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Nice combination of good shooting by the Zips and awful defense by WMU.

Really strong defense from the Zips. Nice rip away by Young. They are also rebounding the ball well. Great start!!!

Evan starts.

Bowen starting in Sharron's place tonight.

I may end up being wrong, but I thibk Miami loses in the MAC Tournament, and, if they do get an at-large, gets crushed in the NCAA Tournament. I don't believe they are battle-tested against higher levels teams, and I do think that matters in March. We will find out. Both teams shot well below their season averages in that game. Why do you only bring that up for Miami? 🤔

I didn't say they can't beat them, but no, I don't think they would have beat them. You're way too focused on Vegas lines instead of trusting your eyes and team metrics. Miami is a really good team. They also played absolutely nobody OOC. It's working for them, so more power to them. But it doesn't mean I think if they traded places with us this year that they wouldn't have 3-4 losses, at least.

Trap game, just gotta squeeze out a win

Feels like a trap game. Johnson had 32 points and 11 for their team had 28.

Lets get a win!

They've been lucky but have created a lot of their own luck. For example, if they didn't make those buzzer beaters against Buffalo, they would have lost but they have excellent shooters and made the shots.

But Miami didn't even schedule games like that, and that's the point. When you only have to get up for a handful of competitive OOC games per season, winning them is WAY easier than having to be focused for most games. So again, if having a cupcake schedule is the road to lots of wins and national recognition, why aren't we doing it?!

Of course they have been lucky to be 24-0. That still doesn't mean it isn't an impressive accomplishments. We were favored in 4 out of our 5 losses. If we won the games we were supposed to we would be at 1 loss, but we didn't. It's not easy to do.

Yale has losses to Harvard and Princeton and you think Miami can't beat them? Murray St is #99. Both games were played on neutral court. Miami would be favored in both games. So many of yoi guys sound like jealous exes. Let Miami have their 5 minutes of fame.

Troy was red hot shooting against us, despite what I thought was pretty decent defense on our part. Miami has been very luck thus far. The only game that I think we could and should have lost but squeaked out was against Eastern Michigan.

Troy IMO isn't really any better than Marshall who Miami beat comfortably. Miami also didn't shoot well when they played us. We would have been run out of the gym had they shot their season averages.

NOTE - I revised my Feb 3, 2026 post above per this change to reflect the Spring Schedule reposted by @ZipsMSoc.

Jay Bilas has us as #51 in the country. Notably, he has Miami as #26 and OSU as #50. Purdue is #11, Yale is #60, and Murrary State and Troy are nowhere to be found. I wish we had a few of those games back. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47940627/jay-bilas-index-mens-college-basketball-rankings-top-teams-2025-26 26. Miami (Ohio) RedHawks My on-court view of the RedHawks is to rank them in the mid-40s of The Bilas Index. But, winning matters, especially when there is a goose egg on the right side of the record. And Miami is a good team that can shoot it, with quality shots and a very pleasing offense. The RedHawks are led by Brant Byers and Eian Elmer, the team's two best shooters, but Miami is not among the best defensive teams. Clearly, the RedHawks know how to win and have won a good number of close games. Travis Steele has put forth the claim that Miami cannot schedule quality games to boost its résumé. Though that is not a major issue in evaluating the quality of a team, it is certainly an impediment to the at-large process. If and when Miami loses a game -- or games -- this will be adjusted accordingly. Until then, The Bilas Index will honor the goose egg. 51. Akron Zips Though they're being outshined in the MAC by a still undefeated Miami (Ohio), the preseason conference favorite Zips are still putting together a good season. They even own a longer home winning streak -- 29 games, the nation's best -- than the RedHawks. In his fourth year with the program, Tavari Johnson leads the team in points (20.5) and assists (5.2).

Tavari: 12.0 MPG, 4.1 PPG, .456 FG%, .447 3PT%, 1.2 APG, 0.4 SPG, 1.0 TOPG Sharron: 18.8 MPG, 7.1 PPG, .383 FG%, .293 3PT%, 1.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.9 TOPG I'd say Sharron takes care of the ball better than Tavari did as a sophomore, and is much better defensively. Tavari was a much more effefective shooter/scorer. I still wonder if moving Sharron out of the starting lineup for a few games would take some pressure off of him. He seems like he is pressing a bit as a scorer.

Murray State and Yale would both beat Miami, too.

To be fair, if Miami played Purdue or Troy on the road, they'd likely have more than one loss in those games alone. Miami got lucky in getting us at home when we were having an off shooting night too. That's another likely loss.

Which defeats the whole puurpose of having a fan council because money talks, and as a result, those voices are already loudly heard.

I assumed the fans most likely to be selected were the ones who already hold influence through being large donors or long-term connections.

I also applied and didn't hear anything.

Right? If only the hundreds of fans who attend games had an online community where they could discuss Zips sports, the athletic dept., fan experiences, the university, etc. and form a virtual fan council...