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Didn't YSU get the better of us in a scrimmage last year too?

Did one of the assistant coaches mention this? I was surprised he wasn't dressed to play vs. YSU tonight.

I made the trip. Just a few observations - some already noted by others. Starters: PG - Tavari G - Young W - Eric M. F - Evan M. P - Lyles First subs: Shammah Bowen MMK ...Young moved to PG (though we all know Shammah still handles the ball a lot ... Evan M. moved to P Second round of subs: Stankovic for MMK Lyles back in for Evan M. Tavari back in for Young @ PG YSU was really hot from behind the arc. Kudos to them but definitely something we need to work on defensively. They had a guard named Tae Blackshear that was on fire & kept them in the game in the first half. Shammah was our 6th Man but was easily our best player & someone Groce can't presently afford to take off the floor. We don't look like as much of a shooting team as last year. Neither Stankovic nor Eric M. took a 3. I think we're going to need them to shoot from deep to better space the floor. Basically our offense consisted of Shammah, Tavari, Young, Amani, and/or Bowen launching it from deep. Stankovic is a physical wing. He's certainly tough and I can see he's not going to be punked by anyone. He makes his presence known out there. I'd even go as far as to say he's got some Ryan Andrick in him and may get under opposing players skin from time-to-time. He looks to be a good 6'7" by just comparing his height while on the floor to Evan M., Eric M., and Amani. Speaking of height, Tavari walked past me before the game and he is definitely 6' tall. No exaggeration there. I was a little surprised by how tall he was. Once again no inside game to speak of. Amani tried a few moves but I think only hit one of his patent hook shots (and none of his 3 point shots. Without looking at stats I'd say Amani definitely had a subpar game). Evan M. certainly likes to drive to the hoop... but he doesn't do anything more than that. At least he didn't tonight. Evan M. & MMK played a lot of minutes together & I don't really like them on the floor together as neither is a shooter. I was surprised at the amount of PT MMK received in general, not being much of an offensive threat. He's athletic & energetic but I'd expect his minutes to be cut back against JMU. Barri didn't do much. Looks like he's just going to be an occasional shot blocker/lane filler. Briscoe didn't get any PT. I was curious to see what he's got. Just watching him in warm ups he may be slightly slow-footed for this level. Idk. I probably shouldn't even say that without seeing him in game action. Tonight it looked like our team is a 3-point-or-bust squad. But I guess that's sort of what the game has evolved into. Idk. YSU got a lot of long rebounds & 2nd chance points. Someone else mentioned Head was not dressed along with the two true freshmen, Josh Henderson & Tai Perkins. I guess that's all I've got. It was kind of sloppy and disjointed. What I should have been expecting I suppose.

Semaj Beals offer list includes Alabama, Penn State, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Pitt, 'Cuse, West Virginia, and USC 🧐

Do you mean ESPN or ESPN+? I don't see any viewing options listed for any of our games yet.

Two weeks ago Balls beat OU 20-14 and then last week lost to WMU 42-0 🧐🤨

6'6" OT

Side note: There is no tv listed on GoZips.com for either the Ball State game or the Buffalo game. Anyone know what's up w/ that?

Off topic, but EMU doubled down on their mistake

What do you know? I'm excited for a Zips football game!!! Let's goooooooooooo!!!

Can you elaborate on that? How so?

On the bright side of the JoeMo conversation, Saturday I saw a lot of fire from JoeMo on the sideline. It was nice. He's got a freshman on the team this year who, though undersized, is the missing piece dual-threat JoeMo's been missing here at UA, and he's got a top-shelf dual-threat high school prospect committed for next year.

Uh, oh. In the right pic you can see Chabi Barre is in a walking boot. Hope it heals up quickly

Great synopsis, Catdaddy. Thank you!

Postgame article from the ABJ claims it was from the 'lower body injury' suffered against Duquesne.

Eh, I didn't want to repeat my thoughts from another thread. My beef is that he hasn't gotten his dual-threat to run his offense & here we are in Year 4.