clarkwgriswold

Have to make free throws here down the stretch!

Refs let them play in the first half and are calling everything this half.

Way too many defensive breakdowns tonight. Can't have those when the teams are so closely matched.

X needs to be aggressive off of the dribble as PCCC is selling out to stop him from shooting the 3.

Zips need to get on the boards. In the bonus from here on in.

Time for X to heat up and take over.

So far surviving their runs. X saving it for the second half.

I will fire up a Zips 2023 MAC Tournament thread after the game ends tonight.

He's played 144 games to Maravich's 83. It's ridiculous that would even be considered breaking a record. It would be nice if the CBI had the stones not to extend an invitation, but they most likely will prefer the publicity and Detroit Mercy's $27,500.

Gotta love daddy-ball on the D1 level.

More here- https://sports.yahoo.com/siue-player-throws-punch-sparks-fight-in-loss-to-ut-martin-in-ovc-tournament-053205953.html

I think tomorrow night comes down to Jacobs and Miryne Thomas vs. Enrique and ________________. I think X and Insincere will essentially balance each other out, leaving those next major guys up as the ones determining the outcome. Hopefully, Sammy or somebody can be a difference maker.

But...that Wednesday night classic against PCCC will be televised to a national audience on ESPN27.

This will be the 4th time these teams have played in a year. That, coupled with 30 games of game tape, make it so these teams know each other almost as well as they know themselves. They're not likely to see any surprises, especially Friday night. The only exception to springing something on the other would be next week, not unlike the Zips surprised them last year by the way they defended Insincere in the final.

I suspect Long has impressed in camps as his performance at Hoban has been underwhelming. I would say though that Hoban's emphasis on the run has limited his opportunities. His performance in the final was not pretty.

Nice. PCCC's ticket vendor had a breach of their credit card system. Yikes. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/03/01/kent-state-university-audienceview-security-breach-credit-card-information/69957805007/

Nice article by Beaven in the Beacon along with some gracious comments from Ball State's coach. I'm not sure GT even knows where there visitors' locker room is located. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2023/02/28/akron-zips-basketball-score-ball-state-xavier-castaneda-sammy-hunter-enrique-freeman-john-groce-mac/69949794007/

Todd Packer!

Here we are again, headed off to the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Center in Brimfield to face the arch-rival to close the season. PCCC is coming off of a 7-point win over OU and will look to avenge their 12-point loss at the JAR on February 3rd. They had technical issues with their ticket vendor tonight slowing things down at the gate, so get there early Friday night.

Teamism.

Who's this number 11 for the Zips??

The anticipation of finding out what Tuesday nights the Zips will play on is palpable.

My vote is for Stan Heath given how he's brought out the full potential in Bates and kept his team engaged for 40 minutes every night.

Groce wisely kept going to that well and WMU defenders helped all night by being late on the pick and roll and having their back to incoming pass. Not a whole lot of in game adjustments by WMU.

There's an old saying that a conference is only as good as its worst teams. If that's the case, the MAC is not very good. I would propose that MAC basketball eliminate any program with a direction in its name or that faced Evan Wilson on the floor this season.