Captain Kangaroo

I really thought he substituted well tonight -- Hurley is a dickhead. He is so hateable in defies logic -- Diggs plays so much better when he's pissed off. He seemed to have a genuine Tuesday night hatred for Buffalo. His passing blunders drive me nuts, but man was he fun to watch tonight -- Welcome back Nick Harney. Played well at both ends of the floor tonight. -- This ref crew sucked the fun out of the game. I am so tired of every contested shot in the paint being a foul, and every clean steal being a foul -- The Daisy Duke dance team outfits are a keeper -- Seeing Coach Peters on the bench is a gift every game. I hope to see him next to KD in Cleveland

Good things happen if Evans can hit the open three. Tonight was one of those nights when he was "on," and I am grateful -- Ibitayo had some nice blocks. He's not a good shooter when he has a hand in his face -- Buffalo's Oldham IS a great shooter when he has a hand in his face. Drained three 3's in Forsythe, Big Dog and Tree's face. Nothing but net - Javon vs. Tree -- edge went to Tree tonight. He won. Tree is doing it all -- Tree's full court bullet-pass to a streaking Harney was one of my favorite plays of the season -- Credit Dambrot for rallying the troops and putting a Chauncey Gilliam-esque woodshed beating on the Bulls.

You're a pretty negative guy. If the Buffalo game was played on the weekend, the crowd would have been 1.5k bigger. The Zips aren't battling for first place, they're battling for 4th place. On a Tuesday night. Against Buffalo. 3k is fine. The crowd was vocal and gave the team a big lift. There's nothing to grouse about.

Keener is on a roll!!!

Great NC State Topic Gives Mention to the Zips

As GP1 mentioned - we drew 4,000 fans to a game against sub .500 Bowling Green, with the Zips coming off a 3-game losing streak and missing two of their top five players. And another player coming off a slightly embarassing 2-week disiplinary suspension. We are 1,500 fans short of a sellout, with a team that starts Carmelo Betancourt and Nyles Evans. With Deji Ibitayo as the 6th man. The JAR should have been barren! Who in their right mind would brave single-digit temperatures to watch that? Someone should be praising UA marketing for filling those seats instead of grousing about the minority of the empty ones. But to the point of a "winning program" - We have a winning program at the MAC level. Students today have been bombarded their entire lives with BCS hype. Back in the Huggins era, the OVC was still a pretty big deal. The Beacon gave the Zips a ton of coverage, and ESPN was lucky to get college hockey reruns to fill it's programming time. The Zips brand was locally stronger in that era, with much less competition for attention. Now, fans of that era are dying off. And there is a TON of competition for the Zips fans attention. Until the Zips really become The Gonzaga of the East, we should be estatic that there are only 1,500 empty seats for a highly unattractive mid-major match up. 4,000 "hard cores" beats 5,500 w/1,500 "halftime-leaving t-shirt mongers" every time.

BAC the Zips

You're right. It's probably the Chauncey Gilliam from Stow. Totally different.

Chauncey may indeed be up sh!t creek. But at least he has a paddle.

Big Dog bringing it tonight. Good to see.

I wanted a pic of him next to this guy at the Michigan game, but it never worked out...

Tonight is the night the Zips 6th Man is sorely needed. Please get liquored-up heavily prior to tonight's game, ZipsNation. From what I hear, BAC levels below 0.10 will be turned away at the gate. BAC the Zips!

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/02/20/4042848/ccu-athletic-director-yurachek.html

If we were at full strength, we'd still have lost at Buffalo. It's simply a Universal Constant. The Hipsher Curse. Call it what you will, but it's always an "L." Now it's off to the rest of the season... It should be a fun Saturday night. OU has experienced their fair share of injuries too.

I can't wait for a UA athlete to get a DUI (or similar) so we can all give him a big group hug. There's really nothing better than losing starters to suspensions as we move towards tournament time. Just so we can hug 'em. Who cares about the team.

Fear the Ewe

The guy was our 2nd best player over the past 5-or-so games. He disappears from the line up and you chide a Zips fan for wondering "What happened?"? Are Zips followers supposed to be stupid sheep that blindly follow and support whatever happens at UA without so much as ever questioning "What happened?" when a star player is suspended? Gheez...Wyatt Webb isn't coaching any longer.

http://haydengrover.com/home/i-am-hayden-grover-long-snapper-2014.html This guy. What's the story with him? His sweet web site still shows him as an Akron commit. But Blake "The Poet" Dennis got more love on Signing Day? Former Zip John Buddenberg's son was a walk on Fr. long-snapper last season. Wonder if he looked good enough for Bowden to send Grover back to Channel 45/49?

The Zips have one player they can bank on night-in-night-out: Tree. After that, everyone's performance is a crap-shoot. Harney was actually stepping up, and then his personal Mr Hyde kicked in. We just don't have the experience and depth to overcome his loss when on the road, against a decent opponent. We have as good a shot as anyone at The Q. We may not be as talented as Toledo, but we own The Q. That's a big edge. If we make the NCAA's this season...VCU Part II. Different Zips season this year, that's for sure.

The way Harney had been playing the past several games, I wish more Zips would be so detrimental to the team. Obie Kwan, you're our only hope.

From a fan's perspective, at least the real fan's perspective, the Bracket Buster event was one of the best things to happen to Zips basketball scheduling. It allowed us to get home games vs. upper-echelon teams that otherwise would never have set foot in the state of Ohio. Loved seeing Nevada, VCU, Creighton, Oral Roberts etc at the JAR. Love the concept of the home-n-home 2-game series. Unfortunately, the Zips never took advantage of their Bracket Buster opportunities. We blew every chance to beat a "biggie" and grab some spotlight. Our Bracket Buster wins were never marquee ones: Oral Roberts sans Dominique Morrison, Creighton in an off-year, Valpo, some Dakota school, Drake? etc. I miss the Bracket Buster. Especially this year, when we'd likely be pitted against a mediocre Horizon League opponent, and get a win.

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/10/4811766/charile-weis-adjusts-kansas-football.html#storylink=rss

http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/truebluepistons_140210.html

http://www.themonitor.com/sports/article_0945ab2c-8ac4-11e3-a5a3-0017a43b2370.html Somewhere in Stark County Ryan Andrick is snickering...

My biggest concern with this class is the absence of WR's or RB's. I would love to have seen an impact RB that would push Chisholm. Like Biggs-Kennedy a few years ago. Likewise, we lacked a stud, game-breaking WR last season. The existing ones will need to step up. If we could pull in a BCS 5th year player at either or both of those positions I would feel a little more optimistic about the overall class. But I do like all the kids. TB did a nice job of addressing our most-urgent needs.