Captain Kangaroo

No post game show?

Spoke too soon

Yep.

Ivey is awesome.

Utomi reminds me of McClanahan vs Ohio State.

Malcolm heats up at the very end of the half. Will Utomi follow?

Utomi and Duvivier need to start contributing on the offensive end if we're going to win.

Zips playing great D and getting good looks from the 3- line. Just need them to start dropping.

Bought a 4-pack of this last week. Delicious.

The writer needs to Google "Bob Huggins."

For those keeping track - Duquesne falls 77-73 to the Richmond Spiders, whose record improves to 7-13.

I look at Sayles and Kostelac, and they are competing well at the D1 level today. The Zips are never going to get the one-and-done lottery pick kid. So you need to find kids with potential and develop them. Zeke went for 5.1 points/3.9 rebs his Freshman year. Big Dog's first season went 3.8/2.8. Kostelac is 6' 11" and 250 lbs as a Freshman. And he's coordinated. That projects well for the next 3 years. Sayles (healthy) is more polished than Kostelac 1.0, but time will tell if he'll be better than the 4.0 version. When all is said and done, I think both their stats will compare more favorably to Zeke and Big Dog than Sweich, Forsythe and Bardo (loved all three of those guys, but you know what I mean).

Lost one to Ball State...compelling story.

I want names! Skip, and who else?

Maybe you were in the restroom? I never said blows were exchanged...Just some guys jawing back and forth. Cotton seemed to feed off it.

Tonight had every bit the feel of a traditional Akron/OU game. Loved the OU guards running their mouths and the Zips shutting them up. The Zips defense was relentless for the better part of the night. Other than losing track of Block on a few occasions they did a great job of switching and cutting off the dribble penetration. Constant defensive hustle. Loved Cotton and Ivey closing it out at the FT line. Nice that the refs didn't get in the way of a good game tonight. By MAC standards, a well-refereed game. Kudos to whomever decided to display individual stats on the sideboards for the bulk of the game! Ball State lost to Kent tonight, so Saturday's game doesn't look quite as daunting as it did earlier in the season. Are the Cardinals prepared for The Kostelac Attack?

Seems the side effect of having the early December signing period is an earlier "active" recruiting of the following year's class?

What they're saying in Athens... Not much.

Mark Montgomery can't be long for the NIU HC job. Midway through his 7th season, he sits at 84–123 (.406). It really amazed me how this decimated Zips team, with all it's injuries and defections, thoroughly whipped a healthy MAC team. Kudos to the coaching staff for keeping the guys focused. Cotton has been a revelation. Until 3 or 4 games ago he'd really shown nothing that'd foreshadow the run he's been on. Seems like he suddenly became confident, and it's made all the difference in the world. Patton isn't scoring all that much, but he continues to do a nice job on the boards. It will be fun to watch Kostelac develop. He's such a big strong kid as a true freshman. With an off season to work on a low post game, he should make a big impact as soon as next season. Overall, you have to be happy with the coaching, and subsequent growth of all the players. The young guys show continuous improvement, and the older ones have added a lot to their game. Nice to see the Zips honoring football's Andrew Hauser during the game...but they misspelled his name on the big screen - Houser? C'mon, man... Should be a fun Tuesday night game vs. OU. How this Zips teams has a chance against anyone is beyond me...but they do. Let's see Utomi go for 32 again!

Someone's got Kostelac fever!?

How is it possible that any healthy Division 1 men's basketball team is an underdog to this Zips team?

Hosting the mighty 9-10 George Mason patriots today.

Strong, tough kid. I wish we'd have given him a longer look. Oh well...

I here ya...

Dukes lose by 13 to the 9-10 Billikens.