UAZip0510 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 vs UMBCvs USCvs Drexel or Miamivs Penn State, Charlotte, Cornell, or South Carolinaat Penn Statevs Bryantvs Arkansas-Pine Bluffvs Western Illinoisvs Middle Tennessee Stateat North Dakota Statevs Blufftonvs Marshallvs Coppin Statevs Western Michiganat Toledovs Bowling Greenvs Central Michiganat Northern Illinoisat Western Michiganvs Ball Stateat Bowling Greenat Ohiovs Buffalovs Can't Stateat Eastern Michiganvs Toledovs Miamiat Buffalovs Ohioat Miamiat Can't StateI'm predicting 25-6 going into the MAC Tournament. The blue games I have as wins, the red as losses.Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 My thoughts are that you're a lot braver than I am in predicting this season's results. That's a good, optimistic starting point for a discussion about a Zips team that may start the season with an untested true freshman PG running the show. I'd be ecstatic with that kind of regular season record. But I foresee more early season losses. The 3rd, 4th and 5th games are going to be awfully challenging, and I think a Zips sweep is unlikely. It's also unlikely that the Zips will go a whole season beating every team they're supposed to beat. There's likely to be an upset or two along the way. I think that 22 regular season wins would be pretty good under the circumstances, though I'd gladly welcome a few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 31-0 and ranked going into the MAC Tournament. Go Zips! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 31-0 and ranked going into the MAC Tournament. Go Zips! This discussion is over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips Win! Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 A-PB could be a bit dicey. I am waiting to read all the experts(on this board) opinions from watching practice before I make my prediction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 A-PB could be a bit dicey. I am waiting to read all the experts(on this board) opinions from watching practice before I make my prediction.It's gonna be a long wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think the early season game everyone should be on the look out for to gauge the potential of the Zips is if the fates bring UNCC and Akron together in Charleston. The 49ers typically are a solid, but rarely great, mid major basketball team from a decent conference. They also play some pretty decent names OOC. They went 17-14 last year but were pretty young, but have 4 starters returning this season. This game would be a good gauge for the Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I am waiting to read all the experts(on this board) opinions from watching practice before I make my prediction.You can always go back and read previous years and insert new names if you don't want to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 This discussion is overTough crowd. But seriously...vs UMBCvs USCvs Drexel or Miamivs Penn State, Charlotte, Cornell, or South Carolina (assuming not Penn State)at Penn Statevs Bryantvs Arkansas-Pine Bluffvs Western Illinoisvs Middle Tennessee Stateat North Dakota Statevs Blufftonvs Marshallvs Coppin Statevs Western Michiganat Toledovs Bowling Greenvs Central Michiganat Northern Illinoisat Western Michiganvs Ball Stateat Bowling Greenat Ohiovs Buffalovs Can't Stateat Eastern Michiganvs Toledovs Miamiat Buffalovs Ohioat Miamiat Can't State24-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Tough crowd. But seriously...vs UMBCvs USCvs Drexel or Miamivs Penn State, Charlotte, Cornell, or South Carolina (assuming not Penn State)at Penn Statevs Bryantvs Arkansas-Pine Bluffvs Western Illinoisvs Middle Tennessee Stateat North Dakota Statevs Blufftonvs Marshallvs Coppin Statevs Western Michiganat Toledovs Bowling Greenvs Central Michiganat Northern Illinoisat Western Michiganvs Ball Stateat Bowling Greenat Ohiovs Buffalovs Can't Stateat Eastern Michiganvs Toledovs Miamiat Buffalovs Ohioat Miamiat Can't State24-7. LOL, I meant that your 31-0 prediction was the final word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipnetter55 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 27-4 looks attainable. As to Dave's concerns about inexperience at point guard and too many players without much game experience-did anyone watch our point guard play last season?-we had several games with our scoring ranging from 1-6 pts having watched the 2 freshmen they will be a tremendous upgrade. We have plenty of other crunch time experience(Kretzer, McAdams, Deji and Tree. Also Forsythe and Big Dog will be improved. Take a look at what most of the other MAC contenders lost from last season-only Toledo, Northern Ill, EMU and BeeGee have much experience. To me, we should have a much better and deeper team this year- our only real loss was Quincy, Even U.S.C is a winnable game- as for the other 3 potential losses, I figure a bad road game or 2 and a possible loss to either MTSU or Marshall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 ... having watched the 2 freshmen they will be a tremendous upgrade. ...If you actually watched them practice, you must be an expert. I agree with your opinion. They will be better in the long run. The main thing that concerns me is the learning curve. They will be thrown into the fire early and will make their share of true freshman mistakes. With a role player, that affects a part of the game. With a PG, it affects a lot of the game. As good as they look in practice, their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th D1 college games will be on the road against tough competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 There's no way this Zips team loses only 4 games over the entire season. Way too much youth.I agree with '55 that PG is the easy barometer for the 2014-15 team. Losing Diggs and Harney probably dropped Dambrot's blood pressure 50 points. Now he can coach kids who'll listen. That's a big plus. Harkens back to the Dials/Joyce era.I have never seen either of the Freshman play yet, and i know they'll be an improvement over what we had in 2013-14. I'm sure Betancourt will be a tiny bit better too, but he is what he is...a bundle of reckless energy.Assuming no major injuries, I will go with 23 regular season wins. I think this team will get better as the season progresses, get worse when the Freshman hit the wall in February, then finish strong down the stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm surprised so many are picking an NDSU loss and a Middle Tennessee win. I am inclined to think the opposite on those. I also think that a win over USC is attainable. I do fear, though, that with so much youth there will be a few "off" nights against teams we should beat, particularly in MAC play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think the season hinges on three things. The play of the 2 freshman point guards, the play of the 2 red shirt freshmen (Jackson/Gladden) and whether Big Dog's hand heals enough to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm surprised so many are picking an NDSU loss and a Middle Tennessee win. I am inclined to think the opposite on those. ...While NDSU won the Summit League championship last season, this season a poll of coaches, SIDs and media has projected the Bison to finish 5th in their conference. They graduated star players Taylor Braun and Marshall Bjorklund, their 2 leading scorers, as well as the team's 3rd leading scorer and 3 subs who played in every game. So they obviously lost a lot of talent and are in major rebuilding mode.MTSU last season tied Louisiana Tech for best record in Conference USA. But they graduated their top 4 leading scorers (Shawn Jones, Neiko Hunter, Kerry Hammonds and Trantell Knight), and the leading returning scorer averaged only 6.5 points per game. So they're also obviously in serious rebuilding mode.Both MTSU and NDSU are strong programs, but both have more question marks than the Zips this season due to so many key players graduating. The Zips should be favored in both games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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