Youngstown St. Baby! National Champs!

[MontrealExposloveZippy]

I just want to remind everyone that the Youngstown State PENGUINS beat Butler this year and I think that is pretty hilarious.

So, Go PENGUINS! But seriously Go Butler! A Horizon team making it BACK to the National Championship is incredible and only does wonders for all the mid-majors out there.

[Dr Z]

If I knew of a Penguins forum, I'd send you there so you could celebrate.

[bandzip]

Well, using that logic...

Akron beat Can't who beat Ohio who beat Marshall who beat West Virginia who beat UConn.

Akron also beat Youngstown who beat Butler.

Looks like we're National Champs regardless of who wins tonight.

[eguins]

YSU Boards:

LetsGoGuins.com

YSUPenguins.com

YSU is riding high right now on our 62-60 win over the Bulldogs, Butler's last lost. It is worth noting that it was not a one time fluke. YSU was tied 79-79 into the final minute against Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse in January as well before Butler won 84-79.

We shall see if this translates into better recruits for YSU... time will tell. Sounds as though we may be landing Ricky Johnson Jr. out of Akron SVSM. I know he is small, but he is a fabulous PG.

Is this kid as good as I hear he is?

[Captain Kangaroo]

Sounds as though we may be landing Ricky Johnson Jr. out of Akron SVSM. I know he is small, but he is a fabulous PG.

Is this kid as good as I hear he is?

Ummm...probably not.

Look at the rafters of Beeghley Center. There isn't one men's basketball-related banner of any sort. I'm glad Penguin Guy is high from sniffing the coat-tails of a Bulldog, but let's be real...Youngstown couldn''t produce a decent basketball player, or team, if given a billion pounds of oily penguin food for a billion years.

Please post more links to a team that would need to win 10 more games to get a CBI bid.

[akzipper]

Sounds as though we may be landing Ricky Johnson Jr. out of Akron SVSM. I know he is small, but he is a fabulous PG.

Is this kid as good as I hear he is?

Ummm...probably not.

Look at the rafters of Beeghley Center. There isn't one men's basketball-related banner of any sort. I'm glad Penguin Guy is high from sniffing the coat-tails of a Bulldog, but let's be real...Youngstown couldn''t produce a decent basketball player, or team, if given a billion pounds of oily penguin food for a billion years.

Please post more links to a team that would need to win 10 more games to get a CBI bid.

haha didn't YSU only win like 9 games all year???

yes we had to go to overtime to beat them, but let's be honest our team didn't start clicking til midseason

[zipseuph]

YSU is riding high right now on our 62-60 win over the Bulldogs

and we're riding high on our National Championship

[Z.I.P.]

Sounds as though we may be landing Ricky Johnson Jr. out of Akron SVSM. I know he is small, but he is a fabulous PG.

Is this kid as good as I hear he is?

Ummm...probably not.

Look at the rafters of Beeghley Center. There isn't one men's basketball-related banner of any sort. I'm glad Penguin Guy is high from sniffing the coat-tails of a Bulldog, but let's be real...Youngstown couldn''t produce a decent basketball player, or team, if given a billion pounds of oily penguin food for a billion years.

Please post more links to a team that would need to win 10 more games to get a CBI bid.

Yeah -- but at least no one calls their school Youngstown U.

[eguins]

We blew games late down the stretch.

-at Akron in OT

-at Butler

-vs. Wright State

-at Wright State

-vs. UW-Milwaukee

-vs. Valparaiso

What can you guys tell me about Ricky Johnson Jr.?

[Captain Kangaroo]

We blew games late down the stretch.

-at Akron in OT

-at Butler

-vs. Wright State

-at Wright State

-vs. UW-Milwaukee

-vs. Valparaiso

What can you guys tell me about Ricky Johnson Jr.?

I can tell you we didn't recruit him. So there's really no reason to follow the kid. You might want to try an Akron High School web site.

Losers blow games. Winners win them. YSU basketball is a perennial loser. Ricky Johnson Jr. ain't gonna change it.

To paraphrase the great ZipsWin!, YSU bringing in new basketball recruits each season is pretty much akin to rearranging chairs on the Titanic.

My advice -- Cut your basketball program and use the money to move up to D1-A football.

[GoZips]

We blew games late down the stretch.

-at Akron in OT

-at Butler

-vs. Wright State

-at Wright State

-vs. UW-Milwaukee

-vs. Valparaiso

What can you guys tell me about Ricky Johnson Jr.?

Ricky had a great freshman season.

His development after that season never continued to progress.

High majors were on him early. Akron was on him early. As he failed to live up

to expectations his "stock" continued to drop.

Low majors like YSU are his best bet or better for him a division two program.

Ricky could be a diamond in the rough. No mid to high major program seems willing

to take the chance. Example, Akron has signed a pair of guards that are far above

Ricky's demonstrated abilities.

At least YSU is close enough that he can get home on weekends for his mother to wash

his clothes.

[eguins]

We blew games late down the stretch.

-at Akron in OT

-at Butler

-vs. Wright State

-at Wright State

-vs. UW-Milwaukee

-vs. Valparaiso

What can you guys tell me about Ricky Johnson Jr.?

Ricky had a great freshman season.

His development after that season never continued to progress.

High majors were on him early. Akron was on him early. As he failed to live up

to expectations his "stock" continued to drop.

Low majors like YSU are his best bet or better for him a division two program.

Ricky could be a diamond in the rough. No mid to high major program seems willing

to take the chance. Example, Akron has signed a pair of guards that are far above

Ricky's demonstrated abilities.

At least YSU is close enough that he can get home on weekends for his mother to wash

his clothes.

He previously de-committed from Lehigh, which made the tourney last year. Prior to that, we were told he had the following offers: Ricky Johnson Jr. (5'9/2011) of Akron SVSM listed offers from Akron, Can't State, Lehigh, Robert Morris, Navy, and Bucknell. We were told these schools stopped recruiting him after his commitment to Lehigh.

[UAZipster0305]

We blew games late down the stretch.

-at Akron in OT

-at Butler

-vs. Wright State

-at Wright State

-vs. UW-Milwaukee

-vs. Valparaiso

What can you guys tell me about Ricky Johnson Jr.?

I can tell you we didn't recruit him. So there's really no reason to follow the kid. You might want to try an Akron High School web site.

Losers blow games. Winners win them. YSU basketball is a perennial loser. Ricky Johnson Jr. ain't gonna change it.

To paraphrase the great ZipsWin!, YSU bringing in new basketball recruits each season is pretty much akin to rearranging chairs on the Titanic.

My advice -- Cut your basketball program and use the money to move up to D1-A football.

All the same things could be said for UA football. And if it weren't for the new stadium and President Proenza's commitment to D-IA football at UA, I'd say we should move down to I-AA.

[Buckzip]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

[Dave in Green]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

[Buckzip]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

[meatwad]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

I think everyone is being sarcastic, but it's hard to tell on the internet...

[zippy5]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

or someone's sarcasm detector isn't working.

[Buckzip]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

or someone's sarcasm detector isn't working.

Even after you saying it, I am still missing the sarcasm. Oh well. Maybe I am just overly tired.

[Dave in Green]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

I didn't miss the rest of the thread, and I'm not trying to pick a fight. It just struck me as odd for a Zips fan to think in terms of bringing up CSU's win over the Zips soccer team in this thread. Then again, this thread is loaded with sarcasm, so there's probably nothing here to be taken seriously by anyone.

[Buckzip]

Cleveland State is the soccer NC then too.

I see your Bucks half is in control today, as a pure Zips fan wouldn't think to post something like that on a Zips forum.

I think you missed the rest of the thread.

Either that or you are trying to pick a fight. Either way, I'm not biting.

I didn't miss the rest of the thread, and I'm not trying to pick a fight. It just struck me as odd for a Zips fan to think in terms of bringing up CSU's win over the Zips soccer team in this thread. Then again, this thread is loaded with sarcasm, so there's probably nothing here to be taken seriously by anyone.

I was putting it in terms of the rest of the thread. You know "team a beat team b and team b beat team c, so that means team a can beat team c.

I was joking and making fun of the logic.

[Dave in Green]

I get it. It's always fun to make fun of the A beat B, and B beat the national champion logic. It just takes a little of the fun out of it to be reminded of the Zips painful loss to CSU.

Then again, it's another reminder that the soccer Zips are