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Another factor I forget about Barre until now is that he spent some of the time in the off-season in a walking boot with a bad ankle, further setting him back.

1 turnover to 6 assists for Tavari today. Only 7 turnovers for the entire team.

I heard Todd's kid committed to Bradley.

Penn State heads into their Ohio swing Monday with a game at Youngstown State before they come to the JAR Wednesday night. The currently stand at 1-1 coming off of the Bryant & Stratton portion of their schedule, beating Bryant & Stratton Rochester while losing to Bryant & Stratton Buffalo. They're likely the shortest roster the Zips will face with 5 guys 5'11" or shorter.

I'm out of town today. While you are all enjoying the game, I'll be chasing around a group of 5 year olds. Make sure to make up for my absence and please post a lot of updates.

He's a career 20% three point shooter so I don't have high expectations for that aspect of his game but he contributes in so many other ways that I think he's going to be an integral part of the Zips' success this season. On top of it all, he's just a nice personable kid, as is Eric. As an aside, the other OSU transfer the Zips were rumored to be pursuing, Austin Parks, had 5 points and 3 rebounds in 18 minutes in Toledo's opening loss to South Alabama. We got the right Buckeye.

I watched so much Saturday afternoon college basketball as a kid that this just feels right.

I could really play a $2,000,000 kazoo or vuvuzela.

Yep, same stalwarts in cheap seats and lot of lower bowl blue empties.

I heard $1.6M with multiple teams in the mix.

It's tough to get a feel for Princeton given all of the movement in the program in the off-season and the fact that this game will be their opener. I sure hope the fans show up for this one. We don't get that many solid mid-majors in here so we need to show up when we get one.

If Wyoming and UAB would have been in UMASS kind of form...

Their long snapper for punts also leads the league in snaps.

It was certainly encouraging after a rough first half. On the other hand, South Alabama was predicted to be the 14th of 14 teams in the Sun Belt preseason poll.

Yikes. The aggression they lacked against PCCC and Buffalo apparently finally came out.

Ohio.com article on the game- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/04/akron-zips-mens-basketball-season-opening-win-james-madison/87071260007/?tbref=hp

From the presser, it sound like it is a fluid situation (14 minute mark)-

Here's the presser where he mentions it at about the 14 minute mark-

Cody Head is redshirting.

Cody Head is redshirting along with the freshmen. It could potentially be pulled down the line but it is the plan for now.

A 14 point homer?

The Princeton Tigers visit the JAR this Saturday to start their season. The Tigers were favored to win the Ivy League last year but fell far short of expectations resulting in many roster and coaching staff changes. Usually picked in the preseason to be at the top of the Ivy League, this year's preseason poll picked them to come in 4th. As you may recall, the Zips got hosed at Princeton last season after it took the officials seven minutes to reverse their call and give the Tigers a 3 pointer to win the game rather than the two pointer called on the floor. Here are some articles with previews for the Tigers- https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/08/princeton-sports-news-mens-basketball-summer-review-2025-season-preview https://www.midmajormadness.com/ivy-league/31297/2025-26-ivy-league-preview

Hell of a second half. Shammah just keeps getting better and better.

PCCC lets down the conference. 🤣

It was pretty obvious but he doesn't need to help. LOL.