clarkwgriswold

I think of Tulsa for football more than hoops but they've had decent teams here and there. As I recall it is the alma mater of Paul Pressey and Bingo Smith.

He's welcome here. Contributing big man who was on the All-MAC freshman team last year. I suspect going to from Georgia to Kalmazoo was a little bit of an adjustment!

Ummm, that's kind of what forums are about. I could see that, but I could also see Wynn where you have Dawson with Dawson seeing a lot of minutes coming in for both Ali and Wynn. Also, we should remember that Groce starts the five he thinks work best together rather than the 5 best players.

That's one argument against moving Freeman to the four. If he's there, that means you have another "non-shooter" at the five. If Clarke is the one and Trimble is in the staring lineup, Tribble can't be a starter as he was in the late season as that leaves Trimble and an erratic Clarke as your only outside shooters. Moving Freeman pushes Tribble to the bench, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but contrary to the direction they started. That was the beauty of guys like X and Kwan, they could play the stretch four. I miss the good old days where every shot wasn't a layup or a 3, but this is where we are.

I have to figure that Dailey was just a strange game day thing. They had two years to watch him so he must have been good in practice to continue to put him out on the floor. I am with you in disliking all of this open transferring. Certainly, in those first couple of years the Zips had to get capable players on the floor and transfers and jucos helped that process, but I think going forward we'll see more freshman development with a smattering of transfers/jucos. At the end of the day, those big school transfers and high talents that didn't qualify are just to tempting to entirely forego.

I expect Freeman to announce he's leaving the Zips in the next couple of weeks. Not to enter the transfer portal but to declare for the NBA draft.

Played a lot early then seemed to get lost in the mix. I think he could have a been a nice contributor if he stayed, yet he's not a huge loss.

Sometimes I like it when my gut is right. This is not one of those times.

My gut tells me another kid could move on and open another slot. Also, might Freeman take one for the team and stay on academic scholarship?

Ummm, because the word on the street was that he was entering the transfer portal, which he confirmed today.

It could be worse. Years back we had a well-intentioned diehard Zips fan on here that was convinced the Zips were on the verge of joining the ACC.

Great kid from a great family. Best of luck to Scott.

Thanks guys for the continued civil and thoughtful discussion. While we have our disagreements occasionally, this part of Zips Nation runs smoothly in large part due to the decorum of its participants.

Presumed returners- Freeman, Ali, Edwards, Tribble, Trimble, Dawson, Marshall, Clarke, Wynn, Bandaogo and Walter. Known incoming- Mitchell, Johnson and Kalle Presumed non-returners- LCJ, Dailey, Reece and Currie We all know there are surprises with every off-season so I doubt the above holds up across the board. Whatever happens, it will nice to be back in the JAR. Here's hoping the basketball gods bring the Zips some big man depth.

The 2020-21 season is now behind us giving us only next season to look forward to. This thread kept us rolling through the last off-season. Have at it.

Congrats to the Bonnies on being the regular season and tournament champs in the A10. Pretty sold showing for a middle of the road A10 squad.

If they'd want us and if the administration would want to make the financial commitment...

GT apparently isn't aware that every college basketball team had to deal with the Covid crisis. No, may point is that the type of mid-majors I would like to see in a conference don't have FBS football programs which makes their addition impossible under the Zips current conference/program situation.

GT's article in the Beacon this morning states that the Zips' 15-8 record "borders on being a miracle."

Oh no, I am for rewarding the successful programs.

Given the way his season ended, I doubt Mr. Pinky, even with his obviously low standards, would want Pippen and his angry fourth grader attitude back.

I'd love to see it, but what conference? I'd also like to see them consider dumping the Michigan directionals and NIU and bringing in some better programs. That's probably more likely if the administration decides to downgrade football.

Scoreboard. Best Regards, The Ohio U Bobcats

Three top notch MAC players and a good coach will take you a long way in the MAC.

OU started slow but has developed into the team I feared they would.