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Zips are lucky Toledo is only shooting 32%. They've actually missed a bunch of open looks.

Maybe they're just not better than the good teams. 🤷‍♂️

This offense has become offensive.

Step out of bounds then shoot one off of the side of the backboard. Ughhhh.

Yet it's not a deterrent to them taking threes,

Prather in early again.

Dawson airball. Sigh.

Don't put the ball on the floor after you beat the trap and have the advantage.

As much as the Zips three point shooting hasn't passed our collective eye test, the team is 6th in the MAC in three point shooting percentage and second in three pointers made. They are also first in three pointer defense, which helps ease the pain a little.

Akron should do that on the tarps at the Florida neutral site football games.

10-15/3-9 Eastern Michigan is GETTING 2.5 points at 3-22/1-11 Buffalo tonight. Yikes.

I think part of the problem with Thornton and Scott is that they've never played regularly enough to get into the flow or a rhythm. I guess that's the curse of their depth to some extent. That's unlikely to change with Tavari's play improving and minutes expanding.

Line on Draftkings right now is Zips +2.

Here's an interesting article about how the rest of college football is becoming the farm system for the P5- https://sports.yahoo.com/as-college-footballs-elite-is-engulfed-in-a-power-struggle-g5-left-just-trying-to-survive-we-are-a-farm-system-140058685.html

Also an opportunity to take advantage of the size advantage on their 4 guard squad. Their starters are 6'7", 6'2", 6'4", 6'2" and 6'2".

Yep, I can see them drawing him out on the floor with Simmons and trying to get him tangled up in pick and rolls and taking it at him on penetration in hopes of drawing fouls. I'm not getting a good feeling about this one.

If 5'8" Loren Christian Jackson can play defense without being a liability Tavari should be able to figure it out. He's had his lapses and he'd prone to getting a little abused due to his stature but it's largely all fixable with effort and concentration. For a veteran squad they have had too many defensive lapses resulting in easy baskets.

I've heard the Achilles is the toughest injury to return from, even worse than an ACL. Hopefully, there's more progress to come.

I wonder if Dawson's Achilles injury is still haunting him. I love the kid's heart and support of his teammates but he seems reluctant to go to the basket and has become completely one dimensional on offense.

The Zips head to Toledo Tuesday hoping to hang on to sole possession of first place in the MAC. Since playing the Zips, the Rockets have beaten Eastern and OU while losing in double OT to App State in the MAC/Sun Belt Challenge. 6’4’ junior guard Ra’Heim Moss leads the Rockets at 16.4 ppg while also contributing 5.7 rpg. 6’2” junior guard Tyler Cochran is the Rockets’ leading rebounder at 6.8 rpg while contributing 13.5 ppg. 6’2” junior guard Dante Maddox is averaging 15.9 ppg. Hopefully, the Buffalo game wakes the Zips up. Toledo at home, with their 4 guard offense, could be quite a challenge for the Zips.

Prather was on the postgame and came across very well, as we would hope for a Zip. From listening to him and Groce, he was the practice player of the week so they were looking to work him in, and that was ramped up when Dawson got in foul trouble. Groce was not happy, especially with the first half and readily admitted it would be a long night Tuesday if the Zips play that kind of 20 minutes. He praised Prather. He also commented in Tavari's offense positively but said he wasn't nearly as good on defense.

Be nice to have this one over.

I'm getting a little aggravated with one guy dribbling on the perimeter while 4 guys watch.

Dawson played 5 minutes early and hasn't again seen the floor.

As an aside, the Progressive "Becoming your parents" commercials are the best.