LZIp Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 No hard feelings for being disrespected. Respect is earned, not given!! Wouldnt want it any other way. GO ZIPS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I can't be the only one who thinks this matchup actually works in our favor. You're not. I finally have faith that Dambrot has abandoned his stubbornness and is ready to do what needs to be done to win. Pound it inside, give Zeke/Tree 30+ touches and we win this game...going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrdie Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Has anyone checked the wins and loses for VCU. It is not that impressive at all. We almost beat OKST and that was early in the year. Then M Tenn. I hope with all my heart that they play as I have seen them play and spank VCU. They do not want on water as the TV guys would make you think. Like I had not doubt we would spank OU and I know we will VCU. GO ZIPS. Do your thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Has anyone checked the wins and loses for VCU. It is not that impressive at all. I disagree. VCU is a very good team. Their worst loss is to Richmond, and its not even a bad loss. The A-10 is tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 After thinking about it for a day or so here, I think these are some of the things we need to do to beat VCU. Advance the ball with the pass, not the dribble. I would set up Zeke in the center of the court on every inbounds as a safety valve for getting the ball across mid-court. I don't want Harney having to dribble 70 or 80 feet on his own. If we can get 4-5+ long-bombs over the top for easy buckets it will go a long way to a Zips win. VCU fast break points vs. Akron second chance points will be the key stat. If Akron can equal or exceed the Rams fast-break points with their own second chance points this game becomes a whole lot more winnable. Second chance points means you are getting offensive rebounds which keeps VCU from getting out on the break. Tree and Zeke are two of the better offensive rebounders around. They should be able to exploit their size advantage and get quite a few easy buckets off of rebounds. Limit VCU to one shot. We have a size advantage on these guys. They shouldn't get a second chance at the rim. A second chance for them means another opportunity to score, which means another opportunity to set up havoc. Grab the board, make the outlet pass and lets get into the half-court. Protect Zeke and Tree early. Any type of foul trouble for those two is going to spell disaster for the Zips. If we can get both of them to the half with less than 2 fouls and the game is still within reach (or we are ahead) I like our chances. Hit your free throws. Probably the toughest task for this particular group. VCU isn't going to worry too much about fouling Harney, Tree, Melo or even Zeke and putting them at the charity stripe. The numbers say it is a good strategy. This will just make them even more intense with the havoc D, particularly late in the game. Have to make them pay any time they send us to the stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Protect Zeke and Tree early. Any type of foul trouble for those two is going to spell disaster for the Zips. If we can get both of them to the half with less than 2 fouls and the game is still within reach (or we are ahead) I like our chances.I like this point. I think Zeke was very cautious the first half of the OU game not to foul, it allowed him to be much more aggressive the second half. I think that was one of the bigger reasons for the disparity in numbers between halves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 The season began with enormous respect for OU, yet the Zips get zero respect for what they did to OU three straight games. They all predicted that OU would wipe out the Zips in the MAC tournament without our starting PG, yet shrug away the Zips' 19-point beat down of OU as if it were some kind of fluke that couldn't possibly translate to being the slightest bit competitive against VCU. We're on familiar ground here. We Zips fans know what it's like for our team to be disrespected. It only makes the wins so much sweeter. Well the excuse is that OhioU had a bad night on Saturday. They "couldn't hit anything" and went cold. Strange, since that's the same thing that happened the last two times they played the Zips. Very unfortunate this season they seem to go cold every time they play the Zips. Akron definitely had nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Well the excuse is that OhioU had a bad night on Saturday. They "couldn't hit anything" and went cold. Strange, since that's the same thing that happened the last two times they played the Zips. Very unfortunate this season they seem to go cold every time they play the Zips. Akron definitely had nothing to do with it. Actually, that is the X Factor. We could come out shooting 90%, they could come out shooting 10% and commit 30 fouls in the first half. Statistics are nice, all that counts is what happens in the game. Right now the odds are actually 50%. We will either win or lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Even though Pat's minutes have been sparse lately, I wonder if we'll see the Twin Tower set at all to try to force a few mismatches. He'll have to be strong with the ball of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Even though Pat's minutes have been sparse lately, I wonder if we'll see the Twin Tower set at all to try to force a few mismatches. He'll have to be strong with the ball of course. I think Pat is too much of a turnover machine at this moment to risk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Am I the only one who's noticed that Pat Forsythe regularly buries a high percentage of 3-pointers from the corner during warm-ups? Someone who watched him play in HS said that Pat scored at least half his 22.5 points per game with a deadly outside shot. VCU has no answer for a 6-11 guy who sets up in the corner and pops 3-pointers over a much shorter VCU defender while VCU's only big is tied up guarding Zeke inside. The Zips have weapons that haven't even been seen yet. They just don't have cool names like "havoc." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Am I the only one who's noticed that Pat Forsythe regularly buries a high percentage of 3-pointers from the corner during warm-ups? Someone who watched him play in HS said that Pat scored at least half his 22.5 points per game with a deadly outside shot. VCU has no answer for a 6-11 guy who sets up in the corner and pops 3-pointers over a much shorter VCU defender while VCU's only big is tied up guarding Zeke inside. The Zips have weapons that haven't even been seen yet. They just don't have cool names like "havoc." We really haven't seen Zeke and Pat on the floor at the same time much either. I'm sure it's done that way to prevent them from getting in foul trouble. But if the key to hanging with VCU is getting the ball inside, wouldn't it make sense to have them both down low with Tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 We shouldnt have them both on the floor at the same time, because that means Tree isnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontrealExposloveZippy Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Zeke/Tree/Gilliam/Harney/Betancourt Subs: Walsh/Forsythe (No more than 3-5 minutes)/Kretzer/McAdams --- That's it! As long as we don't get into foul trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem101 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 No way that Walsh starts on the bench. Way too smart of a basketball player and that's what you need against Havoc. I'm expecting the same lineup as this past weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Can't start Harney and Betancourt together as Harney is Betancourt's backup. If either of these two players is on the floor much over 25 minutes, they will be running on fumes. Neither has Tree's motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Does anyone know how successful VCU's offense is against a zone? A Pat/Zeke/Tree 2-3 zone (all 3 in the paint) or 3-2 (Zeke and Pat on the blocks with Tree at the top of the key) would be something very new and different, since we are discussing Pat, Zeke, and Tree all on the floor at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Dont try to fix what isnt broken. Forsythe just hasnt been worth his minutes the past half of the season. Plus we need all the ball handlers on the floor that we can to get the ball up the court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Am I the only one who's noticed that Pat Forsythe regularly buries a high percentage of 3-pointers from the corner during warm-ups? Someone who watched him play in HS said that Pat scored at least half his 22.5 points per game with a deadly outside shot. VCU has no answer for a 6-11 guy who sets up in the corner and pops 3-pointers over a much shorter VCU defender while VCU's only big is tied up guarding Zeke inside. The Zips have weapons that haven't even been seen yet. They just don't have cool names like "havoc." I like the idea of a few set plays to get Pat the ball in the corner, particularly on in bounds plays. Shake knows our team like it was his own. It wouldn't hurt to throw just a few new things in there. We in bound from the base line to our big standing there who hands it off to the in bounder to shoot a 3 all the time, lets switch it and the Pat is the in bounder and shooter. Its simple and doesn't really take much practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 ESPN Cleveland's 850AM's interview with Keith Dambrot on sunday night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUAkronG Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 this game is going to come down to strengths and weaknesses. While VCU averages 19.9 opponent turnovers a game, they also commit 19.9 fouls a game(good enough for #313 out of 347 D1 schools). Zips force opponents to commit 19 fouls a game, which earns them #66 in the country at doing so. Like Keith said, if we can get the ball inside, we have a good chance. We'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 this game is going to come down to strengths and weaknesses. While VCU averages 19.9 opponent turnovers a game, they also commit 19.9 fouls a game(good enough for #313 out of 347 D1 schools). Zips force opponents to commit 19 fouls a game, which earns them #66 in the country at doing so. Like Keith said, if we can get the ball inside, we have a good chance. We'll see what happens. If I was KD, I'd be focusing on press breakers, free throws, and free throws. Did I mention free throws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 KD's final comment at the watch party were telling. He said thanks for coming and now we're going to have dribbling practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 GoZips.com has a tournament blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 GoZips.com has a tournament blog "1:00 p.m. - The Zips' team bus and one van full of support staff employees departed campus. The lunch menu consisted of burgers, fries and chicken nuggets from Swenson's." That settles it. We will win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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