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Everyone wins and nobody does :-). The only three people who guessed the combo of Noah (2) and Josh (3) to lead in combined three pointers (Kwan/Ivey 2/0 and Antino/Utomi 1/0) also guessed that Kwan was going to lead in the points/rebounds combo. Big Dog won that one by a long shot (double double of 24 and 10 to Kwan's 8 and 4) so I'm going to give the win to the memory of GoZips.

Antino was boxing out Thompson with a few seconds left, they got a little tangled and Thompson appeared to shove/throw an elbow at Jackson's head. There appeared to be some verbal and maybe some physical retaliation and Thompson and Jackson both got hit with T's. It also happened to be the fifth foul for each so it may have appeared as ejections but were not. I think you could have made a case on the elbow from Thompson for a flagrant II and an ejection but glad the refs just let it finish out and get done with it. On to the semis for the 11th straight year!

Game over as usual with EMU some ugliness but finally a little of what we've been hoping to see from the Zips finally crushing an opponent 79-62. On to WMU/BSU co-champions of the west and the 4/5 seeds.

Good to see the ref's not use an ejection at the end of a game like that. So Jackson is still eligible for tomorrow. Also good to see some senior leadership from Big Dog almost looked like he was a parent dragging his kid away from trouble.

OK you can go now - up by 16 with 2 minutes to go should be safe.

Lee fouls out - he's had a poor shooting game (4-15) but he could catch fire at any time so glad he's done.

Absolutely not, Zips only up by six

I think a shove in the back is a Flagrant 1 regardless of intent.

14 minutes in and Thompson has a double double. Wow. And he's a sophomore, two more years of him.

Completely, but that's why I said its all we've got right now.

Then their season is almost certainly over. You can drop one off that 21 wins every year for the last X amount of years. Now its just us, Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga. Hey it may not be much but it's all we've got right now.

Generally been the most fun time of the year for Zips fans recently having made at least the semifinals for the last ten years. Does the streak continue this year? Noon at the Q. Comment from Elton Alexander on EMU: And Akron's quarterfinal matchup against No. 8 Eastern Michigan is a dangerous one, considering the Eagles were considered one of the preseason conference favorites with one of the deepest rosters and most veteran talent in the league. That may be so but with all that talent they're still the eight seed. I think it might be mental toughness with this group. And without looking down the road too far should the Zips win this tournament they will have the all time winningest Zips basketball season.

I could have seen them giving it to Saul Phillips for getting to the second seed after losing last years POY. But it wasn't like it they were that far out in front of everyone else since there was a four way tie for second and the Zips won the conference by three games. I think that's Keith's third in the last five years though so glad to see him getting recognition for the great job he has been doing. And I think Big Dog is only the second POY under Keith? Travis being the first? And who the hell voted for Senderoff to finishing below expectations?

Would have been so cool to have done it after a win over Miami (or anyone at the JAR). But maybe it helps focus the team.

And they beat us this year. And the Horizon Championship is on ESPN right now.- they could be represented by a 12-23 team.

I like when writers explain their rationale like that. Even if I disagree with some of his choices I can't argue his process. One small thing though you might have just posted a snippet and linked to it to get him additional hits? (assuming that's the business model of the Messenger).

And chalk it is. I'd be OK if the whole tournament goes that way.

And with a few conference tournament upsets the Zips are back up to a 13 seed. Need to take care of business in our own conference tournament. Could give a damn now who we play 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Even with a few hiccups the Zips are the best team in the conference and its not close. Now go prove it! If any other MAC team wins it they are a 14 or worse.

This is a great idea. If someone wants to put this together I'm in for $50.

That's about as appropriate a night for Fred to go as he could have picked (and maybe he did). Only met him a few times but he absolutely loved the Zips. RIP GoZips. :-(

Everyone's a winner however only Blue&Gold (wait wrong envelope :-)), actually only 1981grad got all three right. Congrats! Zips win, Big Dog, Noah, Jimond and Emmanuel O. scored 40 to Kwan, Antino, Josh and TDM's 16 and the Zips surprisingly hit only 8 three pointers.

While that's true do you know how many of those 8 teams finished above .500 in the conference? 1

Akron Zips (23-7, 13-4 MAC) at Kent State (18-12, 10-7 MAC) Friday, March 3 • James A. Rhodes Arena Kent, Ohio • 9:00 p.m. ET TV/Video: ESPN2 – Kevin Fitzgerald (PxP), Chris Spatola (Analyst) Live Stats: GoZips.com/Schedule - Live Stats Radio: Akron-IMG Sports Network - Steve French (PxP) and Joe Dunn (Analyst) WARF 1350 AM (flagship), iHeart Radio, TuneIn.com/Akron Zips All-Time Series Kent State Leads: 74-72 One of the few MAC teams we do not have an all time winning record against. Lets start evening it back up tonight. There is a very real possibility that the Flashes could drop to the sixth seed with a loss and also a possibility for them to float as high as the second seed if they win. Lets bury them as deep as possible. They are currently a five seed 9and would likely fall to six if the Zips and Ball State both win) so lets help them start the tourney at home.

The last time we won at Kent was during Zeke's senior season 2012-2013. We had actually beaten Kent five straight times at that point including a coupe at their place and a couple in the MACC. Sneaking suspicion the Zips pull this one out tonight and drop the Flashes to the sixth seed.

I think you got it juuust right baby bear