clarkwgriswold

Millett Hall is one of the top 10 basketball arenas (in Oxford). I think the seats in Yager Stadium are closer to the football field than the seats are to the court in Millett.

The last time I saw a post like this it ended with "I'm drunk." LOL. I do appreciate the enthusiasm.

Willie looks like one of Uncle Drew's counterparts.

It's going to be another one of those years in the MAC!

We ended up with some awful switches in Toledo's run. LCJ was on Jackson and they would run a ball screen with Jackson and a big which the Zips would switch as they generally do, usually putting Riak on Jackson and LCJ on Willie Jackson or Knapke. The result was Riak giving Jackson space and Jackson drilling a three or Riak tightening up and Jackson blowing by him. If Jackson cooled down, we may have seen the bigs exploit Jackson That switch has generally served them well, but with Jackson having the game of his life, it hurt the Zips today.

Groce in the postgame pretty well summed it up- Toledo played great... Zips were very good on offense, not so great on defense...Not the end of the world and on to Oxford.

The 14-4 Zips head to Oxford Tuesday to face the 8-10 Redhawks. The Redhawks are coming off of a 71-62 loss to Ball State in Muncie. I'm always uneasy when the Zips play in Millett Hall. The Rehawks put it on PCCC last week on Oxford. 6'4" junior guard Nike Sibande (#1) is again Miami's leading scorer, tallying 14.6 ppg to go with 6 rpg. 6'7" junior forward Dalonte Brown (#13) leads rebounding at 6.3 rpg while adding 12.7 ppg. Sibande was named to the East Division Preseason All-MAC Team. The Zips need to spring back from the Toledo loss.

Yep, hope they use this one as a springboard. Hard to believe Toledo was 9-8 coming in. They have way too much talent to have that record and they had the better team today. Willie Jackson is "grown ass man" on the boards. Mareon Jackson's performance was one of the better JAR performances I have seen in a while.

This one made me uneasy all week.

Toledo averages 76 points. Zips give up 62. Toledo is going to score 90+. Enough said.

Put LCJ on Jimmy Chitwood.

The other side of switching that ball screen is that LCJ ends up on a big. Not good.

Thats's a charge. All damn day.

Toledo is the Three Musketeers (Jackson, Jackson and Knapake) and the seven dwarfs.

Some awful switches by the Zips result in some open 3's for Toledo. Just out Banks on Jackson and stop letting them switch it to Riak who has to give him space.

Time for Zips to show some maturity and composure.

Getting chippy. Shut them up by thumping them.

I think a big that could shoot it would realize that those who can't are on a shorter leash than those who can. I cringe every time he touches the ball. He needs to be in as he gives us some other things and plays hard, but every time he gets the ball is a gamble.

Wow, what a run. Just what we needed.

Zips will have to dominate the start of the second half or this game is over.

Toledo is shooting the lights out, but some of that is bad Zips D. Knapke's threes have been pretty wide open shots.

Riak shooting a three. Sigh... New rule for Deng- you're only allowed to shoot from inside the arc (the charge arc).

Willie Jackson looks like the 40 year old guy that shows up at the rec center and beats the hell out of the young guys.

Looks like a nice crowd, especially in GA. Maybe Akron is waking up to what we have. This one's going to be a tight game, but I sense the Zips will pull it out late.

I'm out of town and won't be able to make the game today so it's very important that all of you ZipsNation guys shout directives to the refs, coaches and players to make up for me. ?