Flying Knueppel Brothers Basketball Team: Milwaukee, WI

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Flying Knueppel Brothers Basketball Club, Milwaukee, WI

Closed Gym League
The Closed Gym League is an extension of the original Closed Gyms. 2004 is the inaugural year for the League, which runs year round. Teams in this league are selected through a draft process, and the length of a "season" is determined by the Commissioner based on the number of teams involved. Once a "season" has been completed, teams are redrafted and the next "season" begins.

League News - Updated on May 2nd
Season One of the Closed Gym League came to a close this past Sunday. The first game of the night was a match up of the Condors and the Pipers and was a battle for 2nd place. Both teams ended the season at 3-3, but the Condors earned 1 more point for the season to secure 2nd place. Dan Wargolet led the way for the Condors with Playstation type stats of 37 points and 21 rebounds. Duane West chipped in 29 for the winners. Josh Metzger dumped in 27 for the Pipers and Derrick Canada pulled down 15 rebounds from the guard spot.

In the final game of Season One the Colonels showed why they are league champions. They jumped out to a 78-58 halftime lead and bested the Sounds 146-119. Bestor, Kohl, and Greene had 35, 34, and 33 respectively and Kon Knueppel recorded the league's first triple double with 22, 18, and 10.

Season Two begins May 16th with all games played at Milwaukee Lutheran High School. The Commissioner requests your help in making Season Two a success by holding to your commitment to the league and/or helping out with finding new players. The draft will be held in one week and 56 players must commit so it is necessary to provide me with new player information quickly if you have mentioned players who may want to play.
Special Message for 3-on-3 players - There will not be a Hoop-It-Up tournament this year in Milwaukee. The Hoop-It-Up tournaments are only being played in 15 cities nationwide this year. The closest Hoop-It-Up tournament will be held in Chicago on July 10-11. For those of you who love 3-on-3 basketball, we highly recommend the following tournaments: June 5-6 Morris, IL Gus Macker; June 19-20 Wausau, WI Gus Macker or Sterling, IL Gus Macker; June 26-27 Oconomowoc, WI Gus Macker; and, July 10-11 Eau Claire, WI Gus Macker. The Flying Knueppel Brothers will be at some of these tournaments, but we will not be playing in them.

League Standings

	W	L	QW	LP
1st-Colonels	5	1	16.5	31.5
2nd-Condors	3	3	11.5	20.5
3rd-Pipers	3	3	10.5	19.5
4th-Sounds	1	5	9.5	12.5

*Wins are worth 3 league points (LP) and quarters won (QW) are worth 1 league point.

Schedule/Results
Click here for this season's schedule and results.

League Leaders

- Scoring -	GP	TP	Avg	- Rebounds -	GP	R	Avg	- Assists -	GP	A	Avg
Steve Showalter	3	89	29.7	Kon Knueppel	6	84	14.0	James Hischke	6	38	6.33
Brad Hintz	5	146	29.2	Craig Greene	6	74	12.3	Kon Knueppel	6	35	5.83
Brad Bestor	6	161	26.8	Steve Tracy	3	35	11.7	Mike Roemer	6	33	5.5
Dan Wargolet	6	156	26.0	Matt Becker	6	65	10.8	Steve Kohl	3	16	5.33
Craig Greene	6	156	26.0	Bob Overland	6	61	10.2	Duane West	5	26	5.2
Steve Tracy	3	78	26.0	Dan Wargolet	6	61	10.2	Jay Bowman	4	20	5.0
Ryan Borowicz	5	127	25.4	Derrick Canada	6	60	10.0	Steve Tracy	3	13	4.33
Duane West	5	119	23.8	Eric Brieske	3	26	8.67	Brad Bestor	6	26	4.33
Eric Brieske	3	71	23.7	Steve Showalter	3	26	8.67	Derrick Canada	6	24	4.0
Troy Wagner	5	117	23.4	Brad Hintz	5	43	8.6	Jake Browarski	5	24	4.0

Game Stats Week of - May 2nd
Condors 110 - Pipers 91

-- PIPERS -- FGA FGM % 3PA 3PM % FTA FTM % TP R A

Eric Brieske 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0

Klint Knueppel 9 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 6 1 0

Sean Madigan 14 6 .429 4 0 .000 2 0 .000 12 5 3

Derrick Canada 21 8 .381 9 2 .222 2 2 1.000 20 15 4

Troy Wagner 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0

Randy Pichler 6 2 .333 1 1 1.00 0 0 .000 5 6 0

Ryan Borowicz 24 8 .333 11 4 .364 1 1 1.000 21 2 5

Josh Metzger 17 10 .588 2 1 .500 7 6 .857 27 10 1

TOTALS 91 37 .407 27 8 .296 12 9 .750 91 39 13

-- CONDORS -- FGA FGM % 3PA 3PM % FTA FTM % TP R A

Jake Browarski 12 4 .333 7 2 .286 2 2 1.000 12 7 7

Duane West 23 11 .478 12 4 .333 4 3 .750 29 8 4

Jay Bowman 4 2 .500 2 1 .500 0 0 .000 5 3 4

Dan Wargolet 24 15 .625 10 6 .600 2 1 .500 37 21 5

Greg Zens 11 5 .455 3 2 .667 2 1 .500 13 13 2

Matt Becker 16 6 .375 3 1 .333 2 1 .500 14 11 4

TOTALS 90 43 .478 37 16 .432 12 8 .667 110 63 26

Colonels 146 - Sounds 119

-- COLONELS -- FGA FGM % 3PA 3PM % FTA FTM % TP R A

Brad Bestor 20 13 .650 8 3 .375 6 6 1.000 35 9 3

Steve Kohl 17 12 .706 8 6 .750 4 4 1.000 34 7 8

Ben Royten 18 7 .389 11 3 .273 2 2 1.000 19 5 5

Mike Roemer 7 1 .143 2 1 .500 0 0 .000 3 3 7

Kon Knueppel 12 9 .750 1 0 .000 4 4 1.000 22 18 10

Craig Greene 22 11 .500 16 8 .500 4 3 .750 33 11 3

TOTALS 96 53 .552 46 21 .457 20 19 .950 146 53 36

-- SOUNDS --	FGA	FGM	%	3PA	3PM	%	FTA	FTM	%	TP	R	A
Josh Emer	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	0	0	.000	3	3	2
Steve Showalter	24	9	.375	10	0	.000	2	2	1.000	20	4	3
Brad Hintz	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0
James Hischke	16	7	.438	7	2	.286	2	2	1.000	18	7	7
Bob Overland	22	14	.636	7	4	.571	0	0	.000	32	14	1
Ben Starck	13	8	.615	5	2	.400	0	0	.000	18	6	4
Ryan Goodno	19	8	.421	12	5	.417	2	2	1.000	23	3	1
Schroeder, Matt	5	2	.400	2	1	.500	0	0	.000	5	2	4
TOTALS	100	49	.490	44	15	.341	6	6	1.000	119	39	22

Season Stats
Note: LP is the league points the player has accumulated in the games he has appeared in.

Player	GP	LP	FGA	FGM	%	3PA	3PM	%	FTA	FTM	%	TP	Avg	R	Avg	A	Avg
Becker, Matt	6	20.5	83	37	.446	11	2	.182	13	11	.846	87	14.5	65	10.8	20	3.33
Bestor, Brad	6	31.5	116	62	.534	64	24	.375	14	13	.929	161	26.8	42	7.0	26	4.33
Borowicz, R.	5	13.5	106	47	.443	48	22	.458	12	11	.917	1127	25.4	13	2.6	9	1.8
Bowman, Jay	4	14	23	9	.391	13	5	.385	0	0	.000	23	5.75	13	3.25	20	5.00
Brieske, Eric	3	17	46	25	.543	22	9	.409	14	12	.857	71	23.7	26	8.7	7	2.3
Browarski, J.	5	19.5	75	28	.373	39	13	.333	8	7	.875	76	15.2	27	5.4	20	4.0
Canada, D.	6	19.5	88	42	.477	37	11	.297	14	13	.929	108	18.0	60	10.0	24	4.0
Diener, Tom	1	6	3	1	.333	1	1	1.000	0	0	.00	3	3.0	1	1.0	1	1.0
Emer, Josh	6	12.5	48	18	.375	29	11	.379	0	0	.000	47	7.83	20	3.33	17	2.83
Goodno, Ryan	2	6.5	36	18	.500	21	9	.429	2	2	1.000	47	23.5	8	4.0	3	1.5
Greene, Craig	6	31.5	115	62	.539	56	22	.393	12	10	.833	156	26.0	74	12.3	21	3.50
Hintz, Brad	5	12	108	62	.574	26	9	.346	17	13	.765	146	29.2	43	8.6	11	2.20
Hischke, James	6	12.5	88	48	.545	34	13	.382	11	8	.727	117	19.5	40	6.67	38	6.33
Knueppel, Klay	4	8	43	11	.256	34	8	.235	0	0	.000	30	7.5	14	3.5	1	.25
Knueppel, Klint	5	14.5	41	21	.512	2	0	.000	1	0	.000	42	8.4	14	2.8	2	0.40
Knueppel,Kole	1	6	4	1	.250	4	1	.250	3	2	.667	5	5.0	2	2.0	0	0.0
Knueppel, Kon	6	31.5	80	53	.663	22	11	.500	13	11	.846	128	21.3	84	14.0	35	5.83
Kohl, Steve	3	14.5	35	20	.571	14	6	.429	10	10	1.000	56	18.7	17	5.67	16	5.33
Madigan, Sean	6	19.5	89	32	.360	37	10	.270	21	15	.714	89	14.8	42	7.0	16	2.67
Mealy, Matt	2	2	16	7	.438	2	0	.000	0	0	.000	14	7.0	11	5.5	2	1.0
Metzger, Josh	2	1.5	35	20	.571	6	2	.333	15	12	.800	54	27.0	28	14.0	6	3.0
Overland, Bob	6	12.5	102	43	.422	47	13	.277	4	4	1.000	103	17.2	61	10.2	22	3.67
Pichler, Randy	6	19.5	26	6	.231	11	2	.182	4	2	.500	16	2.67	29	4.83	12	2.00
Roemer, Mike	6	31.5	46	24	.522	14	7	.500	12	4	.333	59	9.83	44	7.33	33	5.50
Royten, Ben	6	31.5	103	47	.456	79	34	.430	3	2	.667	130	21.7	24	4.0	18	3.0
Showalter, S.	3	3.5	82	39	.476	30	3	.100	9	8	.889	89	29.7	26	8.67	11	3.67
Starck, Ben	6	12.5	66	29	.439	19	7	.368	14	8	.571	73	12.2	32	5.33	16	2.67
Tracy, Steve	3	7.5	50	30	.600	20	10	.500	13	8	.615	78	26.0	35	11.7	13	4.3
Wagner, Troy	5	19	77	49	.636	5	2	.400	18	17	.944	117	23.4	40	8.0	13	2.60
Wargolet, Dan	6	20.5	137	63	.460	61	23	.377	8	7	.875	156	26.0	61	10.2	10	1.67
West, Duane	5	19.5	93	47	.505	44	15	.341	16	10	.625	119	23.8	32	6.4	26	5.2
Zens, Greg	2	12	23	10	.435	8	4	.500	3	1	.333	25	12.5	23	11.5	3	1.5

League Rules
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The Legend of the Closed Gym
It's been said that back in the late 80's-early 90's, a group of 10 or more men would gather together in the name of basketball. These men were asked to come to these so-called Open Gyms because they 1) were reliable, 2) were competitive, 3) would cause no arguments, and 4) loved to play. Because phone calls were placed to specific individuals on an invitation only basis, a significant fact was brought to the operator's attention: "Hey, these aren't Open Gyms." And thus the Closed Gyms were born.

If you have any questions about the Flying Knueppel Brothers Basketball Club or the Closed Gym League, contact us at aknueppel@rr.wi.com. Put BASKETBALL in the subject line.