Hilltopper

If Petrino was our coach.

Changing our colors as they exist now is off the table. The only discussions will be what will be our primary logos.

Tavari Johnson update: Glenbard West Hilltoppers are #1 in Illinois crushing opponents by more than 25 points per game. Glenbard has 4 D1 college commits led by 6-9 forward and Gonzaga commit Braden Huff. In a big 32-team holiday tournament Glenbard was looking forward to playing Bolingbrook in the championship game. But behind Tavari's 28 points his Lyons team upset Bolingbrook. Glenbard overwhelmed Lyons in the championship game as Tavari is the only D1 commit on an otherwise mid-pack HS team. Led by Tavari Lyons is now 16-3 with 2 of those losses to #1 Glenbard West. Lyons is currently ranked #10 in Illinois despite limited talent behind Tavari.

#11 and #3 for WMU shot it like Steph and Klay and the Zips still managed to pull it out at the end. Wynn is done for the rest of the season. If anybody else on the bench showed they could help I'm sure Groce would gladly make use of their talents.

There is going to he a committee formed to decide what our branding should look like. It will consist of a mixture of UA staff, long time season ticket holders and other marketing experts. Everything is on the table.

He's mellowing out in his old age.

Sounds like a good idea.

Probably no more than 10 freshman total. Expect JoMo to hit the transfer portal hard again after NLI day when more players jump in after seeing the possibility of loosing PT to talented newcomers at their current school.

You need to have 7 healthy players.

I would expect to see between 15-20 transfers and 5-7 highschool seniors signed in this class. The majority of the transfers on the defensive side.

Pretty sure that COVID protocols established by UA and his employer have prevented him from attending the pressers and many games.

The Record courier does a better job covering KSU womens BB than the ABJ does covering the Zips mens team. https://www.record-courier.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2022/01/05/kent-state-lost-visiting-akron-wednesday/9076944002/

Groce is a very personable guy and I doubt he finds it disrespectful that George calls him John instead of coach. I'm just a dumb fan and I call him John in our conversations. I think he is just happy that there is at least someone from the local paper there to ask him questions no matter how dumb they may be.

I would love to see March Madness become a play in tournament this year. Since so many games are going to be cancelled just stage a tournament like they do for highschool. Just start with every team in each conference playing a single elimination tourney and just carry it through to the final 4.

You're trying to hard. You're ascribing all kinds of things to my statements that just aren't there. I guess it's just the way I live my life that I have this optimism that overrides the fear mongering that is so prevalent today. Keep it up though, it's entertaining.

GT always takes some vacation time off at the end of the year. He will be back soon

Thank you Dr Fauci! It's an honor to have you as a contributing member of ZN.o!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/health/covid-omicron-lung-cells.html This virus is going to be with us forever. Forgive me for hoping that Omicron becomes the dominant strain.

MAC is still using the outdated Covid guidelines. Expect that to change soon.

Not really. I have multiple vaccinated employees that have caught Omicron. That includes me.

Synopsis; You can't put a price tag on family.

Omicron is basically a very contagious common cold. Most of the people who are filling the hospitals right now have Delta.

I'm sure if you came up with $2mil to help renovate the JAR Charles could get your name on something. Zipmeister Arena has a nice ring to it!