mes102 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I also forgot to mention that last night's victory was Coach Kest's 350th career win! Congrats to Coach Kest! Good luck to them in Denver!! Next game is 2:00pm vs Belmont...Looking to see if there will be a video stream or not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyball Posted November 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 I checked with Denver and they are only going to video stream the Denver games. Denver looks pretty weak so if we win I not sure we will match up with them. Lady Zips was very impressive last night and freshmen Lauren Hung had a breakout game with 4 three pointers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Lady Zips beat Belmont 73-58. Mile High City, holiday tournament, and a young team on their first road trip were reasons why I think this is why they had a rough start today. Hopefully they grow from it and play a lot better against Siena. If not, the Lady Zips will lose their first game of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 They sounded pretty strong on my drive back from the Football disaster. Made me feel better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyball Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Lady Zips got off to a slow start but put away a decent Belmont team that has played a tough schedule and played Vanderbilt very tough. Katie Nunan was outstanding in the second half with 17 points. She was playing very well at the end off last year but has gotten off to a slow start this year until today, if this is the start of that kind off play LOOK OUT. The freshmen struggled a bit early but they will learn to handle the road travel and Kerri was pretty good down the stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Siena is off to their best start in over two decades, so someone's historical start to the season will end tomorrow. Let's hope we finish this trip strong!!!! #Finish #TurnUp #AllInThe next game for the Lady Zips after Siena tomorrow at 4:30, will be December 5th vs Morehead State...another top 50 RPI team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACER Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I know I will get hammered for this.i just can't wacth womens b-ball.even the womens pro league teams would get beat by anyboys high school team.i hope they do well. I just can't watch the sport.it's like womens usa soccer would get destroyedby the akron mens team.i .womens v-ball,golf,softball I can watch.my best friend coaches girl's softball. I go to all the time.why? because I could not hit a fastpitch softball.I don't have kids playing sports, so I guess that's some of my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyball Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 So because women don't have the same athletic ability as a man its not worth your time to watch? That's okay. Don't watch. Some of us can appreciate the skill with which girls can play the game, support the athletes that represent our university and enjoy it. I hope you never have a daughter that plays sports so you want have to endure watching them play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Lady Zips opened up a 20 point 2nd half lead 61-41. Siena fighting back now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Lady Zips beat Siena 90-74. Great win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 What a great start to the season! 6-0! Go Zips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Go Zips!(It feels good to say that after yet another football debacle.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Maybe I should jump on this bandwagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 What a great start to the season! 6-0! Go Zips!Never expected that after losing 5 quality players - including a couple of all-timers. Kest must be a heck of a coach. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 MDZip, I can't thank the great Mack Rhoades enough for hiring Coach Kest. Akron has and will continue to benefit from Coach Kest being at the helm of this program. These freshmen are going to make a huge impact this season. Other than McMahan, the freshmen that would have made the biggest impact would have been Sefcik, in my opinion. She's been out with an injury, and I expect her to be redshirted. I'm expecting this freshmen class to become the winningest class in Akron women's basketball history in 4 years. I wasn't expecting much this year to be honest. I was expecting a down year, somewhere between #4-#9 seed in the MAC tourney with basically bench players from a year ago and incoming freshmen as the core of your team. I was expecting a lot of growing pains. However, she gets the most out of her players. They get better every day, game, and season. They hardly regress, other than injuries.I'm just glad some are finally seeing how this program has stabilized itself as a MAC contender every season. Especially where this program was when Kest took over the program. Hope to see more of you on December 5th against Morehead State, another top 50 RPI team in women's basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 I found this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 So far this is how our schedule looks like on RPI:Binghamton (301)N. Kentucky (289)N. Iowa (87)Valsparaiso (106)Belmont (175)Siena (76)Upcoming teams:Morehead St. (56)Bethune-Cookman (263)UCF (117)YSU (69)WMU (66)Go Zips! Mes, if the Zips keep it up I'm going to start "Lady Zips" threads for each game. It's time we start generating some excitement about this team. Old Folk, y'all need to get out to the games! Go Zips! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 I gotta say I've thoroughly enjoyed the women's basketball games the past few years. No, they don't have the athletic ability the men do, but they play more within their abilities (which are significant) and have many fewer "knucklehead" plays trying to make a play or shot they've only made in their dreams. It's a different game played below the rim, but still entertaining. It's also great to see players make their free throws. The men could learn a bit from them on that. I also see players shooting and making mid-range jumpers, something missing greatly from most men's (all NCAA) games. Those shots count too. I wish more people would come to the games and see what they are missing. The marketing department could work a little harder to promote them too. I saw very little effort last year for what we pretty much knew was going to be their best team ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Looking at their schedule, I fully expect the team to go into MAC competition undefeated this season. How long, and how many wins will it take to jump into the top 25 poll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 ... It's also great to see players make their free throws. The men could learn a bit from them on that. ...Maybe they already have. The lady Zips are currently shooting 74.1% from the free throw line and the men are shooting 73.1%. Take away Tree's 2-6 performance from the only game he played (and assuming he's not coming back), the remaining men's players are averaging 75.5% from the free throw line -- a little better than the women. Terrible free throw shooting by the men's team is last year's news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 What draws me to the women's basketball game is the authenticity of the game. The men's game can have the fundamentals of the game overshadowed by athleticism. Women's game has athleticism too(just look at Anita Brown's reverse layup-and-1), but they use that to improve their fundamentals. The men's game seems to use the athleticism to hide their lack of fundamentals. Call me an old soul, but the men's game just isn't pure basketball to me anymore. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I agree Mes! Last couple of seasons I throughly enjoyed the competitive nature of WBB that I've watched, because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Also, here's a few stats that will have your jaw drop a bit with what we know about the graduation losses the Zips WBB had this offseason.From their twitter account:- Anita Brown ranks 15th in the nation in scoring average(22.3 PPG). Sina King ranks 18th(21.7 PPG)- 14th in the nation in scoring(84.5 PPG)- 13th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio(1.41)- 17th in scoring margin(+23.2)- 21st in defensive rebounding(32.0)See you at the JAR on Friday!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 In case anyone wants to see a couple of Akron's opponents, Morehead State plays @ Ohio this morning, with tip approximately 11:00am. I don't know if there will be video stream, but thought it would be good to watch if there is since Ohio has looked really good so far at 5-0(not surprising to me with the coach they have...he's really good), and Morehead State being our opponent on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Ohio defeated Morehead State 86-67. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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