Captain Kangaroo

Go Zips!! BTW - "Bowdum" is pretty hilarious . Not as hilarious as when you called Olijapoke a "Dopey Dope"...that was one your best....but still really hilarious. Beat Kent!

I think Dambrot has a bunion too. Those are pain-FUL.

Hey, I'm not the one that said 1/5. No more football talk in the hoops forum. I promise. I just made a 1-line comment for fun, and a few simple food-for-thought quips.

4/22 = 18.2% 1/5 = 20% Pretty much the same thing. Lose your starting QB...lose your starting PG...pretty much the same thing when you have MAC-level depth. Lose to "high mid-major" VCU by 44...lose to Cotton-Bowl bound WMU by 41...pretty much the same thing.

Somewhere... Brock Boxen, Warren Ball, Tommy Woodson and Jamal Marcus are chuckling.

Love UA Love the players Love the coach Hate that we are playing uninspired Hate that we're playing unintelligently Hate that we are playing soft That's not as visceral as some would like. It's not as cuddly and others would like. Oh well...can't please everyone.

We should be concerned that we've played 1.5 good games over the past 3 weeks. NCAA tourney seeding is the absolute furthest thing from my mind. I'm concerned about being an 8 seed in the NIT.

Kwaful performance. lazy passes by Robotham and Ivey in crunch time sealed the deal. That, and Dog missing 80% of his crunch time free throws. Miami had lost every road game this season. They were down 15 in the 2nd half...11 when Kwan took himself out of the game...and won. Like the Kent game, our opponent was tougher than us, and wanted the win more than the Zips. League MVP's don't finish the season like this. Lucky for Dog, there's not much competition. He should still win it. I guess we now know how much Kwan means to the Zips. Hope he sees it too, and finishes his career like he played the first 2/3rds of the season.

Kwan...Kwan...Kwan...

The bench is making an impact tonight. Emmanuel "The Elevator" Olijapoke may need an oxygen mask he's spending so much time above the rim!

Former Brookhart Grad Assistant now New England Pats TE Coach A former Zips coach told me 10 years ago - "Watch this kid...he's gonna be a star." He was right. From walk-on punter at John Carroll...to Zips Grad asst...to Super Bowl Champs TE coach in 11 years. Super nice kid too. Very happy for him. Amazing how many of the Brookhart ex-coaches have landed noteworthy college and pro football gigs, while JD himself has been out of football for years.

That's not a smashed oar they're using on those flat bench presses, is it?

You'da thunk "Carlitos Anderson Bobblehead Night" = standing room only crowd? I blame the millennials.

From "Row the Boat," to "Trap the Lobsta' " Good hire by UMass. Too bad they're UMass.

Has the countdown to Zips baseball reinstatement begun yet?

Miami sucks! Zips win!

Certainly Bulletin Board material for the Red Hawks. Has any team in the history of basketball cut down nets after a loss?

I didn't see anyone with him on a "crap list," but I saw multiple people saying he needed to amp up his game. They were right. Noah had a good game tonight. Now he needs to back it up. If he plays tough at Kent, we win. If he's invisible for 33 minutes, we lose. That's the cross you bear when you're an Akron Zips point guard. If you want low expectations, play for Northern Illinois. Their fans are happy just to make it to The Q. Akron fans expect more.

Ok Zips...you're up 5 with 4 minutes left. You aren't down 5. Play like a it.

Big Dog has done a nice job tonight keeping his arms vertical in charge situations tonight. Kudos to him and the coaches. For the bulk of the night the Zips have done a nice job making the extra pass. Much better shot selection tonight.

Calming influence...steady game...nice free throw percentage...ratios...mid-30% 3-point shooter...sounds great in post game interviews. Yippee... I want a point guard that impacts the game and makes things happen. Too many games you wonder if Noah was even there...and you look at the box score and see that he played 30 minutes. Noah needs to amp it up if we're going to make any hay in the MAC tourney, or have any chance of winning an NCAA game. If you want to win a Super Bowl with Trent Dilfer, you better have a hell-raising defense or a monster running game. If you want to win college basketball games in the post season, you need stellar play at the point guard position. If we simply have a Dilfer-like game-manager, our present surrounding cast isn't sufficient to compensate.

He's racking up assists. He can score consistently. He pushes the tempo. He impacts the game. His performance merits a start. His defense is a concern. Opposing taller guards are pretty confident they can get a shot off over him. But the Zips other guards aren't exactly conjuring comparisons to Gary Payton. Start 'em. The team needs a kick in the a$$.

If we get back to the basics...move the ball...pass up a good shot for a great shot...we are fine. If if we think the road to a MAC championship is hoisting 25 foot threes as soon as the ball hits your hands...if we continue to panic in the game's final 5 minutes rather than play smart basketball... we lose.

It was a question...notice the question mark. I swear after I posted the comment I was going to add an * except on game days in Lot 9 disclaimer. I was too slow.

Alcohol in the morning is a bad idea... ?