Three rings, a .601 all-time win percentage, and a 75% playoff appearance rate — the highest in the league alongside Bed Time. Hope is Coming has made the postseason in 9 of 12 seasons including three straight, and has finished 9-5 or better in four of the last five. There's no reason to think the machine slows down — this is the most consistent team in the league, and now they're playing with house money.
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KRAEMERICA: THE BEST TEAM YOU CAN'T BACK?
Look at the numbers and tell me where the bear case is. 10-4 in back-to-back regular seasons. A league-best 134.0 points per game in 2025 — outscoring the field by nearly 14 points a week. A +28.0 point differential nobody else came close to touching. By every measure outside of the bracket, this was the best team in the league last year. So why am I hesitant? Because we've been here before. The 2018 ring is the only championship Kraemerica has converted from a strong regular season, and the playoff math has been brutal ever since. Buy the regular-season ticket. Just know the postseason hasn't been kind.
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HOT TAKE
DON'T SLEEP ON BED TIME
Here's a stat that should scare every owner in this league: the man with the highest career win percentage just spent four full years on the sideline and came back to a 7-7 playoff appearance like it was nothing. Bed Time's 12-1 campaign in 2014 remains the best single-season record in league history, and he added an 11-2 season in 2017 for good measure. Three rings. A .610 career rate. And now he's tied with Hope is Coming for most all-time titles, with a clear chip on his shoulder. Year two of the comeback should look a lot less rusty. I'm calling it now: this team finishes top-3 in the regular season.