clarkwgriswold

I'm not pleased at how this season ended or many of the previous season endings. That being said, you have to be realistic in your expectations. Sure, there's room for improvement, but does anyone realistically think that UA is going to make a change? KD has won and won and won, and the school's most visible benefactor will always be in his corner. He's not going anywhere, so cool your jets Zips fans. Sure, there can be a reassessment of the recruiting process, a review of the assistants and a revamp of how they perform in the post-season, but it's going to be on KD's watch. The only way KD moves on is on his terms. As for an assessment of the season, my greatest frustration is that I saw no improvement as the season went on. If anything, they regressed. From game one to last night, they never figured out how to defend dribble penetration. They did an awful job with defending the pick and roll all season. Big Dog continued to attempt to defend guys with 10 foot shooting ranges 20 feet from the basket. Teams figured out how to defend Kwan and no adjustments were ever made to counter what the defense was doing. Players like Josh Williams and Aron Jackson regressed and no player appeared to get better as the season went on. In the end, far from perfect and things to work on, but jumping ship isn't the answer or even a possibility.

My biggest frustration with this team is that they were the same team last night that they were in their first game. They may have even regressed. Still getting beat with dribble penetration, Big Dog still trying to guard guys 20 feet from the basket, no leaders on the floor, still making mistakes in guarding the pick and roll...on...and...on...and...on. Our opponents eventually figured out what we were doing on offense and defense and no changes were made to counter them.

My comment relative to Kent being a 14 or 15 seed was in response to someone predicting a Cinderella run for them and my feelings on the weaknesses of the MAC. He'll yes I'd take a 14 or 15 seed for the Zips.

Kent is going to get a 14 or 15 seed and get throttled.

...and the solution is? Remember, for every successful young up and comer there's a Coleman Crawford or Dan Hipsher. Be damn careful what you wish for.

Anybody who thinks the MAC deserves more than one spot in the NCAA tournament should have to watch that sh!t show game on an endless loop. What a disappointing finish to the season. What a disappointing last month. Congrats to Kent. They outplayed the Zips. Most importantly, they played defense with significantly more intensity than thE Zips. When they doubled Big Dog, they quickly recovered to defend the perimeter. They gave Kwan nothing all night and no one fIgured out how to counter it, despite having seen the very same thing twice before this year. I'll be less angry/more cogent in the morning. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

I just saw a Mr. Pinky Fathead. It's actually life size.

How are we only down 6?

Frustrating half. They are doing the same thing to Kwan that they did at the JAR. He needs to figure it out. Glad we're still in it after that awful half. Somebody needs to step up.

Amen guys. I can't stand watching that repeated second half slumber when they allow teams back into games. I'd like to see the wagon train back to Portage County kick in with five to six minutes left in the game.

Thanks, but I'll take my $60 general admission seats and find my own seats, after being essentially ignored when I had reserved seats.

The free tickets I got from t-mobile are club level at half court. I'm just glad I didn't get free tickets for a Ball State- PCC final.

I think we'll need "that guy" tonight. The guy who's not usually a major contributor who steps up in the clutch with big plays. My thought is that Big Dog and "Where's My Laptop" Hall will cancel each other out and that the Flushes will be all over Kwan, even in transition, limiting his good looks. In the end, I see an Utomi or Josh Williams having a big game and putting the Zips over the top. Zips- 73, PCCC- 69,

Here's hoping for a triple overtime thriller with multiple ejections in the OPU/PCCC game. Actually, I'm excited that in the event the Zips win tonight they'll play one of those two teams. They've been great rivals.

Yep. Who'd want to go to Prom with a pituitary case like him. Awful of him.

Great pics! I really like the one of Noah shooting the three and every eye in the house on the ball.

Ball State really gave the Zips a run for their money at the JAR. I remember a couple of Jimmy Chitwood types making some serious bombs down the stretch.

Would someone please explain the Antino situation?

Do tell, some of us only have access to ESPN feed.

It wasn't all that long ago that many thought these two might match up in the MAC final. Instead EMU finishes 16-16 and has an early exit at the hands of the Zips.

Goodnight Raven Simone....errrrrrr...I mean Raven Lee....errrrr....I mean Ray Lee.

Now finish Zips...no letting up!

Here's a little secret about Matta. He wins when he has better talent. His recent recruiting has not been very good and it is showing up in OSU's record.

The radio guys get a vote. My bet is that the KSU play by play guy, Ty Linder, voted for him.

I thought Waters was a good hire when CSU got him after he got dumped by Rutgers. I figured he'd have a leg up coming back into NEO. Unfortunately, rather than duplicate the success he had at PCCC, he duplicated his misery at Rutgers.