zippy5 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 2 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Tribble shot well today for 14 pts. Tribble even turning into an average shooter is so big for this offense 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Tribble shot well today for 14 pts. Last game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 The balanced scoring the last few games has been awesome. 5 guys in double figures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Loving it. Glad to see Tribble hitting shots I’m very happy for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but we rank 28th in the country for DI experience. Balls ranked something like 260th or 270th. We saw the difference in the result. This team isn't flashy. They don't have that guard that lights up the scoreboard. But man, they're blue collar winners. We fold like a cheap lawn chair in a couple of the more recent seasons, despite having similar personnel. Dawson and Tribble were humongous down the stretch. My only gripe: Freeman has to learn how to stay behind the damn out of bounds like when the opponent is inbounding the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 As this season goes on all of those new and young Ball State kids are going to gel and get a bunch of wins. Lewis is solid and if a third player can get established to help Jihad and Anderson they could make a nice MAC run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 It’s too bad tickets are so expensive and they’re not wearing neon orange jerseys Friday. Also not looking like the weather will be nice enough for a post game fireworks show. JAR will be empty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 7 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: It’s too bad tickets are so expensive and they’re not wearing neon orange jerseys Friday. Also not looking like the weather will be nice enough for a post game fireworks show. JAR will be empty On a positive note, I was able to give away a ticket. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 32 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Tribble shot well today for 14 pts. 💯 (out of likes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 46 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: My only gripe: Freeman has to learn how to stay behind the damn out of bounds like when the opponent is inbounding the ball. It almost seemed like he did it intentionally to disrupt the inbounding play (he was WAY over the line) but forgot we already had a delay warning. It could have been a big mistake…but thankfully wasn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 9 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: It almost seemed like he did it intentionally to disrupt the inbounding play (he was WAY over the line) but forgot we already had a delay warning. It could have been a big mistake…but thankfully wasn’t. That was a terrifying moment. It’s dumb and they need to be more careful. The first warning on Nate was a stupid call for hitting the ball out after a made bucket, but that was par for the course for the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 14 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: It almost seemed like he did it intentionally to disrupt the inbounding play (he was WAY over the line) but forgot we already had a delay warning. It could have been a big mistake…but thankfully wasn’t. I was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Guess who was called for more fouls and didn’t have 2 shot bonus until the last minute. Even the best of the message boards have plenty of stupidity. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 42 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: It almost seemed like he did it intentionally to disrupt the inbounding play (he was WAY over the line) but forgot we already had a delay warning. It could have been a big mistake…but thankfully wasn’t. This one may have been intentional, but that doesn't explain every other time he has done it. I'm not sure I've actually seen him stay behind the line this season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 (edited) 35 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: That was a terrifying moment. It’s dumb and they need to be more careful. The first warning on Nate was a stupid call for hitting the ball out after a made bucket, but that was par for the course for the evening. Did Nate even hit the ball on purpose? It looked like he dunked and the momentum just sort of knocked the ball into the crowd. That foul on Tribble when he got tackled from behind was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The fact that the announcers didn't even question half the calls against the Zips and Balls fans are whining blows my mind. Edited January 10 by akzipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, akzipper said: Did Nate even hit the ball on purpose? It looked like he dunked and the momentum just sort of knocked the ball into the crowd. That foul on Tribble when he got tackled from behind was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The fact that the announcers didn't even question half the calls against the Zips and Balls fans are whining blows my mind. I think if anything, Nate was tapping it away from himself so he didn’t step on it. Stupid unnecessary call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 (edited) Some interesting numbers so far in MAC play... Tribble 13.3 PPG 68% FG% (17-28) 55% 3PT% (6-11) The only negative to his game is he's fouled out now two games in a row. Hunter 3.3 PPG 12% FG% (2-17) 22% 3PT% (2-9) Safe to say Sammy is in a slump. Also worth nothing Dawson is 7-12 (58%) from 3PT range over the last two games and hopefully starting to break out of his month-long slump. Edited January 10 by Zippy87 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 9 hours ago, akzipper said: Did Nate even hit the ball on purpose? It looked like he dunked and the momentum just sort of knocked the ball into the crowd. That foul on Tribble when he got tackled from behind was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The fact that the announcers didn't even question half the calls against the Zips and Balls fans are whining blows my mind. The little bit I could listen, the announcers were wearing their emotions on their sleeves. The absolute dejection when we went on our 3-straight-3s run to take the lead while Freeman was grabbing every board in sight - priceless. It got worse after Freeman got his 4th foul, and they went underneath at Enrique but the refs didn't call anything. The announcers were beside themselves. Homerism is an art form. You have to toe the line of being a fan and calling a game that doesn't make the opponent's fans listening want to Van Gogh their ears. The Balls announcers made me want to do the latter. Really poor basketball IQ showing from the Muncie crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 The majority of the MAC ESPN+ broadcasts are biased. At the end of the day these broadcasters are both fans and employees of the University they represent. I wouldn't lose sleep over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 Beacon/Ohio.com article on the game- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/01/10/akron-zips-basketball-score-ball-state-enrique-freeman-stats-ali-ali-greg-tribble-mikal-dawson/72165900007/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue & Gold Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 I'm getting such joy watching 4 years of hard work paying off for Tribble and his 3-point shot. Love it!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: The little bit I could listen, the announcers were wearing their emotions on their sleeves. The absolute dejection when we went on our 3-straight-3s run to take the lead while Freeman was grabbing every board in sight - priceless. It got worse after Freeman got his 4th foul, and they went underneath at Enrique but the refs didn't call anything. The announcers were beside themselves. Homerism is an art form. You have to toe the line of being a fan and calling a game that doesn't make the opponent's fans listening want to Van Gogh their ears. The Balls announcers made me want to do the latter. Really poor basketball IQ showing from the Muncie crowd. Down the stretch every shot inside the paint they'd say "Jihad misses and no foul." Like they couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that a guy can shoot the ball and actually miss, or get blocked without being fouled. At one point during the game they also mentioned how Ball State and Akron had been two of the top teams in the MAC for a long time. That seemed odd to me so I looked it up. Since 2000 they've had like 6 winning seasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, akzipper said: At one point during the game they also mentioned how Ball State and Akron had been two of the top teams in the MAC for a long time. That made me stop and think "Really"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 31 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: I'm getting such joy watching 4 years of hard work paying off for Tribble and his 3-point shot. Love it!!! I told my son, who is a young athlete himself, how Tribble is the definition of hard work. He was 11-66 from 3PT in his first four seasons combined and is 11-34 this season. He's never going to be a sharpshooter, but just hitting them at a respectable clip and not allowing the defender to cheat in is HUGE for the entire offense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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