McInnis, Pippen, K.Thomas, Williamson

  Kaukauna 112   Milwaukee  98   at Kaukauna
  Kaukauna 108   Milwaukee 102   at Kaukauna
  Kaukauna  97   Milwaukee  90   at Milwaukee



Sunnyvale (#7) at Madison (#2) -- won by Madison 3 games to 0

  Sun roster:  B.Barry, D.Davis, H.Davis, S.Elliott, M.Finley, M.Geiger, L.Mayberry,
    G.McCloud, E.Murdock, D.Mutombo, D.Stoudamire, C.Whitney
  Mad roster:  J.Kidd, A.Daniels, B.Phills, E.Piatowski, S.Abdur-Rahim, K.Gill,
    A.McDyess, C.Crawford, A.Mourning, C.Shackleford, E.Riley, M.Butler

  Madison 111   Sunnyvale 101   at Madison
  Madison  96   Sunnyvale  84   at Madison
  Madison 111   Sunnyvale  92   at Sunnyvale




Willamette (#6) at Walnut Creek (#3) -- won by Willamette 3 games to 1

  Wil roster:  Childs, R.Davis, Duncan, Fisher, Keefe, Lynch, Donyell Marshall,
    J.O'Neal, Perry, Rice, D.Robinson, W.Williams
  Wal roster:  Cato, Christie, Closs, Feick, P.Hardaway, Er.Johnson, Livingston,
    R.Patterson, Russell, Sabonis, Webber, Wesley

  Willamette   97   Walnut Creek 76     at Walnut Creek
  Willamette   94   Walnut Creek 88     at Walnut Creek
  Walnut Creek 88   Willamette   80     at Willamette
  Willamette   96   Walnut Creek 94 OT  at Willamette




Dakota (#5) at Lake K (#4) -- won by Dakota 3 games to 0

  Dak roster:  C.Barkley, T.Porter, A.Croshere, V.Divac, D.Garrett, D.Harper, R.Harper,
    Av.Johnson, B.Bowen, K.Malone, M.Rose, C.Mullin (gpl's and games by Ed, see League
    News page for details)
  Lak roster:  K.Anderson, M.Blaylock, V.Carter, Funderburke, R.Horry, S.O'Neal,
    Ostertag, Outlaw, R.Pack, R.Rhodes, St.Smith, Je.Williams

  Dakota  114   Lake K  112  OT   at Lake K
  Dakota  100   Lake K   86       at Lake K
  Dakota  102   Lake K   82       at Dakota





Playoff preview:

KAU #1 vs. MIL #8 -- Kau has dominated play in general during the regular
season especially in close games with an amazing 15-2 record in games
decided by 5 points or less.  Mil will need to avoid sparking Kau's
consistent fastbreak too often either by shooting for a good percentage
which is tough to do against Kau's solid defense or crashing the offensive
boards and will need to somehow contain Kau's Grant Hill (we may or may not
see Paul Pierce guarding Hill preventing a size disadvantage post-up
inside).  If Mil can limit the dazzlers Kau gets from Hill, Pippen, and
Bibby then Mil's Terrell Brandon can run a pretty mean fastbreak himself.
Kau won 4 of the 6 regular season matchups.

MAD #2 vs. SUN #7 -- Mad's edge is their awesome starting lineup and had a
great 10-2 record in games decided by 5 points or less.  If Sun can get Mad
starters in foul trouble that could be important as Mad's bench is
comparitively weak.  Sun's Mutombo should be a great matchup against Mad's
Mourning and also should help out with blocks on offensive stars McDyess and
Abdur-Rahim.  Mad's fastbreak is devastating with Kidd at the point so Sun
will have to shoot a high percentage and/or crash the offensive boards but
both will be difficult against the solid Mad defense and rebounding.  Mad
won all 4 regular season games between these two teams.

WAL #3 vs. WIL #6 -- Wal's strength is their consistent defense leading the
league with 86.7 points per game allowed.  Wil will of course need to rely
on their twin towers Duncan and Robinson as Wal will use a
center-by-committee approach to try to limit Robinson.  With Wal's 39-2
regular season home record it will be tough for Wil to overcome this for a
road win but by containing Wal's home mvp David Wesley Wil's league-leading
.364 3-point shooting could overcome Wal's nearly league-leading .273
3-point defense.  Wal led the league in turnovers forced and committed more
turnovers than almost every other team while Wil led the league in free
throws attempted.  Wal won 5 out of the 6 regular season meetings.

LAK #4 vs. DAK #5 -- Lak has Shaq-daddy and well-known name support while
Dak has the mailman Malone and Barkley's final full season.  Dak slipped
from #4 to #5 with all of the autoplay losses at the end of the season and
will have problems matching up Divac and whomever else he puts at center
against Shaq but similarly Lak will have problems matching up on Malone (as
everyone does).  The games will probably come down to the support players as
Lak's Steve Smith and Vince Carter could get hot or Dak's Barkley could
dominate the put-backs and Avery Johnson could get lots of dazzlers.  This
should be a very close series either way as the teams split their 4 regular
season meetings.