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I taked to some folks this morning about the tickets distribution and was told there are only around around 500 available for the Akron fans and of course highest priority will go to the biggest donors. Just to be safe I bought a few of Ticketmaster. There are not many left on there, only the end court seats up high but at least it gets you in the building. I figure if I do get Zips tickets I will just put these on StubHub at face value since it looks like it might sell out since Michigan is in our group. Just wanted to give Zips fans a heads up.

That was indeed an awesome photo gallery, thanks for sharing. And I don't know if you just caught perfect timing on the player intros but Chauncey looked overjoyed to be there (loved that) and Zeke and Tree looked dead serious (loved that too). Nice to see for those of us that couldn't be there. Thanks.

The Zips have a chance. After the last two days, I believe!!

Dammit I like VCU, hate this matchup. But being in Detroit couldn't have worked out much better for Zips fans. Anybody catch if it was Thursday or Friday?

Not Oklahoma St nor St Louis.

I can't imagine being other than a 12 or 13 seed. It's a #12 against VCU in Auburn Hills.

Nope, not possible, those slots are reserved for the last four at large teams. Zips won their conference so they will not play in one of those.

Reggie still played 10 minutes with three rebounds, an assist and a block, so it's not like he didn't contribute. But I have to reiterate what a huge game that was for Melo being thrust into that situation. In another thread I mentioned that he had outscored Cooper 5-3, and someone said he had only one turnover to Coopers 5. He also had 3 assists to Cooper 6, out rebounded him 4-2 and two steals to Cooper's one. I don't think he could have come up much bigger and he ended up playing 27 minutes almost as many as Cooper's 33. What a huge, huge game from him. Hope that really boosts his confidence going into the NCAA's.

Not sure what Tree's ceiling is but one of these days when he skies for a rebound he better be careful or he will smack his head on it.

How much do you think you could have won on this prop bet? Carmelo Betancourt will outscore DJ Cooper.

And think of this - the Zips are 3-4 in the championship game including two losses by 1 and one in OT (glad this win was at the expense of the kittens for a little payback for two of those, now we just need Miami ) so with just a bit more luck Zips could be 7-1. How lucky are we to not only to have Keith but to have him be a true Akron guy? Incredible.

I suspect you meant invincible but nice call - we know who the real player of the year is. I almost have tears in my eyes for these guys. I know they're good but I really thought it was simply asking too much. What a game by Betancourt. Props to him. And Zeke and Chauncey and Tree, all incredible. So proud of these guys. NCAA here we come!!!! :champs:

Only good thing is Zeke knows how to play with fouls. Hope Betancourt's cramps have subsided. We are going to need him again. How about that charge he drew on Cooper? Awesome.

Don't care if it was intentional. It was a foul!!! Call the damn thing!!!

Chauncey is playing quite well. Proud of the guys no matter what. Way to play your hearts out.

No matter what Melo deserves a ton of credit (he had one fine defensive play very early where Offut was open under the rim and Melo left his guy to keep an easy pass from being made - excellent work). And Buddy Mayborg that was a terrible call on Tree!!!!!!!!!

Yep, a rotation of only six players is tough. Zips played hard but need more depth. Chipps dominated them in the paint, rebounding and turnovers. Tough to win a game if you lose those three categories. Great season though and they have a shot an NIT bid.

It is, last year actually set the record, this just extends it.

We need King, Young and Tecca to become better artists (you know they have to keep the Chipps out of the paint). The only reason the Chipps are leading is domination on shots from two feet and offensive rebounds. Tough to do but if the ladies can get that one figured out, they will win this one. Go Zips!

Ball State fought back to tie the game at 59, then the Zips went on a 9-0 run late in the game to seal it. 70-61 final. Rachel Tecca had her poorest scoring game of the year (first not in double figures) but I'm sure she has no problem with the results. Cassell in double digit assists again. But Hanna Luburgh, 33 points and 12 rebounds, if she can have a good game tomorrow against CMU she could definitely be looking at tournament MVP. CMU is good but I'd rather face them than Toledo. Would be incredible to see two

Ladies lead Ball State 40-29 at the half. Man, it would be awesome to get both Zips teams into the finals today. #Finish ladies.

Other than his odd resemblance to Squidward, I like Reggie Witherspoon. Thought he was a good game tactician, probably just not a great recruiter. On the Zips side of things, however, I won't be sorry to see him go, since he has given the Zips more fits than any other recent program I can think of.

I think this answers that question pretty clearly. This is the ONLY time I want to see them cutting any nets this year. Go Broncos! Go Zips!!!

Interesting paragraph at the bottom of the article: Scuttlebutt: Word is the Mid-American Conference will return to an 18-game basketball schedule next season, which means there will be some games that will be two teams’ only meeting while other teams will meet twice. There is also an administrative push to keep the divisions in place. If so, then most traditional rivalries will remain intact, home-and-home. So while Toledo and Bowling Green will remain in the East (BG) and West (UT) Divisions, they will return to playing each other twice. It will be interesting to see how this affects Buffalo, which has built a strong allegiance to the MAC East, but has no true East rival. It’s Miami-Ohio, Can't-Akron, BG-Toledo, but no natural rival for the Bulls. The Zips don't need more MAC games, so I hope Keith is fighting this one. Besides, I think the system in place now is pretty good, you defintiely know who the division champs are and the seeding for the MAC tournament is fair now. I think the 16 game schedule as it is is just fine.