FromdaBurgh Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hi Zips family....while you are enjoying your leftovers...check out Creigton vs Wisconsin game, starting in about 5 mins on ESPN2.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hi Zips family....while you are enjoying your leftovers...check out Creigton vs Wisconsin game, starting in about 5 mins on ESPN2.... Thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Final score: Blue Jays beat the Badgers 84-74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 The Blue Jays will be the best team with the best player the Zips play all season. I hope people around Akron realize what a big game this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 REGULAR season. I saw Mac play in HS. He was overshadowed by his teammate, Harrison Barns. Its only 2 hrs trip for me to Omaha. I'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 REGULAR season. I saw Mac play in HS. He was overshadowed by his teammate, Harrison Barns. Its only 2 hrs trip for me to Omaha. I'll be there. He is a real star. Seems to have the size, moves and shots to go to the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Doug McDermott (6-8, 225 pounds) is generally considered the #1 ranked power forward in college basketball this season. At the PF position, he will most likely be guarded by Tree and Harney, who both match up with him pretty well in size. It's doubtful that anyone can shut McDermott down completely, so it's going to be a matter of not letting him run wild and keeping his teammates in check. Player for player, the Zips rotation matches up pretty well in size with Creighton's, with no major size mismatches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Doug McDermott (6-8, 225 pounds) is generally considered the #1 ranked power forward in college basketball this season. At the PF position, he will most likely be guarded by Tree and Harney, who both match up with him pretty well in size. It's doubtful that anyone can shut McDermott down completely, so it's going to be a matter of not letting him run wild and keeping his teammates in check. Player for player, the Zips rotation matches up pretty well in size with Creighton's, with no major size mismatches. I also thought we would be a pretty good matchup. But he is for real. In fact, I think Kretzer will look exactly like him in three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Doug McDermott (6-8, 225 pounds) is generally considered the #1 ranked power forward in college basketball this season. At the PF position, he will most likely be guarded by Tree and Harney, who both match up with him pretty well in size. It's doubtful that anyone can shut McDermott down completely, so it's going to be a matter of not letting him run wild and keeping his teammates in check. Player for player, the Zips rotation matches up pretty well in size with Creighton's, with no major size mismatches. Disagree. I think we will match Zeke up on McDermott early and often and let Tree work on the 6'9" Echinique. I understand that McDermott will occassionally step out to the 3 point line, and that limits a certain amount of Zeke's effectiveness, he is shooting sub-30% from out there early this season. If the Zips game is the one game he gets hot and burns us from out there you tip your hat to the young man and move on. But I think you have to put best on best. Zeke is our best frontcourt defender by a pretty wide margin, and he always seems to bring a little extra when matched up with a quality opponent. Let's see if the big fella can give McDermott the Justin Greene treatment. This is also one of the few games I could see us playing the twin towers up front for extended minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 The Jays are the real deal. I've seen them play twice and they are tough. The one thing that surprised me is how phyiscal they are. I thought that the Badgers would push them around quit a bit but the Jays held their own and then some. Our trump card may be how many big bodies we can throw at them. They will be very hard to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 REGULAR season. I saw Mac play in HS. He was overshadowed by his teammate, Harrison Barns. Its only 2 hrs trip for me to Omaha. I'll be there. That had to be one hell of a HS team. Tell me that they didn't blow it and were state champs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'd love to see Tree on him the entire game. Tell Tree we need you to stop him. One on one....muscle up with him and make him work for everything he gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 @The Hip Zip, I believe that team won two straight state HS championships. @Quickzips, I can see Zeke being on McDermott at times, but not as the primary defender throughout the game. McDermott has a better all around game than Justin Greene, with much greater ability to stretch the floor. Zeke is at his best on defense close to the bucket. I don't think that KD will want Zeke chasing McDermott all around the floor. But you bring up a couple of good points on Kretzer and Forsythe. Kretzer appears to be a similar player to McDermott in size and raw skills, and could develop into a similar complete player. Jake may also spend some time trying to guard McDermott. And the twin tower approach of having Zeke and Pat on the floor together for at least brief periods could pay off against a team like Creighton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I don't think the question of guarding McDermott centers around the head to head match up, but how, when and who to use on double teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 That had to be one hell of a HS team. Tell me that they didn't blow it and were state champs. That Ames HS team was state champs. Elder Mac was coaching Iowa State at the time. His son committed to UNI, but they released him to allow him to follow his dad to Creighton. The kid is a gym rat; he plays really smart. Whatever we do to take him out of his game, he will find our weak spot. I think the best aproach will be to rotate as many people as we can to give him as many differant looks as we can to keep him off ballance. You don't want to let him get into a rythum. (geese, I wish I could spell!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxpayer Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Creighton is very, very good. Based upon what I saw we could double him as much as possible and make other Creighton players score consistently. It appears he prefers to score than pass, he might get frustrated if he isn't going to get his average. The other thing to keep in mind is this will be a Creighton home game...meaning we can't bully him or all our bigs will foul out and the kid will shoot 20 free throws himself. Creighton will have 16,000 fanatics in attendance so I look for a huge Zips effort to make a name for themselves in a true big time venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyfan34 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Boise State just went to Creighton and won tonight. It was as easy as shooting 60% from the field and 50% from 3 with one player scoring 35 points. Stats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Boise also outrebounded Creighton 31-18. Boise's only loss this season is to Michigan State by just 4 points, so they appear to be a cut above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Boise also outrebounded Creighton 31-18. Boise's only loss this season is to Michigan State by just 4 points, so they appear to be a cut above average. You have to consider who they played as well. Creighton is the only team they have beaten that has more than 2 wins. They are very average... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 You have to consider who they played as well. Creighton is the only team they have beaten that has more than 2 wins. It's November. I bet as the season progresses those teams will increase their win total. Hard to believe we lost to Coastal Carolina...we were undefeated going into that game!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Zips are 10.5 point underdogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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