clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2022 Report Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) The 7-7 Muncie Redbirds fresh off of a 78-72 win over Eastern Michigan come to the JAR Tuesday to face the Zips. 6-1 sophomore guard Luke Brumbalough leads the Cards at 12.4 ppg. 6-2 sophomore guard Tyler Cochran is second in scoring at 11.4 ppg while pulling down 5.6 rpg. 6-9 freshman center Payton Sparks scores 10.5 ppg while leading the team in rebounding at 6.2 rpg. They were predicted to finish 8th in the MAC in the MAC preseason poll. Three Man Weave summarized Ball State as follows: “There is a noticeable lack of talent on the roster and an absence of a true creator and/or go-to scorer. Whitford might have a solid floor as a head coach, but this could conceivably be his worst team since 2014-15, the last time he finished outside the KenPom top 200.” Edited January 9, 2022 by clarkwgriswold Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Posted January 9, 2022 I have two extra tickets for this one if anyone is interested. Shoot me a PM. Quote
zipsrowdy88 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Posted January 9, 2022 Pray this game goes off with no COVID issues! Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Posted January 9, 2022 I have doubts this game gets played. I'm not sure what the MAC guidelines are for a player returning after a positive test, but we only had Trimble out against Ohio so that means we had a lot of positive tests some point after. Our last outbreak we went 16 days without a game. Seems odd we can have an outbreak and get back in under 7 days for the next game. Quote
NWAkron Posted January 9, 2022 Report Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, kreed5120 said: I have doubts this game gets played. I'm not sure what the MAC guidelines are for a player returning after a positive test, but we only had Trimble out against Ohio so that means we had a lot of positive tests some point after. Our last outbreak we went 16 days without a game. Seems odd we can have an outbreak and get back in under 7 days for the next game. I agree with this assessment. I would think they would want to know like today so they can maybe throw Ball State into a game with NIU if Western Michigan also has a covid problem. Would add that the 16 days may be deceiving since that carried over the holidays. But still... Edited January 9, 2022 by NWAkron Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Posted January 9, 2022 Not holding my breath on this one happening. Quote
NWAkron Posted January 9, 2022 Report Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: Not holding my breath on this one happening. We should know about the time the double decker is ready to leave Muncie for points East. Quote
zipsrowdy88 Posted January 10, 2022 Report Posted January 10, 2022 It appears we are off to the races here! This game is a massive one. First off, a win post covid is huge. Second, they are not a great team and we cannot afford any bad losses. Third, we have arguably our largest game of the season at Kent next up. Need momentum. 1 Quote
The Hip Zip Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Brumbalough is a tough little guy that gives it everything he has out there. What the Card's lack in talent, they make up by being scrappy. This game should have our full attention. Edited January 11, 2022 by The Hip Zip Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 Trimble is available tonight. 2 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 I'm interested to see Luke Brown play. His high scoring game so far this year was 6 points -v- Illinois State. 1 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Trimble is available tonight. Trimble in and Ali out? Our friends in Muncie think Whitford and the Cards will be buried tonight but at this Barberton diner they aren't so sure. Seriously, though, it's tough for any MAC team to win twice in a row on the road. They also have a good win over BG. Edited January 11, 2022 by NWAkron Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 27 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Trimble in and Ali out? Ali out? Is that word on the street? If true that's a big piece of the puzzle that'll be missing. 😕 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Ali out? Is that word on the street? If true that's a big piece of the puzzle that'll be missing. 😕 or maybe that's just click bait for the looky loos from Over the Pylon. 1 Quote
zipsrowdy88 Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 I'm seeing nothing regarding Ali Ali being out tonight. Where are you guys seeing this stuff? 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, zipsrowdy88 said: I'm seeing nothing regarding Ali Ali being out tonight. Where are you guys seeing this stuff? sorry. that was just a random refererence. the article said they might not be at full strength tonight. Quote
Dr Z Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 "In one regard there are reasons to be optimistic. Trimble will be available against the Cardinals Tuesday night." Source: George M. Thomas Akron Beacon Journal Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 Wouldn't shock me if someone is out. Hopefully they can be at full strength by the end of the week. If they can beat Buffalo without Trimble, by double digits even, they should be able to take out Balls Tate without another key contributor. I like the make up of this team, it's far less dependent on getting scoring from one guy like last year. I don't know if I saw anything come out about the MAC updating its protocols to 5 days of isolation + negative tests for positives. I'm hoping they did, since whatever cases popped up last week did on Thursday. That would make today or tomorrow the day that whoever that is would be back available. Hope everyone's okay. Go Zips! 3 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 I was there. wow, look how crowded it was. total fail by Whitford and the Cardinals. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted January 11, 2022 Author Report Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, LoyalZIP said: Wouldn't shock me if someone is out. Hopefully they can be at full strength by the end of the week. If they can beat Buffalo without Trimble, by double digits even, they should be able to take out Balls Tate without another key contributor. I like the make up of this team, it's far less dependent on getting scoring from one guy like last year. I don't know if I saw anything come out about the MAC updating its protocols to 5 days of isolation + negative tests for positives. I'm hoping they did, since whatever cases popped up last week did on Thursday. That would make today or tomorrow the day that whoever that is would be back available. Hope everyone's okay. Go Zips! Agreed LoyalZip, but the other side of that equation is that I am not sure they've established a "go to" guy yet. 1 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 Line opened at Akron -8.5, now down to Akron -7.5 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Line opened at Akron -8.5, now down to Akron -7.5 uh oh. Quote
AkronAlumnus Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 beat testicle state, I mean ball state ofc. I'll have a nice view from the lazy boy; I hope those of you going have a great time! Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, LoyalZIP said: Line opened at Akron -8.5, now down to Akron -7.5 Seems like a lot of points considering we don't even know who all for Akron is available. Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 11, 2022 Report Posted January 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: Seems like a lot of points considering we don't even know who all for Akron is available. Agreed, so do the bettors apparently. Quote
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