NSBA4 · 2026 Season

Week 6: The Bracket Locks

Home teams went 5–1, three chalk favorites lost outright, and the playoff field came into focus — six of eight in, two seeds still up for grabs.
Same week, several ways to read it — with xGets coverage analytics (expected vs actual buzzes) in every version. One straight science-bowl recap plus the NBA, NFL, Soccer, and Baseball reskins. Pick your sport.

The Recaps

📚 Science Bowl
The Straight Recap
Sweeps, bonuses, negs — and the xGets coverage ledger. The original.
🏀 NBA
The Hardwood Cut
Buckets, FT%, turnovers, expected buckets (xFGM).
🏈 NFL
The Gridiron Cut
Scoring plays, red-zone %, turnovers, expected points.
⚽ Soccer
The Match Report
Goals, finishing %, giveaways, xG vs actual.
⚾ Baseball
The Box Score
Runs, RISP%, rally-killers, expected runs (xR).

Standings & Awards

🧮 Playoff Picture
Odds & Paths
Top-4-per-conference odds, seeds, the final pool games, and each team's path in.
👑 Category Kings
Best in Each Subject
The top buzzer in Bio, Chem, CS, Earth/Space, Math & Physics through six weeks.
🗺️ Team Coverage
Subject Heatmap
Which categories every team owns — % of each subject's tossups they win.
⭐ Player Ratings
SofaScore-Style
Every player graded 3.0–10.0 for their Week-6 game — buzzes, speed, bonuses, negs.
🏆 Headlines:  Connor Chang ran jonathan off the floor 122–32 as jonathan negged ten times  ·  James W's akhil went 36 points, 9 gets, zero negs in a 116–56 rout  ·  three favorites lost outright (ChessFun −9, sumin −5, Gid −3)  ·  vishnu m & Kian D bounced back from Week 5's busts  ·  GidTheKid2 and jonathan are eliminated, six of eight playoff spots clinched.