Captain Kangaroo

Betancourt had a year of prep school, so I'd have figured his learning curve would have been shorter. You see increasing glimpses of his capabilities with each and every game. He's lightning quick, and a pretty sure short-range shooter off the glass. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it continues. I miss Diggs in many ways, but I was not a big fan of Diggs at the point (not like we had much of a choice last season). He dominated the ball, and just made too many bad pass/drive decisions. He's mentality is shooter/slasher, not PG.

It amazes me that no MAC program is on the conference hopping radar whatsoever. Yeah, some putz with a blog might speculate something completely unfounded. But the reality is - core MAC programs don't seem to be going anywhere (carpet-bagger programs like UCF/Temple/UMass/Marshall have never been "core" members).

Winning, and cupcakes, can mask a lot of problems. We need Chauncey for the stretch run. For NDSU, K.e.n.t. and OU. And obviously the tourney. I hope he is healthy. If he's simply in the doghouse, that's a problem. Hey George - this is definitely something you can follow up on.

Have at it. Please don't mention Wistercill or Ohio State. Keep it on-topic.

I think you might be right on your rationale that TW didn't blow the Winters hire. If I recall correctly, someone bloviated on our site a bunch of BS that caused Winters' daughter to create a ZN.o account exclusively to rebutt that BS. I'm sure she put a bug in her dad's ear to reject UA in large part to that person's post. She was pretty pissed. Caused someone to get banned, if I recall correctly? I will lock this thread and begin a new BracketBuster thread. I like talking basketball.

Abreu needs Betancourt to continue to improve. We need at least 8 solid minutes out of CB if we are going to have any success against major opponents. Abreu can play tired against CMU and still be effective. He can't do that against Michigan State. That is my biggest concern as we make our post-season push. We can cover temporary holes at any other position except point guard.

Axe-grinder.

It doesn't matter. We had fewer scholarships to offer, so our rating will be artificially low regardless of the caliber of players we signed. And - ask Brookhart what "#1 rated February classes" mean on autumn Saturday afternoons.

There's a bad-ass dude from Ball State that deserves some credit for his game against Zeke.

But thankfully not Nik's prowess from the 3-point line, or deft touch on 2-footers.

Take your lips off the AD's butt and get your facts straight.

Looking forward to the post game appearance of Jonas and the Human Victory Cigars.

I told him what to do. Dambrot told him what to do. Wistercill told both of us "no." Yet another blunder. The safety net of having the NDSU game doesn't make it look so bad, but he sold the fans and the team short. What a story it could have been to see the Zips eschew a home game to play a marquee mid-major on the road. If you can fathom it, it would have been bigger than a Twitter hash tag.

Three? The OU/Akron game is one..."The Game Within the Game: akronzips71 vs. The Live Stream" is two...I give up. What's the 3rd?

That said, I didn't like our execution of the trap in that game. Nice job Zips. Keep rolling.

All depends upon who quits...how many "Jawon Chisholm's" and "Dennis Kennedy's" drop in our lap in mid-summer...etc. And of course, if he's evaluated to be good enough to merit one. I wish him the best.

No it isn't.

Why would KD switch to the 1-3-1 if it wouldn't affect the opponent's 3-point percentage?

The Wagner 34 jersey already at Goodwill?

Wonder if a custom jersey was sent to Mike Aresco?

This was the first game I didn't need to kick people out of my seat when I arrived. Kudos to UA for FINALLY policing the area. It appears the next step will be to keep the fat-ass loiterers moving?

I used to think so too, until Detroit began losing. That loss was a bad one for the Zips. Blew a big lead against a slightly-above-mediocre team. I've had enough of Detroit. Wistercill needs to get on the phone with ESPN and forgo the home game for a roadie against St Mary's.

I think about that sometimes...Miami had such a great basketball tradition, and a great fan base. Great for the MAC. Now they suck. CMU has absolutely sucked since Kaman left. EMU has sucked since the Boykins/Dial/Head teams. K.e.n.t. has been eroding for years. Ball State has sucked since Theron Smith/Bonzi/Lonnie Jones. All those schools went from Great to Suck. Jack Welch should write a book about them.

Every game...

I believe the doors open at 5pm? If you are correct, there will be not discernible line at the front door. If you are incorrect, there will be a big line of very cold people going through the turnstiles, then back out the door with a doll. Who could sit in the JAR for 2 hours prior to a game? It's Buffalo night...they should serve beer and wings. Then I'd show up early.