clarkwgriswold

The Bobcats come into the JAR at 11-4, fresh off of a four point loss to EMU. OU big man Antonio Campbell was injured in the game and played only 3 minutes.

Gentlemen- please keep reminding me of this.

So, who wants to be the first to tell us Miami is actually a decent team and/or that we got their best game? That's four games in a row where we've let bad to average teams take us deep.

Sometimes it feels like they Zips substitutions are based on a chart made before the game.

With each minute that passes in this season, I'm beginning to think more and more that maybe the Zips just aren't as good as we thought they were...

Announcer says "John Cooper is ludicrous." 5 seconds later, "I mean John Cooper is livid."

This is awful to watch.

Hmmmmmm. Wonder what's up with that.

I missed the first. Who did Utomi replace in the starting lineup?

Maybe Utomi finally convinced KD he'd play defense. One point lead at half? Ugh.

And lose out on a chance to play Adrian, Coppin State or Radford?????

I'll take the win but that's another iffy performance against a not very good team. I need to look at the stats, but this team may be one of the worst defensively in the Dambrot era.

I sure wish they'd get the ball in Antino's hands more.

Dog better be ready to make some free throws as they're going to be hacking him from here on in.

Yet another game stretch of...awfulness.

I'm waiting for the ESPN play by play guy's voice to start changing.

CMU won't go away.

The last time we were able to stop dribble penetration they had to stop the game after every score to take the ball out of the peach basket.

Thanks but no thanks to Miles. That guy annually pi$$e$ away top 10 talent through idiotic playcalling and game management. How in God's name LSU renewed him when he was solidly on the chopping black last year continues to perplex me. My greatest college football wish is that Harbaugh goes back to the NFL and Miles returns to his alma mater.

The thought of quick guards scares me since the Zips haven't stopped dribble penetration since Nick Dials was here...

Well, this one goes back to the top. CMU is now 10-5, coming off of a lost to NIU. Keene is now averaging 29 per game while Rayson is averaging 18. That's two 5-9 guards combining for 47 a game. Nice 1-2 punch. They are already 0-2 in the MAC, falling to NIU and EMU.

Unfortunately, he also plays NBA level defense.

Josh can dribble penetrate. Unfortunately, the one time he did it last night he got in too deep, left his feet, tried to pass it back and bounced his pass off of the bottom of the backboard. RIght now, the only people that take the ball to the hole with any regularity are Antino and Ivey.

I hope that's what it was and they'll shake themselves out of it. I'd sure like to see some more consistency and aggressiveness out of Josh. I think he may be adjusting to heading back to the bench. He's become just a little too much of a catch and shoot guy and I think if he'd put the ball on the floor a little more he'd actually see defenders back off a little but and give him more room for the 3.

That was AWFUL. Thanks to some atrocious late free throw shooting from WMU, we were able to squeak by a below average team with 8 freshmen on the roster. Good teams won't allow us to play like that and escape with a win. I can't get my head around this team. Are they just one of those teams who will play to the competition and just well enough to win...or...are they just not as good as we thought they might be? I am really missing Antino having the ball in his hands as he did when he was at the point. They're also looking like another one of those deep Dambrot era teams without a go to guy or strong leader.