clarkwgriswold

WMU will fold. They are bad. However, they move on offense, unlike the stagnant Zips. The may be the largest collection of average talent in recent Zips basketball history. They're not bad players, there's joust no one outstanding. Freeman is the closest but he's not going to break open a game.

...and will get the same amount of PT.

Playing for the Bahamian Olympic team is apparently bad for your game.

They are awfully hot. They're also getting too many good looks.

Ummmm, maybe a hand in the face on D??? This team averages 64.9 points a game and they've given up 36 with 4 minutes left in the half. Yikes,

This team has an inability to step on another team's neck and put them away early.

Whew, first 3 goes down for Trimble.

27 seconds to swap in Aziz for Freeman. Must not have been happy with that foul. You wouldn't want to be colorblind watching this one.

I should turn it on at 7 and miss the first hour to balance out having turned on the PCCC game at 7 for it only to be at 8. Doh!

I would say say that someone has done a good job of engaging the students and getting them to attend men's basketball games this season. Whatever they've done, I hope it translates to football.

I would really like to see them finally get off to a good start and have a healthy lead at the half so that they can work on some things in the second half. Groce has referred to Trimble as an elite shooter in the past. They say that shooters have to shoot their way out of slumps but it's painful to watch when he's in one.

Yep. Clearly, it was so engrained by the time that good coaches got to him that it's a difficult fix. Muscle memory is a difficult thing to overcome.

I saw it last week and gasped. Thank goodness he contributes in other ways. I don't think his shooting is for lack of effort or practice. I just think it is so engrained at this point that it is tough to fix.

That picture clearly demonstrates Tribble's shooting issues. The under/over for the actual crowd tonight, with an iffy opponent and the snowy roads, is 567 (including the band and cheer and dance squads).

I think there's a "the grass is greener" aspect to the portal, with 20 year old kids making hasty decisions thinking they're going to a better place where they'll be more appreciated. At 57 I certainly have a different perspective than a college kid. If I was a legitimate D1 football player at UA from the Arth era (I'd be in the minority. LOL) my thought would be that this is a program to soon be on the upswing with legitimate coaches that could help my future with immediately available playing time. Stay and flourish rather than relocate with uncertainty.

Here's hoping there are no visits scheduled for this week!

Yesterday was the first time WMU guards B. Artis White and Lamar Norman Jr. were both in the starting lineup for a MAC game. White suffered a leg injury in WMU's game against Michigan State and missed significant time as a result. White led the Broncos in scoring last year at 14.3 a game as a freshman. If he's back at full speed, he and Norman make up a nice backcourt.

The MAC coaches saw UA and PCCC as the 5th and 4th best teams in the MAC coming into the season. Most of us saw the two teams as being in the second pack of the MAC coming into the season. The teams are very close in talent and they have the most talented scorer on either team in Insincere. They were beat by the better and harder working team on Friday night. The better and harder description may not apply later in the season but it was on full display Friday night. I was most disappointed in how the defense let Insincere run roughshod and the coaches did not appear to take any steps to adjust and slow it down as he scored 19 points in the final 9:14 when PCCC pulled away. As such, I am not buying that Groce outcoached Mr. Pinky. Also, as @kreed5120 referenced, they got killed on the boards, by 11 total, by a team that averages fewer RPG than the Zips. That's effort and execution.

I again have 2 tickets for this one if anyone can use them. PM me.

I suspect they are doing more of that to get teams back on the road and out of town early to avoid having to spend the night during Covid.

Any word on Hoban grad Emma Tecca? She missed a bunch of time early to what I understood was a non-Covid health issue then had a couple of games where she played a little but now she's again disappeared from the box scores.

Thanks. Added it to the thread title.

I sure wish some of those who fled KD would have come to UA as revenge. 2 of the top 5 scorers in the MAC are escapees of KD.

Western Michigan comes into the JAR on Tuesday to face the Zips. The 4-12 Broncos are fresh off of a loss to Miami. Their 4 wins have come against Hope, Purdue Fort Wayne, Southeastern Louisiana and Aquinas. The Broncos were predicted to finish 9th in the MAC preseason poll. 5-10 sophomore guard B. Artis White was selected to the preseason All-MAC second team, but he’s only played 5 games thus far. 6-1 junior guard Lamar Norman Jr. leads Bronco scoring at 19.3 ppg, with no other player averaging in double digits. Hopefully, the Broncos will give our Zips a chance to get their feet back under them and work out some of the kinks