Captain Kangaroo

That blows. In fact, our schedule the remainder of the 2016-17 season blows. On of the best things about Zips hoops is having a few beers and some food on a Saturday afternoon at a campus bar and then watching the game afterwards. It's late-January and we now have absolutely zero Saturday home games for the remainder of the season.

Having attended roughly 20 Hudson games over the past 2 seasons I can say with 100% certainty - the Zips just received a major upgrade at the Punter position. If the Zip were pinned on their own 20 yard line on a 4th down last season, you knew Gasser was good for about 38 yards. Weiland is good for 48+. He's going to be a big help.

I'll give him "All Time Best Zips Center Under Six Foot Four"

Big Dog dominates his position on the offensive end. Defense - Meh. Zeke dominated on the defensive end. Offense - Meh. I voted for Big Dog because, night-in-night-out he's a man amongst boys. And, a superior passer to Zeke. If 'Dog can win an NCAA tourney game, that would close the polls in his favor. Both are/were great MAC centers. If we could consistently recruit bigs like either of them into our Program every 3-4 years, life would be pretty good.

Think of what someone like Michael Reghi can do with this stuff too! More opportunities for his "gems"... "Boy, Isaiah Thomas is really lightin' up the Bulls like a 200 Watt GE LED bulb tonight!" "It might be cold outside, but Al Horford is heatin' up like a GE GeoSpring hot water tank baby!"

No you won't. If you kept watching the Zips at the JAR, when after each of roughly 200 3-point shots the announcer said "That's another Zips 3-pointer, brought to you by Tim Miller Insurance Agency", you'll never stop watching anything.

This would definitely be a season where a Bracket Buster () game would be awesome. I'd love to see the 2016-17 Zips team match up against someone like Illinois State or Middle Tennessee. Big Dog and Kwan give us the size and skill to keep just about any college team honest in the paint, and we shoot the 3 as well as anyone. If we can tighten up the D over the next 4 weeks, we could really be something special. And, we need to stay healthy. And, no one go shipping/receiving 5 pound boxes of anything between now and April!

I heard that mentioned in the post game show for the first time last night. I still think the MAC POTY is Big Dog's to lose, but Kwan deserves to be in the conversation. If Keene somehow wins it, I'll puke.

I don't know which is more bizarre...the fact that he's a 6' 3" 290 lb ILB, or that he's a 6' 3" 290 LB tight end?

Under "shell of it's former self," I don't think you can find a better example than the WAC. Yeesh...

OMG. They lost to Grambling 70-0 last year.

He'll be 21 in March. My opinion - if you don't want to go to school and your goal is to play in the NFL, it isn't a bad idea to get on an NFL roster, train with an NFL team, even if you only are on the practice squad, than it is to stay in school. He was a non-qualifier out of HS, so he's been at UA for 4 years. If he really wanted to stay in school he could have earned a degree in 4 years and transferred anywhere he chose. Based on him electing not to go that route, I don't think he wanted to attend college...any college. We'll see if it is a good, or bad decision. We won't know for 1-2 years.

No moss gathers under this guy's feet...

McDonald HS had 480 kids the year I graduated. And that was 7th - 12 grade (we didn't have a middle school). 2,400 kids? Holy moley...

Look at the empty seats behind him!!

In the Tuesday pregame interview KD said Mike was still "a couple weeks away". Which obviously isn't good news. Between praying for world peace, a cure for cancer and Big Dog/Kwan staying healthy I don't know which comes first? All are highly important.

Mug line was easily 100 deep at the start of the 2nd half, curling throughout the concession area. Only two people to hand out the mugs, and neither had a cutter to open the boxes. It was sort of a train wreck...but I got my mugs so I'm happy.

Offers

He's quit trying to bank-in 3-pointers. I like that improvement.

Where's that Keener "R" when you really need it... It was a decent crowd, The Zips played absolutely ZERO defense in the first half, and gave the crowd little to stand up and cheer about. If Big Dog isn't giving any effort, why should the crowd? Ditto our guards, who let OU's perimeter players blow past them with ease. In the second half, the game got out of hand in an instant. Even when OU got it down to 12 points, there was no doubt the Zips would win. Energy-wise, Tuesday night games in January are-what-they-are at the JAR. Get some beers in everyone's bellies on a Friday or Saturday night, and the energy will pick up.

Nice win tonight, but it doesn't mean much if we lay an egg on Friday. It's time to put the foot on the gas and send a message to the MAC that it's "the Zips...and everyone else". Poke is just fun to watch. At times he looks all elbows and knees... like a newborn baby deer. But those alley-oops he pulls down from the stratosphere and slams home are flat-out awesome. Ditto his blocks. If he keeps improving, look out in 2017-18! I about had a stroke when Big Dog surrendered that easy layup after he threw the ball away just prior to the end of the half. With 0 fouls, he should have sent a message with a strong block effort. Soft play. And then he watches as an OU player throws an uncontested 2 down at the halftime buzzer. The only person having a bigger coniption than me was KD. Glad Coach's motivational halftime speech resonated! I really appreciate how TDM 11 comes in ready to play. It's tough coming off the bench, but he can do it as well as anyone. I love how Ivey values the 2-point shot as much, or more than the 3. That's a rare commodity in 2017. I still wish Kwan had one more year. He's such an improved player this year. Throw Utomi into our 3-point shooting arsenal, and look out MAC! We lose absolutely nothing when we go to our bench. Sometimes we get better! Look at the depth on other MAC teams. Our program is comparatively pretty amazing. Dog remains unstoppable when he wants to be, and in the 2nd half he wanted to be. Absolutely dominant performance...yet again. The MAC MVP is his to lose. Nice job Zips! Back it up on Friday!!

Bobcat Attack Game Thread Not much swagger to be found.

I will learn a lot tonight. I want to see if we can defend Kaminski. I want to see what Big Dog does when the defense fronts him and keeps him from getting on the low block. I want to see how Tavian matches up against OU's guards. And if he can continue getting increased minutes. Can we get some consistency out of Antino? How will the Freshman respond to getting pushed around on their home floor (OU games are always chippy), in front of a 5k crowd? Can we keep our home win streak rolling (3rd longest in the nation)?

Thanks, Dave.

I'm guessing this is him?