clarkwgriswold

The Ohio Supreme Court kept their stay of the Court of Appeals decision in place today, which allows Evan to play. That could change after they consider the memorandum in support of jurisdiction but he's good for now.

I think Hammer was a 5 out of necessity, not unlike MMK in the past. I was really encouraged by Tai's play. If they can hold onto him in this crazy world of transfers, I think he could be special down the line.

Oriol was also the last guy added to the mix, so he may still be in the "fitting in" process.

After hours of thoughtful consideration and extensive research- beats the hell out of me! Tahj, Evan and Pence, and for now Chabi, in that five.

Poor @Captain Kangaroo permanently assigned as the ZipsNation babysitter!

And that's why Eric was in at the end of games. He was better in that role while Zack was apparently better in the mix of the starters. You could aways tell who Groce trusted by who had in at the end of games, not the start.

He's eligible, FOR NOW. Same for Oriol. It could change with another court decision.

I'm going to take the word of John Groce and Dustin Ford as to what role Zack plays. The Zips weren't great and seemed to be missing something early last year, though the OOC schedule, and Groce mixed it up starting Zack against EMU in the home opener and it added a gritty element to the team to open the games thereafter. Zack's never going to a star, but good teams need gritty role players lie Kurt Rambis, Craig Ehlo, John Paxson.....that do the dirty work and keep up the intensity.

I was referencing Miami and their regular season ring.

They can put them in a case next to their MAC tournament participation trophies.

They also dug up the old cartoon promo of Zippy beating up on the other MAC mascots!

He also spent quite a bit of time covering their 5'10" point guard. I think he's intended to be the stopper, guarding the other team's best offensive player regardless of position. Overall, I think the nature of this team will make it difficult to sort out definable positions for anyone other than the guards and Barrre/Burton.

The Zips head to Lafayette, Louisiana Monday to start there season in the MAC/Sun Belt Challenge against the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana. The Cajuns were predicted to finish 6th in the conference in the conference pre-season poll. 6'3" redshirt junior guard Jamyron Keller was selected to the Sun Blet Pre-season third team. He is a transfer from Oklahoma State where he averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists on the season , played in 38 games with 26 starts. The Cajuns were 11-22 last season. Here's a preview of the 2026-27 team- https://www.raginreview.com/articles/louisiana-basketball-preview-the-season-is-sneaking-up-and-quannas-white-has-work-to-do

They can certainly shoot it. It just didn't seem to be as much of an emphasis.

Lots to like from what we saw tonight. There are certainly things to clean and tighten up but there's a lot of talent on this roster, especially if Evan and Oriol make it through the NCAA minefield. They are obviously bigger but due to their athleticism and depth they play at a pace equal to last year's team without as much of a reliance on the three.