clarkwgriswold

The Zips get to catch their breath after real challenges from South Dakota State and Southern Miss as Heidelberg visits the JAR this Tuesday night before the Zips head out onto the road for 4 games. Heidelberg does not yet have a game of record as I post this but are playing in a tournament this weekend. They finished last season at 19-8, losing in their league semi-finals to Mount Union. One of Heidelberg's leaders is Hoban grad Isaiah Young, a 6'2" junior guard. Last year, he appeared and started in 27, led the team in assists, averaged a team-high 27.8 minutes per game, averaged 13.1 points per game and was second team All-OAC and Academic All-OAC

Up one with 4 minutes left. Win by 18. Wow.

Zips showed a lot of maturity tonight. Nice to have a veteran squad.

When I used to coach and my teams got like this I'd tell them in practice that they couldn't take a shot until they made at least 5 passes. LOL.

Way too damn many quick shots tonight.

There's that improved Freeman shooting I told you about.

They got a little lazy and D and impatient on offense there to give up a 7-0 run.

This is a decent opponent and the Zips are slowly pulling away.

True to some extent, but 95%+ have better teams.

The current problem for UA football is "3. The Product."

Draft Kings line is Zips -7.5. The under/over is 139.

That's certainly the right approach but closing the sale is a different story. Moorhead and the assistants out on the recruiting trail need to be great salesman as kids and their parents can see the record and watch tape. John Groce came into an essentially bare cabinet when he took over Zips basketball and he came in late. He and his assistants worked and scrambled to bring in a group of transfers, jucos, overlooked freshmen and a kid from the rec center (Lucas Smith) to keep the program competitive until he could build the program he wanted. I realize this is a different sport and situation but I'd like to see the same approach and success from the football staff.

Would you please stop being so damn subtle and just say what you want to say? 🤣

They left it all on the floor.

Players on a 2-8 team getting consistently throttled should not celebrate or talk $h!+ when they make a play that they should make. Okay, not that that's off my chest I will go back to chasing the kids off of my lawn.

Pretty clear that the offense we saw all year up until the second half last week is back.

As a point of reference, here are the results of the Sun Belt Preseason Poll- 1. James Madison (7) - 176 2. App State (2) – 159 3. Old Dominion (1) - 154 4. Southern Miss - 148 5. Louisiana (2) - 136 6. South Alabama (2) - 129 7. Marshall - 119 8. Troy - 91 9. Arkansas State - 84 10. Texas State - 72 11. Georgia State - 69 12. Coastal Carolina - 59 13. Georgia Southern - 42 14. ULM – 32

It was quite a game. I spend my evenings watching mid-major women's basketball games. Naaahh.... I saw it on Sportscenter.

BG pulled out a win over Cleveland State. They were down 4 with under a minute left and made a three to go one down. CSU then missed two free throws and with under 10 seconds BG guard went the length of the floor and was fouled with a second or so left. She made the first free throw to tie it. She missed the second and CSU rebounded and immediately called timeout. However, they didn't have a timeout so they were assessed a technical foul. BG made the tech free throw to win the game.

They really came to play. They brought their A game.

Yes they are and I am a d!p$h!+!

The Golden Eagles (not Rebels) of South Miss come to the JAR Friday night to open the Zips' 2023-2024 home schedule. They are 1-0 after an opening win over William Carey University. The Eagles really turned it around last season winning 25 games in their first year in the Sun Belt Conference after three consecutive seasons with single-digit wins. They are led by Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year 6'4" senior guard Austin Crowley who averaged 16 ppg last season. They were predicted to finish fourth in the Sun Belt and are ranked 82 in the KenPom rankings.

I just wanted to point out that at 1 for 2 Greg Tribble now leads the Zips in 3-point field goal percentage!

Good call. Those guys are a reflection of their coach.