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I noticed that in the final two minutes, Gregg Tribble made the first 3 pointer and grabbed two loose balls which led to his assisting Ali's and Xavier's 3s.

Arm chair QB: NIU player should have held up and used clock instead of the dunk. No timeouts, either.

Apparently, these things can happen.

I wouldn't put these guys near the frustration level of Kwan and Utomi.

See v. EMU circa 2020! Zips weren't necessarily cold from 3 last night but the last few mins was a freak occurrence WHEN clearly the Zips smelled blood in the water which fueled their confidence. Watching that clip of the last 2 minutes is more fun than inspiring. Looked like 2 average teams playing in the first round of some low mid major conference tourney in front of only the die hard fans.

Watch WMU's # 22 at 29 secs when Tribble runs after the ball. Zips got effing lucky.

I resemble that remark 4 MAC teams will be on outside of the Top 8. at 0-6 WMU, may not be able to claw its way up and frankly I wouldn't want to see them again in a first round game.

Miracle at the JAR. That was better ending than EMU in 2020, primarily because EMU sucked that entire game. Tonight WMU was on fire for 38 minutes. Interestingly, the Zips win over EMU in 2020 came after squeaking by at Athens followed by two losses in a row at home with Buffalo and at Kent. I remember thinking back then, like I did tonight, that all was lost. It's just so hard to know how this will play out. But the Zips antics of loafing for 15 minutes won't work against the better MAC teams of Kent and OU but the Zips could get away with it against Buffalo (without their coach and Mball), BSU, WMU, and Marshall (who is now on a 5 game losing streak) Watching replay, I noticed #22 for WMU made a couple screw ups on the final two in bounds plays or maybe he's a 10% FT shooter and they didn't want him to get the ball. I was absolutely convinced Zips were going to lose that one but I did have a fleeting thought that during the last few minutes Broncos' inexperience was all the Zips had going for them. Ali Ali is clearly Groce's "go to" guy at the end of the game. He got the last shot against Ohio State and he's also had the final shot to close out some halves. He and Trimble may still be getting their legs back.

With games tonight, appears to be some separation in the MAC, assuming Buffalo would have beaten Central.

Most important thing I heard: he said they could tell Broncos were panicking

I was there. Was walking out but stuck it out in the bleachers

Jesus H. CHRIST. THAT was effed up.

Unfortunately, Groce has a few more years on his contract...at least I think he does

Groce and this team don't deserve my time or effort.

They obviously don't have the stamina or bench to keep up intensity for 40 mins

Will be sitting home in March at this rate. They are showing they can easily be beaten by any MAC team. BG on Thursday? That will be a joke.

Someone explain that call? Freeman with 3 fouls. Still being out hustled.

This won't age well.

So how does WMU recruit those guards and Groce gets KJ Walton? The magic wearing off.

Un-effing-believable. This team ain't going anywhere this year. Every other team seems a lot more interested in hustling and winning.

I think they blew two 10 point leads. Clarke isn't long for this team.

Garvin Clarke is a problem.

Zips opponents always seem to care more.

Zips are just a lazy, careless team. Cheap fouls, out hustled, missed FTs. Lucky they can make some 3s.

That white kid for WMU just totally out hustled the Zips.