Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 18 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Akron beat 118 (Buffalo), 75 (Toledo), and 123 (KSUcks) to win the MAC. We're a 13 seed all day. A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyolcrowe Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Game is @ 9:50pm on TBS rush the court posted the start times Edited March 14, 2022 by dirtyolcrowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 Any ZipsNation bracket groups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, zipsrule said: Please, no 9:57 PM start time. They did not listen to me. 9:50 PM start time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: Any ZipsNation bracket groups? I'm in the process of making one. I'll create a new thread for it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 Would it really have upset the the delicate balance of the bracket if the Zips played Providence in Buffalo and S Dakota State played UCLA? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 40 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: Would it really have upset the the delicate balance of the bracket if the Zips played Providence in Buffalo and S Dakota State played UCLA? Other than SDState has the better resume than Akron. Zips play at 9.50pm. SD State plays at 12:40pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 minute ago, NWAkron said: Other than SDState has the better resume than Akron. Zips play at 9.50pm. SD State plays at 12:40pm Maybe, but when you get down to a 14 vs a 14 seed there can't be that much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, ewbrooman1 said: Would it really have upset the the delicate balance of the bracket if the Zips played Providence in Buffalo and S Dakota State played UCLA? Having beaten any one of Fordham, Appalachian State, WMU, or NIU AT HOME certainly would have helped the committee see this differently. Gotta win games against weak competition, especially on your own court. Great season overall though, and there's no reason we can't win a game or two in Portland. Buffalo would have been much more convenient for traveling fans, but are you really surprised we play at 10PM EST in Portland?! Edited March 14, 2022 by UAZipster0305 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 13 hours ago, dirtyolcrowe said: Game is @ 9:50pm on TBS rush the court posted the start times I'll be home from work by then. Unless there's one more Snowmageddon this winter. 🌨️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, UAZipster0305 said: Having beaten any one of Fordham, Appalachian State, WMU, or NIU AT HOME certainly would have helped the committee see this differently. Gotta win games against weak competition, especially on your own court. Great season overall though, and there's no reason we can't win a game or two in Portland. Buffalo would have been much more convenient for traveling fans, but are you really surprised we play at 10PM EST in Portland?! Who knows if we even make the tournament had we beaten those teams. Those losses led to Trimble and Walton leaving. The team jelled after those departures. I do agree in a normal year we need to beat those teams, but this year I think we needed to hit rock bottom in order for us to achieve what we did. Edited March 14, 2022 by kreed5120 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, kreed5120 said: Who knows if we even make the tournament had we beaten those teams. Those losses led to Trimble and Walton leaving. The team jelled after those departures. I do agree in a normal year we need to beat those teams, but this year I think we needed to hit rock bottom in order for us to achieve what we did. Agreed. The stars have aligned in such a strange way. With 350+ programs I obviously know little of college basketball history in the grand scheme of things, but where else has a team ever gotten so much better after losing players of those caliber? I’d be surprised if that list included more than just a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Agreed. The stars have aligned in such a strange way. With 350+ programs I obviously know little of college basketball history in the grand scheme of things, but where else has a team ever gotten so much better after losing players of those caliber? I’d be surprised if that list included more than just a few. I heartily agree with this and with kreed5120's original point. I might add however that the lopsided win at BG may have delayed the 2nd exodus. It was obvious Groce wanted to be as patient as possible during the middle part of the season waiting for Trimble to break out of his slump. When Bryan caught fire with that unreal 33 point explosion of threes, it briefly APPEARED as though coach's patience was being rewarded. In retrospect, it turned out to be mere fool's gold. In my view, that makes the late season coming together even that more remarkable - it had to happen over such a compressed time period. It's extremely impressive no matter how you look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 5 hours ago, johnnyzip84 said: I heartily agree with this and with kreed5120's original point. I might add however that the lopsided win at BG may have delayed the 2nd exodus. It was obvious Groce wanted to be as patient as possible during the middle part of the season waiting for Trimble to break out of his slump. When Bryan caught fire with that unreal 33 point explosion of threes, it briefly APPEARED as though coach's patience was being rewarded. In retrospect, it turned out to be mere fool's gold. In my view, that makes the late season coming together even that more remarkable - it had to happen over such a compressed time period. It's extremely impressive no matter how you look at it. It is always good to hear from you JZ84. Now, you have to get football tix and get back to tailgating in Lot 9. I miss you and Keener at the football games. Go Zips!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Tje compete bracket seeding chart for those interested. You can see how we managed our way up to a 13 seed from what may have been a 14 earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Z.I.P. said: Tje compete bracket seeding chart for those interested. You can see how we managed our way up to a 13 seed from what may have been a 14 earlier. @Z.I.P. you lost me on this. huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 These are the rankings by the selection committee of every team in the field, and is used to determine seeding for the first round. Since there are four regions, just count down each four spots in the ranking to see the seed levels. ...... I just realized one thing from looking at the chart...Akron as a 13 seed should be ranked in the top 52...13x4. Does anyone have time to compare the chart rankings to the actual seedings? Something went wrong from mathematically. 🤔 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 31 minutes ago, Z.I.P. said: These are the rankings by the selection committee of every team in the field, and is used to determine seeding for the first round. Since there are four regions, just count down each four spots in the ranking to see the seed levels. ...... I just realized one thing from looking at the chart...Akron as a 13 seed should be ranked in the top 52...13x4. Does anyone have time to compare the chart rankings to the actual seedings? Something went wrong from mathematically. 🤔 lol One play in game for 11 seeds and one for 12 seeds should be why they are 54. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Only in NCAA basketball can an East bracket game be played in Portland and a West bracket game be played in Buffalo. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: Only in NCAA basketball can an East bracket game be played in Portland and a West bracket game be played in Buffalo. No wonder Pinky's moral compass is all jacked. Edited March 16, 2022 by Let'sGoZips94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 6:07 PM, clarkwgriswold said: Only in NCAA basketball can an East bracket game be played in Portland and a West bracket game be played in Buffalo. Agreed.. I like the way it used to be before the “pod system”... at the very least I liked seeing teams in the same 1/8 of the bracket playing in the same place. In our case Akron, UCLA, St Mary’s and Indiana all have to be there but in the old days the other four teams playing in that arena would have been on the bracket of whom you would have met in the Sweet Sixteen. Also the courts all looked different depending on where you were so it was easier to visualize who would play who the next weekend if they made it through this weekend without having to always refer back to the bracket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 10:59 AM, UAZipster0305 said: Having beaten any one of Fordham, Appalachian State, WMU, or NIU AT HOME certainly would have helped the committee see this differently. Gotta win games against weak competition, especially on your own court. Great season overall though, and there's no reason we can't win a game or two in Portland. Buffalo would have been much more convenient for traveling fans, but are you really surprised we play at 10PM EST in Portland?! We are not a program that catches many breaks with respect to location or times in postseason basketball. I am not saying we should be, but I do get a little irritated when I see someone like Ohio State, who is not a top 4 seed, playing in Pittsburgh which is literally the closest venue to them that is hosting. I thought only top 4s were “protected”. That is why I am always saying there is a big difference between being a 12 and a 13. At least the NCAA is not as bad as the NIT has been to us in the past with respect to times and locations. Playing at OSU when all our metrics were better and putting it on a Tuesday night after three brutal games in Cleveland the prior weekend while the Buckeyes had been off since the prior Wednesday was tough. Even worse was the year we went to Philadelphia to play Temple in the NIT opening round on a Tuesday, we upset the Owls, and had to play in Omaha against Creighton, who had an opening round bye, in the first round 48 hours later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 My brackets looked great until that first game went final 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Big conferences win the first two games. Zips didn't get Providence in Buffalo...maybe that was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 South Dakota State was a 45% 3PT shooting team on the season. They shot 30% from 3 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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