clarkwgriswold

Make sure to cheer extra loud for me tonight guys as I am out of town. I hate to miss senior night! NIU is likely to come in with some extra confidence after their win at Toledo. Hopefully the Zips can put that down quickly with a fast start.

Nate played 25 minutes to Sammy and Mikal's 23 on Tuesday night. Any chance we see Nate return to the starting lineup Saturday?

The LCJ jersey hits next week.

This guy likes it for UMass basketball (not)- https://www.masslive.com/umassfootball/2024/02/umass-move-to-mac-is-brutal-blow-to-its-mens-basketball-program-vautour.html

Not likely as a freshman but I could see him getting minutes.

Tavari has played a total of 888 career minutes. I think if he matures as a player and hits the weights to bulk up he can still be a valuable upperclassman and starter at some point. I think Sharron Young will also be in the mix at PG next year.

Northern Illinois comes to the JAR Saturday off of an impressive and unexpected win over Toledo. The Huskies stand at 10-18/4-11. Pre-season All-MAC guard David Coit, a 5’11” junior, continues to lead the Huskies at 19.9 ppg while also leading the team in assists. 6’7” junior forward Zarique Nutter contributes 15.4 ppg while adding 5.4 rpg. The Zips beat the Huskies 73-51 in DeKalb to open the MAC season with Enrique leading the way with 21 and 10 and Coit leading the Huskies with 21 points.

That was so damn frustrating, in large part to the fact that it exposed problems we know exist but would rather not admit. The good news is that last night's misery was not the result of a lack of effort, but was one of execution. We always seem to have one of these stretches in the season. The run to MAC championships starts today.

Awful showing down the stretch by the Zips. OU earned that one.

Refs just gave one back. LOL. Lord they're bad.

Hunter slips and falls and they call a foul.

Feet in concrete getting back on defense.

Ummm.....guys.....open microphones.

Awful transition defense. Ali with the ole.

Some iffy play + Nate back = 3 minutes for Tavari.

Some PCCC level math here. Each team has 5 players. If two defenders are on one offensive player, SOMEONE IS OPEN.

Turnovers, poor rebounding, ugly shots and you end up with a tie game.

Ugly couple of minutes.

I don't think I can forgive the play-by-play guy for that tie and sports coat combo.

They didn't do it to start the game Now they seem to have a guy laying in wait to have him put the ball on the floor then they cut off the diagonal pass to the other wing.

Enrique!

I wish Dawson and Hunter would take on some of Nate's aggression with the ball.

Zips switching everything on defense.

Lazy awful pass by Tavari.

Tavari the last guard in on the rotation tonight.