[David66]

I would agree with it being a "region" thing. take a look at a few examples:

We won GLR with two other hangers. the only teams that came close to (or actually did) beat us were hangers.

At VCU 33 was able to dominate with their superior ball handling capabilities. however when they returned to detroit they were beaten out by a hanger (47).

midwest seemed to be dominated by small balls capped, which would mean there was little defense played-it was a primarily offensive game.

Now imagine nationals-on the first part of Friday many teams are going to attempt to use their original strategies and often find themselves missing out. Midwest vs. GLR the ball handlers would never have gotten those balls to cap.
VCU vs. Midwest: scores would have been pushed even higher.

Only another week of competitoin will really tell what's going to happen.