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  4. Zips Basketball- Looking Back to 21-22/Looking Forward to 22-23

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    2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    Boom! Love it. Could this be part of a larger event in Philly, or an easy coast swing where we whoop some SEC butt on the way out or home?

     

    EDIT: Looks like this could be it.

     

    2022 The Barstool Classic at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA

    Dates, teams and matchups are still TBD.

     

    Good luck finding additional information. There's a Reddit thread about the tournament that contains zero useful information, and the rest of a Google search is the Barstool Classic Golf tournament. I'd imagine, however, that the field will be pretty decent. Already off to a good start with the inclusion of Akron. 😉

    Oh gross, Barstool.  

    Anyway, I first saw this on the indispensable Blogging The Bracket, who each year keeps studious track of all early tournaments and events.  They have this listed not under their tournaments section, but under their "2022-23 Men’s College Basketball Conference Challenges and Neutral-Site Games" section.

    In other words (assuming that's correct), this is one of those showcases that include multiple games at one site, but it's not a tournament (not unlike the annual Akron/YSU/CSU/PCCC event that was recently scrapped, come to think of it). 

    They have a second game listed now too: St. Bonaventure vs. UAB. 

    Seems like they might've sold a few more tickets if they made it Akron vs. St. Bona and Mississippi State vs. UAB, but what do I know?

  7. Basketball transfer portal

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    Hankerson was in the game 84% of the time for NIU, which led the team and was 9th in the MAC (for Akron, only Ali was higher). 

     

    Despite that, he was only a "role player" by KenPom's definition, which are players that ended just 16-20% (5th on NIU) of the team's possessions (made a shot, missed a shot the was not rebounded by the offenses, or committed a turnover).

     

    He also got a steal on 3.11% of NIU's opponent's possession when he was in the game, third in the MAC.

     

    Still, the analytics are not eye-popping.  Still still, while Groce isn't infallible I generally trust him to find more Castanedas than Waltons, and kids who put up meh or worse numbers (this goes for Hankerson and Hunter both) and do not have all-conference recognition still might be good fits, just as their previous schools might've been poor fits. 

  8. Basketball transfer portal

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    Posted · Edited by mrelegazna

    1 hour ago, Zipmeister said:

     

    So you are seriously saying that you think the point of the initial post in this thread was that you are not allowed to feel bad about adversity affecting the Zips?

    I don't know you and I had never heard of you until I read your post four hours into this thread.

    Edit: Never mind, I'm sorry I missed the point. 

  10. Basketball transfer portal

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    I mean, yes, other programs have it tougher both with losing players in the transfer portal specifically and just more suckitude generally.  And yes, some fans need to gain some more perspective.  But we're still allowed to feel bad about any adversity affecting our team, just like I'm allowed to feel whatever feelings I want to about my own problems, even though others have it worse.

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  11. Ali Decision Revisited

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    Posted · Edited by mrelegazna

    On 4/13/2022 at 8:43 AM, GP1 said:

    His potential is much better at Akron. I'm not certain what professional league is going to be impressed by a mid level player at a mid level Big East school....maybe someone could help me out with that?.?.

    I think the answer to that is, "he doesn't think of himself as a mid-level player."  I think any player worthy of playing time needs to think of himself as, at very least, having a very high ceiling.  So I don't begrudge him that. Also, while Butler sucked last year and I can't be arsed to look into how good or not they stand to be next year, the Big East tends to be bunched up, and so going from 6-14 in conference to, say, 11-9 and on the bubble is probably not out of the question. Finally, while we have misgivings about Ali (especially now that he's gone), statheads and analytic nerds tend to love his game. Maybe there's something to that, and maybe the "actually, he's not that good" camp is right, but again, you can't blame him for believing in himself.

    For better or worse, this is the transfer portal reality now, and this is gonna happen from time to time (and hopefully not more frequently than that) with our good players. I for one am not gonna try to take such transfers personally as a Zip fan (although I would be f***ing heartbroken if Enrique left, I would try not to be ANGRY). 

    I hope that Groce and his staff respond to the advent and popularity of the transfer portal by scouting low-major transfer portal diamonds-in-the-rough thoroughly, and well. If any of our players feel like Butler is a step up, well then, maybe we are a step up from Nebraska-Omaha, or whoever. Or even D2 (Max Strus went from D2 Lewis (Ill.) to DePaul to the Miami Heat).

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  12. NCAA Tournament- Game 1- UCLA

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    Here's an excerpt from another pundit who is high on Akron, and Ali (a subscription site I belong to, Staring At The Floorboards):

     

    "The Zips really came together down the stretch run in the MAC, and were probably undervalued going into the MAC tournament with SQ judging three of their losses as analytical wins...UCLA wasn’t handed any favors by the committee. This Akron team can play, and we saw that in the early OOC schedule when they nearly knocked off Ohio State. Ali is a high major talent who will test Jaquez, but Freeman’s going to have a hard time getting established vs Johnson. Akron’s comfort level at a low 60s possession game combined with the ease in which their guards operate out of ball screens has big Purdue/North Texas energy."

    The Pick: Play Akron +14 (sprinkle on the ML), under 128.5"

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  13. NCAA Tournament- Game 1- UCLA

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    Posted · Edited by mrelegazna

    19 minutes ago, The Hip Zip said:

    Guessing UCLA will be about a 12 pt fav but just thinking out loud. Any kenpom guys here with a better notion?    I've seen them play and I think they can be had on any given night. We shouldn't be intimidated by any means.

    Kenpom has it 71-58 UCLA

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  16. 2018- 2019 Season Post-mortem

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    2 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

    I'm actually not anti-Riak like some as I think he still provides a net positive when he's on the floor due to his defense.

    I'm also team Riak and I actually think he showed more offensive potential than most of the pure fives we've had over the years.  

     

    Besides the things already said:

     

    Negatives:

    -Shot selection.  I've never seen a Zip team pass up so many good looks. LCJ is especially guilty of this. They overthink things. 

    -General quality of play consistency.  I'd say this is a continual problem for the Zips. but probably everybody feels their team is inconsistent. Inconsistencies are magnified when you watch all of a team's games.

     

    Positives:

    -Sticking with elite teams like Nevada and (today excepted obviously) Buffalo. Dambrot's teams could never really manage this. Yeah, we didn't finish them off, but keeping it close counts for something.

    -A couple of wonderfully complete games. Against local and conference foes, whenever Dambrot's teams pulled out to a big lead, you just NEWWWWWWW they would give up a big run and make it close again. But that didn't happen against Youngstown State or the first round game against Miami.  We seem to have scratched the surface at least on the kind of mentality that can put teams away.

     

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