clarkwgriswold Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 The Chippewas come to the JAR Tuesday night to face the first place Zips. The Chips are 12-9/7-2 headed into today's contest at Bowling Green. After that game I'll update the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Hopefully Ali Ali is ok after rolling the ankle late in the Toledo game. Glad they have the extra day off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Second game in a three game stretch against strong opponents is good tournament prep. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 15 minutes ago, Westie said: Hopefully Ali Ali is ok after rolling the ankle late in the Toledo game. Glad they have the extra day off. That was nasty. I can’t imagine what it felt like when he woke up this morning. Gonna be a long day in the training room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 30 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: That was nasty. I can’t imagine what it felt like when he woke up this morning. Gonna be a long day in the training room. He kept retying is shoe lace to tighten the shoe and give his ankle support. remember, Tribble had an ankle injury right before the 2022 tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, GP1 said: Second game in a three game stretch against strong opponents is good tournament prep. I'm still not buying CMU. Akron is clearly the class of the MAC this season. Toledo is good enough to challenge. After that I feel it's a huge drop off to everyone else. Someone has to be in 3rd place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 A.A. did a postgame interview with Freeman and he didn’t seem troubled about anything but Groce said they would have to see how he feels tomorrow (meaning today). Groce also said they are still hopeful about getting N. Johnson back before the end of season. That would be a huge addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Central is not a good team. They've taken advantage of the weakest MAC I can remember to put themselves in 3rd in the conference, but their record is 12-9 (5-7 outside the MAC) and rightfully so. - 10 pt loss to the Fighting Terry Bowdens (ULM) - 10 pt loss to the Fighting Corey Klubers (Stetson) - 27 pt loss at the Suckeyes (nobody should lose to this Suckeyes team by 27) - 45 pt loss to Creighton (the loss isn't bad, but a 45 pt deficit is embarrassing) - 73-35 loss to the Fighting Sister Jeans (Loyola Chicago) - 12 pt loss at home to Buffalo (who just lost by 30 to PCCC) I don't want this to be a close game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 CMU is 4th in the country in “Luck” on KenPom. Essentially, they win much more than expected based on the stats they produce. BG is 11th, Ohio is near the bottom. The 2019 Zips, who finished 108 in KenPom despite their record, were also near the bottom in luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 CMU/BG in their second OT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Central wins in 2OT, 77-76. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Central Michigan is legit!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 BG shot 33% and it took two OTs to beat them. Zips play their game they’ll beat CMU by 12-15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 5 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Central Michigan is legit!! They left it all out on the floor twice this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 With the Central win, they move into the #2 seed. Toledo falls to #3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 4 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: They left it all out on the floor twice this week! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 6'2" junior guard Anthony Pritchard, leads the Chipps at 14.6 ppg. 6'6" grad student guard Brian Taylor leads rebounding at 7.5 rpg while also being the team's second leading scorer at 12.5 ppg. They are 10th in MAC offense at 68 ppg and 5th defense surrendering 71.7 ppg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 With the wild win yesterday, the Chips have moved into 2nd in the country in Luck on KenPom. In MAC play, they're 9th in offensive efficiency, but 2nd in defensive efficiency. Winning a pair of 2OT games in a week is impressive no matter who you are, the Zips won't be able to sleepwalk their way to a win like they have a couple times this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 CMU has actually been pretty solid in MAC play. Key conference wins over Toledo, BG, and Kent so far. But also lost to Buffalo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 I went back over their last three or four boxes and noticed that they played yesterday without Pritchard, their leading scorer, and Harding, their big man, only played 3 minutes. Sophomore guard Paul McMillan stepped into the starting lineup and led the Chipps with 19 points, including the shot that took it to OT, though he was pretty inefficient at 7/21 from the field, 0/5 from 3 with 4 turnovers. Pritchard suffered a foot injury in last week's game against NIU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 I'd sure like to see more out of Sammy. I expected him to be the Zips' 3rd scoring option, but other than in the WMU game when I thought he'd turned the corner, he's been inconsistent and generally underperformed in MAC play. At this juncture, even with the 19 point game against Western, he's averaging 7.3 ppd and 3.5 rpg a game in MAC play. I wouldn't be surprised to see his minutes decrease as Shammah and Tavari's increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Is that point per disappointment? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: I'd sure like to see more out of Sammy. I expected him to be the Zips' 3rd scoring option, but other than in the WMU game when I thought he'd turned the corner, he's been inconsistent and generally underperformed in MAC play. At this juncture, even with the 19 point game against Western, he's averaging 7.3 ppd and 3.5 rpg a game in MAC play. I wouldn't be surprised to see his minutes decrease as Shammah and Tavari's increase. I hope his parents visit at the end of the season and he turns it on like last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 We'll find out how good CMU really is tomorrow night but I have to give them credit. They were picked to finish last in the MAC pre-season poll yet here we are half way through the season and they are tied for second place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I think Sammy is playing fine. On Friday, when Riq got into foul trouble, he slid into that position and performed admirably. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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