Newton

how good are the bball players in the competitive intramural league? as in how are they compared to the players at sunset rec?

McGizzle

Which league? A league is really good, B league is still very good, and even C league has some really good players. I never won a championship in IM basketball (I played B and C leagues), but got down to the final 4 and 8 teams, and our teams had to be pretty stacked to get it to there. But those are just the top teams, there's some guys that'll sign up a really good team for C league just to get less competition. The run of the mill C league team isn't that good, they'll usually have one or two good players and a bunch of scrubs. Regardless, it's almost always better than the competition at Sunset.

Newton

i thought it was just divided into just competitive and noncompetitive leagues?

McGizzle

Actually, going through the site, since I haven't played since last year, it looks like they did change the divisions. Regardless, it will be competitive and better than the competition at Sunset.

azngamer54

I am going to be a freshman and I am very excited to play IM basketball. I had the choice of playing Division 2 basketball at a university or going to UCLA and not playing. Hopefully I can find other people that would like to play in A with me; if not, B sounds like fun too.

Would A be about as competitive as high school varsity basketball?

McGizzle

I dunno about the quality being as good as varsity ball, because there's no coaching, and frankly the officiating sucks, but there are some good players. On some of the teams I played on, we could run out a lineup full of guys who played varsity in HS, or have like 2 or 3 former HS varsity players and the rest of us played sports in club or HS and spend way too much time at Wooden.

BoelterHall

First, I think weak B league (and OK A teams) would be the level of HS varsity. Play A if you were the star of your varsity. Some C teams, as McGizzle said, are actually playing at the B level, but they play in C so they beat up on the weaker teams.

I'm just going to say a handful of players in C can dunk (though you can't dunk in a game, or you receive a T). At the B and C level, it's just about if you're physical, play with good team chemistry and players have good fundamentals.

There are teams with only one or even not any athletic players, and can still win games.

Really make sure your team has size, and people who will box out. Guys in Sunset are lazy and don't crash the board. But even good teams in C will play physical and punish you if you don't box out.

Also, make sure your team is at least 7 deep, or a committed team. My team had to play 5 vs. 4 once and we lost by 40.

megathunder

If anyone's making a team and needs an extra player let me know. I really want to join an IM team.

I'm 6'0 and play some decent ball..

McGizzle

Ya, it really is pretty physical. Our big guys would always complain they got beat up a lot inside. I'd say more than anything you need some big guys who can grab boards. We got by pretty much just on that every year, I never really played on a team with great offense but we'd get decently far in the playoffs until we ran into a team just as big and athletic but with more skills. I'm only about 5-8 so when I got fouled I went flying and they called it, but usually nothing gets called.

I wish I still had time to play IM ball, I have to settle for the occasional morning in Wooden now.