They say a week is a long time in politics but in the cut and thrust of Tuesday night basketball at Carina, it can seem like an eternity.

Just ask the former World B grade supremos, the Brisvegas Beers who have crashed out of contention for a coveted play-off berth following a 48-34 loss to the Pistons on Tuesday night.

A week after the “Fab Four” scored one of the franchises most stirring victories, the guard-heavy Beers outfit were below their best in a scrappy contest made all the worse by yet another trademark inadequate Carina refereeing effort.

As is the norm, the officials either went for prolonged periods with no whistle or stretches of whistle-happy, over-zealous nit-picking.

Beers GM “Mr Plow” Robinson took his turn on the club’s tech foul roster and was sin-binned late in the match for merely pointing out an obvious error in rule interpretation to one of the hapless officials.

However, despite the low-standard of officiating, the Beers cannot blame the striped-shirt knuckle heads for the loss.

The shooting percentage was well down on the season’s average, turnovers were high and the intensity that has seen the Beers become one of the most feared teams in low grade south-east Queensland basketball was nowhere to be found.

After the Pistons jumped out of the gates early, the Beers dragged themselves back into the match with Herman, Dominator and Dirty Cooper making life hell for the giant Pistons centre who provided a Sideshow-like, elbow-first display.

With Plow, Snoopy and Scotty driving aggressively to the bucket, the Beers were back in it but a second-half slump - see Wayne Bennett, it’s ok to use the word - put the win beyond reach.

Team spokesman and ineffective power forward Greg “Smokey” Davis said it was a disappointing loss and the Beers only have pride to play for in the remaining three games of the season before they thankfully say goodbye to Carina and it’s dud referees.

“It was a disappointing loss and the Beers only have pride to play for in the remaining three games of the season before they thankfully say goodbye to Carina and it’s dud referees,” Davis said.

“We thought last week was the start of something big but all we can do is apologise to our fans for giving them false hope - again.”

“I don’t want to blame the guards for the massive reversal of fortune for the Beers but at the end of the day I think any fair-minded person would say that it was completely their fault.”

“It’s not about finger-pointing at this stage of the season but the buck stops with Snoopy and Scotty.”

Further investigations revealed that Davis only lashed out publicly because the dynamic poker duo didn’t stick around and have a beer after the game.

The countdown has begun before the Beers leave Carina in a blaze of glory with September 5 or 12 the possible dates for the final farewell depending on whether or not the club wants to play the “classification” games in the first week of finals.

The Beers have refused to confirm or deny they will leave with a tech-foul extravaganza but SportingBet is taking wagers on what minute the final game will be called off due to insufficient available players for the Beers. The 10 minute mark in the first half is currently favourite.