Captain Kangaroo

I agree. They remind me of the old EMU teams. OU fans are living my dream right now. Beats the sh!t out of a home CBI loss to Wisconsin Green Bay.

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If you're using this line of thinking, male cheerleaders are the real visionaries then. Id rather be a male cheerleader than a dancer.. I disagree. There's nothing visionary doing something that's done everywhere, and that's been done for decades. Beyond that, if you are a male cheerleader, you're in competition with 4-5 other guys. If you are the dance team guy you're on the cutting edge, and it's 1-on-10.

If they OU guy is straight, he's on to something really good.

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Thanks for checking in, Keith!

It all depends on your expectations. Like the wise man once said: "If you strive to be the best in the MAC, you ain't that far away from being the worst in the MAC." We couldn't beat the #4 Horizon League team on our home floor. We slogged our way through a 17-point loss to the #4 CAA team. We couldn't come within single digits of K.e.n.t. State this year. Yeah, we were close to beating OU. Just as close as we were to losing to WMU. My expectations are to be a notch below Butler. To be as good as Butler once every 5-or-so years. We aren't close right now.

If you are a Zips fan, you are ecstatic if the field is expanded to 96 teams. That's 31 additional opportunities to get a bid. There is no other argument. Dambrot probably won't like it, because he'll need to change his line to: "The MAC is only a 2-bid league," but aside from that, nothing bad can become of a 96 team field if you are a Zips fan (they aren't going to take away our existing bid). There is only something to gain.

He can take as much time as he wants. If he decides to come to UA, great. If not, oh well...it didn't cost us a thing. His chances of going to UA are 50/50. His chances of attending Ohio State via a prep school are 50/50. His chances of attending any other school are 0/0. I'll take a 50/50 chance to land a 2-time Ohio Mr. Football over 0/0 any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. People need to take a chill pill and see how this plays-out. Talents like Howard don't drop on UA's lap without a little drama or risk. I met Ianello at the Cadillac Ranch last weekend. The guy is all business. If there is any way to get Howard on campus, Ianello will find it.

Maybe we should start with Wisconsin Green Bay, and work our way up from there? "We want to be The Wisconsin Green Bay of the Eastern Midwest!" Kinda catchy?

God Bless you if being better than 4-28 Toledo is your bar. I really wish I could have that mindset. Life would be so much less stressful. The good news for you - I think we will be better than Toledo next season too. Party on, Dude.

It's funny how people screamed for athleticism after we lost to K.e.n.t. I said we need guys that can flat-out ball. Now we lose to a very earth-bound, slow, mediocre mid-major at home, and it is proven again - we need guys that can ball. We have a bunch of role players. We have no bad-ass MFer's that can flat-out ball. We can't even defend anymore. If Euton, Egner or Green can shoot, I'd give them 30 minutes/game next year, right off the bat. If they can hold an opposing guard under 30 points, I'd give them 40 minutes per game.

#10 - Humpy aggravated his ankle sprain jumping on the inflatables during a 1st half time out. #9 - Letting guys go off for 35+ seemed like a sound strategy at The Q? #8 - For the first time all season, we were soft around the rim and couldn't finish?! #7 - Steve McNees heard Joe Dunn call him "One of the best point guards in the midwest" and got a head bigger than the one the Rowdies hold up. #6 - It was the refs. Ohhhh the refs...they did it to us again. #5 - Losing at home is a lot easier tradition to uphold than winning at home. #4 - KD was jealous of the flack the coaching staff got on the football board and wanted some for himself. #3 - No CBI gear in the team shop. #2 - Brett McKnight was saving himself for a Conyers-esque breakout in his senior season. and the #1 reason we lost to Wisconsin Green Bay is... #1 - Wisconsin Green Bay was simply too athletic for us. Thanks, folks. Drive home safely.

Other than CSU and Butler, no Horizon team interests me as an opponent. Joe Akron agrees.

Look at Dave in Green with the sarcasm!

Our schedule & 20+ wins are like a girl with really big boobs. We are astounded that no guys will pay attention to us because we have such big boobs?! It is inexplicable!? Well...we are also 297 lbs...have a uni-brow...haven't showered in a month...and pick our nose constantly. Until we lose some weight, shave our eyebrows, bath regularly and stop picking our nose, our 24-win boobs are not going to get noticed by anyone. They are only a small piece of the puzzle. If the CBI is the only guy hitting on you, chances are you're CBI-level material. Accept it, or improve yourself.

Dave - You are absolutely correct. Those two MAC teams had NO CHANCE of getting in the tourney. NONE. ZERO. NADA. Why? - Because they stunk. Period. Stinky teams have no chance of getting into the NCAA tourney. Miami began the 2004-5 season with wins over Purdue and Xavier. They proceeded to go 16-10 in their remaining regular season games. They were 3-9 away from home. They lost to OU in the 2nd round of the MAC tourney. Miami was 19-11 in 2004-5. But you think, because they had a nice RPI, that they somehow got ripped off by the NCAA selection committee? Come on. If Miami was 22-8, with those big OOC wins, they're dancing. But they followed up those wins with NIT-level play. And that's where they ended up. And despite their gaudy, worthless RPI, they lost to TCU in the 1st round of the NIT. Buffalo? I've watched Buffalo since they entered the MAC. At no time have they had a team worthy of NCAA at-large consideration. Their best teams were lucky to merit the NIT. And the NIT results prove it.

FYI - There has been no mention of the Zips playing in the CBI by the PD this week. Zero. They did have a nice Q & A feature with Chris McKnight over the weekend. Of course they mistakenly used Brett McKnight's photo instead of Chris'.

People expected the 26-win Travis-Joyce-Dials Zips to be in the NIT. No one expected them to get an NCAA bid. No Miami team in the last 5 years has merited at-large consideration. No MAC team in the last 5+ years has done what it takes to merit at-large consideration. The best MAC basketball has been at the "NIT/CBI" level for several years. And even then, only the Zips have won ANY post-season games in the past 5 years. The rest of the MAC is o-fer. O-fer 7 years...combined...all MAC schools, save Akron. Grouse about the RPI til the cows come home...we need to get better.

My buddy at work just told me he received an automated phone call from Steve McNees asking him to attend the CBI game tomorrow. YouTube Tom morphing into Telecom Tom? Good to see we're trying to fill the place.

Use the "Ask the AD" feature on GoZips.com.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no. Was it over when Steve McNees had the ball with 6 seconds remaining? Hell no. And it ain't over now.

Bump. For fun.

Arkansas Pine-Bluff played their first 11 games on the road against the following competition: Colorado, Texas-El Paso, Akron, Arizona State, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Kansas State and Oregon After 11 games they had 0 wins, but a fat wallet. They won 17 of their 21 conference games and made the NCAA tourney.

It doesn't always pan-out. Sincerely, The Hipshers