Captain Kangaroo

The profoundly annoying Drum Chant backdrop returns...

The last memorable EMU game for me was a couple of years ago when Emoni Bates was 1-12 from the field and I think we were beating them by 50 points at some point in the 2nd half.

Omitted is Groce's "putrid defense" explanation - opponents aren't "feeling" the Zips defense. We are undersized, soft, and disorganized. It's easy to shoot three's when you have zero fear of getting one swatted back in your face...when your opponent is sagging off and not respecting your range, when defenders are unnecessarily double-teaming and leaving great shooters wide open for corner three's. The Zips can phone-it-in on defense and out-shoot a lot of mediocre-to-bad teams. If that's our defensive MO I still think we're 16-2, or better, in the MAC. But we can't beat a high mid-major or decent P4 program with the pedestrian defensive efforts we've seen so far. That's a recipe for an NCAA Tournament 13-seed, and a 21 point round 1 loss. It was a gift to get Yale and Murray State on a neutral court, free from biased referees and raucous opposing crowds. And we didn't take advantage of it.

I contend that, since 1891 when James Naismith first nailed a peach basket to the wall of the YMCA Training School in Springfield MA, every basketball team who's lost their final game of the season did so because they didn't score as many points as their opponent.

Reminds me of the old Jerry Tarkanian line: "The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they'll probably put Cleveland State on probation for an additional two years."

Zips put up 100 on Murray State. Definitely will be looked upon as a good loss by the tournament committee. We were 2 points away from scoring 102!

The women had a better showing.

Didn’t last long…

I’m getting a good feeling about this game!

Might be the 10 point deficit?

What do The Skipper and Miami have in common? They both beat the crap out of Milligan.

Welcome to "college football" 2025-26, where the grass is always greener on the next campus.

Anyone ever heard of Emory and Henry?

Coincides with the chart using the Z-logo.😀

It was because of Alvin Davis.

💯 It’s as good as the Cheese, Banks, Casteneda, Williams, LCJ line up, but deeper. And Barre could be the wild card that allows us to make some noise against the big boys. After the Purdue game Groce said “Purdue’s one of the best teams in the nation, but we’re one of the best teams in the nation too.” He knows this is a special group. It isn’t a taped-together group of 1-year mercenaries. It’s a seasoned group of talented guys who’ve been together for a while. Sprinkled with a nice mix of new ballers who’ve more than filled the 2024-25 departure gaps. Worst case this Zips edition should go 16-2 in the MAC. BG, EMU, Kent, Miami, Buffalo…they have nice teams. But they aren’t at our level.

Try this

Bucknell lay up line so far.

Good luck to 290 lb Rob hauling his butt up and down the court chasing the Zips gazelles.

I blame JoMo. He should be engaging the community, Tweeting, Instagramming, recruiting 4-stars without a travel budget, schmoozing donors for NIL funds, tutoring players with sub 2.5 GPA's and singing the Zips fight song while cooking meals for the training table-less team on his Weber Kettle outside the Stiles Center. JoMo must go.

I have to believe that's the MO for a lot of sub 4- or 5-star HS seniors. P5 programs are loading up on established transfers and stealing seasoned guys from G5's, so 3-star incoming Fr.'s need to go to the minor leagues for a year or two if they want to see the field (rather than redshirt, or see spot duty). Then they can ditch us.

Learn Morree about Jaborree

Apprentice lost to Howard by 36 tonight. Coe College came within 2 points of hitting the magical 36 point plateau against Northern Iowa,

Most insane OT ever.

Is this the real Clark, or ClarkGPT?