zippy5

Congratulations, we have our winner for the biggest douche on this board.

Count me in the minority, but I thought ND had the resume of a 1 seed. Playing them in Chicago is terrible, but hey, crazier things have happened. I personally think there's a few teams seeded 13/14 that we are better than but whatever. Play the hand you're dealt, and play your hardest 40 minutes of the season Zips! I think this is the most well-balanced team we've had in a while, we have pretty much every type of player, and no team is gonna be a nightmare matchup for us. Let's just hope we can stop Hansbrough off the dribble like we stopped Can't. I watched the Pitt/ND game and Pitt couldn't stop it. Tall task, but if we can do it, we got a chance.

Congrats, I bet someone is a really proud mama. Enjoy it!

I can't see us as a 16. The mac is down, but we aren't the meac/maac/big sky/big south/patriot league/whatever other tiny conferences that play in 1000 seat high school gyms either. I'd say a 13 or 14.

Dear momma zeke, thanks for making zeke.

Can't can take their awards. Ill take ours.

Go Zips! Please no complaining about the refs, win/lose. We all know they suck, but they suck both ways and we look like a bunch of crybabies. Can't wait!! (TM Bart Scott)

He just needs to play a little smarter. He'll be fine...another entire offseason to put some pounds on and work on his game, and he'll be great next year. As long as he can stay on the floor, I'm really excited to see 2 more years of him.

Can you get Steve online??? sportsradio1350.com

When aren't we rebuilding?....... He's been here seven years....how much more rebuilding can we take? I think a better question would be, when are we rebuilding?

Good one. All i was trying to illustrate was that if Akron lost Friday, their side of the bracket could potentially be filled with better matchups, that's all. No need to be an asshole, we're all on the same side here. I agree with UAZip here, now that we're going to be on the other side of the bracket it helps our team quite a bit. Hopefully OU gets knocked out, because we just cannot match up with them. And its people like Zippy5 that ruin this blog and scare away other people. I would argue that its people saying losing to our rival is good for us, and also proposing to trade zeke might scare away people. But I digress.

I'm actually embarrassed that people agreed with that post. My apologies, losing at our rival, losing a first round bye, and possibly not getting to 20 wins while going into the MAC tournament on two straight losses is GREAT! We'd have to beat OU/Can't/miami at some point in this tournament anyway to go dancing. I don't care what round its in, ill take 20 wins and a season sweep of our rival 100 times out of 100.

But if they win at Can't, it won't? good grief.

just quit talking please.

I agree. Let's be real here. Realistic comparison of what we think different players do better or worse than others can be interesting. Hyperbolic criticism of players that is not realistic is not to be taken seriously. For example, here's a pair of real stats that make McNees and Rico look both better and worse than the other: Assists Per Minute Of Playing Time McNees -- .09 Abreu -- .19 Turnovers Per Minute Of Playing Time McNees -- .04 Abreu -- .11 So for every minute on the floor, Rico gets more than twice as many assists as McNees, but McNees has less than half as many turnovers as Rico. Here's another pair of contrasting stats: Steals Per Minute Of Playing Time McNees -- .02 Abreu -- .07 Fouls Per Minute Of Playing Time McNees -- .06 Abreu -- .10 So for every minute on the floor, Rico gets more than three times as many steals as McNees, but McNees commits fouls only about half as often as Rico. Being real about this is to admit that there's no way anyone can watch the games, compare the stats and come to a reasonable conclusion that one of these two players is head and shoulders above the other in all aspects of the game. dave, my post had nothing to do with steve. just a simple observation that abreu is a little out of control. take it easy pal

It would be stupid if a player did that every single time. Of course, Rico didn't do that. Far from it. He had 4 assists in 15 minutes -- more assists per minute played than any other Zips player. What's the deal here? Are we playing "I'll match your silly McNees exaggeration and raise you a double silly Rico exaggeration?" Very disappointing to see a Zips fan forum turn into a Zips player trashing exercise in the middle of a big win streak where the team is performing at its highest level in a long time. hyperbole dave, hyperbole. let's at least be real here, I love this winning streak as much as anyone, but he was out of control more times than not. I realize we're here to support our players, and having someone that wants to drive with the ball is refreshing, we haven't had that in a while...but this isn't a fantasy land where we just pretend all our players are perfect out there either. just saying, he's a freshman, and i'd like to see him improve in that area.

Abreu was out of control last night. There's a point where the drive and dish is nice, and a point where it's so stupid to put your head down and drive to the rack every single time---without the dishing part of "drive and dish."

Instead of dwelling on the refs...maybe we could've hit a free throw? it's over with, and just as much the zips fault, as the refs fault, or miami making a miracle play.

While I think unions aren't the greatest ideas (especially public ones like GP notes), at least get your facts straight http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11053/1127102-53.stm

Are you aware of the turnover this year's team had?

i agree 100%. It sounds mean, but when my friends think of the rowdies, they don't see them as people they want to be associated with, so i can't talk them into sitting down low. Don't know how to fix it, but it is what is.

underachieved? might wanna check those pre-season predictions brotha.

Better yet, when a student walks in, hand them a wristband and inform them that their section is down low. yes, students should not only all be allowed to sit down low, they should have to go there, until it is full. i get the feeling that a lot of people going to games that don't sit down low actually are rowdies, but just kind of don't like the regulars, if you will. so they sit up top.

I mostly blame the JAR. Absolutely. The facility was to blame, not the students. The JAR was only allowing older folks in for this game. The JAR stopped students at the door and wouldn't let them in. If I were a student, I'd organize a protest against the JAR for discrimination. Obviously, the JAR wasn't stopping us students from attending, but it may have been preventing an accurate reading of how many students were actually there. The floor seats were fairly empty last night, but who is to say that there weren't quite a few students in the GA seating? Until we have one large designated student section, it is going to be really difficult to tell how many students attend. From where I was sitting on the floor, I picked out several students in Rowdies shirts in GA. I know that last year as a freshmen I didn't join the Rowdies and I attended quite a few games in the GA section. I'm not on the Rowdies board, but if I were here is my suggestion for filling the floor seats: I think that the floor seats should be opened up for all students 10-15 minutes before tip off. If you're a Rowdy and want to guarantee a floor seat, then show up a little early. Otherwise, those seats should be offered to the other UA students. Last night's basketball game was great and it's a shame that more floor seats weren't filled. I agree entirely Jacob...ZachtheZip and i had this exact conversation at halftime last night. What would also be a good idea is to announce it as well over the PA that they can move down. The strictness of only allowing rowdies down low is really really stupid. fixed

Zeke needs to stop taking stupid fouls. The refs might be a little harsh on him, but he needs to nit put himself in positions where they can call those fouls. As my basketball coach used to say "You guys are the dumbest smart kids I know."