Zip Watcher Posted March 5, 2005 Report Posted March 5, 2005 Seems like the Zips are assured of staying out of the 8-9 game no matter what. A win today gives them the 3 seed at worst. Big game that will be nice to have. I'm sure UB will be packed & rocking with the Senior night. Here's hoping that the Bulls come out stressed and over emotional a little bit. I'm sure KD's boys will come to play. Some quick thoughts: - A win gives them 4 days off .. no doubt that RT can use the blow at this point in the season. - 7 point win against the Herd when the Zips played that poorly is a sign of a good team. Nice to get away with one like that when you have an off night. - 2-3 Zone gave the Zips fits, and we almost saw the Zone Buster Nick Goddard there for a bit. Knocking down some threes opened things up. I'm thinking we'll see Nick bomb away again before the year is over. - UB appears to struggle from outside. This will be a challenge for Travis, Futch, Preston & Meyers to contain things inside and not get obliterated on the boards. Force the Bulls to win the game outside where they struggle. - As I recall from the game at the JAR, UB really froze up against the special sauce 1-1-3 zone in the second half. Could be related to frustrations outside, but it really brought their offense to a halt. I look to see that a bit today. -UB is a very good team, and worthy of every effort. I think the 4.5 point spread is about right. Rick and Bubba haven't been great from outside lately, but if they can get it going early and keep things open a bit more inside for Romeo and Daryl to go to work, the Zips could have a good afternoon. I'm very pumped to be reading about the Zips in "bubble watch" and considering if they can get a top 3 seed. Great job by the team and staff. Let's go get the Bulls and then bring the Nation north to shake the Gilbert .... er .. Gund. GoZips! Quote
Z-Pouch Posted March 5, 2005 Report Posted March 5, 2005 Have to disagree a bit on the importance of the game today - by no means is it a tourney game, lose and it's over - but it is a huge game with regards to postseason positioning. Yeah, the NCAA's is out there but that will take some work in the MAC tourney to get the automatic bid or higher on the bubble (a win today, we are very high on the bubble, but probably not high enough as the selection staff goes for bigger conferences and throws out the new RPI system as flawed - the MAC touney championship game is probably Akron's only way to get the big dance invite). The game today goes a long way though setting us up for the NIT - a nice step for the program. A victory today and we would have a sweep of the season series versus both Ohio and Buffalo (probably the top contenders for the 2 maybe 3 NIT spots the MAC is due to get). This game alone far from guarantees us any post season games but it does legitimately put us as the solid #2 in the MAC nationally. From there, a good MAC tourney showing and who knows........ Go Zips. Quote
Z-Pouch Posted March 5, 2005 Report Posted March 5, 2005 Win the Half and WE ARE MAC EAST CHAMPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Zip Watcher Posted March 5, 2005 Author Report Posted March 5, 2005 Don't we need an OU win to get the tiebreaker? Somebody should get a memo to Joyce & Travis to let them know .... This is U G L Y ugly. Quote
Zip Watcher Posted March 5, 2005 Author Report Posted March 5, 2005 Never thought for a moment that the Zips would mail this one in, but they did. Hope they can leave this behind in NY and get up for what should be a winnable game against Eastern on Monday. I sure enjoy the JAR, but was hoping not to see it again until November. See you on Monday. Quote
Z-Pouch Posted March 5, 2005 Report Posted March 5, 2005 Don't we need an OU win to get the tiebreaker? Somebody should get a memo to Joyce & Travis to let them know .... This is U G L Y ugly. Woulda, coulda (I dont know about shouda) -- but I meant Co-Champs. The #1 seed woulda, coulda depended on OU/Can't game. Comes down to making your shots -- we missed a lot tonight and I'm not sure the Buffalo D was the reason. On to Monday. Quote
Zip Watcher Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Posted March 6, 2005 [Comes down to making your shots -- we missed a lot tonight and I'm not sure the Buffalo D was the reason. On to Monday. Agreed Quote
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