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And Harney has barely played and has 7 points!

This is painful to watch. They make it look too easy.

I am not seeing it at all. Zeke is not ready for the NBA, and his best shot is after his senior year. He needs to add some weight. Besides, if you listen to what he has said, he probably would not be that disappointed to not make it in the NBA.

I still want Iona so I can go see the game!

If you listened to the STO announcers (I had French on most of the game, the audio matched up very well) they said that Tree "has an NBA body". HMMM

I keep saying it, but we have a kid on the bench who is a freshman experience wise who would start on almost any team in the country. Most teams would kill to get one guy like that. Meanwhile we put Q and C on the floor and our stud and OTHER stud Tree start on the bench. Amazing. But the REALLY amazing thing is, Harney is 6'7". He is a big who plays inside like a guard!

If they leave him wide open and he does not have to jump (at his height wide open makes it a set shot) why not. Obviously he can hit better than one out of three. More importantly, it helps open up the offense if someone has to come out and guard him outside the arc since normally they would just ignore him at that distance.

Yah, that makes perfect sense. Rank teams we beat ahead of us.

The selection committee is a bureaucracy and will always work to protect itself. They will not select a mid-major that can lose by 75 points, that would reflect on them in a bad way. They also don't really want to invite a mid-major that can win the whole deal, because that would make the "bigs" look bad. The exception to the rule is a team that brings interest to the game (read TV ratings and money). Zeke is of interest. Every time we are on TV he gets big play from the announcers, since he is one of the very few true 7 footers in college, to say nothing of mid-majors. And of course he can play, and is among the national leaders in blocks. BUT, that is not enough. We do have one outside shot. I personally think that Harney, assuming he can stay out of team and academic trouble, is going to be a really big star. He looks and plays like Scotty Pippen. IF, BIG BIG IF, he gets 20+ minutes the rest of the way and throws in 20+ points every game, the combo of Zeke and Harney could be enough to generate interest in this team and get us a bid. I know it is longshot, but anything related to TV is about money. When I was growing up, Bill Bradley was a phenom, and EVERY Princeton game was on TV here in New York. He filled the Garden for the NIT all by himself. I have not seen a Princeton game on TV since he left! (Well, no doubt they are on cable at times, but so is Akron). So my point is, if the kid grabs the stardom that looks to be out there, combined with Zeke there could be enough for the committee to say "Hmm, that is an interesting team". Lets keep in mind, RECORD and RPI mean NOTHING for a mid-major when it comes to the Dance. How many games did that Romeo team win and not get a bid to anyplace? The Dance is all about the bigs, and the only way for an "outsider" to get in is to have something they want to see.

TOLD YOU SO. Thanks ZIPS!

If Harney took himself more seriously and really worked on those skills we would lose him to an early draft declaration. But from what KD said, that is unlikely to happen.

You can look it up. When they Zips dropped that bunch of games Valpo Duq etc the Giants were in a slump. Zips 4-1 in the MAC Giants in the NFC Championship game. Nothing worse than watching the Zips lose on Sat and the Giants lose on Sunday. THANK YOU ZIPS. ON TO THE SUPERBOWL

The MAC feed was the TV broadcast. They had Harney listed as a guard! A 6'7" guard in the MAC. WAY COOL.

I am really starting to love this guy Harney. If he keeps it up, he will start getting national notice. He has the slickest inside moves I can ever remember seeing in a Zip. If he was a starter (he WILL be one soon enough) I think he will average over 20 PPG. And he is really stealing Q's thunder! And Q has lots of thunder of his own.

From what I saw, some of the players played selfish. There were a number of fast breaks where the player just HAD to go in for the layup instead of passing off, and they got a bunch of them blocked. It's a team sport, guys.

What I meant was: SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY PLAY PG. SHOOT 3 POINTERS AND DRIVE THE BASKET.

So where are we going to find three 7 footers to offer?

Don't we also have this guy Reggie McAdams coming next year? He is supposed to be a phenom. Our future needs for now seem to be a point guard in the AA/Dru Joyce mold, and a big guy to start breaking in.

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MORE INFO WANTED! This is a pretty deep team. Anyone who can walk into a spot on the bench must be impressive. And Mama, Zeke did REAL good tonight.

IONA 30 minutes from home. IONA

AKRON # STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 02 WALSH, Brian 28 1-6 1-3 2-2 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 ABREU, Alex 31 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 5 13 CVETINOVIC, Nikola 23 2-8 0-1 4-6 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 4 8 23 GILLIAM, Chauncey 11 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 MARSHALL, Zeke 30 5-7 0-0 7-11 1 5 6 2 0 3 4 5 17 The chart does not align properly, but Zeke had one of his best nights ever.

Poor discipline. They tried to snatch defeat from the jaw of victory. OK, Zeke got pissed at Cooper. Like an elephant and a mouse. But what was Q doing in the mix?

As unusual as it may be for us, with AA, Q and Harney on the floor WE have a lot of speed!

I don't think I know who that is. BTW, Iona plays in New Rochelle, a suburb of NYC. You don't need to drive/park in NYC to get there, so it would be a nice venue.