Hilltopper

The mangement at the hotel were jerks. They threw us out of the lobby because we were cheering too loud. What did they expect, its March Madness!

Morehead State, Sept. 12. Trust me.

I had to work that day. My boss, who didn't watch sports at all, took the day off and called me with updates as the game went on. I vowed that if we ever made the Big Dance again, I was going no matter what. So here I am looking out my hotel room at downtown Portland and I can't wait till tomorrow.

So where are we gonna all meet? Dave and I are staying over by the Airport, but will likely go to the team hotel at some point. Maybe we can meet somewhere in the arena before tip-off.

Morehead State on Sept. 12. Mark it on your calander.

ZW, You can crash with Dave and I if you need to find a place. We are staying at the Airport.

When we called the ticket office tonite to order tickets, they said we were the first local fans to order. They had some orders from fans on the west coast, but not many from Akron.

Actually its Cvetinovic.That's why I'm just going to stick with #13. How about just Nik?

#13 Centinovic (Sen-ten-o-vich)

That and the fact that every member has twenty items for their signature makes it the most unreadable board I've ever seen.

I thought Toledo played their hearts out last night. Their senior leaders really stepped up for this game.

Dave and I will be there all day. 10th year running for me also. I'm thankfull that we have a reason to be there.

The pass from Humpty to Brett on the inbounds pass was a thing of beauty. Definately HOF material.

Skip, Are you so old that you can't remeber what it was like to be 18? This kid is not some seasoned pro or even a college senior. Give him time.

Simple, It was the same clock operator that let Miami have a couple of extra ticks 2 years ago.

Bye Bye felon.http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009...ent-state-game/

It appears to me that KD has morphed into some kind of Charlie Coles clone. Slow it down, keep it close and try to win the last 3 minutes. ITS NOT WORKING! I thought that with our deep bench we would try to run other teams out of the Gym in the second half of most games.

Steve French told Dambrot that in the post game interview. Dambrot's reply - "Why don't you tell the guys that on the bus ride to K.e.n.t. Sunday?"Maybe I'm missing something, but that makes it sound as if that's what KD has been trying to tell the players, they aren't listening, and he wants someone else to reinforce his message. It makes no sense at all that KD can't get players to shoot earlier in the shot clock, unless KD is so hard on them when they miss that no one wants to risk feeling his wrath.If that's the case, then the only solution is for KD to back off a notch on the player criticisms. No one else can do that for him.I think what French was really getting at was, why does it take the Zips 9.5 seconds on every possesion to get the ball in the front court. Just a little bit of hustle could get an extra 5 seconds of time to run a play.

ZW, I think you nailed it on this one. If we can somehow find our way on offense again, we could easily be the favorite. Defensively we can keep most teams in check, but we gotta find a way to put the ball in the hole!

Expect more zone defense against the Zips. Until our guards start making open shots we are going to struggle.

I predict OU in a 2-3 zone defense until we prove we can beat one.

There are more possibilities than you might think to get the bye.I'll take any one of them. I don't want to play on Tuesday.

I think the most important thing is to NOT have to play on Tuesday. To have that happen, we need Miami and Can't to lose tonight and Miami to lose on Sunday. Miami finishes with BG and Buffalo, a Can't loss tonight vs Buffalo eliminates them from contention even if they beat us Sunday. That way we don't need to worry about winning Sunday at Can't. That assumes that we win tonight against OU. Getting the #1 seed would be nice, but I think this is a more realistic goal. Flame Suit On!

I think there might have been too much pressure for Rybak at this level. I thought that he was going to throw up every time he went into the game. He always had a terrified look in his face whenever he played.

I would hope that Zeke can come in and compete at a higher level than Sweich. My guess is that Sweich's competetion was a bunch of rural programs. Sweich didn't play on a high level AAU team or the WPIAL. He didn't attend the King James Classic and compete against the other high ranked highschoolers. Will he average a double-double, no, but he should be able to see the floor.