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The proverbial early season take: So after yesterday, looks like EMU, Toledo, and PCCC are the teams to beat. Zips will be lucky to get a top 4 seed in Cleveland. Last night was a bad loss that killed our chances at an at large bid. Doubt anyone will show up for Morgan State game and probably get skunked in Cayman. Not a great day to be a Zip.

I am not an excuses guy, but Groce is playing with the line up. We have Hankerson and Hunter thrown in as starters. Tonight...on a strange court...it isn't gelling. Bring on Morgan State.

yuck, yuck, yuck. again, reminds me of so many of these games. That being said....Zips are fine.

Feels like every Akron v Power 5 basketball game. Just can't seem to get it going early.

Side note: really HATE Toledo.

big block by Hankerson. Zips down 8-5

Hunter has the green light to shoot 3s apparently.

These barstool guys ... I just can't. They make me more anxious than Steve French did. Turned them off. Will watch on TV with 640AM as the commentary

I as able to set up the barstool app on my TV. And the Toledo game is on but the feed seems off...jumps around. But ...still...happy to have it

Likely the last time. MAC soccer is closing up shop.

Ugh. T Shirt gun...glad I stayed home

Isn't he the guy who made the last second shot against BGSU when the Zips were up 30?

I honestly thought Notre Dame College was an all-women's school.

https://www.keloland.com/sports/sdsu-men-fall-in-overtime-to-akron/ “What a basketball game,” South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson said. “We certainly had chances. I loved the energy we played with. We played extremely together, we played our butts off and we were physical. But the Castaneda kid was terrific. He had a heck of a game.”

I think there is a post above that mentions he had a concussion and a broken nose.

Once I got home, I watched the end of both the Zips game and the Kitten game. It may not have been Freeman who tipped the missed FT BUT that tip made the difference. OU game is a cautionary tale about how 1.7 seconds can seem like 10. OU went up by 2. Refs added some time. Now the Bruins don't have to just tip the ball. Belmont makes amazing pass just past half court. Guy catches it and immediately calls time out. Refs add more time again. Now it's like 1.3. Belmont throws it to top of key and they make the 3. I thought it was tacky for the Belmont students to rush the floor after beating an average MAC team in a season-opener. But, hey, it's the South.

The reach in call on Garvin was a garbage foul that also changed the game.

Zips were very close to being in same spot. Had Freeman not tipped the missed FT I think SDSU would have won. (It would probably be wrong to head over to Kitten Attack and enjoy their rationalizations and meltdown)

Cant be mad at him. As X said after, the STEAL was what mattered.

Good interviews after game. 1. The steal was more important than the lay up. 2. Missing the 2nd FT used up time. 3. Hankerson impressing Groce. ( I always likes NIU as a program more than Ball State.) 4. Hunter has green light for 3s, but he wasn't on floor in crunch time. Looks like Nate taking Dawson's place.

Blocked Dre long time ago. He has nothing positive to offer.

2 bad 3s from Tribble and Clark.

This is too much for me for a first game. This is like March. And no t shirt cannon...thanks for asking.

Yikes. I knew they were going to score at the end. This game is too high scoring. Groce playing different guys. SDSU is run and gun don't let up.

Their big white guys punking Zips underneath