kreed5120 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) 14 minutes ago, akronzips71 said: This appears to be incorrect, unless there is some reason the UT arena is not available on Monday If you click on his tweet you'll see he said UT-Arl arena is under renovation. The TV broadcasters however said winner of BYU-UTA hosts Akron. We'll find out whose right if this score holds. Edited March 16, 2017 by kreed5120 Quote
akronzips71 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 10 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: If you click on his tweet you'll see he said UT-Arl arena is under renovation. The TV broadcasters however said winner of BYU-UTA hosts Akron. We'll find out whose right if this score holds. That is why I said it. Because they said it TV. They may play someplace else during the renovation, for sure they did not just start the construction on Sat after the conference championship. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Home or Away doesn't matter to me. However, I have a gut feeling Zips would have better chance playing at BYU rather than UTA. Edited March 16, 2017 by NWAkron Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 TV is saying we'll be playing Monday at Arlington at 8PM. The 1, 2, and 3 seeds in our region have all lost. Quote
mes102 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 UT-Arlington MBB Twitter says they're hosting Monday. Quote
ZippyforPresident Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 UT Arlington section @ BYU chanting "we want Akron" at the end of their game. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I desperately want to hang an NIT Champions banner from the rafters at the JAR. Stoked on our win, lets keep it going! We are every bit as good of a team as the other 15 left. We just have to want it more. Quote
Z.I.P. Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 2 hours ago, akronzips71 said: This appears to be incorrect, unless there is some reason the UT arena is not available on Monday Seems so. Fran Fraschilla tweeted game Monday at Arlington. Thanks for raising our hopes, Joe. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 http://m.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/UH-knocked-out-of-NIT-s-first-round-by-Akron-11005250.php#item-39786 This should in this thread. A real article and not a staff report. Good photo of Akron huddle Quote
Joe Akron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 I always love going back and reading the messages left during the game. Amazing how many of my thoughts end up being posted by other Zip fans.. Quote
skip-zip Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 5 hours ago, ZippyforPresident said: UT Arlington section @ BYU chanting "we want Akron" at the end of their game. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I desperately want to hang an NIT Champions banner from the rafters at the JAR. Whoa there Zippy. Like I said yesterday, it seems that we're all pretty equal in our bracket at this point. But we'll still have 2 road games and 2 MSG games. Long way to go. I think the spread between games is a real blessing for us. Especially for the Big Dog. Shouldn't have any fatigue problems now. Gosh, what a difference in energy between last year's NIT game and this year. HUGE difference between playing on Wednesday this year, and Tuesday last year. Quote
tboned Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 At first I didn't give a hoot about us being in the NIT, but after giving it some thought, I think us playing in Texas against Houston is a big plus for our program. We get some free press coverage from an area where we are heavily recruiting. Winning the game is YUGE! We really need a few tournament wins. In any tournament!!!!!!!!!! Let's get another W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote
zipfan84 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 30 free throw attempts (and 23 makes)! Huge impact on the outcome. Amazing what attacking the rim can do for you. Keep it up Zips! Quote
zippy5 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 12 minutes ago, tboned said: At first I didn't give a hoot about us being in the NIT, but after giving it some thought, I think us playing in Texas against Houston is a big plus for our program. We get some free press coverage from an area where we are heavily recruiting. Winning the game is YUGE! We really need a few tournament wins. In any tournament!!!!!!!!!! Let's get another W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a good point. Besides the fact that it was nice for our H-Town players to get a win in their hometown, what a better way to help recruiting than to beat the hometown team in their backyard? Quote
NWAkron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 The elimination on the one and bonus help the team with free throws? 1 Quote
skip-zip Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) 37 minutes ago, tboned said: Winning the game is YUGE! We really need a few tournament wins. In any tournament!!!!!!!!!! Winning ANY games against ANY prominent basketball program is what we need. NIT, NCAA, Regular Season or Holiday Tournament. It doesn't matter. We just need to beat some people. Our side of the bracket is looking so sweet right now. The 2nd round games are #6 vs. #7 and #4 vs. #8. And still a chance that we can get a 3rd round home game?? That would be incredible. Does anyone know yet if #8 Cal Bakersfield will play their game before us on Monday? Wow. If they pull off another upset, that would sure light a fire under our a$$es to win and get the home game. Edited March 16, 2017 by skip-zip Quote
zipfan84 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, NWAkron said: The elimination on the one and bonus help the team with free throws? Quite likely. I certainly didn't see any 'hack-a-dog' last night. However, I think our style of play, being more aggressive to the hoop, was the more dominant factor. Quote
skip-zip Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 19 minutes ago, NWAkron said: The elimination on the one and bonus help the team with free throws? It takes all of the pressure off of that first shot. No doubt. Quote
zippyfan34 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 23 minutes ago, skip-zip said: That would be incredible. Does anyone know yet if #8 Cal Bakersfield will play their game before us on Monday? Wow. If they pull off another upset, that would sure light a fire under our a$$es to win and get the home game. No, they play at 11pm EST. So after our victory we will need to shower and get on a plane and watch the ending to see if we start heading Northeast or Northwest. Quote
skip-zip Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, zippyfan34 said: No, they play at 11pm EST. So after our victory we will need to shower and get on a plane and watch the ending to see if we start heading Northeast or Northwest. Damn. I wish we would know the result of that game before we played. I thought that was probably unlikely with that game being played out West. Now I wonder if that's possible to start flying, and change our flight plan mid-flight? I'd think we might just stay in Texas until Tuesday morning and fly one direction or the other. Edited March 16, 2017 by skip-zip 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 Some love from the Kittens. Doubt we will be as generous towards Ravenna State. http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPage=1&ForumPID=1&PID=232198 Quote
1981 grad Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 1 hour ago, NWAkron said: The elimination on the one and bonus help the team with free throws? I think it did. I don't know if there is a stat but it seems that because of our poor foul shooting that we miss the first shot on the one on one and it turns into a wasted possession at the end of the game. Great rule for us! Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Some love from the Kittens. Doubt we will be as generous towards Ravenna State. http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPage=1&ForumPID=1&PID=232198 I may be in the minority, but I will NEVER understanding supporting a rival. I don't like how sports have become so buddy-buddy. I nearly throw up listening to LeBron talk about how the Warriors are a rival and such. I just want someone to turn into Jackie Moon and yell, "SOMEBODY HIT SOMEBODY!" Me personally, I wish nothing but losses for Can't, OU, Miami, and Buffalo. That being said, I do respect OU and Buffalo for turning down the CBI/CIT/Vegas tournaments. Not sure how any school can justify spending the money on those meaningless tournaments anymore. Edited March 16, 2017 by lilroodude 2 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 I think they should implement the old NBA 3 to make 2 free throw rule! Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 Just to be the contrarian, a run by any MAC team would be good for the MAC. That's the kind of visibility a conference needs to be on the radar for at large berths. 4 Quote
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