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Zips Bleak Ending Shouldn't Obscure Bright Future

I'm currently watching the Wichita State -vs- Gonzaga game. It's being played at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City - home arena of the Utah Jazz. It's a hockey arena, but the fans seem to be right on top of the action (unlike at the Q & at all other NBA arenas I've seen). Don't know how, or why, but it's obviously a design to look at. (With about half the capacity, of course.) [edit] What I mean by that is that the seating in the corners of the arena seem to be quite close to the court, whereas in the Q you're sitting about 40 yards from the court in the corner seats.

Minor league hockey, arena football & indoor soccer would be nice. Unfortunately, Cleveland already has the Gladiators (arena football) and Monsters (hockey).

I'd be interested in this as well. Off the top of my head: Various ice capade shows. Monster trucks/motor cross. Indoor soccer. Arena football.

Maybe. But people love to extrapolate. One of my "friends" on facebook posted, "VCU just got introduced to Big Ten basketball!" He's not a Michigan fan. He's a Columbus fan. Here's how Joe Akron is going to extrapolate: Akron <<<<<<<<< VCU <<<< Michigan < Columbus = Akron <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Columbus.

Obviously not ideal. But whatever it takes.

Ugh. That's not 1350, is it? I hope that wasn't Akron radio. Trust me, don't listen to Cleveland radio. Screw Cleveland. Some will do everything in their power to maintain the status quo. I want more. This is exactly why I'm depressed & a bit ticked-off at our performance Thursday night. And right, there is absolutely no way he should be hosting anything UA if he uses his platform to denigrate what we're working hard to accomplish.

FWIW, Chaifetz Arena (St. Louis University) is a basketball arena; not a hockey arena. Word on the street is that Coach D doesn't want a hockey arena; he wants a basketball arena. I'm not trying to stir anything up. I'm just keeping the conversation going. There are (at least) two huge questions in regards to a new arena 1. Location. On Exchange Street next to InfoCision Stadium -vs- on Main Street across from Canal Park. 2. Design. Basketball -vs- hockey arena. [edit] Chaifetz Arena - I'm referencing the arena mentioned in the previous post @ an $80-million construction cost.

So... you're saying you don't like him?

Darn. Walnut Hills lost, so we won't be able to see Isaiah on t.v. tomorrow night.

I feel this guy's pain. "New Mexico beat writer rage-quits after Lobos’ unexpected loss to Harvard" I can relate. The losses are much more painful when you have expectations. Oh well, this is better than not expecting to win.

Tree's great. Not only is he our best player, but our hardest working as well. Great combo. Due to Tree, I really predict the culture/personality of this team will evolve over the next two years. We're going to be the hardest-working, hardest-nosed team in the conference. It's going to be great having Tree molding our incoming freshmen into his image.

I believe the A-10 has five teams in the round of 32. That's ACC-level NCAA success.

(I posted this in another thread, but I guess it really belongs here.) I'm listening to the Walnut Hills semi-final game. As the game was just getting under way, the announcer had this to say about Isaiah Johnson: "To give you an idea of Isaiah Johnson's size, well, you just can't over-emphasize Johnson's size. It's not just his 6'9" height, but his overall frame is just ginormous." [edit:] This announcer also said Isaiah is 6'9", 300.

Good idea posting that link. I'm listening myself.

I'm listening to the Walnut Hills semi-final game. As the game was just getting under way, the announcer had this to say about Isaiah Johnson: "To give you an idea of Isaiah Johnson's size, well, you just can't over-emphasize Johnson's size. It's not just his 6'9" height, but his overall frame is just ginormous."

It was rather ironic that, during the very first commercial break during last night's game, one of the commercial's punch lines was of an American Founding Father bemoaning the fact his NCAA team had a freshman starting at PG.

Good post, Zipsbandman. ^^^^^But I'd rather lose a heartbreaker, especially on national t.v.

Walsh, sick in every sense of the word.

VCU literally beat us worse than we beat Tiffin, Malone or John Carroll. On national t.v. Ouch. [edit:] But I think the announcers were very gracious towards us. They mentioned numerous times we were depleted by Abreu's suspension and Walsh's flu bug. Back in the studio, Kenny "The Jet" Smith even chalked the point discrepancy up to our starting PG being suspended. He said something to the effect, "I'm not even going to mention his [Abreu's] name because if you get suspended you don't deserve for us to use your name on national t.v." (He meant that in a negative way; not like he was protecting AA's identity until proven guilty in the court of law.)

I'm not. I want a Sweet 16 run. I've said for years that I can die a content Zips fan when our basketball team has reached the Sweet 16 and our football team has cracked the Top 25. (Hopefully our programs get to a point where those won't be once-in-a-ifetime occurrences. Though right now I'd settle for that.)

Shaka admitted as much in his post-game interview (which, along with the abominable game, has already been deleted from my dvr). He said something to the effect that they play aggressively and hope the officials let it go.

You are exactly right. I intended that "awfully young" to be a compliment.

I had the same thought. I was on vacation during that OSU-Florida game & when I came home a week later, I asked some of my OSU-honk friends what they had thought of the game (I was shocked myself). They looked at each other & said they hadn't even mentioned it... and it had been over a week. What is there to say. This was bizarre... humbling... embarrassing... What I hate is that many people around here look for reasons not to take UA seriously. This is a big handful of ammunition. OSU doesn't have that problem.