Here are the championship games. I'm begging you, PLEASE don't text me and ask for a different time. During the regular season, I have some wiggle room. I can switch around some match-ups. I can't do that here. Each match-up features the final two teams left in their respective Division. They HAVE to play each other.  And so they will.


Rob's Court (Mountain)

Tom's Court (TMC)

Skippy's Court
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A Cavalcade of Barnburners

April 21st, 2026

Championship Sundays vary from season to season. Sometimes, the best games are in the first two rounds and the title games are kinda' blah. This was not the case on Sunday as multiple games deciding the various Division champions went down to the wire or even into overtime. These included:

--Splash Pad 55, JAK 49 - JAK just can't catch a break. They have reached the championship game several times in the past few seasons, but heartbreak inevitably ensues. A couple seasons ago, they lost to Splash Pad on a buzzer-beater. This time, the game went into overtime. Maybe next season.

--Just a Game 60, YSL 58 - On this particular court during the first few months of the year, we have to be off the court by noon so that the club volleyball can do what they do. I was sitting in the lobby when I noticed that it was close to noon and the game on Court 2 wasn't over yet. I got up to see what the delay was and saw that the score was 58-58 with 5.8 seconds left. I immediately thought to myself "Please don't go overtime! Please don't go overtime!" It didn't. Just a Game scored at the buzzer to win the game and the championship.

--Mambas 72, Airballers 56 - The Mambas had reached a championship game five times in the past and had a mark of 0-5 in those games. But not this time. Five different guys on the team hit a combined 17 three-pointers to blow the game open in the second half. 

--Blue Coconuts 54, Fleet 48 - Two of our more veteran teams (Fleet has been in the League for most of this century) squared off in a tight battle. Coconuts big man Zach Jones was a beast inside down the stretch as his team hung on for the win.

--Side Loaders 57, Mansfield Ballers 53 - The world has gone mad! Our one-time Lovable Losers have turned into bullies, storming through the playoffs for a championship. I mean, good for them, but now I'm wondering if we're going to discover astrophage out there at the Petrova Line.

--Ham 43, Girl Dads 40 - I actually reffed this game (and the Mambas-Airballers game). I have now reffed at least one championship game in every one of the 101 seasons on the Tucson Basketball League. (In the old days, I would ref EVERY championship game, but those days are long gone.) This game was something of a snoozer for a while...until it wasn't! It was a tough defensive battle throughout the first half. In the second half, Ham slowly built out a double-digit lead and held what appeared to be a comfortable 15-point lead with just over five minutes left in the game. But the Girl Dads started cutting into the lead slowly, then all of a sudden. With a minute left, it was a one-point nailbiter. But Ham hit a big shot and then got a defensive stop to come away with the three-point win.

We'll have a limited schedule this coming Sunday to kick off the Summer 2026 season, with most teams starting the following Sunday, May 3rd. REMEMBER: There will be no games on May 10th. Mother's Day is sacred.

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