Dr Z Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Zips are a nine point favorite. No. 12 Bowling Green vs. No. 1 Akron, 6:30 p.m. ET (BCSN/TWCS/ESPN3) Greg Franke (PxP), Steve Mix (Color), Marisa Contipelli (Sideline) Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 I say Zips find their rhythm from 3 again and win by 15. Quote
RowdyZip Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 The biggest challenge with this game is to not look past BG to our potential championship matchup. BG is looking to ignore history and prove themselves. Looking at their boards, they want to "ignore the last 12 years" and beat UA. You can bet their team is thinking the same. I'd love to see a huge lead early and rest for some of the guys who were banged up yesterday (Antino, Reggie, Jake). On the plus side, we're 6-0 vs remaining teams! Quote
MDZip Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Zips have got to win this one. The irony of losing as a 1 seed to the first 12 seed to ever make the semis and having beaten them for pretty much every game of the 21st century would just be too much to take. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Gotta jump on them early. They're playing well right now with two upsets in a row. Gotta take their confidence away and establish that this game is going to end just like every other game against Akron. 1 Quote
zipsrule Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Let's hope the fact that this is BG's 3rd game in 5 days catches up with them. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 All positive energy today!! We will win. Losing to BG is not an option. Time for the clock to strike midnight on this Cinderella. Quote
MDZip Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 38 minutes ago, NWAkron said: All positive energy today!! We will win. Losing to BG is not an option. Time for the clock to strike midnight on this Cinderella. Quote
The Hip Zip Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Thirty lashes to the first guy that says it's tough to beat a team 3 times in a season. It's one of the biggest myths in sports. Edited March 11, 2016 by The Hip Zip Quote
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 47 minutes ago, The Hip Zip said: Thirty lashes to the first guy that says it's tough to beat a team 3 times in a season. It's one of the biggest myths in sports. 30 lashes to this guy: 47 minutes ago, The Hip Zip said: it's tough to beat a team 3 times in a season. 4 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 I haven't followed BG's little Cinderella run very closely. What has been the key to their success? Quote
NWAkron Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Thinking about it...considering they beat OU twice they probably aren't much of a Cinderella... In our little world of the MAC. Quote
bUAkronG Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, lilroodude said: I haven't followed BG's little Cinderella run very closely. What has been the key to their success? Antwon Lillard. Scored all 13 of his points against Kent in the second half, and went off for 26 yesterday including the game winning 3. I believe I heard the announcers say yesterday that he's a 21% 3 point shooter but he's playing with a lot of confidence the last 3 games(they almost won against Buffalo on the final game of the season, he scored 19 that game.) Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 1 minute ago, bUAkronG said: Antwon Lillard. Scored all 13 of his points against Kent in the second half, and went off for 26 yesterday including the game winning 3. I believe I heard the announcers say yesterday that he's a 21% 3 point shooter but he's playing with a lot of confidence the last 3 games(they almost won against Buffalo on the final game of the season, he scored 19 that game.) So it's a player who has gotten hot at the right time? What's the rest of the team doing? Quote
bUAkronG Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 1 minute ago, lilroodude said: So it's a player who has gotten hot at the right time? What's the rest of the team doing? Playing hard enough to not get down big and stay in the game. Part of what helped BG yesterday was CMU going 4-10 from the FT line down the stretch. Quote
The Hip Zip Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 24 minutes ago, lilroodude said: I haven't followed BG's little Cinderella run very closely. What has been the key to their success? Lots of luck and prayer. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, bUAkronG said: Playing hard enough to not get down big and stay in the game. Part of what helped BG yesterday was CMU going 4-10 from the FT line down the stretch. I figured some heart had to do something with it. And yeah, I listened to the end and the CMU announcers were complaining about their FT shooting. Thank you for the responses! Like I said, I haven't followed their little run very closely and was wondering if the key(s) to their success is something we can stop. Quote
bUAkronG Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, lilroodude said: I figured some heart had to do something with it. And yeah, I listened to the end and the CMU announcers were complaining about their FT shooting. Thank you for the responses! Like I said, I haven't followed their little run very closely and was wondering if the key(s) to their success is something we can stop. yes, absolutely. Come out of the gate and snuff them out before they can get any momentum. Get them down early and they will be out of the game before it even starts. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 1 minute ago, bUAkronG said: yes, absolutely. Come out of the gate and snuff them out before they can get any momentum. Get them down early and they will be out of the game before it even starts. Pretty much. Yesterday's Akron game could be like the 2010 soccer team's loss to CSU. The basketball team survived, but I hope it's a wake up call for the rest of the tournament and I hope they come out tonight firing on all cylinders. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 At some point in the post season you know a 3 point shooting team is going to have an off shooting night. You just hope on those nights that you can find some other way to win and not let it cost you your season. The Zips managed to survive to live another day. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 Lillard is a real player. I saw him play at Cleveland Central Catholic. Late in the state championship game last year he threw down a huge dunk but was called for a technical for hanging on the rim, which ended up in a tie which they lost in OT. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 An All-East division final four. Parity? Someone wrote that we are 6-0 against the remaining teams. Ohio beat Buffalo twice. BG beat Ohio twice. Buffalo beat BG twice Akron beat all of them twice. What that means? I have no idea. 1 Quote
Z.I.P. Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Dr Z said: Zips are a nine point favorite. No. 12 Bowling Green vs. No. 1 Akron, 6:30 p.m. ET (BCSN/TWCS/ESPN3) Greg Franke (PxP), Steve Mix (Color), Marisa Contipelli (Sideline) I may just turn off the audio! Can't get worse than listening to those clowns! This website makes us a 85.5% favorite to win today, 58% chance of winning the MAC, AND a 50/50 shot of getting an at-large selection if we lose @Cleveland! And they project Akron as a 10 seed! https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/matchup/falcons-zips-2016-03-11/efficiency/?utm_campaign=autoemails&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ncb_postgame_projections_update&utm_content=20160311&utm_term=Akron Edited March 11, 2016 by Z.I.P. Quote
LZIp Posted March 12, 2016 Report Posted March 12, 2016 Sleptwalked through a lot of that 1st half. Would be losing if BG didn't suck. Quote
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