clarkwgriswold Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 The Zips head off to Harrisonburg, Virginia Saturday to face the James Madison Dukes in part two of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge. The Dukes are 20-3 heading into a game tonight against Arkansas State. Their three losses have all been in conference play, two to App. State and one to Southern Miss. As to common opponents, they lost to Southern Miss as mentioned and to Brimfield Tech in double OT in round one of the Challenge and beat Buffalo handily in late November. They are currently tied for third in the Sun Belt. This year's version of the Dukes reached 20 wins at the earliest date (Feb.2) in program history. 6'6" redshirt junior guard/forward Terrence Edwards, Jr. leads Dukes scoring at 16.8 ppg. 6'9" graduate forward TJ Bickerstaff is their second leading scorer at 13.9 ppg while leading rebounding at 8.9 rpg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 21 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: As to common opponents, they lost to Southern Miss as mentioned and to Brimfield Tech in double OT in round one of the Challenge and beat Buffalo handily in late November. They are currently tied for third in the Sun Belt. They beat Portage County Community College in double OT. It might have been the biggest choke job in PCCC history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 TJ Bickerstaff - any relation to the Cavs Head Coach? I'm excited for this one. 6pm on Saturday on ESPN2 - and it's not the MAC Tourney Championship game. Q1 win on the line (for us). Go Zips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit322 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: TJ Bickerstaff - any relation to the Cavs Head Coach? Cavs HC is TJ's uncle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Fearless Forecast: Groce calls time out before the 16 minute media break. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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clarkwgriswold Posted February 8 Author Report Share Posted February 8 JMU squeaked by Arkansas State last night, 77-73. They were up 13 at half but Arkansas State rallied to make it close. Noah Friedl, a 6'4" senior guard led scoring and rebounding at 19 and 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 (edited) GO ZIPS Edited February 8 by Zipmeister . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: JMU squeaked by Arkansas State last night, 77-73. They were up 13 at half but Arkansas State rallied to make it close. Noah Friedl, a 6'4" senior guard led scoring and rebounding at 19 and 10. Maybe it was a trap game for them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, Illini Zip said: Maybe it was a trap game for them? In conference too, which I forget about Arkansas State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 JMU recent starters: Friedl- 6'4"- guard- 12.6 ppg/5.5 rpg/2 apg Edwards- 6'6"- G/F- 16.7 ppg/4.6 rpg/3/1 apg Wooden- 6'8"- F- 10.2 ppg/3.1 rpg Bickerstaff- 6'9"- F- 13.6 ppg/8.8 rpg Brown- 6'2"- guard- 6 ppg/2.1 rpg Other major contributors: 6th man, occasional starter- Horton- 6'6" junior G/F- 7.1 ppg/4.4 rpg 6'1" senior guard Green appears to have started quite a bit but seems to have fallen out of the starting order and averages 7.3 points and 3.5 apg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 JMU Message Board? No mention of Saturday’s game. Maybe there’s an alternative site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I've gotten too accustomed to Friday night Zips hoops, can't believe we have to wait another day for this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Friday games > Saturday Games theres only 3 games tonight it’s the best way to get national viewing. At least we’re on ESPN 2 tomorrow still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 5 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: JMU Message Board? No mention of Saturday’s game. Maybe there’s an alternative site? The Kent fan that needed to copy Clarke’s PCCC cracks me up. Nothing worse than an unimaginative wannabe copycat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsFan31 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 do you think this is game is enough to bring us to a 12 or 11 seed? currently we are a 13 playing Baylor. I know it changes every week. but I would love to get into the 12 seed line. 12 seeds always win vs 5 seeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I’m not sure. I think it’d be pretty high stakes if the winner of the MAC-SBC got a higher seed. But unfortunately I doubt the voters would really care unless the mac just dominated tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 (edited) 24 minutes ago, ZipsFan31 said: do you think this is game is enough to bring us to a 12 or 11 seed? currently we are a 13 playing Baylor. I know it changes every week. but I would love to get into the 12 seed line. 12 seeds always win vs 5 seeds An 11 seed would mean we'd be seeded better than at least 2 at-large teams. That isn't attainable whatsoever. A 12 is possible, but that would require multiple teams, like Samford, to lose their conference tournament. I use Samford as an example because they have a better resume than Akron. That said, if they lose their conference tournament and another team in that conference wins the AQ, Akron would be seeded ahead of them. The same is true of McNeese in the Southland conference. It's a common misconception that the top 68 teams make the field. It's really more like the top ~48 with 20 random conference AQ add-ins. The way to get a 12 seen is be one of the top teams among those 20 1 bid AQ. In Akron's case since their resume isn't strong, they will need teams placed ahead of them to lose in their conference tournament. Edited February 9 by kreed5120 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: An 11 seed would mean we'd be seeded better than at least 2 at-large teams. That isn't attainable whatsoever. A 12 is possible, but that would require multiple teams, like Samford, to lose their conference tournament. I use Samford as an example because they have a better resume than Akron. That said, if they lose their conference tournament and another team in that conference wins the AQ, Akron would be seeded ahead of them. The same is true of McNeese in the Southland conference. It's a common misconception that the top 68 teams make the field. It's really more like the top ~48 with 20 random conference AQ add-ins. The way to get a 12 seen is be one of the top teams among those 20 1 bid AQ. In Akron's case since their resume isn't strong, they will need teams placed ahead of them to lose in their conference tournament. 💯 Another win isn't going to have much of an effect on our seeding. It's much more about the other AQs that make the tournament. If we get there and want to be a 12 seed, hope for upsets in the conference tournaments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Say we win out. Unlikely I know, we'd have somewhat of an at large resume. But we of course wouldn't be an at large. I think 12 is possible and maybe 11 if we shock the world, but probably 13 if we win the MAC tourney and lose another one or two. Just win baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: The Kent fan that needed to copy Clarke’s PCCC cracks me up. Nothing worse than an unimaginative wannabe copycat. Often imitated, never duplicated....LOL. I'll sue when somebody steals Mr. Pinky or uses a derivative! Edited February 9 by clarkwgriswold 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I really, really hate to get involved in seeding discussion at this point in the season. But I will add, the 2022 Zips had a pretty weak resume, even by MAC standards, and due to shifts in conference tournament week, they got all the way up to a 13 seed. NET doesn’t equal RPI, but for what it’s worth, the 2009 Zips, also a 13-seed, were 20+ spots higher in the committee’s metrics of choice than the 2022 Zips. Doesn’t mean a thing without the Cleveland ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Yes, I will also add the MAC is just as weak, if not weaker, than the conferences of the teams we're chasing. Winning out wouldn't allow us to leap anyone unless the teams ahead of us stumble down the stretch. Either way we don't control our own destiny to be a 12 seed. We would need help from others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Has anyone seen a line on this game? It must be a near-pickem.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 58 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: Has anyone seen a line on this game? It must be a near-pickem.. My prediction is JMU -4.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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