Huh?
"In the end, WMU never gave up, and never surrendered, but Akron pulled out the win. The final score was probably not as close as the actual game, but it wasn’t close enough in regards to heart, either."
These games always seem to get closer and sloppy at the end. Lots of fouls and this and that. Start up the bus! Winning these road games just has to be building their confidence. Onward!
As a typical downtrodden Zips fan, I will assume the refs will get more heavily involved and start calling some touchy fouls on us just to make things interesting.
Thought there would be a little let up at the end of half. Wasn't watching. Assume Big Dog was resting the last few minutes of the half with two fouls.
Despite these goofs winning a few games at home, etc, our losing to a 6-12 team is completely unacceptable. We had an extra day of rest, we probably learned more about them than they did us a few weeks ago and our starting line up (God willing) is at full strength. The Zips know a loss cannot happen.
Dare to dream. A play in game in Dayton would be nice! I hate to talk at large because it presumes a tourney loss. (But that's my choice. Not here to stifle others ideas) And that selection committee errs on side of $ rather than a possible Cinderella who could knock out a Duke or Ohio St type and cost the NCAA big $$ in ticket sales.
Watched a bit of Ravenna/Toledo game. Didn't look sold out. Whatever. That is a horrible place to watch a game. Just getting in there and finding a place to sit is a pain and even many of the seats courtside are benches. When you walk in the JAR, and you are looking for a bleacher seat you can at least assess the situation.
Hard to know what MAC games to follow today. Guess I'm focusing on NIU and OU. I hope the Kittens win so their fans can come up for air and leave us alone on Zipsnation.
I DVRd the sports center story on the Zips, and it was really cool. All positive. Made our JAR sound like a killing field for opponents. I, having no life on this beautiful day, recorded it on to my phone and sent it to a few folks.
The lower bowl seats aren't "perks" per se. People pay a premium for them. The university just can't give them away. Best thing is to encourage the corporate donors who buy a block of seats to distribute them if they aren't used.
Speaking of free throws, do you all remember when our first point of the game was usually a free throw from Zeke? Many times he would make the first one and then the crowd would sit down in unison and he would miss the second. Always thought can't we just stand for one more shot!
Josh had a couple good rebounds near the end. You can tell that starting five feels so confident with each other on the floor like they have each other's backs. It wasn't a game I want to come home and watch on replay. I'm getting too accustomed to leaving the JAR happy!
That game is a blur to me. I sort of remember being sort of behind the whole game and EMU making some mistakes at the end. If anything, I think we have smarter, cooler under pressure players than they do.
Should have been a Yes/No question on whether Thompson gets T'd up tonight.
I'm in lower bowl and the 10 seats to my left which are center court, prime location are always empty or partially filled by different people each week. Does give me a place to put my coat Before if you got your tickets from your boss or whoever, you could come and get a free meal and drinks in the TE lounge. Now if you want to eat there its thousands of dollars. I've never been in there, but I get a sense they are looking for a new business model for the VIP perks.
See this as an epic test and a match up I mentally noted since last year's come from behind win at the Q. Hoping the Zips maturity will shine and they can keep their cool. After our escapes from them at the Q over the years, they have got to be supremely motivated to end our streak.