Dr Z

Michigan State is dancing for the 20th consecutive season under coach Tom Izzo. They won't face UA as I predicted, instead they get the U. ??‍♂️

"It's good for us,'' Akron coach Keith Dambrot said. "Thank God it's Houston because we have a lot of Houston kids on our team. This will help us get motivated to play. They're all disappointed but we're getting over it." --EA of PD UH Cougars dot com information The Chron lists the Houston connections: Antino Jackson (Cypress Springs), forward Emmanuel Olojakpoke (Cypress Springs), forward Daniel Utomi (Westside) and guard Ty Dalton (Second Baptist). An experimental rule in this tournament eliminates the 1 and 1 free throws, can this benefit the Zips? NIT bracket image found here. ESPN stats and matchup found here.

I would have went with, "Sad." at the end. I always thought one of the toughest thing to do as an athlete is to lose a tough game, and then ten minutes later talk about it to the media. Here are some thoughts from Noah, ten minutes after losing an incredible emotional game. Noah: "I mean, it's tough now, but I think overall we had a good season. Obviously not the outcome that we wanted. I feel so bad for Big Dog and Kwan, Carlitos and Mark, guys that just come in and compete every single day. I came in here as a 17-year old kid, and I'm 20 years old now, and those guys just taught me a lot on and off the court. Just tremendous, I mean I'm hurting really bad inside, but I mean, I got those guys to fall back on. I know those guys will keep me sane for at least the next couple days. I mean, it hurts right now, but I'm appreciative to be a part of this university. Being from Las Vegas, moving to Akron, I appreciate all the hospitality that I've received, and I'm glad to be a Zip. It's a tough day today, but we're a great institution, the great president, great coaching, great players and we have a great support system. But it hurts now, but I'm appreciative of the opportunity that I just had."

Nice job with the quizzes all year long. ?? Hope to have at least two more.

What a great time to recruit in Hollywood. Keep the south Florida boys coming! ????

Question from yesterday's post game press conference: "How do you view the 19 second sequence, the free throws, the two steals?" KD: "Well, if you know a lot about this game, right, it usually comes down to the teams that get the most spurts and the biggest spurt, and we were hanging around, they were hanging around and we couldn't quite shake them. We had chances we missed. If you notice we missed some open shots that could have busted it open early, and we didn't make, which now becomes a dangerous situation, right, because they're still hanging around. But then we went, boom, boom, boom, and that's the game. And that's really what happens in sports. You have to make sure that you get more spurts than the others."

Zips are a seven point favorite. 144.5 O/U Oddsshark predicts the score 77-72 BSU.

I was at the game yesterday, so I'm not positive, but I heard no VPN necessary. For future reference. Thanks for posting this MDZip, I was on the other side of the court and couldn't see.

I thought Trey Moses played well yesterday (11 points / 14 rebounds). I had to go back and look if he had any success against us in early February, not much in the box, 4 points, 3 rebounds. I run across this article accidentally. Now I have a hard time rooting against him. Darn it.

MAC Tournament Mar 8, 2017 - Mar 11, 2017 Turn any non-winning Ohio Lottery ticket into free tickets to the MAC Basketball Tourney! Buy One, Get One Free - MAC Basketball Tournament in Cleveland, OH Fans 18 years of age or older may redeem any non-winning Ohio Lottery ticket at the Q Arena box office for a buy one, get one free offer to any of the MAC championship games. The games will be played between March 8-11, 2017.

He was 5-5 from 3-point land the last time we played EMU, and scored 19 points in 15 minutes. I would be happy with more of the same.

More NFL action around the progrum. Success breeds success.

The Zips are the Zips most dangerous team. If they play to their potential, nobody in the MAC beats them.

I wish he would have asked if any team interviewed him at the combine. My guess is no, but you never know. I do know one team that interviewed three MAC players, but Lane was not on their list. I did some googling, but come up empty.

Bleacher Report's NFL Draft Lead Writer, Matt Miller post combine mock guesses Lane to the Vikings with pick 199. Matt is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America.

The atmosphere will be way better when Akron does it at the Q.

The last minute of the video KD makes a short speech that some members may enjoy.

Will @ZipsMBB get the same result as AB?