So I went to the Temple / K E N T St game yesterday

[The Hip Zip]

My golf partner is a k E N T St grad and he has season tickets so I went to the game with him. Hard as it was for me to do so, I always root for the other MAC teams to do well against foes from other conferences and in particular talented teams like Temple. So I have to come clean, I was hoping that K E N T could take down the Owls.

So here is my take on the Flashes. K E N T will go only as far as Evans, Holt and Brewer will carry them.Although they out rebounded the Owls, they are pretty soft inside and Temple got inside with ease. The K E N T crowd was very critical of the officials because of the 22-13 personal foul advantage that Temple enjoyed but the f lashes were always a step slow on the defensive end and had to do a lot of reaching and hacking. Henniger is getting more minutes and he tries and works hard inside but gets little help in the paint. I have never thought that much of Holt. He's a real streaky shooter. Sometimes he's great and sometimes not but he was well guarded and only got off 8 shots. Brewer was their best player on the floor on this day but other than the three I mentioned at the top the rest of the f lashes were very quiet.

K E N T lacks any real quality depth as well. Their bench was badly outscored by Temple's and only 6'8" freshman Chris Ortiz looked decent out there. The rest of Can't's second unit looked very tenative and uncomfortable on the floor. Bottom line is that K E N T should still be able to compete and beat western division teams but should not pose any threat at all to the Zips OU and probably even the Bulls. As of now I'd rate them just about at the same level as BG.

The highlight of the day was when F L A S H the K S U mascot came uo to greet me in my seat and rub my bald head for luck. As he/ she did so I squeezed off a pretty loud " GO ZIPS !!" That went over real well with the K S U season ticket holders that we were seated with. Serves 'em right.

[skip-zip]

Great Story.

I keep saying that I am expecting a much less than typical Ken+ State team this year. I sure hope I am right.

[Dr Z]

Thanks for the update HZ.

[GP1]

As he/ she did so I squeezed off a pretty loud " GO ZIPS !!" That went over real well with the K S U season ticket holders that we were seated with. Serves 'em right.

Good story. However, it would have been better if the above sentences read....As he/she did so I squeezed off a pretty loud and smelly fart in its general direction. The smell was so bad, the Can't State season ticket holders around me vomited up their bong water. Serves 'em right.