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I think George does a nice job 44% of the time, which is a HUGE improvement from last season...where he submitted a good effort 43% of the time.

We need Josh or Noah to have a big game in MAC play. I remember in the beginning of the season, Josh was our top 3 point shooter and one of the top 3 point shooters in the country. This year in MAC play, he is shooting 33.3% from the field and 28.8% from 3 point line averaging 5.9 points. Last year in MAC play he shot 46.8% from the field and 47.4% from the 3 point line averaging 8 points per game. Noah is also having a tough shooting year. In MAC play he is shooting 32% from the field and 27.7% from the 3 point line averaging 5.9 points. Last year in MAC play he shot 41.9% from the field and 39.1% from the 3 line averaging 9.4 points. These guys are getting the same minutes as last year. We need them to get hot to finish off the season. Hopefully, tonight will be the night. Go Zips!

Download betternet to your tablet or whatever device you watch ESPN3 on and you should be able to bypass a potential blackout. https://www.betternet.co

I think the team in general shoots too many rushed threes, including Kwan. I am resolved to the fact that the Zips offense is in large part based upon the three ball, but they all too often hoist well guarded rushed threes, which drives me a little nuts.

Right. Should have clarified just the quoted part from the prior year in the link.

@LZIp DKPS that I cited earlier has over 30K subscriptions. I don't think 2K per team should be too hard if they have good content. Dejan is a little bit of a different case as he was a mainstay in the Pittsburgh media for years, so Lloyd going there won't have as many loyal readers as DK had to follow him. Anyway, getting off topic here.

Well...I think I am using "sketchy" in the sense that the business model just not make sense to me.I linked a pretty good article below from Forbes detailing it.Seems they are mostly running on investor money for the time being, which is understandable to start. They expect to turn a profit in Chicago and give it about a 50% chance to be profitable in Toronto in 2017. They are also reporting 6 figure revenue, which could mean 100k or 900k. Either is pretty small I think. The 50% chance to turn profitability in a market of 6 million people does not seem like a good sign to me either. There are 4 teams in Toronto - the Raptors, Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, and Toronto FC. Meaning they need 8,000 subscribers in a market of 6 million people, or roughly 1/10th of 1% to turn a profit and they are not sure if they can do it. They are saying they need a little under 2,000 subscribers PER team PER market to turn a profit. So Jason Llloyd, the Cavs beat writer, himself needs 2,000 subscribers and those subscribers would generate a whole 100k in revenue. Now I'm not a genius but in the NBA season you have 41 away games, plus playoff away games, plus a few preseason away/across the state games. Heck..you could even throw in summer league games if they want to send him there. I'd have to be convinced that all of that travel isn't close to 100k in itself across a whole season. And I sure doubt Lloyd is jumping ship for to work for free or a pay decrease. FINALLY they are getting some good writers, I will admit that. HOWEVER, why would I or anyone pay for their analysis when you can get it for free from various other sources? Its not like whoever now writing for The Athletic all of the sudden has access to insider information that will make people want to pay for their service. http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2017/01/10/why-2-1-million-was-invested-in-a-sports-news-subscription-site/#c1405e142c41

Kwan is sitting on 901 points before tonight's game. Barring an absolute complete collapse the Zips have at least 6 games remaining (4 regular season, one MAC tournament and one postseason). He'll have to average 16.5 if there are only six, 14.1 for 7, 12.3 for 8, 11 for 9 and 9.9 for 10 (which is the most number of games I can realistically see the Zips getting to this season) to reach 1000. So its going to be tight but I think all of us would love to see him reach that milestone. A nice 25 point game tonight would go a long way in easing my mind about it.

I guess you could classify this as marketing. Bowden will co-host the a radio show on WAKR from 10-2 tomorrow, with UA and other local special guests. My guess is you will learn some things from this. http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20170221f27jxn

If the alternative is hoisting a 25 foot three, what would you rather he do? I don't care if Kwan gets hot and cans a couple consecutive 25 footers. I get it...it's a shot he can make. But it is very low percentage, and it is the opponent's dream that the Zips hoist 25 footers when games get tight...because the percentage that we fail is very high. It's not just Kwan...in crunch time the Zips lack poise, and begin chucking bad 3's instead of taking what the defense gives them. That's why we don't blow anyone out. That's why we lost to OU. That's why we lost to Kent.

Late in the second half at the Kent game Kwan drove to the basket and score in the paint. It has to do with footwork, a big first step to get pass your man, and the ability to drive to the basket. Kwan has all 3 and has driven to the basket numerous occasions this season and is one of the reasons I started this thread. However, the last few games he has relied more on the 3 ball and less driving to the basket. Once he beats his man it opens up the floor since somebody will come over to prevent the layup and leave somebody open. We need Kwan to drive more and stop settling for the 3 ball.

+1. The ABJ's coverage is simply not professional quality. A 16 year-old with a blog, a conscience, and a little zest for the gig could easily trump the ABJ's Zips' coverage every time. The ABJ obviously has no employee performance reviews or even an industry-standard concern for quality.