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clarkwgriswold

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  1. The Zips drew the 14 seed to face Creighton in Pittsburgh, the closest possible site.  Creighton finished the season at 23-9 and tied for second in the Big East.  As the number 2 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Providence, the number 7 seed.

     

    The Blue Jays have three guys that score 17 plus points a game.  6'7' senior guard Baylor Scheierman, a big lefty averages 18.4 ppg while also leading the team in rebounding at 9 rpg. 6'4" junior guard Trey Alexander averages 17.6 ppg.  7'1' center Ryan Kalkbrenner averages 17.1 ppg and 7.4 rpg.

     

    The hot rumor is that the game will be at 12:10 on Thursday.

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  2. 12 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    The plan was to use our two tallest, but slower guys to force Sullinger towards one side of the court, shielding the other side with the height, and having Ali Ali with his length and speed cover Santiago & Bekelja in the event Sullinger did somehow get it to an open guy over there. Once Sullinger got too deep, he became solely Freeman's man and he was moving towards the baseline, not the basket, making the shot that much tougher. It was brilliant, and it was setup because Groce used the timeout for that purpose. Meanwhile, that was made possible because Pinky didn't make sure his team was on the same page. 

    Putting them in a zone/taking them out of man also reduced the chances of a foul on a screen or switch.

  3. 31 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

    the watch party is rather anti-climatic.  I've gone to a few.  You wait around and then hear "UCLA in Portland" or "VCU in Detroit."  And you are like "is that all there is?"

     

    I think this one may be a bit more special because of the seniors.

    Exactly.  Its primary draw is that it may be the last chance for many of us to see these kids together.

  4. In the spirit of the rivalry I have picked on Senderoff quite a bit over the years.  I'm not impressed that he's the winningest coach in their history as he's also the longest tenured coach in their history, but from an objective viewpoint he generally has his kids ready to play and with rare exceptions his teams are always near the top of the MAC.  This most recent run without a preseason All-MAC player and last season's freshman of the year to get within 5 seconds of a MAC championship was most impressive. As such, he's clearly been a successful coach worthy of some credit for his success.  Groce says good things about him and if I'm willing to trust his judgment with the Zips I'm willing to trust his judgment on this topic.

     

    I will now return to my regularly scheduled program of referring to him as Mr. Pinky and making fun of him.

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  5. 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

    Yes, 14 seed would be my guess. I saw some projections that had Akron playing Kentucky in Pittsburgh. As fans, that's probably the best we could realistically hope for.

    My bet is that we're headed to the farthest possible venue.

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  6. Oh how sweet it would be to beat PCCC three times in 2 months.

     

    In the game at the JAR, the Zips put Ali on Sullinger early and his length seemed to bother him.  When they shut down Insincere they came up with something to frustrate him, pressuring him early and making him go to his left.  I wonder of we'll see a wrinkle tonight.

     

    The guy I am worrying about most is VonCameron Davis.  He's become a better player than I imagined.  He's a tough matchup for the Zips.  He's developed an Ali type backdown yet can still shoot it fairly well from the outside.  Hornbeak is playing fairly well but his backup is weak.  I'd love to see him get in foul trouble early.  Here's hoping Sammy picks up where he left off last night.

     

    No tired legs tonight boys.  This could be the last college game of your life.  No excuses.

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