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Game 17- Northern Illinois


clarkwgriswold

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The Zips head to lovely DeKalb, Illinois to face the Northern Illinois Huskies Tuesday night.  The Huskies were picked to finish second in the MAC West in the MAC Preseason Poll, with senior guard Eugene German being named to the All-MAC West team.  Northern Illinois won 17 games last season and advanced to the MAC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2003.  They stand at 8-7 going into Saturday's game with Eastern Michigan.  German leads the Huskies and the MAC at over 20 ppg, while dishing out nearly 4 apg.

 

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42 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

That arena in Dekalb is like playing in a big warehouse or barn. Throw in the fact that their attendance is right up there with Eastern makes for a scrimmage type feel. Not to mention the campus is surrounded by cornfields. It's an easy place to have a letdown.

And that godawful floor...

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18 hours ago, Hilltopper said:

That arena in Dekalb is like playing in a big warehouse or barn. Throw in the fact that their attendance is right up there with Eastern makes for a scrimmage type feel. Not to mention the campus is surrounded by cornfields. It's an easy place to have a letdown.

 

Stay healthy.

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8 minutes ago, AyYo said:

It's also the longest road trip in the MAC. I believe I once heard that it's the only MAC game where they take a plane.

They have flown in the past, but usually its a miserable bus ride that awaits the team.  Frenchie occasionally talks about the haunted hotel they have to stay in as well.  

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50 minutes ago, Zip JD said:

They have flown in the past, but usually its a miserable bus ride that awaits the team.  Frenchie occasionally talks about the haunted hotel they have to stay in as well.  

Anyone else notice the sweet luxury double decker bus that Ball State had parked outside the JAR? And a random piece of info: it's only 90 minutes from Oxford to Muncie.

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https://www.beaconjournal.com/sports/20200113/university-of-akron-menrsquos-basketball--zips-look-to-rein-in-niursquos-eugene-german

 

Winning tonight heading into Saturdays game with Toledo will be huge.  Expect that big lug McCarty to get chippy...might be good to put Sayles on him for some minutes.  Got to be in position to take some charges from German 

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45 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

It looks like the NIU board finally got around to creating a game thread about 30 minutes ago. Just in general their board looks relatively dead compared to here.

 

https://csnbbs.com/thread-892426.html

 

Respectable opening post, though. Pretty solid background information & analysis leading up to the game; that poster must have attended the @clarkwgriswold School for Fan Forums. 

 

This is a massive game for 3 reasons. 

 

1) NIU might be the class of the MAC West. They are tied for 1st in the West, and have been quite competitive all season. 10 pt loss to UNI, 12 pt loss at SMC, 9 pt loss at Pitt, and 1 pt loss at CMU. 

 

2) NIU is our Kryptonite, and have been for a while. Dambrot had a 50+ home game winning streak if I remember correctly, which was of course ended by an abysmal NIU squad. 

 

3) Keep. Winning. None of these polls matter if we lose. Plus, our momentum on the road is key this season with our road struggles in the past. 

 

Our defensive style and athleticism bodes well in this matchup. German will hopefully be tamed by our ability to be our opponents to the spot. We move our feet so well on defense; it's impressive. 

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