Muslim Basketball

Saturday was perhaps their best performance of the season, which is scary considering they were already undefeated.  A balanced attack and they continue to rack up assists (a total of 30 more than the next team).

In their worst offensive performance of the season, Mecca showed they are able to play defense when they need to.  Anas Zubi has topped 20 points in all 6 games this season.

After a rough start to the season, they have righted the ship.  More guys are getting involved offensively and they continue their upward climb in the rankings.

Two close losses in back-to-back weeks has one wondering if these guys are contenders or pretenders.  They beat up on the bottom feeders the first four weeks.  They need to finish 2-1 in these last 3 games to be considered a serious playoff threat.

Kabul's record looks good at 4-2, but without a guest pass (they have used all 5), this team could easily find itself at 4-5 by the end of the season.  They will need to grind out some victories here in the last few weeks.

There's nothing like facing two winless teams when you're a winless team yourself.  Two wins versus the hapless Suba and Sana'a squads may have gotten Delhi back on track.  Rematch of last season's exciting playoff battle versus Beirut will be a good barometer to see if they're for real.

3 straight blowout losses after starting the season 3-0.  The offense has sputtered and the defense has dropped off significantly.

Like Delhi, this team's only wins have come against the winless teams.  

They have not won a game yet, and haven't even played Mombasa or Mecca.  The silver lining is they have a showdown with Sana'a somewhere in the next couple weeks (crickets).

They almost pulled off a huge second half comeback versus Delhi, but couldn't find a way to execute down the end.  Could get ugly with Mombasa on deck for next week.