zippy5 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 KD with a little swagger in the post game presser. "When the Akron Zips come to town, you're getting their best shot." said Toledo might not have been up for CMU but definitely will be for the Zips. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Kudos to KD, the Zips Mens Basketball team, the UA Athletics Department, and our former soccer players and families who were able to attend. Great game and fun time for someone who has had football, basketball, and soccer season tickets. I hope Zips Mens Basketball is able to maintain the focus they showed last night throughout the grind of the MAC schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxpayer Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Good game by the Zips. Man does WM miss their big boy! I enjoyed watching the Zips on the web feed from the JAR. Yes, I just said that! Compliments to whomever fixed that problem!Attendance seemed embarrasingly low for the MAC opener against last years champ.....guess Joe A. was prepping his shovel and broom, right?Compliments to KD, staff and players - excellent effort and start to the MAC play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Good game by the Zips. Man does WM miss their big boy! Speaking of WMU Big Boy, anyone seen Stainbrook playing for Xavier? What a transformation.Great win by the young Zippers last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 One thing that really caught my attention was the continuous subbing. The Zips started subbing players less than 3 minutes into the game, and it seemed as if there was at least 1 sub made every minute or so throughout the game. I can't recall ever seeing such rapid player rotation. Then again, Coach Dambrot is asking his players to go all out on defense, and that can be tiring. As long as you have 10 or 11 good players who can contribute, why not use them? The Zips had 10 players with double-digit minutes, and BJ would have probably been the 11th to play double-digit minutes if he hadn't been injured in the last game. WMU had 4 players who were on the court 30+ minutes, and they were having a hard time staying with wave after wave of fresh Zips.Loved it! The coaching staff has worked hard to put together a 10-man roster. Now let's use it! Everyone was playing with such energy and aggressiveness on D - leaving it all on the floor - it looked like WMU didn't know what hit 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 I also don't want to forget to mention something I saw from Noah last night. I saw him drive into the paint and make an INTERIOR pass for a bucket. I've been waiting for that. He hadn't appeared to be keeping his vision when he got close to the basket. I'm sure the coaches had noticed. He only needs to do that 2-3 times a game, and it would help us tremendously. AND...it will help him create more space to make some of his own shots in there, rather than the forced, un-makeable scoop shots or extended 5 ft. layups that I had seen so often up to this point. Just that one moment was a really good sign for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Speaking of WMU Big Boy, anyone seen Stainbrook playing for Xavier? What a transformation.Yes. I was watching a Xavier game one night, and I was shocked. But, he's still an odd looking dude. I guess you can't transform that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm still wondering where Kretzer and McAdams went. Kretzer played 30 minutes and you would never have known he was out there if you weren't looking for him. McAdams played 10 and got three fouls, two points, and an otherwise completely empty stat line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 From today's ABJ. Both from GT. One article, one blog entry.http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/akron-zips-prove-too-much-for-western-michigan-broncos-win-72-52-1.555914http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/university-of-akron-zips-blog-1.277207/points-to-ponder-akron-zips-beat-western-michigan-72-52-1.555945 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsjunkie330 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 From today's ABJ. Both from GT. One article, one blog entry.http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/akron-zips-prove-too-much-for-western-michigan-broncos-win-72-52-1.555914http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/university-of-akron-zips-blog-1.277207/points-to-ponder-akron-zips-beat-western-michigan-72-52-1.555945GT thinks the Zips are on a 5 game winning streak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris buttermaker Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Nice game by the Zips... if they keep playing like they did against Western, in the words of Chief Martin Brody "You're gonna need a bigger boat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 GT thinks the Zips are on a 5 game winning streakI liked this quote better:The Zips (10-4, 1-0 MAC) made up for lackluster defense in the second holding the Broncos without a field goal for the first 5:56 of the second half. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 “This is definitely a statement game coming into the MAC since last year they beat us going into the MAC Championship Game,” Forsythe said. “I feel like we owed them one and since [conference] play just started and they won the MAC, I felt like we owed them one. I felt we had to come out and play our best.”Great quote by Pat. He seems like a different kid this season...last year he never seemed like he was enjoying the game. This year, he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Great quote by Pat. He seems like a different kid this season...last year he never seemed like he was enjoying the game. This year, he does.It has been mentioned before but there was some bad chemistry last year. I don't think Pat was the only one not having a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Loved the way they all crashed the boards last night too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Speaking of crashing the boards, how about Aaron Jackson's performance. While Pat led the team with 9 boards in 24 minutes, Aaron was second in rebounds with 6 in just 17 minutes. When GoZips told us earlier in the season that Aaron was going to be Tree's backup at power forward, I was skeptical. Aaron was recruited as a guard and that's how he's still listed on the roster. Even though he's grown to 6-8 and 215 pounds, moving from the 4 to the 2 is a big leap.But PF is the position Aaron was playing last night subbing in for Kwan, who had 3 rebounds in 19 minutes. Aaron does have some Tree-like intensity about him that may actually be better suited to rebounding in the paint whereas Kwan really plays more like a 3 even though he's a bit taller. It's going to be interesting to see how Aaron's rebounding looks in upcoming games as he gets more playing time. Coach Dambrot said Aaron's development process was slowed earlier in the season by a nagging injury, but now he's ready to go. I don't picture either Aaron or BJ riding the bench this season after the promising development we're seeing from both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 The caution here with college basketball players is not to get too excited our down about one or two performances.But to Dave's point......I think I might be able to go out on a limb here and say that this might be the deepest "contributing" team that Keith has ever had here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 I love the energy & athleticism Aaron & BJ both bring. I'm still high on last night's team D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Akron, aside from last years collapse, owns WMU. Completely agree with a complete game and excellent defensive performance. For those who like to pick on KD look at how he totally out coached Hawkins last night. Great game plan of wearing down WMU with a heavy rotation. Also, love the change in looks. Switching from zone to man while in the same possession. WMU was confused all night on O. Let's hope this is the start of a team that's hitting an uptick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 WMU could not deal with the speed and quickness of our guards. The Zips consitently prevented them from smoothly setting up or running their half court offense. The Broncos haven't has a true point guard since , and now the Zips have the type of team to expose that weakness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 RReggie and Jake are hearing footsteps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 RReggie and Jake are hearing footsteps.Those footsteps may be the footsteps of underclassmen who may be taking their minutes as they continue to fail to contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 WMU could not deal with the speed and quickness of our guards. Right idea, but it was quite a bit more significant than that. It was inside and out, at both ends of the floor. How often can we say that we were just far more athletically gifted than a team we played? Last night's matchup was clearly one of those times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Right idea, but it was quite a bit more significant than that. It was inside and out, at both ends of the floor. How often can we say that we were just far more athletically gifted than a team we played? Last night's matchup was clearly one of those times. Not very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 The caution here with college basketball players is not to get too excited our down about one or two performances. ...That's true, though I think it's more true of shooting than rebounding. While size, strength, hops and technique all help a player become a better rebounder, desire and effort are what separate great rebounders from average ones. Everything I've seen of Aaron to date is that he is loaded with desire and effort and also has the physical tools to get the job done. So I think Aaron's first good rebounding performance in his first extended play game may be more repeatable than a player having their first good scoring performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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