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Abysmal shooting around the rim and 3 pointers, too many turnovers and with the exception of Diggs - poor free throw shooting but still in this one.

Wasn't intending to stay up but I guess my inner Zip woke me up. Waldo is a heck of a player but Zips hanging tough. Go Zips!

Can't State at Temple as part of the same 24 hour package as the Zips (with a much better start time). As much as I hate to root for the Flushes, I will if it benefits the Zips - which it would in this case. Can't State down by a point and have hit 10 3's. Zips better work on defending the three. Edit: And the Flushes upset the Owls. Should help in RPI down the line. C'mon Zips now follow suit and pull your own upset.

Wow, I can understand why they got rid of him, but you wonder how often this kind of stuff happened when there just wasn't a convenient recording device around to capture it. Good for EMU's players to go out and win a game right after it happened. Even with the Zips miserable recent run, the program wasn't in as bad of shape as EMU.

So if the Zips beat Oregon St., that win is going to look a whole lot less impressive. Coppin St. downs Oregon St. at Oregon St. Dammit.

Whew!! 9 straight.

Double OT - things are not looking good.

I vote that Quinn takes all free kicks from here forward. As this season has progressed, I am getting more excited about their chances - there has been no dominant team this year. This could be a year a team steals one, kind of like Indiana did last year.

I'll wait until BGSU and Toledo for the final verdict. Still not convinced. Refs really screwed Ohio a couple times though its likely wouldn't have made a difference in the final outcome.

Beat WMU and it's moot.

Two MAC games on a Tuesday night - don't see the logic behind that. Still nice to see the word Akron right in the middle instead of at the very bottom when they showed the standings at the beginning.

That's funny, I came up with "A Legit Bitch" which actually also might work.

I know its not the biggest deal but with the football win it puts the Zips up 3-2. Akron men's and women's cross country and football and Can't's volleyball and women's soccer. The challenge is only in it's third year but the Flashes won it both of previous years and the ladies need to step up. Despite having 8 sports they have yet to pick up more than three points in any year. And whoever is responsible for the site on the Akron side needs to step it up too. On the Wagon Wheel Challenge Site for Can't on the "Best Victories" portion, they have 8 contests listed. Akron has "coming soon". Are we taking this seriously or not?

That was the first Wagon Wheel I ever got to attend and it was a blast. Tailgating was excellent beforehand as usual, the weather held out, got free hats before the game, my sister was selected as fan of the game (but then my other sister pointed out she was a Can't fan), so he moved over to my third sister and me and had us pick numbers to be the fan of the game and she got it so we were up on the big screen toward the end of the game (she won a t-shirt) and then at the end of the game the cheerleaders were throwing extra t-shirts into the stands and so every other member of our party got one. And then a Zips win to put them alone in fourth (which, sadly, I believe is their highest standing ever since play at Infocision opened - the first year was also two MAC wins and the final win came at the last game of the season). Great day.

Hirschman ended up with a big ice pack on his knee and I don't think would have been available for any more series.

Even though Betancourt didn't shoot much, he had 6 assists, 2 steals and no turnovers in 15 minutes (plus three rebounds), that's what you like to see from a point guard. Unfortunately, team free throws (which shouldn't be affected by opponent level) was abysmal at 41%. Hope that improves in a hurry.

From what I heard on the pregame the game was scheduled because other original opponents weren't able to keep their original schedule so there was a big gap between Nov. 16th and Dec. 7th so Malone was scheduled to be able to play a game in that gap, but since it is a D-II team it was set up as an exhibition.

Did you do them?

My sister is a Can't grad and its a big birthday for her so I'm heading back and bringing the whole family.

Zips have turned the corner, at home, Wagon Wheel game in front of a pretty big crowd. Zips 31-17.

So the ladies pretty much equal the men's pre-season prediction with a 1st place MAC East finish (who would have thought the Zips would eventually be the team to eliminate the Bowling Green stranglehold on the East? Kudos to Coach Kest and the team) and two first teamers. Makes the loss of Sina King even more painful, kind of like losing Quincy Diggs from the men's team last year. Still a good team, but had the potential to be a very, very good team. Having lost a senior season to injury once myself, really feel badly for Sina King.

Up to number 10 and still only one Zip (which I think means Jake Kretzer will not make it, but I think he is in the top 25 players in the conference) so I think Quincy checks in between 8-6 and happily he got East 1st team preseason all-MAC, oh had we had him and Abreu all season last year - but I digress (sigh) and Tree (also 1st team) no lower than 3 and probably 2. Hustle Belt aslo ranked the top 25 non-conference games and the Zips had four of them. South Carolina, St. Mary's, Oregon St and Middle Tennessee. Every one of those is winnable.

If you're right (and I hope you are) I will happily take the tougher schedule in a year when we're not as good and take a little easier schedule in a year where we should be better.

Another scheduling quirk that could help turn around a program like Akron is happening in Buffalo right now - they are leading the East and probably gaining confidence despite the fact they have played absolutely no one of consequence in the MAC. They are 4-0 in conference and have played the murderers row of EMU, WMU, UMass and Can't State who are a combined 3-15 and the only game that group has won that was not against each other was Miami. My point is schedule matters a lot, I believe that the Zips could be in the exact same spot given that schedule. We better not get NIU, Ball St and Toledo again next year (and either kick UMass out or get another football only school, this unbalanced thing sucks, the East champion should be the best team in the East not just the one who drew the most favorable West teams) but I believe Buffalo is in for a hard fall soon. I know complaining about the schedule isn't viewed well in some circles but the Zips could have used a break this year. Zips to beat Can't State and UMass and end the season with 4 well deserved wins. I hope next year treats us a little better.

Evans had a really good game today. Kudos to him.