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Any news on Pat?

Guys making over $200k for the positions in the paper today is ridiculous. What real risk do these guys manage?

Any chance anybody has video of the last shot? So who was on the floor at the end?

The JAR looks wonderfull when there are butts in the seats..

Where is the Score Bar & Grill?

Getting organized is the first good step.

Sloppy, but first game after the break. Zips seemed to want to push the ball when they could against the press. Overall PG play was suspect for the first time. Some odd rotations at times. #4 another solid effort.

I am a little surprised that the rotation has Jackson coming in for Evans. You end up with Robo and Jackson together. Seems odd. Think KD trying to get early season minutes? Pat seems to want the ball.

Game time is 2:30 right? Anybody have any game stats? Robo, Kwan, Pat carried us yesterday. A fluke?

Where does it say actually suspended?

Rooing for you Zeke!

GO ZIPS!!! Looks like these kids want to play for KD.

The ZIPs MBB program has been very strong over the last decade. But we have not performed well in any of the tournaments we have been in. If the ZIPS can't get excited to show they belong in these post season tournaments, well ......... I would be disappointed. Let's go win something!!! We do have a lot of underclassmen and they better feel like they have something to achieve. This is a great time to start. I will be excited Wednesday eve!!

Deji played well. Energy, blocks, steals. Where was Kwan?

If you can,t change the layout, then you somehow need to connect the lower section to the upper. The lower section is just to small to create an inviting enviroment. Move the ending I Believe ...... Won chant to the top section. Do chearleaders actually lead any chears. Rotate the CL around to the student area. The team is on one end and the students another.

is the feed from gozips.com working for you guys?

Anyone notice my prior post on playing Melo. All we need him to do is play defense, minimize turnovers and run the offense. Penetrate a little and no turnovers...

A few comments for the group and to those that are close to the program: We have talent, but man no one is clicking right now. Three point shooting is killing us. Other than Tree, I don't see any go to guys..... Why does Tree start games taking 17-18 footers? (On the other hand Tree plays his heart out) Does any one on the team know how to make any entry pass using a bounce pass. Tree, Pat etc always catch the ball at least 12 ft from the basket. Sometimes they have good position but the entry pass is a always a lob which makes them loose position and gives the defense time to rotate. I kinda like CB at point right now. For sure no offense, but the offense seems to flow better. His defense has given the offense a few good runs. I think KD needs to tell CB we don't need anything nifty just play and distribute. With some confidence I think CB can be alright. Nyles can't get the offense started. I also think Nyles is going to have to penetrate some to get folks off him. Pat has got to get some shots at the rim. He has a soft touch but he needs to go to the rim and get fouled. I like how we get a triangle in the key on offense, but again we can't make an entry pass. And yes we'll get to 20.

I guess I hit a button too soon. Yes the student section attendance was not great and the ones there were not loud.

They need to figure out how to connect the students at courtside with the upper deck.

Thought I would chime in. I don't know how anybody can use last nights games as some evaluation or stament about the ZIPs direction. We have played many good teams over the last couple years and done very well. Certainly the wheel fell off last night, but this program has only gotten better over the last 8 years. The last two resruiting classes are very strong. We now expect to lead the league, win the tournament and go to the NCAA. If KD has hit the ceiling by going to the championship game 7 years in a row and to the NCAA 3 out of the last 5. Who cares. Trying to compare last night's game against VCU and compare it to how our program is getting better or worse is useless. VCU is a nice team and entered the game very confident. The ZIPs have a nice team but given all that was going on, you could see there was little confidance and no swager when that game started. VCU played well and we saw how it went. Specific to the game. Our defense was way out of whack. Yes, playing better competition and VCU did hit shot after shot. But regardless we just seemed to be off defensively. Gave open shots, they got to the rim, and gotten second chances. Specific to the program - as stated above, but we do need to work on strengthening the schedule. GO ZIPS.

So is anyone hearing any news on Q and how likely he will return?

Is the 7th in a row for the mens a record? I hope Akron shows up in mass to support both these programs.

Agreed, its been a nice run for both. I hope we have lots of UA fans there.

Akron academics over PITT. Great choice for all of us. Go ZEKE, we need your attitude tonight. Its been a great ride and we need you to keep it going.