Sight lines.
A decent NIU team (Eugene German) beat #14 Buffalo in 2019. NIU made MAC semis that year and lost to BG by 4. Wow...a lifetime ago...a BG/NIU semi final.
An average 2023 team beat Sincere and Kent by 10 in DeKalb.
Zips leading conference in:
3 point %
3 point FGs made
Scoring
FG %
FG % defense
3 point defense.
Assist/turnover ratio
FT %
Combined rebounds
Margin of victory (by a lot)
Blocked shots
Assists
Excellent round up of this week's action. In the "bread and butter" section are some good stats comparing the Akron Groce Era teams.
https://open.substack.com/pub/akronzippedup/p/zips-mens-basketball-weekly-update-96e?r=4gotw8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The refs let a lot pass for the entire game. Barlow is one of the better MAC refs. They could have T'd up Steele multiple times and maybe Groce as well. Easy for me to say it was a well-officiated game when Zips win by almost 30.