Season Preview UIC 8

Welcome back to season 8 of UIC. Along with doing predictions of UIC matches and a season preview I am also going to give recaps of UIC's sister league UIC Swiss, which is held every Friday afternoon and evening. So let the games begin and may the best leagues win.

Diamond Division

Devine Cues - DC joins UIC for the first time. Lead by uber.geeky DC has shown some early season success in both MLP (1-1) and PLC (2-1) this season. That success could carry over to UIC if uber is able to find a little more depth. Right now there are only 8 players who have joined UIC and with a few no shows it could really hurt their chances of getting that big W. DC could be the sleeper team of the Diamond Division.
Players to Watch: uber.geeky, nealejess401 and eng.lishman

Extreme Cues - EC finished 2nd last season in the Diamond Division regular season and they are looking for more this season. Last season this league played more players then every other league and only had 7 qualified for the playoffs. For EC to have a more successful run in UIC this time around they need more players qualified in case the no show bug hits them in the postseason.
Players to Watch: sleepyman619, lvlaster_assassin and marcoo_ec

Elite Pool Legends - Another new league to UIC this season but they only have 3 players who joined up so far. The 3 players they have so far are familiar in the interleague circle and they have played well in the past but they need more people to join up or they will be the first to be removed from UIC this season.
Players to Watch: noob_ified, trumpsterized, tw.ista

Freedom - FR barely creeped into the playoffs last season in the Emerald Division and somehow walked away winning it all. That will not be the case this season in the much tougher Diamond Division. FR will have to fight for every win, not just skate by with the 5-0 FF's of last season. A big addition is pro.ashley from DP who will help try and get FR out the basement this season.
Players to Watch: ll_eskimo_ownage_ll, poolerz_elite, pro_ashley

Latino Pool Legends - LPL fought to a fourth place finish in the Diamond Division last season. They have a team loaded of "LEGIT" shooters, all of whom are well known in the Cam leagues. They have 4 or 5 real quality players who if they all show up to shoot can be a dominate force. Look for this league to but up a good fight week after week.
Players to Watch: tino_nica, maldito_p4blo, URIIELL66

Pool Pals - Another new league to UIC this season but they are well known throughout the interleague circle. A league that plays all their home league games on cam expect to see some good quality shooters. They did very well in PRO last season with a 5 man team and now they don't have to carry. Expect PP to put up some big wins this season.
Players to Watch: bootiful.buckme, trust.neo, exquisite_marky

Straight Shots - Steve has his hands full this season going from the Emerald Division to the Diamond Division. A team that struggled last season will really need to step it up if they want to stay out of the basement this season. They have had success in UIC swiss so the talent is there but can it continue from Friday's swiss tourneys to Saturday's race to 3?
Players to Watch: steven.rules, x_craig_rulez_x, x_kinky_laura_x

United Pool - No CZ, No 8BR is there a league that can stop them? Nope, not even close. This league has won PLC last season, they won UIC 2 seasons in a row, made MLP finals 2 seasons ago. Pete and Kets has an easy time walking away with this Division and might be able to allow some newer interleague shooters to get a chance to prove themselves.
Players to Watch: hornypom, l_ketan_l, king.2068, aaron.from_hell

1. UP
2. EC
3. LPL
4. PP
5. EPL
6. DC
7. FR
8. SS