Miami Tue 3/5

[MDZip]

What is with Treadwell's free throw shooting the last few games? 11 for his last 13. Wow.

[bUAkronG]

Chauncey getting some nice minutes tonight and has played great defensively. Good for him.

[LZIp]

In before akzipper gets here and complains because we didnt win by 30.

I thought the Zips played great tonight. On to the next.

edit: dumb filter.

K.S.U.C.K.S

[MDZip]

Back to back MAC! And for good measure the ladies have locked up the East as well.

[akronzips71]

What is with Treadwell's free throw shooting the last few games? 11 for his last 13. Wow.

Yes, but missing dunks!!!!!

He should have had another 6 or 8 points tonight.

Good time for him to have his off night. We will need him on Friday and next week.

[Quickzips]

While it is nice to get the win to get back on track, I don't find a lot to be too excited about in this one. We let one of the worst teams in the conference, playing without their leading scorer hang around WAY too long. This team has some maturity issues that they need to get over and quick. Too much street ball tonight for my taste. Too many trick passes when the simple pass will do. If they had played focused for 40 minutes tonight Miami would have had a tough time keeping this one within 40, but we still can't seem to do it for more than 3-4 minutes at a time.

One other thing that I'm starting to notice with this team, they don't like it when opponents give them a taste of their own medicine. We pretty well wet ourselves in the second half when Miami threw pressure at us. On top of that the last couple of games we have given up WAY too many points to big guys leaking down the floor off of our misses. Those are two pretty significant staples of this team, but they don't seem to be able to counter it when the opponent throws the same thing at us.

I'm really hoping to see a better effort against Can't on Friday night. I would hate to have Zeke's last game in the JAR be a loss to those turds.

[RACER]

you have to post before akronzips71, and big zip. if you read their posts. you would have thought we would have lost 20 out of 21.

[Dave in Green]

Pretty good and fairly enthusiastic crowd for a Miami game. Not much to get excited about other than another win. The Zips looked good at times but had too many lapses. The Zips' pressure D just wasn't working very well against Miami, which got a lot of easy points from breaking the press. I was surprised they stuck with it for so long when it obviously was not that effective. On the other hand, I expected the Zips to be able to handle Miami's press as they've shown they could do against other teams this season. But it gave them more trouble than I expected. In the end, the Zips scored a fairly uninspiring victory. But they'll need to raise their level of play a couple of steps above this on Friday as Can't has been steadily improving and will not go down as easily as Miami.

[akronzips71]

you have to post before akronzips71, and big zip. if you read their posts. you would have thought we would have lost 20 out of 21.

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[Blue & Gold]

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I think he meant akzipper. Pretty sure he didn't mean you.

[akronzips71]

I think he meant akzipper. Pretty sure he didn't mean you.

He said me. I don't get it. I am always a big booster. I said Tree had an off night. OK 10 points would not be an off night for most players. But still...

[ksu sucks]

5,189 in attendance on this wonderful Tuesday evening.

[Derrt]

Way to get back on track. Nice win

[Blue & Gold]

5,189 in attendance on this wonderful Tuesday evening.

[skip-zip]

If we win tonight, does the K E N T game Friday have any meaning?

Of course it does. We LOVE beating Ken+

But, I think the only thing that matters on Friday will be whether we share the title with OU, or win it outright. But, we'll remain the #1 Seed with the tiebreaker advantage over OU.

[originalrowdy]

Of course it does. We LOVE beating Ken+

But, I think the only thing that matters on Friday will be whether we share the title with OU, or win it outright. But, we'll remain the #1 Seed with the tiebreaker advantage over OU.

...AND if some of ZN have some glimmer of hope (not I) that we can get an at-large bid.

[ksu sucks]

5,189 in attendance on this wonderful Tuesday evening.

For comparison, here's the attendance around the MAC:

BG @ Can't: 2,853

OU @ Buffalo: 3,132

EMU @ CMU: 879

NIU @ Toledo: 3,603

Ball State @ WMU: 2,539

[Dave in Green]

...AND if some of ZN have some glimmer of hope (not I) that we can get an at-large bid.

The at-large glimmer is so tiny that it's easy to ignore. Where the win over Can't may be more helpful is in seeding. Presuming that the Zips W2@Q, the selection committee would likely make them a #13 seed. But there is some chance at getting a #12 if the Zips win out from here, depending on what happens to some other teams between now and Selection Sunday. So in that sense the Can't game is still important to win even beyond the importance of the rivalry.

[GeorgeThomasABJ]

What is with Treadwell's free throw shooting the last few games? 11 for his last 13. Wow.

75-100 extra free throws AFTER practice. Tree gets it.

I teased him about FTs in practice after that 3-of-11 effort.

His reply: I don't tell you how to write your articles. I don't let you know when you have sentence fragments.

[Dr Z]

I teased him about FTs in practice after that 3-of-11 effort.

Your a brave man George.

[K92]

For comparison, here's the attendance around the MAC:

BG @ Can't: 2,853

OU @ Buffalo: 3,132

EMU @ CMU: 879

NIU @ Toledo: 3,603

Ball State @ WMU: 2,539

Every year it seems like some MAC school needs to boost football attendance (at least on paper) to meet the minimum level for the NCAA D-1A requirement. I dare say 879 is not attendance number that should meet any criteria for competing at the top level of college basketball. Just sayin.

[zestycoyote]

75-100 extra free throws AFTER practice. Tree gets it.

I teased him about FTs in practice after that 3-of-11 effort.

His reply: I don't tell you how to write your articles. I don't let you know when you have sentence fragments.

This. is. awesome.

[odhgibo]

The at-large glimmer is so tiny that it's easy to ignore. Where the win over Can't may be more helpful is in seeding. Presuming that the Zips W2@Q, the selection committee would likely make them a #13 seed. But there is some chance at getting a #12 if the Zips win out from here, depending on what happens to some other teams between now and Selection Sunday.

+1.

I don't see significant separation between seeds 1-4 this year, but I do between the 4 seeds and the likely 5 seeds.

Watched tOSU play very well at IU last night after the Zips-Miami game. All signs of offensive ineptitude from about a month ago are gone. If they continue to play at that level, they have a chance at beating any team in the country. Nevertheless, the general consensus is that they're still a #4.

The present Lunardi bracket has Akron as a #12, playing SLU. The Billikens are downright nasty on D, but they're not going to run away from very many tournament teams and will have trouble with certain styles.

[akronzips71]

Of course it does. We LOVE beating Ken+

But, I think the only thing that matters on Friday will be whether we share the title with OU, or win it outright. But, we'll remain the #1 Seed with the tiebreaker advantage over OU.

We already won the MAC outright. We beat OU twice. Done deal.

[Captain Kangaroo]

The Zips have played 1 good half out of the last 4. That's a bit of a concern.

I like that Dambrot stated the Zips need to hit the three's to have a chance in the NCAA's, and that some rotation changes would be instituted to help the situation. Ibitayo played in the first half, but sat in the 2nd. 3-point hitters McAdams, Kretzer, Gilliam and Walsh played. Minute-wise, it was negligible, (Deji doesn't play more than a handful of minutes) but having a real 3-point threat in for those few minutes was a big help. It is the difference between 3...6... 9... vs. 0 points

Abreu got a spring in his step in the 2nd half...that had been missing since OU. As he goes, so do the Zips.

Friday should be a blast. The Zips are a big-game team...I expect they will rise to the occasion.