Zips1991

Yes, I'll be dwelling on it even after we win on Tuesday 😆

Zips are favored by 2.5 points according to DraftKings. O/U is 177.5

Thanks for the update. Two injuries at once is no fun at all.

Anyone heard how long Barre will be out? I saw him with a cast on his wrist the last couple of games.

How about a push to move to 8 teams? That also gets rid of the byes. Or maybe 4.

Well, I thought the same for a minute. But then, I thought "they could just travel to local schools and get more players that way". I could see budget affecting our ability to get quality players but not so much affecting the number of players. But I'm sure our budget doesn't help matters at all either.

I've never been there but it looks like it would be tough to shoot there, based on how it looks on TV. It reminds me of the ballrooms that some of the early season tournaments are held in, just bigger.

I agree, it just stinks that it's so early in the conference schedule.

I've been worrying about Miami's 3-point shooting (and our lack of 3-point defense) for several days now. Someone please tell me why we're gonna be okay in this game. 😆

I need someone to explain to me like a 5th grader why we only signed 8 HS players while everyone else was 15-20+

I did some quick googling of each player, mainly looking at their Transfer Market pages to get a sense of the competition levels they were playing at. Giannis Gazis: https://www.transfermarkt.us/giannis-gazis/profil/spieler/1226505 Most recently played for Panathinaikos U-19s, appearing in 4 matches. His page also notes that he played for Greece U-17s Noa Testa: https://www.transfermarkt.com/noa-testa/profil/spieler/937514 Most recently played for the 2nd team at FC Lausanne-Sport. Their 2nd team is in the 3rd tier of Swiss soccer. Played in 6 matches and recorded an assist. Johan N’Ganzadi: https://www.transfermarkt.us/johan-nganzadi/profil/spieler/743397 He is already listed as an Akron player on his profile. Most recently played for a 5th tier team in Belgium. Played for several youth teams of larger clubs including Genk (2018-2020) and Standard de Liège. His page notes that he played for Belgium U-17s.

I understand that the league wants to use the early conference dates (which are not subject to wildcard selection) to get some of the lesser teams on national team, so the top teams can be televised later in the season, but it's not like they didn't know this was going to be a good matchup coming into the season. And with it being the only meeting between the two, they should've made certain it was televised.

I'm here to admit I was wrong. 😆

Miami up 36-15 already. Is it possible that BG are once again frauds? 😆

I know UMass is not that great but they're only -2.5 tonight at EMU. If I were a betting man (which I'm not at this present moment), I'd be on that for UMass. At least on the moneyline.