1981 grad

I also grew up in Pa. and I am also perplexed by the Ohio State fever.

I hope his parents visit at the end of the season and he turns it on like last year.

We really played well the first half and Dawson had a great first half playing the best he has all season. However, he cooled off the 2nd half as did the rest of the team. And with Freeman in foul trouble and on the bench, we had difficulties scoring. We were stuck on 53 and I do not believe we scored a basket in 7 minutes. We got to 57 making some foul shots. We had problems breaking the press and Groce put in Tavari instead of Hunter. I thought it was a great move and then Tavari turns the ball over twice. We must have had 5 turnovers against their press. And what was Dawson thinking when he took the 3 shot when we are trying to kill time. That is at least the 3rd mental error he has made in the last 2 minutes of a game. Finally, if Freeman is the captain of this team I wish he would tell all the players to stop motioning to the opposing bench whenever they score. Freeman is the leading scorer and if I don't do it, nobody else on the team should be doing it. It is a bad habit and I sit behind the opposing bench and it is completely uncalled for. Groce and Freeman should tell the players to stop it.

I could not figure out why they would be playing Chicago State in the middle of the season. Chicago State is between leagues this year. I think we have played them in the past. The Dukes pulled it out.

Same person that counts people at the Zips football games.

Thanks for posting the time. Last night on the telecast of the Zips game they indicated the start was at 7.

He is looking stronger each game he plays. Getting close to 100%

That looked like the worst team we faced. Unforced turnovers, did not box out, and could not shoot from the outside. Not sure if the team lacks talent or bad coaching but they just looked bad.

Yes, he must have done something at their last game.

Tavari made a great pass and Scott just needs to finish strong at the basket. No need to reverse and then get hurt.

You beat me to the post by a microsecond. lol

Not only can you see the bricks Eastern is shooting, but you can hear the clank of the basketball hitting the rim.

I like his defense but have not seen much offense from his this season except to shoot the three. That last three was forced and I knew it was off as soon as he shot it. I have been disappointed with his game this season and but for his defense I would not start him.

I cannot tell if the Zips are playing that good or is Eastern that bad. They certainly have a lot of unforced turnovers and really bad defense. The Zips have hit some nice shots and have pressured the ball. Nice to see Sammy score from the inside and back his man down. We need that balanced scoring that was lacking when we played at Miami.

I just saw Tavari make a nice drive to the basket and then a great pass down low for an easy 2 to Dawson. I still think he has the most upside of any guard if he can get it going.

Yikes!! The Tribble take to the basket between 3 defenders might be the highlight reel for bad defense.

I know that many of you indicated that you were not upset about this loss but I am both angry and disappointed because a team with this much talent and experience should not lose to Miami or anyone else in the MAC. The MAC is having a down year and we are loaded with senior talent. Because of the transfer rule and the money in college basketball that will probably never happen again in our lifetime. The only positive that I saw in this game is that we came back from a 10 point deficit and tied the game. If I am Groce I show that tape when we were outscored 15-0 and tell our players we have too much talent for this to ever happen again. When we came back from the 10 point deficit it seemed like Ali, Freeman, Tribble and Tavari went to a higher gear and refused to lose. We need that intensity from the opening tap. When you look at the stats you see that Ali went 5 for 17 and Hunter went 1 for 6. We started out very hot from 3 and I sometimes think that is fools gold because players rely on the 3 and stop working for good shots. I do not think we made a 2 point shot in the first 8 minutes of the game. Looking forward to Tuesday's game and hope we play up to our talent.

Does anyone else feel like it is time to experiment and get Dawson out of the starting lineup to generate more ball movement and offense? After he fouled out, Tavari came in and I thought the team played better.

Ali took 17 shots and was 4 of 13 from 3 point land. We need to get more players involved with the offense. I think that Ali forced a couple of those shots. He scored most of his points from the line. Need to have our guards penetrate more into the paint and force them to defend like we did in the 2nd half. I give credit to Miami's defense as we struggled to get open shots.

I thought we were better in the 2nd half of driving to the basket and drawing fouls. We were in the bonus with 11 minutes left in the half. We really struggled in the half court offense getting good shots in the first half.

Bad double team in the middle of the floor leaving the big man open in the paint.

Glad to see Tavari make a basket after a tough first half. Really need him to play well. This team needs a spark and he has the talent to provide it. After shooting lights out from the 3 line in the first 10 minutes of the game, we cannot buy one. Ali has had some great looks.

Groce needs to work on fast breaks. We had a 2 on 1 and Tribble did not run the floor and we miss the layup. We have screwed up 3 fast break points with misses or offensive fouls. That should not happen.

I have not had problem with stream.

I think the Miami offense with the pick and roll, backcuts and throwing out of the double team looked better than our offense. We really had difficulty getting open shots. Once we stopped hitting the 3 ball, we were in trouble. We also had our share of turnovers. Need to play well in the 2nd half or this will be our first loss.