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I'm sure DiG has already seen Ken Pom's version of this same concept here. Ken gives the Zips a better shot (34%) than Silver (29%). Interesting the similarities and differences in their computer simulations.

Coach Dambrot is a genius. Tree was picking up Cooper in the halfcourt for most of the night and he had no idea what to do. Unbelievable. The Melo vs. Cooper prop bet made me laugh. Even better Cooper also had 5x the turnovers Melo did.

I'm actually interested to see Melo on DJ at times tonight. It seems to me that Melo was always faster than Alex on the defensive side of the ball. He and Cooper could go at it like two little gnats tonight. Obviously Harney is going to have to be ready as well but his length could bother DJ somewhat (I hope...).

I did feel the same... Was confused to see it was a "Zips fan" posting it.

So many great plays in this game. From the 11:16 mark to the 8:26 mark the Zips had 6!!! blocks including a sequence where they had 3 in a row. Zeke had 4 while Tree and Walsh had one apiece. I loved that. Tree's steal late in the game was incredible too. It only led to Harney making 1 of 2 FTs but it was such a monster play. Of course the alley oop was fantastic. Zeke's three was awesome too. I loved the replay where they showed him before the inbound... he gave a bit of a smirk and called for the ball. He knew he was going to shoot that 3. I loved it. A couple big plays are the difference in a game like that and we made them last night. Loved the effort by these guys.

I was reading through this thread for the first time this morning and I have to give you props on an amazing call. A couple more FTs for Zeke and you would have nailed it.

Seems to me that akronzips71 should be helping the defense. But seriously the more I think about this the less serious it becomes in my mind. I'm almost expecting Rico back for next year at this point. Unless there is way more out there that we haven't heard about...

I was shocked to read that Betancourt's turnover rate was near 50%?!!? Reading through the definition of that it means essentially what you would think. The % of turnovers expected on 100 plays. Yikes. I'm sure that is skewed by early season showings and Betancourt was better against Can't. We need that down dramatically in the coming days though. No wasted possessions.

I like that too. If they're both out there they can be interchangeable depending on the situation. Really I just want to see more Reggie in general. Kid can play. I've liked him all year. Time to shine at the Q!

This surprised me too. I know he's playing at an extremely high level and there's up and down action, but I think as a college point guard you should have the capability (when called upon) to play 20 minutes fairly easily. These guys are in the best shape they're ever going to be in and to get cramps after working for that amount of time doesn't make sense to me. My personal opinion is that he does actually have the fitness level to do it, but didn't get enough water or potassium during the day. But I'm no dietitian...

Good grief dude, do you want to pay the web hosting fees, etc. needed to run a forum? Then go ahead and do that and leave the moderators here alone. You could say whatever you wanted on your own site. It's not like anyone is making you pay to be a posting member on this site. Cripes man give it a rest.

This. And I really hate to say it but no more Deji the rest of the year. I'm taking like 0 minutes a game.

I'm in complete agreement over this. We have to replace Abreu's ~33 minutes a night. Betancourt gets an extra 20ish of them. Reggie / Diji / Jake likely split the rest. I'm just hopeful for more Reggie and Jake and less Diji. And I have to say that Carmelo has looked better than he was early in the season. I'm anxious to see how he does tonight. Play under control and smart with no silly turnovers and we'll be alright. I SUPPORT BETANCOURT

EPIC WIN.

Good call........

::facepalm:: I can only hope that you're being sarcastic?

Zips fans. Let's take a step back from the ledge. DiG might have already made a point similar to this somewhere, but think of it this way: From a pure probability perspective eventually the Zips were likely to lose a game. We might be surprised its this one against a "worse" team, but all too often that's how these things happen. It takes a very good performance from Buffalo (probably one of their top 3 performances all year) and a bad night from the Zips (probably one of our 3 worst performances of the year). It happens. Let's assume (and this is a bold assumption) that the Zips were 85% likely to win each individual game in "the streak" (very generous considering we were underdogs in Vegas @OU). The odds of the Zips winning 20 in a row in that case is .85 ^ 20 = 4%. 4%!!!!!!!! Real assumptions would put that somewhere below 1%. The streak was an incredible run and it was a ton of fun. I've loved watching this team play this year. We're still good. Very good. But a loss is not the end of the world by any means. Regroup. Win the last 4 games of our MAC season. We'll be an 11 or 12 seed in that scenario and in the perfect position to make a run in the tournament. No doom and gloom Zips fans. This was bound to happen. Don't focus on the fact that it came against a lesser opponent. Think of the fact that we beat good teams multiple times in the last 2+ months. My two cents have been added. Onward and upwards. GO ZIPS!

In Lunardi's latest at ESPN the Zips have been identified as a potential "bid stealer" should we not win the MAC Championship. I would post the blurb, but it's insider only and I don't want the moderators frowning on posting paid content on the board. If one gives their blessing I'll post the part relevant to the Zips. Our at large chances are swelling... Also, we're up to a 12 seed on the latest bracket on ESPN.

The past few years it has been a FREE ticket with a losing OH lottery ticket (even the $1 scratch offs). So basically they're now making you buy at least one ticket to get one free. I'm with the others though... this won't have that large of an impact.

Thank you!!! I was trying to do this myself, but only one replay made the cut. That should be shared multiple times over. Horrendous.

Fantastic effort by the boys tonight. They were absolutely hosed on that offsides call. They were the better side on the road in a hostile environment against a quality opponent. I have a good feeling about this team the rest of the season.

Just so no one is holding on to hope... the Athletic department has made calls to season ticket holders. Porter will be leaving but will in fact stay for the rest of the season. He won't be answering any questions about it was the impression given. Still plenty of time to get a replacement involved before CP leaves for Portland. Wish him all the best. Let's bring home another championship!

Haha, it really says he say crying on the bench. I find that hilarious.

Congrats to the boys. Fun season is just getting started I feel! Go Zips!

Found your problem.