MaxZIP Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 How does he miss so often. A Can't lovefest yet again. Link CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Four things I think from the Mid-American Conference tournament: 1. Attendance remained solid at The Q, perhaps because of the one-and-done finality of all the games. But after more than a decade, perhaps it is time for the MAC and the city to get together and figure out a way to bump the event up. With the casino traffic coming, that would seem to be a no-brainer. Adding some entertainment to draw students from schools other than Can't State or Akron might help. The event can't continue to bank on both of these programs anchoring the attendance. Like what??? Strippers? 2. It is well past time for the rest of the conference to join Can't State in building teams and programs worthy of postseason play beyond the MAC. Had the Golden flushes won it all, no other team would have a postseason ticket. Akron, even with its 23-12 slate and MAC tourney crown, entered outside of the RPI Top 100. Can't (23-11) has been a Top 100 RPI team 12 of the last 13 years, including this year. How does Akron beating Can't impact UB,MU, WMU? Buff has punched their ticket and Akron would have 3. Look for a shift in power to begin next season from the East to the West. Semifinal losers Ball State and Western Michigan combine to return nine of 10 starters. Akron will lose four seniors and its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic opts to graduate and return to his native Serbia. No idea what he is talking about here...top nine players? 4. Can't State returns four of its five starters, but could use another big body on the baseline to help 6-8 Justin Greene and 6-11 Justin Manns. Regardless, Can't should still be one of the MAC East favorites. They lose their leader Rod Sherman and are coming off a two loss season to lowly Akron...Keep up the good work EA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 So Akron trailed Can't by 1 in the loss column at the end of the year and beat them 2 times. Can't's RPI is higher based on who they lost to and not because of any marquee wins. Also, call me when WMU and Ball State start winning consistently against the East. Who cares how many starters are coming back since they are not good. Great work again from the master or thoughtless and lazy sports journalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 So Akron trailed Can't by 1 in the loss column at the end of the year and beat them 2 times. Can't's RPI is higher based on who they lost to and not because of any marquee wins. Also, call me when WMU and Ball State start winning consistently against the East. Who cares how many starters are coming back since they are not good. Great work again from the master or thoughtless and lazy sports journalism. #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 "Akron will lose four seniors and its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic" Does anyone else not understand this comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I don't agree with most of what EA said but I do think that the top of the West is getting closer to the top of the East, won't quite be there next year but maybe the year after the better West teams can at least beat the bottom half of the East. The bottom of the West teams, though, who knows? I imagine Toledo will get better eventually but EMU, CMU, and NIU are huge question marks for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I think that this year proves, beyond any doubt, that in college ball, SIZE MATTERS. Remember, we had not one but really three bigs this year. Zeke, Bardo, and Nik is pretty darn big too. The only way this conference improves is if we can attract more bigs as recruits. Right now it is on us to help to do that. Beating ND would be a giant step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I don't agree with most of what EA said but I do think that the top of the West is getting closer to the top of the East, won't quite be there next year but maybe the year after the better West teams can at least beat the bottom half of the East. The bottom of the West teams, though, who knows? I imagine Toledo will get better eventually but EMU, CMU, and NIU are huge question marks for the foreseeable future. Prove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I don't agree with most of what EA said but I do think that the top of the West is getting closer to the top of the East, won't quite be there next year but maybe the year after the better West teams can at least beat the bottom half of the East. The bottom of the West teams, though, who knows? I imagine Toledo will get better eventually but EMU, CMU, and NIU are huge question marks for the foreseeable future. Prove it Anyone who watched the Can't/BSU or Akron/WMU game has all the proof they need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I don't agree with most of what EA said but I do think that the top of the West is getting closer to the top of the East, won't quite be there next year but maybe the year after the better West teams can at least beat the bottom half of the East. The bottom of the West teams, though, who knows? I imagine Toledo will get better eventually but EMU, CMU, and NIU are huge question marks for the foreseeable future. Prove it Anyone who watched the Can't/BSU or Akron/WMU game has all the proof they need. One or two games. Ball state tanked vs the east and wmu was boosted into their situation by playing 4 300 plus rpi teams twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 BSU and WMU were a combined 6-10 against the east including the tourney. I guess that is an improvement of sorts? That includes 1-7 against Can't, Akron, and Miami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Don't know if that's an EA typo or an editor's erroneous edit, but what he meant to write was: Akron will lose four seniors from its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic opts to graduate and return to his native Serbia. He's got a point. The Zips had a 9-player rotation this season. They definitely lose 4 and probably 5 of those 9 players. That's a serious problem. Assuming KD will want to run a 9-player rotation next year, that means that at least 44% and probably 56% of its experienced players will be missing, and the team will have to rely on the quick development of probably more than half of their rotation next season. We fans may think, or at least hope, that the incoming players have as much or more potential than those who are leaving. But that's all unproven at this point. Sports writers have a right to be skeptical about this, as well as being skeptical about just how much the returning veterans may improve over this season. Honestly, I'd rather have the sports writers underestimate how good the Zips might be next season than overestimate and then come down hard on them when they don't live up to expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Don't know if that's an EA typo or an editor's erroneous edit, but what he meant to write was: Akron will lose four seniors from its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic opts to graduate and return to his native Serbia. He's got a point. The Zips had a 9-player rotation this season. They definitely lose 4 and probably 5 of those 9 players. That's a serious problem. Assuming KD will want to run a 9-player rotation next year, that means that at least 44% and probably 56% of its experienced players will be missing, and the team will have to rely on the quick development of probably more than half of their rotation next season. We fans may think, or at least hope, that the incoming players have as much or more potential than those who are leaving. But that's all unproven at this point. Sports writers have a right to be skeptical about this, as well as being skeptical about just how much the returning veterans may improve over this season. Honestly, I'd rather have the sports writers underestimate how good the Zips might be next season than overestimate and then come down hard on them when they don't live up to expectations. And, fortunately, as we all know, it all comes down to the tourney in Cleveland. We'll have an entire regular season next year to jell - just like we had this year. Having Abreu at the point, Diggs on a wing & the GameChanger down low is a great starting point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I was impressed with Ball State. They're the one team out of the West that I think has a chance to do some damage next season. They lose only Perry from this year's squad. WMU is a bunch of thug dirtbags. Teams like that don't win anything. EMU, CMU, NIU...they all suck. They've sucked for 5 years, and they'll suck next year too. Toledo will need to improve a lot to reach the level of EMU, CMU and NIU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Akron will lose four seniors from its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic opts to graduate and return to his native Serbia.He's got a point. The Zips had a 9-player rotation this season. They definitely lose 4 and probably 5 of those 9 players. That's a serious problem.Abeu & Diggs will bring more to the table next year. I would guess most Zips fans can see that potential. Another year for Zeke to mature also, he should become a force in Mac play. I would expect his stats to get more consistent. I'm not ready to write in detail yet about next year until this year is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Don't know if that's an EA typo or an editor's erroneous edit, but what he meant to write was: Akron will lose four seniors from its top nine players, and possibly a fifth if junior Nik Cvetinovic opts to graduate and return to his native Serbia. He's got a point. The Zips had a 9-player rotation this season. They definitely lose 4 and probably 5 of those 9 players. That's a serious problem. Assuming KD will want to run a 9-player rotation next year, that means that at least 44% and probably 56% of its experienced players will be missing, and the team will have to rely on the quick development of probably more than half of their rotation next season. We fans may think, or at least hope, that the incoming players have as much or more potential than those who are leaving. But that's all unproven at this point. Sports writers have a right to be skeptical about this, as well as being skeptical about just how much the returning veterans may improve over this season. Honestly, I'd rather have the sports writers underestimate how good the Zips might be next season than overestimate and then come down hard on them when they don't live up to expectations. Can't lost pretty much everybody but was still picked to win the conference. If the media knew that the new Can't players would step right in and the program would still be on top, I would hope they would do enough research to see the same thing possibly happen with the Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Elton in the Youngstown Vindicator. Zips May Surprise ND What makes Notre Dame different is it is a throwback team with a lot of cutting, screening and passing. “They run a lot of motion offense,” Dambrot said. “You want to know something? We haven’t seen a motion team all year, which is strange. They may be the most skilled team in the country. They’re an eyelash from being a No. 1 seed. But we can get ready for it. We’ve got enough days.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I was impressed with Ball State. They're the one team out of the West that I think has a chance to do some damage next season. They lose only Perry from this year's squad. WMU is a bunch of thug dirtbags. Teams like that don't win anything. EMU, CMU, NIU...they all suck. They've sucked for 5 years, and they'll suck next year too. Toledo will need to improve a lot to reach the level of EMU, CMU and NIU. WMU reminds one of the team dressed in pizz yellow. Stainbrook is a piece of work. You know he graduated from the Chris Singletary School of Thuggery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Kangaroo Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I thought the guy on the left was dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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