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We will see who wants it more. the team or the fans? Hoping a big crowd will motivate the Zips to leave it all on the floor. (Someone said WMU is legit. Or was it BG?)

Will be an epic battle.

Zips -12.5. Hmm. Ok. Would definitely make my evening less stressful.

I have two Lower Bowl tickets and Tommy Evans passes available for tomorrow's game. Please send me a direct message if you would like them.

Tribble had one of the 3s and the assist on the other 2.

Western looked good but Ohio lost Elmore James early with an injury and also had tons of foul trouble. That being said, WMU will be coming to the JAR with confidence. and to state the utterly obvious, Zips can't do what they did last night and expect another easy win.

Either you or Coach Groce is having a senior moment. Groce said after the game that an undefeated Bronco team is galloping into the JAR on Tuesday.

excitement building in Muncie. 😇

Let me add: yes, anything will help. Do what they can to get more people involved and present. Creating an overall game day experience would only benefit the team and fans. More social media and promotion of these amazing players would help. Comes back to the product. Make people want to see them. They should send out clips of the big plays . Get those up on social media with sound and editing. Something we can share and get some interest.

I appreciate your posts, so please don't see this as an attack but isn't the "in-game experience" THE GAME! This isn't like going to a movie theatre...yeah, easier just to watch at home. The excitement is in seeing the last second shot, etc and being there. The entertainment is THE GAME. What has sucked forever and happens at every MAC school is the administration's inability to convince the pep band to be there for some of the games over break. I know I sound like an Ohio U person when I say that but it seem, from the posts on here, that folks want the traditional game atmosphere. Maybe I'm a different breed, but I've been to almost every home game for the last 25 years and, even in the early years, a promotion wasn't what got me there. I may have arrived earlier if there was a "first 500 fans receive..." My mother collected a bunch of taylor made jewelry balls and lots of t shirts at these games before she died but that wasn't why she attended. I do remember some dollar hot dog nights but, you know, times change. What matters is the product on the floor. And if that isn't driving people to the JAR giveaways aren't going to do it either.

Better coach. Better players. Better culture. But, you know, cost of a soda.

To be fair, it's really not the 10$ but the forcing folks to park there that is jarring (pun intended). So many are just cheap. Many have heard me tell the story about a couple I knew who procured floor seats for free for years and once that golden goose stopped laying they refused to come back even though for years they got some amazing entertainment and not amazing free meals in the Evans lounge.

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I guess the question is "why not both?" Frankly, George Van Horn an Larry Williams were notorious for only courting the biggest of donors. However, they did have assistants, Brock Kline and Tim Faix, who did reach out to the smaller donors and developed relationships with them. Guthrie on down are imports, and you know they aren't going to be here long. On the other hand, Tim and Brock moved on as well. The Summit Circle and name recognition for larger donors is important, and they should be recognized for their commitment. Most of the Summit Circle members are successful Akron grads. Which leads to my next point: The focus should be more student outreach. Gets the students hooked now on Zips basketball. Of course, the basketball schedule falls smack in the middle of holidays and Winter break.

Watched the end of their game against the Chippewas. Four turnovers (ball stolen) in final four possessions. Two of those turnovers they had chance to tie or win. The last two they didn't care.

then you risk upsetting the ticket holders who paid for their seats, especially if you paid a lot for a single game ticket and then a bunch of folks surround you for free.

so looks like these are seats available for purchase on the bench side. That's a lot of blue. You add in the ticket holders who don't show up and that's even more blue.

It was on espn +. The replay is up now. Pinky majorly screwed up Broncos better without Norman. Addition by Subtraction.

Crazy day in MAC. Hocking Hills breathes sigh of relief. Ball State loses at home to Central? Can't get any lower than that. If u want a nice evening watch the replay on espn+ of Kent game. Off the hook

Officiating crew from H*^!. Game totally out of control. But impressed Zips stayed in it against that swarming defense. Ball State traveling fans easily most obnoxious I've encountered. Two loud mouth old men were a constant Greek Chorus, coaching, officiating, complaining. That 4 foul rule per period bit Zips badly as they had Ball game tied with 10 seconds left and cards went cheap foul every 2 seconds and Zips couldn't get a shot or FT

IDK. Seems like I was at a different game than everyone else. Blue Seats...I know someone who has 4 but now goes to Florida in January. It may be KD leaving but also many didn't re-appear after COVID.

From BG Message Board Re: No depth = getting run out of the gym Quote Post by guest44 » Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:37 am Let’s bring back Elsasser. Let’s go find football and baseball players who can play 15 minutes a game and make sure we don’t qualify for the MAC Tournament again this year. Let’s hope the league tries to do what Akron did. Have you watched many of them? Some don’t have 3 players who would play in Akron’s rotation let alone depth themselves. BG lost to the best team in the MAC and led for nearly 30 minutes. The most promising part is we looked like we belonged and on the road. The depth will come back from injuries and the end of the bench can play against the bottom of the MAC. Hard to believe that was the only Zips/Falcons match up this year. Will need that for tiebreak situation🤔

Groce said he thought it was odd to give a T to his "best player" at that point in the game and fouling out to boot. May be some tears from Groce when Tribble graduates. Seems like Ali was back to his old habit as well.

Tribble's been my favorite Zip since he first appeared on scene in 2010

All eyes on Ypsilanti tomorrow.