Keeping tabs on the Zips non-conference opponents

[Blue & Gold]

Valpo began the season with a close, 9-point loss at Arizona 73-64. Followed that with a 9-point win at Georgia Southern (don't know anything about them) and then followed that with an absolute, 50-point annihilation of visiting Holy Cross 88-38.

Duquesne began the season with an 8-point loss, again both to and at Arizona. The Dukes then followed that with a convincing 18-point home win over Wisconsin-Green Bay. They're probably going to blow-out District of Columbia tonight.

I appreciate Big Zip's confidence, but I think we're going to have to be at least hitting on most cylindars to come out of this weekend w/ 2 victories. But the potential is right in front of us to have three nice wins over the SEC, Horizon & Atlantic-10, respectively.

[bUAkronG]

Mississippi State is currently keeping pace with #16 Arizona in the first half. 28-25 with 7 minutes left.

[akronzips71]

Mississippi State is currently keeping pace with #16 Arizona in the first half. 28-25 with 7 minutes left.

35-34 MSU at the half.

It is on ESPN2

We should be playing Arizona there, not MSU

[johnnyzip84]

Miss St wins championship of 2K coaches against cancer 67-57 over #16 Arizona.

[eguins]

YSU 3-0 for the first time since 2000-2001 season.

Beat UC Riverside in OT at home 53-49. Excited for our meeting against you guys this year. If we have a good record heading into that one, I anticipate us actually bring a couple hundred fans. Hopefully we don't let you tie it with no time left and beat us in OT.

Best of luck this season.

[Zipgrad1990]

CSU beats Can't State 57-53 to go to 4-0.

[Districtballer]

CSU beats Can't State 57-53 to go to 4-0.

Did anyone see Valpo get absolutely destroyed by Ohio State yesterday? 80-47.

Cleveland State plays one of our CAA brethren in Hofstra today. I expect CSU to romp since Hofstra lost Charles Jenkins to the NBA draft and don't bring enough back to hang with CSU. Even after losing Norris Cole to the NBA draft it looks like the Vikings are still very formidable.

That's looking more and more like a chance at a marquee win for you guys.

Marshall also managed to go on the road and beat Cincinnati 73-69 in overtime. Don't look now but they are also 5-0. Another shot at a marquee win.

Don't be too down on yourselves about the recent losses, you guys still have a great shot at an at-large if you take care of business. 2 losses won't sink you. We had losses to some bad teams last year (Northeastern, Georgia State, and James Madison were all bad ones in the CAA, and the South Florida game wasn't a good loss either). We still ended up getting an at-large and did pretty well in the tournament last year. There's no reason to hang up your hopes for an at-large bid now. Still way premature to say anything about that.

If you guys want to check VCU out there will be a couple of opportunities in the near future as we play #13 Alabama on ESPNU tomorrow in Tuscaloosa. We'll be going up against our former coach in Anthony Grant and they'll be making a return trip to Richmond next year. We also play cross-town rival Richmond (Sweet 16 last year) on ESPN2 on December 9th at our place. All of our home games are streamed on ESPN3 as well (we have a game against South Florida at home that you can watch there on Wednesday).

We're very young and we've had some expected bumps as we started but we are showing some good progress and I really like some of the young guys we've brought in. We played in the Charleston Classic and lost to Seton Hall and Georgia Tech by double-digits, really showing our youth and inexperience. We beat Western Kentucky in the last game of the tournament in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. We then had to play them again since we had them on our regular schedule at their place in the very next game. We played much better beating them on their floor by 23. It remains to be seen how much of that was whether we were good or they are that bad. WKU doesn't look like a strong team but we'll take the progress with a team this young. Alabama will obviously be a real test at their house.

It's still early and I'm hopeful we can get things together to make a run at the CAA title in March since the league as a whole is way down from our 3-bid one last season. I don't foresee anyone from our league sniffing an at-large bid this season.

I'm certainly glad we get a lot of time before we have to play you guys though. That is going to be a great test for our young guys!

[The Hip Zip]

CSU beats Can't State 57-53 to go to 4-0.

Did anyone see Valpo get absolutely destroyed by Ohio State yesterday? 80-47.

Cleveland State plays one of our CAA brethren in Hofstra today. I expect CSU to romp since Hofstra lost Charles Jenkins to the NBA draft and don't bring enough back to hang with CSU. Even after losing Norris Cole to the NBA draft it looks like the Vikings are still very formidable.

That's looking more and more like a chance at a marquee win for you guys.

Marshall also managed to go on the road and beat Cincinnati 73-69 in overtime. Don't look now but they are also 5-0. Another shot at a marquee win.

Don't be too down on yourselves about the recent losses, you guys still have a great shot at an at-large if you take care of business. 2 losses won't sink you. We had losses to some bad teams last year (Northeastern, Georgia State, and James Madison were all bad ones in the CAA, and the South Florida game wasn't a good loss either). We still ended up getting an at-large and did pretty well in the tournament last year. There's no reason to hang up your hopes for an at-large bid now. Still way premature to say anything about that.

If you guys want to check VCU out there will be a couple of opportunities in the near future as we play #13 Alabama on ESPNU tomorrow in Tuscaloosa. We'll be going up against our former coach in Anthony Grant and they'll be making a return trip to Richmond next year. We also play cross-town rival Richmond (Sweet 16 last year) on ESPN2 on December 9th at our place. All of our home games are streamed on ESPN3 as well (we have a game against South Florida at home that you can watch there on Wednesday).

We're very young and we've had some expected bumps as we started but we are showing some good progress and I really like some of the young guys we've brought in. We played in the Charleston Classic and lost to Seton Hall and Georgia Tech by double-digits, really showing our youth and inexperience. We beat Western Kentucky in the last game of the tournament in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. We then had to play them again since we had them on our regular schedule at their place in the very next game. We played much better beating them on their floor by 23. It remains to be seen how much of that was whether we were good or they are that bad. WKU doesn't look like a strong team but we'll take the progress with a team this young. Alabama will obviously be a real test at their house.

It's still early and I'm hopeful we can get things together to make a run at the CAA title in March since the league as a whole is way down from our 3-bid one last season. I don't foresee anyone from our league sniffing an at-large bid this season.

I'm certainly glad we get a lot of time before we have to play you guys though. That is going to be a great test for our young guys!

Watched the Bama game and think that Shaka is coaching 'em up pretty good. IMO, the Rams looked light years better than when I saw them earlier against S Hall and W Ky.

[Districtballer]

CSU beats Can't State 57-53 to go to 4-0.

Did anyone see Valpo get absolutely destroyed by Ohio State yesterday? 80-47.

Cleveland State plays one of our CAA brethren in Hofstra today. I expect CSU to romp since Hofstra lost Charles Jenkins to the NBA draft and don't bring enough back to hang with CSU. Even after losing Norris Cole to the NBA draft it looks like the Vikings are still very formidable.

That's looking more and more like a chance at a marquee win for you guys.

Marshall also managed to go on the road and beat Cincinnati 73-69 in overtime. Don't look now but they are also 5-0. Another shot at a marquee win.

Don't be too down on yourselves about the recent losses, you guys still have a great shot at an at-large if you take care of business. 2 losses won't sink you. We had losses to some bad teams last year (Northeastern, Georgia State, and James Madison were all bad ones in the CAA, and the South Florida game wasn't a good loss either). We still ended up getting an at-large and did pretty well in the tournament last year. There's no reason to hang up your hopes for an at-large bid now. Still way premature to say anything about that.

If you guys want to check VCU out there will be a couple of opportunities in the near future as we play #13 Alabama on ESPNU tomorrow in Tuscaloosa. We'll be going up against our former coach in Anthony Grant and they'll be making a return trip to Richmond next year. We also play cross-town rival Richmond (Sweet 16 last year) on ESPN2 on December 9th at our place. All of our home games are streamed on ESPN3 as well (we have a game against South Florida at home that you can watch there on Wednesday).

We're very young and we've had some expected bumps as we started but we are showing some good progress and I really like some of the young guys we've brought in. We played in the Charleston Classic and lost to Seton Hall and Georgia Tech by double-digits, really showing our youth and inexperience. We beat Western Kentucky in the last game of the tournament in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. We then had to play them again since we had them on our regular schedule at their place in the very next game. We played much better beating them on their floor by 23. It remains to be seen how much of that was whether we were good or they are that bad. WKU doesn't look like a strong team but we'll take the progress with a team this young. Alabama will obviously be a real test at their house.

It's still early and I'm hopeful we can get things together to make a run at the CAA title in March since the league as a whole is way down from our 3-bid one last season. I don't foresee anyone from our league sniffing an at-large bid this season.

I'm certainly glad we get a lot of time before we have to play you guys though. That is going to be a great test for our young guys!

Watched the Bama game and think that Shaka is coaching 'em up pretty good. IMO, the Rams looked light years better than when I saw them earlier against S Hall and W Ky.

I agree. After the first 4 point win on a neutral court against WKU, we had a regular season game at their place and beat them by 23. We then led for a large chunk of the Alabama game on their floor and they are #13 in the country and the most talented team we will see the rest of the regular season. Very impressed with the job Shaka is doing.

We have another BCS test with South Florida coming to our place tomorrow. The game will be on ESPN3. Would love to see us beat the snot out of a Big East team. Young teams are exciting if only for the reason that you see very real growth from game-to-game. Very excited by what I'm seeing on the floor.

Hofstra ended up beating Cleveland State which is a very good win for them, but I still think Hofstra is going to be fairly mediocre this year. Next year they have a couple of big-time transfers eligible in Jamal Coombs-McDaniel from UConn and Taran Buie from Penn State becoming eligible. I suspect they will be much better next season.

[The Hip Zip]

Agree with Hofstra, I think they just caught the Vikes in a good spot. It certainly got their attention with the nice bounce back. I'm looking forward to seeing how J Mad fares when conference play begins. I also think that ODU has their best ball in front of them. The Colonial should be one hell of a dog fight this year once again.

[Districtballer]

Agree with Hofstra, I think they just caught the Vikes in a good spot. It certainly got their attention with the nice bounce back. I'm looking forward to seeing how J Mad fares when conference play begins. I also think that ODU has their best ball in front of them. The Colonial should be one hell of a dog fight this year once again.

It always is. I don't think we make as much at-large noise this season since most of our squads graduated a lot of seniors but the talent level in this league is as high as any mid league in the country. That won't manifest as much this year, but I suspect the next couple of seasons after this one will be VERY good for the CAA. George Mason has boatloads of talent, ODU will be better when a couple of players become eligible next semester and their star (and preseason CAA POY) is still recovering slowly from a stress fracture. VCU is young, but some of you have seen what they are capable of already this early in the season. Drexel is actually the favorite and the only team really returning a lot of upperclassmen off of a 21-win squad last year.

It's as tight at the top as any conference in the country. It'll be a fun race to watch once the conference schedule starts up. James Madison has TONS of offensive firepower and they don't even have their starting point guard in Devon Moore this semester. They can't play a lick of defense however and that's what I think will sink them. I expect they will probably be middle of the pack in the CAA. Very talented squad, but they have to buy in as a team on the defensive end, something they haven't done to this point.

[The Hip Zip]

I don't think Bruiser's boys will win it,I came away pretty unimpressed from the one game I've seen them, but it was only one game. I think the winner comes from VCU, ODU, Mason and an outside shot to James Madison. Hump is on fire !! I'll always be in VCU's corner with one exception this season. You coming up to the Jar for the game ? If so, I can get you into a nice seat.

[Districtballer]

I don't think Bruiser's boys will win it,I came away pretty unimpressed from the one game I've seen them, but it was only one game. I think the winner comes from VCU, ODU, Mason and an outside shot to James Madison. Hump is on fire !! I'll always be in VCU's corner with one exception this season. You coming up to the Jar for the game ? If so, I can get you into a nice seat.

Drexel's leading scorer in Chris Fouch has been out all semester recovering from a knee injury. They will be very tough. They were one of the top rebounding teams in the country last year and return pretty much everyone. They are all about tough defense and rebounding. Fouch is a HUGE part of their offense and a lethal 3-point bomber. They will be very formidable once he comes back.

Humpty is playing well but I expect his PT to go down once Devon Moore gets back. Humpty thrives off of dominating the ball and he's simply not going to be able to do that with Moore back. He's a better all-around point guard and Humpty will suffer a bit as a very undersized 2 guard. Still a heck of a mid-major player and he plays hard.

Thanks for the offer, still working things out to see if I can make it, but I will let you know if I make the trip up. I feel the same way about the Zips and hope you guys can break through and make some noise in the tournament. It's a great experience that I hope your fans can enjoy sooner rather than later.

[johnnyzip84]

Nitro gives prediction on WVU-Marshall clash (Capital Classic) for local WVa paper.

Shouldn't the WVa "Capital Classic" be played in Akron?

[johnnyzip84]

Detroit takes Horizon bid over Valpo.

They sure are a different team with Holman. It's nice to see them blow out the "Homers" when it matters.

Who'd have thunk it? Detroit in, but Middle Tenn, ORU, Valpo, CSU all out of the NCAAs?

[roopride]

Detroit takes Horizon bid over Valpo.

They sure are a different team with Holman. It's nice to see them blow out the "Homers" when it matters.

Who'd have thunk it? Detroit in, but Middle Tenn, ORU, Valpo, CSU all out of the NCAAs?

I think it"'s great that we now have such expectations for the ZIPS in March!!!!