Blue & Gold Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 10 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: Taking a step back a bit ... it seems whenever there is a dominant team in the MAC over the years be it Kent or Buffalo or even the Zips, they are somehow portrayed around the league a classless, and/or thuggish, arrogant and more. Truth be told, it takes a bit of swagger and physicality to dominate and that almost always comes out on the defensive end. The season is not even half over yet. Certainly not time to crown any team yet. As someone noted above, Kent didn't start rolling until February last year and were very ordinary before that. If this is their year, so be it. The tournament is still the deciding factor in the end. Just ask Toledo ... or look at the Zips. No need to trash the opposition, no matter who it is. Just play ball. Loyola Marymount looks pretty good today, right! Nope. KSUcks men's basketball has developed a long and illustrious tradition of dickheadery. At KSUcks that tradition apparently never graduates, it just reloads. Could anyone imagine high-character guys like Enrique, Sammy, Tribble, or Hankerson... just to mention a few... on the KSU team?! They'd be absolutely miserable. Thank God for Groce. Something about his character attracts a distinctly different caliber of person than whatever is wrong with the dysfunctional (I won't say degenerate) culture over at PCCC. 2 2 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Nope. KSUcks men's basketball has developed a long and illustrious tradition of dickheadery. At KSUcks that tradition apparently never graduates, it just reloads. Could anyone imagine high-character guys like Enrique, Sammy, Tribble, or Hankerson... just to mention a few... on the KSU team?! They'd be absolutely miserable. Thank God for Groce. Something about his character attracts a distinctly different caliber of person than whatever is wrong with the dysfunctional (I won't say degenerate) culture over at PCCC. The Zips players are tough as nails and I hold no misconceptions that they are perfect angels on and off court and in the lockerroom. And the Kostelac incident was a black eye. But the Flashes are low hanging fruit on this issue. 2 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: Nope. KSUcks men's basketball has developed a long and illustrious tradition of dickheadery. At KSUcks that tradition apparently never graduates, it just reloads. Could anyone imagine high-character guys like Enrique, Sammy, Tribble, or Hankerson... just to mention a few... on the KSU team?! They'd be absolutely miserable. Thank God for Groce. Something about his character attracts a distinctly different caliber of person than whatever is wrong with the dysfunctional (I won't say degenerate) culture over at PCCC. Just recently they’ve had: The embarrassment last year Pippen beating the s*** out of Justin Hamilton in the team hotel during the 2021 tournament Jaylin Walker getting in a bar fight to be suspended for senior night And also last year, an assistant coach’s nephew (Sullinger) got an OVI then played in the MAC title game shortly after And Pinky’s presser after the ass-kicking Groce put on them last year was pathetic. Took ZERO accountability for the incident(s) from last year or any of the prior junk. The inmates run the asylum over there. No matter what happens in 2023, I will forever feel better for what we have than that joke of a successful college basketball program. I’m proud to be an Akron Zip, now more than ever. Beat WMU. 3 Quote
zippy5 Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 13 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: Taking a step back a bit ... it seems whenever there is a dominant team in the MAC over the years be it Kent or Buffalo or even the Zips, they are somehow portrayed around the league a classless, and/or thuggish, arrogant and more. Truth be told, it takes a bit of swagger and physicality to dominate and that almost always comes out on the defensive end. The season is not even half over yet. Certainly not time to crown any team yet. As someone noted above, Kent didn't start rolling until February last year and were very ordinary before that. If this is their year, so be it. The tournament is still the deciding factor in the end. Just ask Toledo ... or look at the Zips. No need to trash the opposition, no matter who it is. Just play ball. Loyola Marymount looks pretty good today, right! All good points, but there's always a need to trash Kent Quote
1981 grad Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 My season tickets are close to the floor and I have seen some puckish behavior by Zips players in years past but not this year. Groce had recruited some great guys and you could not ask for a better role model than Freeman. During one of our games an opposing player got into our huddle and the players handled it well. Kent had a tech called on them on Friday although it was not clear what happened. 1 Quote
ZippyRulz Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 19 hours ago, 1981 grad said: Kent had a tech called on them on Friday although it was not clear what happened. Puckish behavior most likely. Or punkish.. 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Buffalo up 19 at Muncie. Could be one of those nights in the MAC. Quote
GoZips4824 Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Emoni Bates has scored 29 straight points for the Eagles in the first half while facing Toledo, slightly better than the show he put on against the Zips 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Just now, GoZips4824 said: Emoni Bates has scored 29 straight points for the Eagles in the first half while facing Toledo, slightly better than the show he put on against the Zips It helps that Toledo doesn't play defense. Quote
GoZips4824 Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: It helps that Toledo doesn't play defense. That I cannot argue Quote
LZIp Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Larry seems like he’s kind of a punk. Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Kent currently trailing 77-72 with 2 minutes left at Dekalb. Like I said before, I'm glad Akron avoided having to go there this year 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Posted January 25, 2023 KSUCKS LOSES BY 10 AT NIU! fInAl FoUr TeAm 2 2 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Just now, kreed5120 said: 86-76 NIU final ...and I thought the zips had a rough night. Quote
GoZips4824 Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Consider me surprised, not invincible after all Quote
NWAkron Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 And just like that... I watched the end of that game and Ravenna didn't execute and Santiago couldn't bail them out. NIU's Coit had 32 points. Toledo held off Bates (who is probably happy he got to show off on national TV and not too upset about the loss) Quote
1981 grad Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Yikes! I never expected Kent to lose. So, as bad as we played tonight we are tied for first? Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 Man, I’m heartbroken to read that Kent lost. That team is a stand-up group and it pained me to watch the end of that game. Hopefully they don’t meet NIU in the Elite Eight when they go for their 50th win of the season. I hear Bama is going to interview Sendy for when Saban retires. I’m so so sorry! 1 Quote
zipsrule Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 24 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: ...and I thought the zips had a rough night. How true. Even an ugly win is still a win. 1 Quote
MDZip Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: Yikes! I never expected Kent to lose. So, as bad as we played tonight we are tied for first? Quote
NWAkron Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 DeKalb is the Bermuda Triangle of MAC basketball. 1 3 Quote
Hilltopper Posted January 25, 2023 Report Posted January 25, 2023 NIU is a graveyard for overconfident MAC East teams. 2 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Hilltopper said: NIU is a graveyard for overconfident MAC East teams. I had KSUcks/NIU Under 156.5 tonight in a parlay. Figured KSUcks would be good for 70-80, and their "top notch D" would be good to hold NIU to less than 70. Should've known those pompous, arrogant, cocky punks wouldn't get up for this one. 19 leg parlay and they are most likely going to be the only miss (barring an insane shooting performance from Wyoming/UNLV). Edited January 25, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote
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