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Definitely Zeke. Two MAC Championships, 2x MAC DPOY, all-time program leader in blocked shots. His stats don't really tell the full story of his impact IMO. Beyond him, I'm not sure. Tavari has the numbers and impact, but not sure that happens after he followed Groce to CoC. Nate Johnson and Amani Lyles probably would have had a shot had they finished here. Ali Ali probably misses out from his year at Butler. Tribble is one of my all-time favorites but doesn't quite have the numbers. Shammah? He played a major role on the 3-peat Zips. His individual stats don't jump out at you compared to others, but I guess Zeke's don't either, aside from blocks. I don't know...Enrique and LCJ were the only slam dunk picks, to me, of modern Zips.

Have they said anything about why Cody Head didn't play against YSU?

I think it was less about Halligan being better in that role than it was Groce not wanting to mix things up late in the season. Halligan barely played in the MAC Tournament and NCAA. Really like Zach, think guys like him are really valuable to programs, but he's a 5-10 minute per night player IMO.

Assuming no Burton... Mahaffey/Pence/Barre/Oriol/Staveskie/

I think that was a bit overblown, personally. Eric was better in every facet of the game by the final month of the season. It didn't really matter in the end, obviously.

He has value as a 10-15 minute a night guy off the bench to add energy and defense. Groce starting him last year never made much sense to me, though.

They did rings for regular season?

My way-too-early take on what I saw tonight is that I think we can be special if Evan and Kamrin stay eligible, and may be behind Miami if they do not. - Staveskie is the real deal. He has a smooth offensive game and played good defense, too (5 steals tonight!). He plays with a ton of energy and was active on the bench. An excellent find for Ford. - So was Oriol. He and Staveskie already have some great on-court chemistry, too. They could be the best backcourt in the conference. - Mahaffey looked like he made some improvements over the summer offensively to go with his always-elite defense. He's such a great leader - I hope he stays eligible. - Barre will likely be a work-in-progress, especially early on. The coaching staff seemed frustrated at his decisions around the rim (passing up shots or not going up strong), but he has the athleticism to be a difference-maker. - Pence seems like an elite athlete. Couldn't get his shot to fall tonight, but he will be OK. - Hammer Jr. will be a fan-favorite. Tough kid who hustles his tail off. Led the team in rebounding tonight and was often matched up against bigger players. - MMK was doing MMK things - defending, battling in the point, making hustle plays. And he made a 3! - White probably made the least impact on the new guys IMO. He looked a bit slow on both ends to me. Only one game, though. - Perkins looked much better than what I expected from him so early on. You can tell there's a ton of potential offensively and what he lacks in size on defense he was making up for on effort. - I was surprised Wilson didn't play more. - Burton, Halligan, Head, and Henderson were all inactive. I know an injury was mentioned for Burton, but unsure on the others.

Interesting stuff from EvanMiya.com

Isn't Lot 1 free for everyone as is?

Shammah in this video.

The number and quality of options for entertainment today far exceed what we had growing up, both in-person and at home.

Gant is on pace to near a 2nd straight 1000 yard rushing season. He's averaging 4.9 YPC and is 3rd in the MAC in rushing yards. He's been pretty good overall.

I definitely think it is possible. I still haven't been able to find any details on the injury.