clarkwgriswold

Agreed. Coach Burno has done a nice job there. He and Coach Lewis from Ball St. should be frontrunners for MAC coach of the year.

The Zips hope to exact revenge against Ball State at the JAR Tuesday night. Ball State comes in at 20-9/11-5, fresh off an inexplicable loss to EMU that had followed an impressive win over PCCC. The Cardinals are very balanced in scoring, with 4 players that average between 12.1 and 14.5 ppg (Jarron Coleman- 14.5; Jaylin Sellers- 13.8; Payton Sparks- 12.8; Damarius Jacobs- 12.1). In their January 6th 70-63 win over the Castaneda-less Zips, Ball State was led by Coleman and Sparks who each scored 15 points. Enrique had a double-double for the Zips with 23 points and 14 rebounds and Tribble was the only other Akron player in double figures with 14.

I've always liked the idea of Tribble off of the bench. Unfortunately, I hate the idea of Sammy starting more than I like the idea of Tribble off of the bench.

I get the sense that the staff lets Lamar do whatever the hell he wants. I guess Lamar hoisting 3s is better than Emoni's sulking like a little B at the end of blowouts.

Kalamazoo's thinking Steve Hawkins was John Wooden at this point.

Time to start thinking about resting Enrique and X.

The Broncos defense has allowed the Zips to discover the successes of getting the ball to the big man on the pick and roll.

I'm getting a better understanding of how these guys lost to EMU.

Sammy making the most of his opportunity to start. Ugh.

Looks like a big contingent travelled down from Kalamazoo!

Some ugly lazy passes by the Zips tonight.

Giving up too many open 3s.

Lamar Norman has just moved past VonCameron Davis in voting for the MAC's worst hair.

That concerns me. Zips don't need something to run through the team now.

Tribble being out will make things easier for Lamar Norman.

Lots of sicknesses going around. I hear clarkwgriswold is out tonight due to the 'rona.

Uh oh, everyone else present?

Bowling Green doing their damnedest to give the game to PCCC.

If I recall correctly, they referenced Ali and Tribble by their numbers, but that's my translation.

Another talented player would be nice and he certainly had value when he was here. That being said, I'm not sure he fits into this team- a team of unselfish high character guys who have ENTIRELY bought into Groce and the program. His transfer tells me maybe he's not that kind of guy.

If I am doing the math right (and we can't assume that after my comment above!), LBJ's Zips could have faced UConn, the champion of what would have been his freshman year. Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Pretty solid. They beat Jarrett Jack and Will Bynum's Georgia Tech team in the final. The LBJ-less Zips were 13-15 that year with Derrick Tarver, Romeo Travis, Drew Joyce and Matt Futch. WMU rep'd the MAC in the tournament.

I don't see them having many advantages, but for matchups it will be interesting to see if Tribble can slow down Norman and if Enrique can keep Markeese Hastings off of the boards. They are a good rebounding team, so that's one area they could have a slight advantage.

Beating Ball State then losing to a team that quit weeks ago (EMU) is perplexing.

Lots of buzz!

I'm a little slow! Melo was a year older and did a year in college so they came into the same NBA draft.