vegas Hoops classic

Most of you know the basics about the Vegas tourney- It is 4 games ( 1 at home- ORU on Jan 3rd) ( 3 at the Southpoint arena (4000seats) vs UALR, Stetson, and Miami FL)

Three 20-win teams and three up-and-coming programs highlight the six team field in the 2010 Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic Multiple Team Event. In the MTE, all six teams will play four games with first-round games taking place on campus sites followed by three straight days of play on a neutral site at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas.


In Las Vegas, the Hatters of Stetson University will open play versus Rice University on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Stetson, under the direction of 11th year head man Derek Waugh, competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference and returns 12.0 ppg scorer Ridge Graham. Meanwhile, Rice and third-year head man Ben Braun return all five starters to the rising Conference USA program.


The second game of the day in Las Vegas on Dec. 21 features the University of Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference and perennial Summit League power Oral Roberts University. The Hurricanes are coming off a 20-win season in 2009-10 and 7th year head coach Frank Haith returns his starting backcourt of Durant Scott and Malcolm Grant. ORU, another 20-win team from a season ago, returns first team all-league performer Dominique Morris. Head coach Scott Sutton is in his 12th season at the Tulsa, Okla. institution.


The final first round game on Tuesday, Dec. 21 pits the University of Arkansas-Little Rock versus Akron University. The Trojans of UALR are coached by 7th year head man Steve Shields and return their top two scorers and four starters from last years squad. Akron, a 24-win team of a year ago, has participated in three straight postseasons under head coach Keith Dambrot and returns three starters from last year’s squad.


The full 2010 Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Schedule is listed below with game times to be announced at a later date. Fans looking to purchase tickets can visit the South Point Arena website at www.southpointarena.com or check with their school’s ticket office. Fans can also watch live streaming video of the Holiday Hoops Classic by visiting the tournament page at www.sporttours.net.



On Campus Games


Stetson @ Miami

Oral Roberts @ Akron January 3rd

UALR @ Rice

Tuesday, Dec. 21

Stetson v. Rice

Miami v. Oral Roberts

UALR v. Akron


Wednesday, Dec. 22


Rice v. Miami

Akron v. Stetson

Oral Roberts v. UALR

Thursday, Dec. 23

Miami v. Akron

Rice v. Oral Roberts

Stetson v. UALR

UA Soccer stadium

Visited campus today and a few observations- first on soccer stadium.

It looks great and is coming along. 3 rows of chairback seats extending about 80% of lengthe of field. Grandstand is behind that with about 12 rows of bleacherback (not installed yet) seats and topped off with a platform probably to hold pressboxes. lowest level has 2 tunnels coming from field down to locker rooms. lowest level( sub seats is encased in red brick, which I assume will be extended up sides of grandstand. lights look great- tho not on yet. Scoreboard ( now in west end)has many loos wires sticking out- overall electrical work in progress. sloped pitch extends around end zones to plexiglass team benches on north side. west side is totally flat and has about 4 rows of bleachers. east side has traditional slope for AK-Rowdies and behind that is about a 5 row elevated bleacher running corner to corner. Most noteable thing is a plaque on side of lower level of grandstand that has a dedication to long time Zip fan Barb Hlivko.

Secondly on the Info...

Marching band was drilling on field and in both concourses. scaffolding still up above club seats where ceiling was falling. It looks to have been repaired now. Scaffolding holding it up till dry. Lowest level on street level of stadium ( where Welty construction signs were) is under construction. And Most noteably!!!----Team shop is well underway and very large sign on windows says " ZIPS TEAM SHOP COMING SEPT. 4th! "

I took some pics on cellphone. If I can find a way to get them on here ( with help) Ill do so.

GO ZIPS!!!!!!!!!!!

lady zips in WBI

The UA Zips were invited to 2010 WBI. As a #5 seed they will travel to #4 Wichita state for a 1st round game on thursday. Congrats to ladies but hard to believe GOZIPS.COM didnt feel it was worth posting!! Tom W- why does that happen??

Zekes 1st year

John Edwards- at Can't
season age G MP FG FGA FT att RB Pts FG% FT% MP PPG RB Ass
2000-01 19 KENTST 32 218 25 58 0 0 14 30 54 3 64 .431 .467 6.8 2.0 1.7 0.1
2001-02 20 KENTST 35 422 49 81 0 0 24 37 72 2 122 .605 .649 12.1 3.5 2.1 0.1
2002-03 21 KENTST 31 521 93 147 0 0 37 52 106 10 223 .633 .712 16.8 7.2 3.4 0.3
2003-04 22 KENTST 30 775 157 297 0 0 81 120 197 12 395 .529 .675 25.8 13.2 6.6 0.4
Career 128 1936 324 583 0 0 156 239 429 27 804 .556 .653 15.1 6.3 3.4 0.2


Chris Kaman- at CMU
MIN FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG TPG BPG SPG PPG
00-01 C Michigan 18.6 57.4 0.0 70.0 4.8 0.2 1.8 1.6 0.5 9.8
01-02 C Michigan 25.2 61.4 0.0 65.0 8.3 0.9 2.9 1.6 0.4 11.8
02-03 C Michigan 34.0 62.2 0.0 74.9 12.0 1.2 4.4 3.2 0.6 22.4
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TOTALS 26.3 60.8 0.0 71.3 8.5 0.8 3.1 2.2 0.5 15.1

Zeke Marshall- at UA
statistics GP-S min-avg FG-att % 3pt % FT-Att % offRB DRB tot avg F FO Ass TO blk stl pts avg
MARSHALL, Zeke..... 31-24 496 16.0 60-131 .458 0-1 .000 28-60 .467 44 71 115 3.7 66 2 13 44 50 6 148 4.8
Conference-Only.. 16-12 253 15.8 30-57 .526 0-0 .000 10-21 .476 17 34 51 3.2 37 1 4 19 24 2 70 4.4

In summary, Zeke averaged more points, rebounds and blocks than NBA draftee John Edward from Can't had until his junior year. More comparable to Chris Kaman in blocks, but his PPG and Rebounds were less. Lets remember hes playing with Bruce Weinkeins body so far- hell get bigger and stronger. And the year's experiance should be helpfull. No- hes not MAC newcomer of year or on all freshman team but hes got a huge upside.

MAC tournament

Friday night hopefully has been put to rest for fans. As much as that is possible. In some ways looking at brackets we are better off as 3 seed. No- Im not saying Im glad we lost. But one team I really wouldnt want to play is Ohio. Which is who Can't plays thursday. Two others are Miami and Buffalo. I realize Eastern beat us but we played as poorly as a Can't game. And we were shorthanded- ( No Humpty).
Another thought. Does anyone know if the brackets are set time wise or do the MAC officials play with them to split up UA and Can't State? Did they choose Can't for the evening sesion or does the higher seed play in evening? What did BG do last year?
Another question- what was with the guy in a white tux and white shoes on our bench last night?
until the fat lady sings. ( yes shes a Can't dance team girl)