clarkwgriswold

For the sake of the conversation, I went back and looked at the Zips and X's three point shooting in MAC play this year. Some interesting numbers. EMU- 11/25 (55%)/ X- 4/4 (100%) WMU- 11/29(38%)/ X- 3/4 (75%) BSU- 7/19 (37%)/ X- 5/8 (62.5%) NIU- 11/28 (39%)/ X- 4/10 (62.5%) TOL- 13/26 (50%)/ X- 2/4 (50%) MIA- 14/24 (58%)/ X- 5/11 (45%) OU- 13/23 (56%)/ X- 2/5 (40%) BUF- 8/20 (27%)/ X- 1/7 (14%) KSU- 7/21 (33%)/ X- 2/6 (33%) EMU- 6/29 (21%)/ X- 2/10 (20%) BG- 5/17 (29%)/ X- 0/3 (0%) CMU- 10/27(37%)/ X- 1/7 (14%) WMU- 8/24 (33%)/ X- 0/6 (0%) MIA- 9/28 (32%)/ X- 1/7- (14%) BG- 3/35 (14%)/ X- 0/8 (0%) Some interesting numbers and conclusions. The wheels of the team's 3 points shooting, as well as X's to a greater degree, came off after the OU Game. Up to then, they were shooting a whopping 49% on 3 pointers in MAC play while X was shooting at a 54% clip. Since then, they've shot 3 pointers at a 30% rate while X has fallen off to a woeful 13%. This team is not a 49% three point shooting team (no team in the country is). They are better than the 30% shooting team we've seen starting with Buffalo. X is not a 54% level 3 point shooter. Nor is he a 13% shooter. His record at Dayton tells us he's a .357 three point shooter. I think we were all a little fooled by those first 7 MAC games when they were on fire and it unreasonably increased our expectations. I think as a team they'll shoot at 36-38% from 3 and I pray X gets back to the 35-36% shooting his history tells us he can be.

They'll sure have to rebound better than last time when they were outrebounded 52-31. They made Josh Mballa look like Artis Gilmore in that game (I love references the youngsters have to Google).

The Zips bench scored 3 points. 3 points. BG's bench scored 30 points. 30. 30-3. Damn. The Zips big man combo of Riak, Reece and Sayles combined for 2 points. 2 points. Banks and Cheese with stupid undisciplined avoidable technicals. I get that others were involved in Channel's situation and that Cheese didn't have his hands up, but they were both avoidable and unnecessary. As for Tyler, there's no reason to ever run up on a ref. Be smarter next time. Off to Canada.

Admire the enthusiasm but with the way they're playing, their record in Canada and they way Jeff Boals' kittens are improving, we could be looking at a couple of losses yet.

The Zips head to the great white north on Saturday to face the Canadians. SVSM alum Javon Graves continues to lead those hosers, averaging 17 a game, 5th in the MAC. Mballa is one of the better rebounders in the MAC, averaging 9.2 rpg (2nd in the MAC). Jeff Boals quickly improving Kittens beat them soundly in Athens tonight, ending a four game win streak for the Buffalo.

Just to round off that awful performance, the Zips show a lack of discipline and composure. If Cheese isn't suspended for Saturday, he should be put on the bench for at least the first half by Groce.

...and with that...

How are we only 5 minutes into the second half? Seems like a lifetime.

OU just stretched it back out to 13 in the great white north.

Yes, without the "ing."

For you lip readers, Cam Reece just summed up our night with one naughty word.

I hope Maishe Dailey is our Plowden next year.

I'm going to start working in the game 29 thread. LOL.

We've gotten a lot of good looks at the guy in the Michigan sweatshirt behind the UA bench.

Groce yelling at the refs on way off of floor.

Oddly, the Zips are damn lucky to be down only 12.

Exactly.

They're not losing due to the refs. They're getting beat on both ends of the floor. As I feared, their bench is playing well while the Zips are getting little if anything from the subs.

Banks with a stupid dead ball foul there. Just get out of there.

Limu emu.

Tribble has great hops, but can he ever just execute a simple layup?

They shouldn't have Cheese on Turner with 2 fouls. Shocked they haven't gone after him.

Gillette Skinguard will haunt me tonight. Could we please get back the Jennifer Garner ads?

0-7 from 3 to start the game.

BS call on Cheese.