clarkwgriswold Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 The 3-0 Zips head off to the Cayman Islands Classic Basketball Tournament this weekend. The other teams competing in the tournament are Florida International (FIU), Drake, Utah State, Stephen F. Austin, Loyola Marymount, Oakland and Marshall. The tournament will be broadcast by FloSports. The Zips open on Sunday with FIU. FIU was ranked 7th of the 9 teams in the Conference USA preseason poll. 5'11" sophomore guard Arturo Dean was named to the preseason first team. As a freshman, Dean averaged 11.9 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, dished out a team-high 122 assists and played 29.7 minutes per game. He was the Freshman of the Year in the CUSA. This year he's leading the team with 11.7 ppg and 3.7 rpg. So far, they are 0-3 with losses to University of Miami, Tarleton State and Central Florida. If the Zips win they play the winner of Marshall/Utah State. 3 Quote
Reslife4Life Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 Winning and facing Utah State and maybe Drake in the finals would be huge. I hope the game in South Dakota got the team acclimated to long travel for these games 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 15, 2023 Author Report Posted November 15, 2023 Drake is the only other team in the tournament without a loss thus far, but they've beaten 2 stiffs. Oakland is 1-2 but lost to OSU and Illinois and put a 19 point thumping on BG. Loyola Marymount is 2-1, beating two unknowns and losing to Yale. SAF is 2-1 with two wins over questionable competition and a 5 point loss to Middle Tennessee. Marshall is 1-1 with a loss to Radford and a win over Queens. Utah State is 2-1 with a loss to Bradley. 1 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 37 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Oakland is 1-2 but lost to OSU and Illinois and put a 19 point thumping on BG We're doomed. BG is legit. 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 15, 2023 Author Report Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: We're doomed. BG is legit. Their losses to OSU and Illinois were by 6 and 11. Oddly, they were beaten in a scrimmage by Walsh. Edited November 15, 2023 by clarkwgriswold 1 Quote
Hilltopper Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: Winning and facing Utah State and maybe Drake in the finals would be huge. I hope the game in South Dakota got the team acclimated to long travel for these games It's only about a 3 1/2 flight to Grand Cayman. They arrive Friday afternoon and don't play their first game until Sunday. They should be well rested. I will make sure that none of them get pulled behind a boat on a inflatable banna this trip. 2 1 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 39 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Their losses to OUS and Illinois were by 6 and 11. Oddly, they were beaten in a scrimmage by Walsh. Walsh wanted it more obviously. Wish we could rent Mitchell for a game lmao 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 In all seriousness the Zips should get 3 good tests in this tournament! FIU is 0-3 but stayed with ranked Miami Fl. I would love to win one of these tournaments for once especially since there are no P5 teams but we also need to take it one day at a time. Focus on FIU and beating them. Ofc the 3 games in 3 days is always good prep for Cleveland. Excited to see where this teams ceiling is. 2 Quote
NWAkron Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Hilltopper said: It's only about a 3 1/2 flight to Grand Cayman. They arrive Friday afternoon and don't play their first game until Sunday. They should be well rested. I will make sure that none of them get pulled behind a boat on a inflatable banna this trip. From what I recall, the team doctor warned them to stay away from banana boats. Edited November 15, 2023 by NWAkron 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 15, 2023 Author Report Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, csims0917 said: Walsh wanted it more obviously. Wish we could rent Mitchell for a game lmao Walsh knows there's no I in team. They left it all on the floor. 1 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 15, 2023 Report Posted November 15, 2023 48 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Walsh knows there's no I in team. They left it all on the floor. My sources tell me they’ve changed their name to the Walsh CavalUSers following that huge scrimmage. Greg Gumbel is sure to mention it on Selection Sunday when awarding Oakland their 16-seed play-in spot. 1 Quote
RoyalBlu Posted November 16, 2023 Report Posted November 16, 2023 7 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: We're doomed. BG is legit. I thought so too, before the season, but BG not quite what I thought out of the gate. Will evaluate again come Christmas. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 16, 2023 Author Report Posted November 16, 2023 One thing I am looking forward to seeing more of is that shift where Dawson, Scott and Thornton come in together. Those three teamed with Sammy or Nate with Enrique was as effective or more effective than Tavari, Tribble and Nate with Sammy and Enrique. Thornton is a very good distributor. Thanks to Xavier and Hankerson for helping to get him here. 1 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 17, 2023 Report Posted November 17, 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/82NThYop7q r/Collegebasketball is really split on this tournament I’m excited to see how it turns out 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 19, 2023 Report Posted November 19, 2023 37-36 drake currently. Oakland is looking like a dark horse right now. Making drake work this’ll be close Quote
csims0917 Posted November 19, 2023 Report Posted November 19, 2023 Drake escapes with a big win. They’ll move on. Won’t cover the second game cause of the Browns so I’ll be back at 5 lol 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 19, 2023 Report Posted November 19, 2023 Sf Austin beat LMU. It’ll be drake vs SF Austin to see who makes the finals Utah state and Marshall are playing now. Browns won too… thank god 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 Utah state destroyed Marshall. Looks like Akron will start on time at 7:30 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 1 hour ago, csims0917 said: Sf Austin beat LMU. It’ll be drake vs SF Austin to see who makes the finals Utah state and Marshall are playing now. Browns won too… thank god Utah State beat the dog poop out of Marshall. Football gods were smiling upon the Browns for what Pissburgh did to Chubb, and with Chubb in the house. Beautiful win. 7-3. Control your own destiny. 1 Quote
Zippy87 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 Just got Flo Sports, tell me this isn't the un-game camera angle? Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 FIU lost to UCF by 23, Tarleton State by 17 (at home it looks like), and Miami FL by 6, then beat Houston Christian by 9. This will be an interesting matchup. Their schedule should lend itself to a decent base RPI with games against Liberty, FAU, NMSU, MTSU, WKU, and La Tech. 1 Quote
1981 grad Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: Just got Flo Sports, tell me this isn't the un-game camera angle? No, this is just the camera angle for warmups. I think we played in this tourney 2 years ago and it was very professional but was a high school sized facility. 1 Quote
Zippy87 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 How has the NCAA not made a call on Ali? The school signed him April 28. How long do you need? 2 Quote
ZZZips Posted November 20, 2023 Report Posted November 20, 2023 Finishing the warm- up period at the John Gray High School Gymnasium. Nice Akron crowd this year 1 Quote
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