6Ft Over Breaks Losing Streak, Wins 2 of 3

Newcomer JR Russell has helped 6Ft Over get back on track last week, winning 2 of their 3 games. Player/Coach Jeff Reiners was absent from the game with an emergency requiring his attention minutes before he was expected to make his arrival at the team training facility at the University of Kirkwood. Rumors have been circulating the Reiners has been leaving his woman of 2 years in the dark about his basketball activities and she eventually pulled the plug on his duties as team coach. Reiners refused comment on these latest allegations.

JR almost was not able to attend the game as well when the stadium security initially denied his entrance because he failed to bring the proper identification card with him. Luckily, JR only lives a mile from the stadium so he was able to retrieve his security clearance card and enter right before tip-off.

6Ft Over pounded The CR Side Cramps into submission even without having any subs to spell the often out-of-condition Shupert. JR led the way with fast breaks, superb defense and crisp passes to an often trailing Shupert. Hasenmiller killed The CR Side Cramps when he continued to drain wide open jumpers with little resistance from his defender. The 2 wins marked 6Ft Over’s first of the season and also gave The CR Side Cramps their first blemish as well.

The CR Side Cramps did have one major disadvantage in the game. They only had two players show up for the game and were forced to play 2 on 3 basketball for the duration of all three games. It was like 6Ft Over was on a constant power play as they pick and rolled against the undermanned team. The fact that The Side Cramps even were able to pull out one win is truly amazing seeing the huge disadvantage they were facing. At the end of the day both teams left feeling pretty good, 6Ft Over with their first two wins and The Side Cramps with an incredible act of courage against overwhelming odds. 6Ft Over player Aaron Shupert said after the game, “We will take ‘em anyway we can get ‘em…I don’t feel like we really had that big of advantage at all, those guys were good”. It remains to be seen if 6Ft Over can carry over these wins to next week when they take on Marshall.

Lost Season

Followers of 6 Ft Over may have noticed (but probably didn’t) the lack of a blog for last week’s humiliating series of defeats. The losing streak now is so long that it has become difficult to write about.

6 Ft Over was basically run off of the court last Monday by 4 ex college basketball players. Even though one of the ex college ballers was completely immobilized it didn’t create enough of advantage for 6 Ft Over to be competitive. To make matters worse the loss came at the hands of Team Dynasty and former teammate Nick Hach. Dynasty now is 7-0 historically against 6 Ft Over.

It doesn’t get any easier tonight. The opponent, CR Side Cramps, comes into the game with an unblemished 12-0 record. A third starter for the game has yet to be found. That position has been tough to fill this season as 6 Ft Over has been forced to rotate between drunken college students, Guatemalan’s and complete strangers met in the weight room before the game. Not the type of stability the already talentless squad needs.

Basketball Players Needed!

6 Ft Over, the fumbling mess that once was a basketball team now has lost 14 straight games. The squad that once tore through the Rec League now is 1 and 23 historically in the Competitive League. A move back down to the minor leagues is inevitable. A summer spent playing against the best CR had to offer actually caused the team to regress rather than improve. Jeff Reiners is embarrassed each day when the standings are published with a big zero in the win column.

Next week brings “Big Cock” Nick Hach and team “Dynasty”. The likelihood of the losing streak extending to 17 is high. A season that began with optimism and hope has disintegrated. 6 Ft Over players have yet to start pointing fingers but they did acknowledge being overmatched in every facet of the game last night.

News and Notes :

• Richard Dengler missed last night’s action with a sprained thumb. Richard claimed that he injured the thumb last week against the Premature Shooters. This was amazing given the fact that young Dengler informed the team prior to the game against the Premature Shooters that he was favoring his thumb. The team has decided to require that future excuses from Dengler actually make sense.

• Jeff Reiners was a late arrival because of his day job. He checked into the second game with it tied at 2 apiece. Reiners made his first shot attempt but promptly missed his next 12.

• Aaron Shupert took a tumble late in Game 3 that would have scored a 10.0 in the Summer Olympics. While running back on defense Shupert lost his balance but transitioned into a complete forward roll, then sprung to his feet, dropped into a backwards handstand and stuck the two footed landing.

• In place of Richard Dengler was G/F Michael Jandik who proved to be serviceable. Shupert had scouted and recruited Jandik for the game. Jandik was previously best known for commenting in Yellowbook’s Sweatshop locker room.

Dengler Out

Richard Dengler informed the media this weekend that he is out with ligament damage to his thumb for tonight’s contest against Never Back Down… "I might come and watch but I won't be able to suit up..." Dengler said during a phone interview. Dengler is wearing a splint on his thumb currently after receiving the team doctor's advice. He suffered the injury in the second game against Premature Shooters.

6Ft Over is currently looking for a replacement for Dengler to come off the bench.

Week 2 Standings

6Ft Over Drop 3 Straight to Premature Shooters

In lieu of a recap from last night’s debacle let’s take a look at some of the numbers. The first question that comes up when looking at the stats is what the hell was Jeff Reiners doing out there last night? 6 for 31 from the floor! That comes out to about 19% so Reiners was below the Mendoza line….in a basketball game. Piss poor. Reiners dished out 4 assists in Game 2 and was more than happy to point out to the crowd instead of playing defense.


Hasenmiller hoisted 33 shots in the 3 games and made 30% of his field goal attempts. Now that is pretty good for a baseball game but we’re looking for 40 to 50% on the hardwood. Justin continues to lead 6 Ft Over in rebounding despite being the only player under 6 feet tall. He pulled down 14 total including 7 in the Game 3 loss.

Aaron Shupert and Hasenmiller each had 10 made field goals to lead the team last night. Shupert also managed to avoid injury despite being matched against a 280lb behemoth who called fouls whenever he missed a shot in the paint.

Richard Dengler was given the green light before the game by his coach and was told to shoot 15 shots per game. Dengler responded by jacking up 3 shots in the 1st game before steadily increasing his output in Games 2 and 3.

“I just don’t feel comfortable man, this is outside of my range,” Dengler said as he stood 5 feet from the basket.

Dengler did set the a single game 6 Ft Over record with 4 steals in Game 3. The team converted 0 of those turnovers into points but a record is a record.

….In other news around the league former 6 Ft Over center Nich Hach reported that team “Dynasty” dropped 3 straight games to the “CR Side Cramps” dropping them to 3 and 3. Hach would not consider a return to 6 Ft Over this season.

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