clarkwgriswold

Summary- nobody can tell anybody about anything due to privacy rules. It's essentially an article with no info. A former player filed a complaint about Melissa. This pretty well sums it up- “Because the investigation has been closed, there are no findings.” They closed it because she's done today so they didn't see the need. She sees it as vindication.

Good luck to Coach Jackson. I hope she lands on her feet in a position that works best for her and her young family.

My biggest hopes for the tournament lie in the fact that coaching makes a big difference this time of year and the Zips have the best head coach in the MAC.

This thread is an interesting one to review with the regular season having now ended. Many of us were on the ball with 13 MAC wins (Z.I.P., GoZips, Captain) and a couple of us said 12 or 13 wins. To our credit, we were realistic and not homers.

The Zips head to Cleveland next week for the MAC tournament. Rather than post individual game threads, we'll go with a tournament thread as we did last year. If someone could post the graphic of the brackets when it's available that would be great. 6:30 game next Thursday.

I guess 2nd place is a celebration worthy event.

Well...$h!+...get 'em next week.

...and they're making him look like a legitimate D1 big man. Sigh.

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/