Zips Live last night

[Zip Watcher]

I appreciate your analysis, but I'm not sure I understand / agree with how you've matched up the players.Zeke vs ?? and Bardo vs. Parks? .. Mike is likely not to play much, and Zeke vs. Parks is one emphatic win for the Zips where it pertains to athleticism.I don't really see McKee guarding McNees .. about all they have in common is McGenerally speaking, I think the Zips match up well with their opponents, but have different strengths.This isn't facing Gonzaga with a backcourt of 6-5 and 6-8 who are all quicker than our 5-10 guys. Greene has been finishing strong, Sherman has played well .. and Singletary is clutch for them. You can pick a single matchup and say that this guy is going to jump higher and more often than that guy .. but I dont know how productive it is.The Zips excel inside against the entire league. To me, the game hinges on our bigs and the team doing the following 3 things:#1: Keep the opponent from dominating their offensive glass. Limit second shots. We need our bigs (McK *2, Zeke, Nik & Jimmy) to hit the glass hard, especially on defense. Limit the 2nd chance points, especially on bunny put-backs.#2: Make the opponent run a half court offense. Whether it was the trip to Portage County, VCU or the URI game, the times where the Zips have looked bad (and there are only a few of them, for short stretches) have been when they've allowed the opponents to get out on the break, or get to the rim on cuts easily and early in the shot clock. The Zips aren't Charlie's Redhawks by any stretch (they don't slow it down on O), but they need to force the opponent to hit jumpshots. If this 20-8 (12-3) team has a weakness it's jump shooting. They beat people to the rim, off the glass and in the open court. Force them to use some of the 35 second clock. Every time down the floor.#3: Get the ball inside on offense. Over and over and over again. They don't need to shoot everytime from the paint, but the ball needs to enter the post for the Zips offense to be smooth. A ball in the post against single coverage can lead to good looks inside 10 feet. Hit a few of those early and draw some double teams, and then look to kick out to open shooters. Open shooters make more shots than guarded shooters. Lather, rinse, repeat.Go Zips! B) B) P.S. And then there comes the wild card: The Jawanza Moore Effect. Which guy will go off in his final appearance at the JAR?

[Dave in Green]

..... Chris Singletary vs. Jimmy Conyers: Push. Singletary is a decent athlete, but gets by more on brute strength and size than hops and quickness. Jimmy is actually probably more sculpted but a little smaller than Singletary, but he's also got better hops and is probably a little quicker. In the end there isn't a significant athletic advantage to either one in my mind. .....

This is my favorite matchup of the game, and I hope they play against each other. But Conyers is not smaller than Singletary. Both are listed at 220 lbs, with Conyers at 6-5 and Singletary at 6-4.I will admit that Singletary packs a bigger punch.

[Quickzips]

My point in the comparisons is to go through the rotations player by player for each team and show that for the most part we have someone on our team at every spot in our rotation who can match up with each of Can't's players athletically. I realize that Conyers isn't always going to be guarding Singletary, or Greene on Brett McKnight or McNees on McKee, but to say that we don't have the horses to match up with Can't athletically is an overstatement. The only place I think Can't has a clear advantage on us is with Sherman.

[Zip Watcher]

My point in the comparisons is to go through the rotations player by player for each team and show that for the most part we have someone on our team at every spot in our rotation who can match up with each of Can't's players athletically. I realize that Conyers isn't always going to be guarding Singletary, or Greene on Brett McKnight or McNees on McKee, but to say that we don't have the horses to match up with Can't athletically is an overstatement. The only place I think Can't has a clear advantage on us is with Sherman.

Fair enough .. I pretty much agree. But I wouldn't have picked Sherman out as the most difficult matchup, I guess. Though I don't have any other specific ones to counter with. I guess it means I'm not terribly worried about matchups as they pertain to athleticism. The Zips need to play their game, and not their opponent's.

[Captain Kangaroo]

P.S. And then there comes the wild card: The Jawanza Moore Effect. Which guy will go off in his final appearance at the JAR?

I will pick Brett McClanahan as the Jawanza Moore of 2010.Obviously not because it is his final game at the JAR (unless someone knows something I don't), but because he has played EXTREMELY well in is limited minutes lately. Brett's 3-point stroke is looking very good, and he's taking advantage of his limited minutes, not pouting.My second choice would be Ronnie Steward. He allows the Zips to play at a totally different pace...he's like throwing a fast ball, after McNees has been tossing knucklers and change-ups.

[Dr Z]

My point in the comparisons is to go through the rotations player by player for each team and show that for the most part we have someone on our team at every spot in our rotation who can match up with each of Can't's players athletically. I realize that Conyers isn't always going to be guarding Singletary, or Greene on Brett McKnight or McNees on McKee, but to say that we don't have the horses to match up with Can't athletically is an overstatement. The only place I think Can't has a clear advantage on us is with Sherman.

Rasor thinks Ken+'s athleticism is the #1 reason they'll beat the Zips

1) Athleticism — The Zips have struggled with more athletic teams. N.C. State, Texas A&M and VCU have beaten Akron this year. In fact, the program has never won against a top-25 opponent. Four flushes have high-major caliber athleticism: Anthony Simpson, Justin Greene, Chris Singletary and (arguably) Tyree Evans. We saw Greene, Singletary and Evans combine for nine offensive rebounds against Akron on Jan. 23.

[Hilltopper]

My second choice would be Ronnie Steward. He allows the Zips to play at a totally different pace...he's like throwing a fast ball, after McNees has been tossing knucklers and change-ups.

Kinda like this guy!

[MDZip]

P.S. And then there comes the wild card: The Jawanza Moore Effect. Which guy will go off in his final appearance at the JAR?

I will pick Brett McClanahan as the Jawanza Moore of 2010.Obviously not because it is his final game at the JAR (unless someone knows something I don't), but because he has played EXTREMELY well in is limited minutes lately. Brett's 3-point stroke is looking very good, and he's taking advantage of his limited minutes, not pouting.My second choice would be Ronnie Steward. He allows the Zips to play at a totally different pace...he's like throwing a fast ball, after McNees has been tossing knucklers and change-ups.

The Jawanza Moore effect (or Moore's Law as some know it ) only seems to apply to someone whose last game is in the JAR. That would likely mean Chris McKnight, Jimmy Conyers or Tim Carroll. I think Jimmy will have a fine game but its Chris's K(night), so the Jawanza Moore effect goes to him.

[Zip Watcher]

Indeed, it's either Jimmy, Chris or Tim. It's a "last game @ the JAR" thing. The Effect is hard to predict, so I won't guess at who's going to have the big game on Friday:Past examples of the Jawanza Moore Effect (aka Moore's Law):2006: D. Peterson goes 10/14 on FG's and drops 22 on Can't State in his last game @ the JAR. 2007: MAC POY Romeo Travis drops 37 & 11 on BGSU in his last game @ the JAR2008: Woody drops in 23 to lead a furious comeback vs. Can't State that came up short in his last game at the JAR.2004: Tarver drops 33 to beat Can't State in his last game @ the JAR.2002: Rashon drops 22 in a losing effort vs. Marshall in his last game @ the JAR.And it all started in the big meltdown game vs. BGSU in the 1st round of the 1999 tournament. While coaching and players were falling apart around him. J. Moore does his best to try and extend his career:1999: Jawanza Moore (career 7 pt scorer) goes for 21 and 10 in his last game at the JAR vs. BGSU.