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Sloppy start for the Zips

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Houston-Cinci game still has 10 minutes left on ESPN2 at 5:48.

PCCC down 8 at Troy at half.

Game breaks out into tackle football in the last minute.

You know you're in the hills where the main scoring table sponsor is a septic company. That Gregory kid for App State looks like he's 40 and just came off of the couch for a pickup game.

Coach Tod actually drew up a nice play there.

Toledo got jobbed and the guy missed the free throws. The ball knows.

Fine job by Coach Tod drawing up something to end the Toledo regulation- 4 guys stand on the baseline while Maddox dribbles for 18 seconds and hoists a contested 20 footer.

Agreed. My point is that they should go into it with no pressure,

Down to 5.5.

I think the Zips are playing with house money here. If they win, it is nice national exposure and gives them the confidence on having a beaten a good nonconference team on the road, however, it won't impact whether they make the tournament. We all know that comes down to March 14th to 16th. It may impact seeding, if JMU keeps playing well, but even then not substantially.

Ohio.com article on the game- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/02/10/akron-zips-mens-basketball-score-james-madison-enrique-freeman-ali-ali-greg-tribble-jr-john-groce/72533544007/

True. According to Groce, when he was considering taking the job they thought that they could quickly get up to speed as they'd have a nice core of returners but by the time he arrived in Akron for the presser nearly everyone was out the door. That makes the fact that he made a competitive team that first year out of a bunch of last minute recruits even more impressive. At the end of the day, if you're still sore about the KD situation it's well past time to move on.

Often imitated, never duplicated....LOL. I'll sue when somebody steals Mr. Pinky or uses a derivative!

From your mouth to the basketball Gods' ears!

JMU recent starters: Friedl- 6'4"- guard- 12.6 ppg/5.5 rpg/2 apg Edwards- 6'6"- G/F- 16.7 ppg/4.6 rpg/3/1 apg Wooden- 6'8"- F- 10.2 ppg/3.1 rpg Bickerstaff- 6'9"- F- 13.6 ppg/8.8 rpg Brown- 6'2"- guard- 6 ppg/2.1 rpg Other major contributors: 6th man, occasional starter- Horton- 6'6" junior G/F- 7.1 ppg/4.4 rpg 6'1" senior guard Green appears to have started quite a bit but seems to have fallen out of the starting order and averages 7.3 points and 3.5 apg

In conference too, which I forget about Arkansas State.

JMU squeaked by Arkansas State last night, 77-73. They were up 13 at half but Arkansas State rallied to make it close. Noah Friedl, a 6'4" senior guard led scoring and rebounding at 19 and 10.

Headed to OT.

That's true, I was just joking about the difficulties he's had on them throughout the season.

13/23 for an impressive 56.5%! On the topic of percentages, Shammah's FG percentage on contested layups remains at 0% after the CMU game!

For the sake of continuity and given that he's been a part of Groce's success, I'd be okay with Dustin Ford taking over the reins if Groce left and he wanted the job.

JMU has a decent big man, TJ Bickertsaff, a Boston College transfer (Drexel before that). He's averaging 13.9 and 8.9. Besting him would be a nice show for the country.