ZachTheZip Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Time to move on, folks.WMU message boardThis game is a big one. The toughest MAC West road game, and the chance to see if the Zips were able to learn from their experience at Can't. The Broncos have David Kool, who can outscore anyone in the MAC. He'll get his points, but the Zips can limit him. The real key is to shut down his support. Keep his teammates from feeding him the ball and limit second-chance points. The Zips should win the inside battle with a better frontcourt.The WMU fans know this is a big game, but I can't see them having anywhere near the crowd that Buffalo or Can't had. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Does anyone know whether this game will be online anywhere? Quote
Dave in Green Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Kool represents more than 28% of WMU's offense, so the Zips defense on their big shooter will need to be better than what we saw in the Buffalo game. Kool is tall enough (6-3) to shoot over Hitchens or Roberts. McNees is a decent defender, but probably not enough to stop Kool. Conyers would be a good defensive matchup against Kool, but moving Conyers away from the basket would weaken the Zips front court defense and rebounding.This could be an ideal matchup for Nitro. He's supposed to be a good backcourt defender, and he even has a little size on Kool. Will Nitro get extra minutes in this game to dog Kool and prove his value to the team? Quote
infofan Posted January 26, 2010 Report Posted January 26, 2010 Time to move on, folks.WMU message boardThis game is a big one. The toughest MAC West road game, and the chance to see if the Zips were able to learn from their experience at Can't. The Broncos have David Kool, who can outscore anyone in the MAC. He'll get his points, but the Zips can limit him. The real key is to shut down his support. Keep his teammates from feeding him the ball and limit second-chance points. The Zips should win the inside battle with a better frontcourt.The WMU fans know this is a big game, but I can't see them having anywhere near the crowd that Buffalo or Can't had.I have to disagree with you on the crowd expectation Zach. The UA at UB game drew 3240, while the last 2 WMU games have drawn 3521 and 4656. So with Akron coming to town I guarantee they will draw more than Buffalo did. Still, the fans and the opposition have less to do with the final outcome than how the Zips play themselves. Its ironic how Coach Dambrot made that comment about how Can't is realy good when they want to be and only OK when they dont. Hes probably thinking that of us now dont ya think?? Quote
MDZip Posted January 27, 2010 Report Posted January 27, 2010 I think this game will tell a lot about the Zips this year. WMU is not the class of the West but they still could end up winning it. If the Zips can pull off a win at Kalamazoo, they probably can finish ahead of the pack. If they can't, it will be a dog-eat-dog fight to the finish again. And with Toldeo at home coming up and the Bracketbusters selection on Monday, if they can beat WMU (and Toledo), they have a chance at one of the 11 televised games. Go Zips! Quote
Quickzips Posted January 27, 2010 Report Posted January 27, 2010 Much like last week, it would be appreciated if someone who has access to radio/video on this one could keep a poor law student who is stuck in class until 9:30 informed as to what is going on. I'm going to try to leave zipsnation and the livestats open as much as possible. Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 I think Western Michigan has the biggest center court logo in the history of basketball....Jesus..... Quote
WinZip Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-c...sports.php?w=32 Quote
MDZip Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 Zips up 7-4 early. Cvetinovic a bundle of energy as usual. Wonder if he is an overseas relative of Anderson Varajeo? Quote
ZachTheZip Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Posted January 28, 2010 McNeese with two fouls already. Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 17-12 Akron with 10 minutes left in the half.Zeke with a pair of very nice 10 ft. jumpers, and two blocks so far. Quote
vmd9 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 17-12 Akron with 10 minutes left in the half.Zeke with a pair of very nice 10 ft. jumpers, and two blocks so far.I wish KD would have kept him in...I'm tired of Bardo getting so much PT i seriously do not think he's good, just tall Quote
ZachTheZip Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Posted January 28, 2010 17-12 Akron with 10 minutes left in the half.Zeke with a pair of very nice 10 ft. jumpers, and two blocks so far.I wish KD would have kept him in...I'm tired of Bardo getting so much PT i seriously do not think he's good, just tallBardo was actually getting pretty good when he got playing time last year. Quote
vmd9 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 17-12 Akron with 10 minutes left in the half.Zeke with a pair of very nice 10 ft. jumpers, and two blocks so far.I wish KD would have kept him in...I'm tired of Bardo getting so much PT i seriously do not think he's good, just tallBardo was actually getting pretty good when he got playing time last year.He does okay, I just feel like he's lost and not very good at defense. He needs to be more aggressive on both sides of the ball and go to the hoop strong on offense Quote
MDZip Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 Zips up 31-22 with about 3 minutes left. Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 These refs are TERRIBLE. I know you can say that every game, but this is unbelievable.33-24 Zips with 2:27 left in the 1st. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Posted January 28, 2010 17-12 Akron with 10 minutes left in the half.Zeke with a pair of very nice 10 ft. jumpers, and two blocks so far.I wish KD would have kept him in...I'm tired of Bardo getting so much PT i seriously do not think he's good, just tallBardo was actually getting pretty good when he got playing time last year.He does okay, I just feel like he's lost and not very good at defense. He needs to be more aggressive on both sides of the ball and go to the hoop strong on offenseI agree. He does need to be more aggressive. He looks lost because he hardly ever gets in anymore. Hopefully a stretch of MAC West cupcakes will see him (and a few other bench players) see an increase in playing time. We need to develop them for the home stretch and for the MAC tournament where depth is huge. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Posted January 28, 2010 These refs are TERRIBLE. I know you can say that every game, but this is unbelievable.33-24 Zips with 2:27 left in the 1st.They're certainly terrible. Any idea who they are this time? I'm thinking of keeping track of which refs are consistently making games unwatchable. Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 McClanahan hits a deep 2 at the buzzer.35-27 Zips at the half. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Posted January 28, 2010 Great shot by McClanahan to end the half. Akron up 35-27.Zeke with 3 blocks, officially. Akron shooting 5-9 for 56% from beyond the arc. Quote
mes102 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 Great shot by McClanahan to end the half. Akron up 35-27.Zeke with 3 blocks, officially. Akron shooting 5-9 for 56% from beyond the arc.McClanahan had a nice charge when WMU was on a 2 on 1 breakaway and the guy just took the bait... Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 McClanahan hits a deep 2 at the buzzer.35-27 Zips at the half.Guess that means he'll never see the court in the 2nd half? Quote
vmd9 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 Hitchens fouled hard...intentional but no punch haha Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 This is getting ridiculous, Chris McKnight has 4 fouls, Cvetinovic with 3. The entire Western Michigan team only has 6 fouls in the game.Humpty was just bodyslammed on a breakaway layup attempt, intentional foul. Quote
UAZips Posted January 28, 2010 Report Posted January 28, 2010 44-31 Zips, 16:36 left in the game. Quote
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