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When the Zips women's team won the MAC tournament, they had players hitting 90+% from the FT line. I mentioned to someone that the women should be teaching the men's team on FT shooting. That someone then told me ... you know they play with a smaller basketball? A part of me died.

They play with a smaller basketball. It's much more likely to fall into the hoop.

as they say in the men's thread: a win is a win. in the Ball State game, that was up tempo with lots of lead changes those media timeouts seemed interminable.

I don't quite vagueries of the women's game, but why would the coach call a time out with a 13 point lead? aren't their timeouts different in the number they get per quarter as per half like the men. Also, their timeouts seem longer

Toledo produces good regular season teams and a bad tournament teams. I looked at the MAC stats for minutes played: Ali is #6 and Castaneda is # 7 behind two Kent players, Sears, Segu, and Lamar Norman. Toledo players pop up around #15 and higher. I noticed Toledo will sub in 4 at a time. Akron does not have a good record against Toledo and last won up there in 2013? I don't expect much out of this game. Circled it as a loss. Agree with everyone, if Trimble is hitting the 3, the Zips have a good chance. Also, Toledo is leading in almost every statistical category. "Amazing' how they've done this while losing the Jackson's and the guy with the man bun. I've always thought something was rotten in the Glass City.

All home teams easily won tonight except Mt. Pleasant. That leaves Akron in sole possession of 2nd (or is it 3rd) until Friday night when they will fall back to a tie for 3rd or in sole possession depending on Ohio at Buffalo: Toledo. 8-1 Ohio 6-1 Akron 6-2 Buffalo 4-3 Kent 5-4 Bowling Green 4-5 Miami 3-4 Ball State 3-4 ----------------------- Northern 2-4 Eastern 2-5 Central 1-3 Western 0-8

Toledo always looks like world-beaters until they hit Cleveland in March. re-watched last few minutes. The guys really seem to be cool under pressure but for Xavier and Ali getting frustrated with each other after Ali's travel. They had a close up of the CMU bench during a time out and one of the players turned his head away while the Coach Barbee was talking to him and Barbee grabbed his arm and yanked him back into the huddle.

As I said, Central is a desperate team with nothing to lose. They have a lot to prove and the Zips have been playing with fire except for the BG game.

Watching Buffalo at Toledo. Buffalo upping their game since the loss at the JAR. Toledo is tough. Zips are looking at a world of hurt on national TV Friday.

I'm awaiting the notice that this one is canceled because CMU can't field a team.

CMU is desperate at this point. They got nothing to lose. Their record is terrible, and they lost their best player. And they haven't had competition in weeks. Their last game was 31 point loss to EMU. This would be a total collapse and fail if the Zips lose this one.

Had he an audience he likely would have been much worse. However, this proves he really is an SOB and it's not merely performance art.

super photos. good one of Stan Heath. And I hope the Rowdies love seeing their awesomely obnoxious selves in print.

I'm good for stuff like this, but for in-game analysis...not so much.

yikes. I will make a mental note to follow up on how his pro-career turns out

yeah, definitely a foul or an amazing flop.

https://pac-12.com/article/2021/01/11/pac-12-extends-prohibition-fan-attendance-sports-competitions His team isn't doing well, and he doesn't have an audience to play to.

If you look at the roster, they put up the only 3 juniors. There are no seniors. With the COVID exemption, they all seem like Seniors. Gregg Tribble is considered a sophomore.

My thought on this stretch of games (Kent to CMU) was that the Zips needed to go 4-1 heading into Toledo on Friday.

These guys found a way to win in front of a really nice crowd. They were clearly worn out. Trimble: there's that "rule" in golf that it's difficult to follow a round of 61 with another really low round. Good mental conditioning for March. They certainly won't EVER be looking past the next game.

Spottsville, once again, blows his crucial FTs @ the JAR. How many of these games have we sat through at the JAR? Plenty. To me, no big deal.

Win and move on

Trap game. Let down. Fatigue. With some EMU players out..maybe they will tire as well

This has been an ugly few minutes. Behind again at half. This team is beyond comprehension

That was a messed up series