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It is weird looking at Ohio University being winless in the MAC when only 3 years ago they went to the sweet 16 and were a jump shot away from defeating No. 1 ranked North Carolina. (And we were a Brien Walsh jump shot from beating OU in the MAC finals)

Since then John Groce moved on to the fighting Illinois, Jim Christian then takes over and stays for 2 years and moves to Boston College.

Ohio University is on their 3rd coach in 4 years. Not a recipe for success. Makes me appreciate the stability we have in our program with KD. He certainly has done a great job this year with all the turmoil in our program with Harney, Tree and Alex.

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Looking over our remaining schedule,I can't see us finishing any Attendance was

worse than 21-10 or 22-9(barring injuries) We have already played the best in the west and now we get to play the rest of the west with the exception of return games vs Toledo and Western. All the remaining games vs the east appear winnable-Buffalo at home and Cant at home could be tough, but certainly we will be favored in both. I fully agree- a remarkable job by KD. .

I have been posting for the past 3 weeks that they need to find a way to get Reggie involved in the offense. Finally happened- shows what is possible if you have him moving around instead of just standing in the corner-it also helps when you have players who can drive and dish,as this frees up the shooters(see Deji and Robo). Reggie hit on at least 1 mid-range jumper as well as a putback and a dunk on a beautiful pass. Give him some meaningful minutes and he will give you scoring which is badly needed by this team. Still too much dribbling and eating up the clock so we are often forced to settle for a last second shot. MORE PASSING needed. Scary how good we might be if Big Dog ever got in basketball shape

Attendance was somewhat better and the crowd was more into the game,especially the last 5 minutes. Still no concessions on the second floor-anyone know why?.

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... I have been posting for the past 3 weeks that they need to find a way to get Reggie involved in the offense. ...

Good call! Reggie had a great HS career and came to the Zips with a high rating. He did a lot more than just shoot 3s last night. Whatever lit his fuse needs to be repeated.

Announced attendance was 3,513, not terrible but certainly less than this team deserves. If they can just put together a winning streak and create a little more buzz, maybe we can get closer to filling the JAR at more games. Everyone tell all your friends what they're missing.
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Upset of the night has to be Can't (4-1) over Toledo (2-3) as NIU (2-3) over the Zips (3-2) in DeKalb is just no longer a surprise. Maybe the surprise is that the Zips still have a better conference record than UT, and the only 4-1 teams are Can't, BGSU and WMU.

NIU 64, Zips 61

Can't 67, UT 60

CMU 84, UB 73

OU 82, BSU 73

WMU 69, MU 58

BGSU 74, EMU 58

EAST

Can't 4-1

BGSU 4-1

Zips 3-2

UB 3-2
MU 1-4

OU 1-4

WEST

WMU 4-1

CMU 3-2

UT 2-3

BSU 2-3

NIU 2-3

EMU 1-4

Saturday's matchups include:

3-2 Zips @ 4-1 WMU

4-1 Can't @ 2-3 BSU

3-2 UB @ 1-4 OU

1-4 UM @ 2-3 NIU

1-4 EMU @ 3-2 CMU

4-1 BGSU @ 2-3 UT

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Upset of the night has to be Can't (4-1) over Toledo (2-3) as NIU (2-3) over the Zips (3-2) in DeKalb is just no longer a surprise. Maybe the surprise is that the Zips still have a better conference record than UT, and the only 4-1 teams are Can't, BGSU and WMU.

And the Zips beat two of those 4-1 teams pretty badly. Saturday's game at WMU should be revealing about the real potential of this team.

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Upset of the night has to be Can't (4-1) over Toledo (2-3) as NIU (2-3) over the Zips (3-2) in DeKalb is just no longer a surprise. Maybe the surprise is that the Zips still have a better conference record than UT, and the only 4-1 teams are Can't, BGSU and WMU.

Can't was at home and favored.

OU winning in Muncie is probably the biggest surprise of the night....or UA.

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Can't was at home and favored. ...

Can't was likely favored at home because recently they've been over-performing and Toledo has been under-performing. I still consider it to be an upset because Toledo has more talent and is more likely to prevail as the season goes on. Having said that, Can't can no longer be taken lightly. In fact, for the Zips, no MAC team can be taken lightly, even cellar dwellers OU and EMU.

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Can't was likely favored at home because recently they've been over-performing and Toledo has been under-performing. I still consider it to be an upset because Toledo has more talent and is more likely to prevail as the season goes on.

Odds are based on one game, at that particular time. Ken+ was favored to win at home against Toledo and did, no upset. Now in your mind, it may be, but of course in your mind Al Gore might be the 43rd president of the United States.

NIU upset the Zips because Akron was favored. In my mind, with a 7 game road losing streak...eight seemed pretty likely. Nice time to check out the money line.

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Odds are based on one game, at that particular time. Ken+ was favored to win at home against Toledo and did, no upset. Now in your mind, it may be, but of course in your mind Al Gore might be the 43rd president of the United States.

NIU upset the Zips because Akron was favored. In my mind, with a 7 game road losing streak...eight seemed pretty likely. Nice time to check out the money line.

+160 thank you very much

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My life doesn't revolve around bookies. In this case they called the Can't-Toledo game right and I called the Zips-NIU game right. But since my definition of upset upsets some, I'll refrain from using the word in future posts and everyone can continue to rely on their favorite bookie for that part of the results. :lol:

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My life doesn't revolve around bookies. In this case they called the Can't-Toledo game right and I called the Zips-NIU game right. But since my definition of upset upsets some, I'll refrain from using the word in future posts and everyone can continue to rely on their favorite bookie for that part of the results. :lol:

I wasn't upset...I was simply saying that Cant was favored and there were different surprises last night.

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Pick your own upsets or go with the bookies -- your choice. I found it interesting that OU beat UB at the buzzer in Athens and UT struggled to edge BGSU in Toledo. When it was all over, Can't remains the only MAC team without at least 2 losses and EMU the only team without at least 2 wins. Looks like the MAC is wide open, especially considering that Can't has a lot of tough away games coming up after Tuesday.

Zips 71, WMU 69

Can't 63, BSU 52

OU 63, UB 61

UT 71, BGSU 67

CMU 65, EMU 51

MU 60, NIU 55

EAST

Can't 5-1

Zips 4-2

BGSU 4-2

UB 3-3
OU 2-4

MU 2-4

WEST

WMU 4-2

CMU 4-2

UT 3-3

BSU 2-4

NIU 2-4

EMU 1-5

Tuesday's matchups include:

2-4 BSU @ 4-2 Zips

4-2 CMU @ 5-1 Can't

4-2 WMU @ 3-3 UB

2-4 NIU @ 4-2 BGSU

2-4 MU @ 3-3 UT

2-4 OU @ 1-5 EMU

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Pick your own upsets or go with the bookies -- your choice.

Realize both and you'll discover moneyline 101 young Skywalker. Hint, KD is the goose that laid the golden egg, but there are other great opportunities in the Mac yearly.

Bobcats beat UB on last second Ndour slam dunk featured on Sports Center this morning. Athens goes crazy as Maurice Ndour scored a career-high 31 points, including the game-winning dunk with 0.6 seconds to play, and Ohio beat Buffalo 63-61 on Saturday.

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The West turned into a big hot mess tonight with 3 teams tied for the lead at 4-3 and 3 teams tied for the cellar at 2-5. Meanwhile Can't still rules the East with the Zips and BGSU in hot pursuit and UB lurking.

Zips 59, BSU 47

Can't 63, CMU 53

BGSU 56, NIU 46

UB 77, WMU 71

EMU 76, OU 40

UT 70, UM 65

EAST

Can't 6-1

Zips 5-2

BGSU 5-2

UB 4-3
OU 2-5

MU 2-5

WEST

WMU 4-3

CMU 4-3

UT 4-3

BSU 2-5

NIU 2-5

EMU 2-5

Friday's matchup is:

6-1 Can't @ 4-3 Buffalo

Saturday's matchups include:

5-2 Zips @ 5-2 BGSU

4-3 UT @ 2-5 NIU

2-5 OU @ 4-3 CMU

4-3 WMU @ 2-5 EMU

2-5 BSU @ 2-5 MU

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UB exposes Can't. The winner of tonight's Zips-BGSU game will be tied for MAC East leader and best overall record in the MAC.

UB 80, Can't 55

EAST

Can't 6-2

Zips 5-2

BGSU 5-2

UB 5-3
OU 2-5

MU 2-5

WEST

WMU 4-3

CMU 4-3

UT 4-3

BSU 2-5

NIU 2-5

EMU 2-5

Saturday's matchups include:

5-2 Zips @ 5-2 BGSU

4-3 UT @ 2-5 NIU

2-5 OU @ 4-3 CMU

4-3 WMU @ 2-5 EMU

2-5 BSU @ 2-5 MU

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Zips now tied for best record in the MAC with a shot at taking over sole leadership Wednesday if they can beat OU in Athens and if Can't loses at WMU.

Zips 69, BGSU 68

EMU 69, WMU 63

UT 80, NIU 69

CMU 74, OU 69

UM 79, BSU 73

EAST

Zips 6-2

Can't 6-2

UB 5-3

BGSU 5-3

MU 3-5

OU 2-6

WEST

UT 5-3

CMU 5-3

WMU 4-4

EMU 3-5

BSU 2-6

NIU 2-6

Wednesday's matchups:

6-2 Zips @ 2-6 OU

6-2 Can't @ 4-4 WMU

5-3 BGSU @ 5-3 CMU

3-5 EMU @ 5-3 UT

5-3 UB @ 2-6 BSU

2-6 NIU @ 3-5 MU

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