The Hip Zip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: Because the way Kd plays a team oriented game with an emphasis on defense, I cannot remember the last time anyone scored 33 or more points in a game. I tried looking it up but could not find an answer so I will throw out this question to someone who has a higher Zip IQ than me. Who was the last Zip to score 33 or more in a single game? Just a guess but maybe D Tarver?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Last night it was like taking candy from a baby for Big Dog when he got the ball down low. The CMU fans seated behind me kept screaming for the double team but Keno wouldn't do it so Dog made them pay. When KD took him out of the game late in the second half he was not happy, shaking his head saying No when he saw E-man at the scorers table. After sitting for about 2 minutes and watching CMU make a run he got up on his own and walked to the scorers table to be put back in the game. Both Dog and Chop showed great senior leadership last night. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 35 minutes ago, The Hip Zip said: Just a guess but maybe D Tarver?? Rome Trav on his Senior Night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 41 minutes ago, zippyfan34 said: If Rischaun Holmes can make it I think Kwan has a chance NBA? Enjoying Kwan's improvement this year a little too much? Go for it. Holmes has all the physical tools, and had the numbers. Hard to compare him at all to a guy who just reached 10 pts. and 6 rebounds per game. I'd unfortunately have to rate Kwan's chances at zero right now, unless he has a remarkable last 15 games of his career. But I love what he's done during his career to become a bigger contributor for the Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Kwan will get paid, no doubt, but probably in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 http://www.themorningsun.com/sports/20170110/indefensible-central-michigan-unable-to-get-key-stops-in-loss-to-akron Quote “Nobody else in the league has Isaiah Johnson,” Davis said. “There are a lot of other good players, but when you have a player you can center your entire offense around and can go to on almost every offensive possession – we didn’t have the answer for that.” Would have figured that the nation's leading scorer would be exactly that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tboned Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Nice win ! To win a road game against a high quality opponent is BIG. As in BIG Dog! Baylor got wiped out by WVU at Morgantown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 54 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Rome Trav on his Senior Night? Best answer thus far, from 2007 against Bowling Green: "Zips senior forward Romeo Travis set a career high with 37 points in his final regular season home game. He did much of it at the foul line, making 16 of 23 free throws." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 58 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Rome Trav on his Senior Night? Didn't Brett McClanahan drop 30 at the JAR one night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 16 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: Best answer thus far, from 2007 against Bowling Green: "Zips senior forward Romeo Travis set a career high with 37 points in his final regular season home game. He did much of it at the foul line, making 16 of 23 free throws." And that would be the correct answer because I recall Reggie McAdams scoring 31 against CMU and under his GoZips bio it states he "came off the bench to score a career-high 31 points on 10-of-13 shooting (6-of-9 from 3-point range) and grabbed a career-high six boards in just 23 minutes against Central Michigan on Jan. 17 ... his 31-point performance was tied for the 11th-most by a MAC play during the 2014-15 season ... became the first by a Zip in 265 games to score at least 30 points in a game (37, Romeo Travis, Feb. 24, 2007)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, MDZip said: I recall Reggie McAdams scoring 31 against CMU I was just thinking about that game too. You found the numbers before I did. Nice job. I remember him going to the bench late in the game, and the crowd was chanting Reg-gie...Reg-gie. I thought I was at a 1977 Yankees game for a minute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, MDZip said: And that would be the correct answer because I recall Reggie McAdams scoring 31 against CMU and under his GoZips bio it states he "came off the bench to score a career-high 31 points on 10-of-13 shooting (6-of-9 from 3-point range) and grabbed a career-high six boards in just 23 minutes against Central Michigan on Jan. 17 ... his 31-point performance was tied for the 11th-most by a MAC play during the 2014-15 season ... became the first by a Zip in 265 games to score at least 30 points in a game (37, Romeo Travis, Feb. 24, 2007)" I was thinking of that game but said the wrong guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks for verifying that it was Romeo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 19 minutes ago, tpsjugglerdude said: I was thinking of that game but said the wrong guy! Well Brett and Reggie did look an awful lot alike :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 hours ago, MDZip said: Well Brett and Reggie did look an awful lot alike :-) I remembered thinking that the first time I saw Reggie step on the court for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadszip Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, skip-zip said: NBA? Enjoying Kwan's improvement this year a little too much? Go for it. Holmes has all the physical tools, and had the numbers. Hard to compare him at all to a guy who just reached 10 pts. and 6 rebounds per game. I'd unfortunately have to rate Kwan's chances at zero right now, unless he has a remarkable last 15 games of his career. But I love what he's done during his career to become a bigger contributor for the Zips. Don't rule it out that Kwan getting a shot at the NBA. It's not about the numbers with him, it's about what role he could bring to an NBA team; and as Channing Frye is showing, a 6-10 guy who can stretch the floor and knock down 3s is a very valuable commodity in the current landscape of the NBA. And Frye didn't become a 3-point shooter until he was 26 years old. Kwan is way ahead of Frye's development in that regard. Plus, even though Kwan is a senior, he is still 21 and doesn't turn 22 until August, so he's essentially the age of a lot of juniors and even some sophomores. That's not even considering he was like 6-2 up until his senior year, so it's not a huge surprise why it took him until his fourth year in the program to take off. I'm not saying that he will be drafted because that's still highly unlikely. But he is definitely (along with Big Dog) going to get a Summer League invite. I could see him showing enough to get a camp offer. In fact, I think the team that is most likely to bring him on in Summer League would be the Cavs. And since the Cavs only have like two total draft picks in the next four years, they are going to continue to try to develop an undrafted/low 2nd round guy who gets cut (IE, Deandre Liggins/Jordan McRae), especially since they need a player or two like that just for salary purposes and lessen the luxury tax bill. If nothing else, the Cavs could stash if in Canton and continue to develop him to be Frye's replacement down the road, since a LeBron James team is always going to have a 4 who can step out and hit 3s, and Frye is going to be a free agent after the 2018 season and will be 36 years old. Maybe by that point, a guy like Kwan could give the team 70-80 percent of what Frye could, but at a fraction of the salary. I'm just using the Cavs as an example since it's up the road and is a team where somebody like Kwan could fit. Here's some food for thought: http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/individual/621/p1 Above is the list of the the nation's 3-point made leaders per the NCAA. The cut-off is 34 made; Kwan has 33 so you can safely have him as the next person up who would be on the list. There is only one player taller than 6-10 on that list ... Arizona freshman Lauri Markkanen, who is a projected top 10 pick in this year's draft. After that, there is just one player 6-9, Arkansas sophomore D.J. Hogg, who draft express has rated the No 74 draft prospect (though draft express has Hogg listed at 6-8). After that, there is a five or so guys listed at 6-8, including Ohio's Kenny Kaminiski. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/individual/143/p1 Here is the leaders by percentage (you have to make 2.5 per game to qualify; Kwan is at 2.1 so isn't on the list). But his percentage of 42.9 percent would rank No. 39 in the country. Granted, I'm sure there are others who are also close to qualifying who would push Kwan down a bit if eligible. Still, I think if you put it at 2 made per game, Kwan would easily stay in the top 75. Bottom line, Kwan has developed into a pretty elite 3-pointer shooter at the college level, and is at the elite of the elite when it comes to players 6-9 or taller. Again, there he has just two peers in Markkanen, a sure-fire lotto pick and Hogg (likely drafted when he declares, I'm guessing after next season since the 2017 draft looks deep and the 2018 draft not as much. P.S. since I mentioned Big Dog. I absolutely think he also lands on a Summer League roster, but not sure if he can make a team in this NBA landscape, where back-to-the-basket post players are being phased out unless they are elite rim protectors (which Dog isn't). The one thing Big Dog has going for him is his passing ability. That would be the reason he has a slim chance at making an NBA roster. If nothing else, I could see him going to Europe and being a monster over there for one of the top tier teams. Actually, one final thing for anybody looking at stats to try to determine whether somebody could play in the NBA. Look no further than former Kent State center John Edwards, who managed to play in 65 NBA games over two seasons despite averaging 2/3/7 points per game in his first three yeas and then 13 points per game in his "breakout" senior season. Was he drafted on college numbers? Not a chance, but it was that he fit a role ... in his case as a 7-footer in the mid 2000s where just being 7-foot put you on the radar. In Kwan's case, him being 6-10 with a 3-point shot currently puts him in the John Edwards realm as far as what NBA teams are now looking for. Edited January 12, 2017 by wadszip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MDZip Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Holy cow Marcus Keene went for 50 against Miami tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Have the Zips seen the last of Keene this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Z Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Booooooooooooooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 ........and the CMU Chippewas have been mathematically eliminated from contention for a MAC title in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Good luck to him. I think he's Kay Felder without the overall skills, but I wish him well as his success would be good for the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 When is the last time - if ever - a MAC player chose to forgo their senior season and declare for the NBA Draft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, lilroodude said: When is the last time - if ever - a MAC player chose to forgo their senior season and declare for the NBA Draft? I think Chris Kamen only played 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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