mes102 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 At least these guys are giving us somewhat of a chance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 In case anyone was curious about what VCU fans have to say about the game here is the link to their thread. I genuinely like this school and their fan base, I hate that we are playing them first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Intensi-Tree? Thought of a few more at work today. Maybe this could be a start on next year's marketing campaign (not to get ahead of myself......still LOTS to do THIS year) Akron Basketball is - Tree-nacious, Tree-silient and Tree-mendous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Has anyone seen FoxSports/MSN's "Players that could Bust your Bracket"? Go take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thought of a few more at work today. Maybe this could be a start on next year's marketing campaign (not to get ahead of myself......still LOTS to do THIS year) Akron Basketball is - Tree-nacious, Tree-silient and Tree-mendous! Sock it to 'em, Dee-Mee-Tree-Us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Tough find without the right title. Maybe this one? NCAA tournament breakout stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Zeke guarantees a victory over VCU. He went on to say that they are in our way. Oh my ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 The only thing I read about in EVERY article about this game is that Akron has no chance because of "havoc". It really shows how these guys have no clue what is really going to happen, so they just repeat the same thing the other so called experts says. Reading this stuff over and over again really makes me like our chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Zeke guarantees a victory over VCU. He went on to say that they are in our way. Oh my ! Where are you seeing this? I didn't get that from the above link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Point #1: Can we all please agree to include links when we talk about a great article we just read? Point #2: I've been doing a lot of research on Havoc in articles and on YouTube. It's a pretty darned effective defense. But one point to consider is that it doesn't just pressure the point guard. It pressures every player on the court. So just having a good, experienced PG is no guarantee that a team can overcome Havoc. You need all the players on the court to work together as a team to handle the pressure. One of the side effects of the Zips not having their veteran PG is that it forces the rest of the players to try to compensate instead of relying on one player to do it on his own. This team is pretty tightly knit, and the players who are likely to see significant time against VCU took a giant step forward in playing together as a team between the final regular season loss to Can't and the MAC tournament. This will serve the Zips well in Thursday night's game. There will be times that they will stumble against Havoc, as every other team has. But the Zips still have the ability to overcome this if they continue to play together as a cohesive team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontrealExposloveZippy Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Point #1: Can we all please agree to include links when we talk about a great article we just read? Point #2: I've been doing a lot of research on Havoc in articles and on YouTube. It's a pretty darned effective defense. But one point to consider is that it doesn't just pressure the point guard. It pressures every player on the court. So just having a good, experienced PG is no guarantee that a team can overcome Havoc. You need all the players on the court to work together as a team to handle the pressure. One of the side effects of the Zips not having their veteran PG is that it forces the rest of the players to try to compensate instead of relying on one player to do it on his own. This team is pretty tightly knit, and the players who are likely to see significant time against VCU took a giant step forward in playing together as a team between the final regular season loss to Can't and the MAC tournament. This will serve the Zips well in Thursday night's game. There will be times that they will stumble against Havoc, as every other team has. But the Zips still have the ability to overcome this if they continue to play together as a cohesive team. We just gotta get it past half court, feed it to Tree/Zeke and absolutely DOMINATE the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Not often talked about - Tree has some great ball handling skills. I look for him to be the wild card against the havoc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Not often talked about - Tree has some great ball handling skills. I look for him to be the wild card against the havoc. I wouldn't want Reggie or Kretzer taking more than 2 or 3 dribbles against havoc (of course they might surprise me). But I'd say both Reggie & Kretzer can handle the ball at least as well as Nic C. did last year - who helped bring the ball up against havoc. Tree, Harney, Reggie, Kretzer... they all are better ball handlers than Nic C. was. Melo is very quick and a better ball handler than AA was. Add that to 7' Zeke @ center court for a safety valve and we should be alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Point #2: I've been doing a lot of research on Havoc in articles and on YouTube. It's a pretty darned effective defense. But one point to consider is that it doesn't just pressure the point guard. It pressures every player on the court. So just having a good, experienced PG is no guarantee that a team can overcome Havoc. You need all the players on the court to work together as a team to handle the pressure. One of the side effects of the Zips not having their veteran PG is that it forces the rest of the players to try to compensate instead of relying on one player to do it on his own. This team is pretty tightly knit, and the players who are likely to see significant time against VCU took a giant step forward in playing together as a team between the final regular season loss to Can't and the MAC tournament. This will serve the Zips well in Thursday night's game. There will be times that they will stumble against Havoc, as every other team has. But the Zips still have the ability to overcome this if they continue to play together as a cohesive team. Hands down, the best way to counter their defense is to create turnovers of our own and score on the fast break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Betancourt is ready for the next challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Point #1: Can we all please agree to include links when we talk about a great article we just read? Point #2: I've been doing a lot of research on Havoc in articles and on YouTube. It's a pretty darned effective defense. But one point to consider is that it doesn't just pressure the point guard. It pressures every player on the court. So just having a good, experienced PG is no guarantee that a team can overcome Havoc. You need all the players on the court to work together as a team to handle the pressure. One of the side effects of the Zips not having their veteran PG is that it forces the rest of the players to try to compensate instead of relying on one player to do it on his own. This team is pretty tightly knit, and the players who are likely to see significant time against VCU took a giant step forward in playing together as a team between the final regular season loss to Can't and the MAC tournament. This will serve the Zips well in Thursday night's game. There will be times that they will stumble against Havoc, as every other team has. But the Zips still have the ability to overcome this if they continue to play together as a cohesive team. Dave, I am fully convinced of one thing -- to defeat VCU we must not only AVOID turnovers, we must CREATE! Zips gotta play better Deeee-Fence than the opponent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 These guys seem to think we deserved a 7-seed when you rank teams based on their resume. Left us out of the discussion because of the Abreu loss, but I think Melo can take us just as far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Dave, I am fully convinced of one thing -- to defeat VCU we must not only AVOID turnovers, we must CREATE! Zips gotta play better Deeee-Fence than the opponent! Amen, brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 McAdams thrilled to be in NCAA tournament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Zeke made his statement to a TV sports guy as he was boarding the bus. Not sure which one, one of the Cleve stations. i don't believe it made the printed media so sorry Dave, I can't link . I'll try to do better next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mivid12 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 don't underestimate the exp of playing the dec 2011 game.....and imho the zips are a much much better team right here right now... little doubt in my mind akron wins this game and wins comfortably, the ONLY concern i have is foul trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 @The Hip Zip, I just got caught in another thread for mentioning something without providing a link, which I usually try to do. Overall I think most of us do a pretty good job of citing sources here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I was reading the VCU message boards and I think the VCU fans are more arrogant than OU fans. VCU is a good team and they play an impressive style of basketball but to completely discount the Zips altogether is crazy. Our team is turnover prone and they will most likely turnover the ball quite a bit but this team also can play some impressive defense. I know these are fans but I have to believe some of this arrogance also extends to the team. Zeke's quote is more confidence than arrogance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalrowdy Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I was reading the VCU message boards and I think the VCU fans are more arrogant than OU fans. VCU is a good team and they play an impressive style of basketball but to completely discount the Zips altogether is crazy. Our team is turnover prone and they will most likely turnover the ball quite a bit but this team also can play some impressive defense. I know these are fans but I have to believe some of this arrogance also extends to the team. Zeke's quote is more confidence than arrogance. With Coach Smart at the helm? I doubt it. That man comes from a pedigree that simply will not allow for an arrogant mentality. It will be interesting to see if their demeanor changes, however, once the Butler and St. Louis games come out. It might give us all a better idea of where VCU stands nationally in competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Thought of a few more at work today. Maybe this could be a start on next year's marketing campaign (not to get ahead of myself......still LOTS to do THIS year) Akron Basketball is - Tree-nacious, Tree-silient and Tree-mendous! I just love his Tree-bounding, and his Tree-fense is pretty darn good, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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