clarkwgriswold Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 The Zips head off to Kalamazoo Friday night to face the Broncos and wrap up the regular season. The Broncos come into the game at 11-19/8-9. The Zips beat the Broncos 77-66 earlier in the season, outscoring them by 13 in the second half. 6’4” sophomore guard Seth Hubbard is the only Broncos plater than averages in the double digits in scoring at 14.3 ppg. The Broncos are first in the MAC in offensive rebounds with a rotation of some decent big men, which is likely to pose a challenge to the Zips after getting pounded on the boards by EMU Tuesday night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 (edited) A win might put us in a 2/7 game vs. Can't. A loss and we likely avoid them according to the scenarios presented in another thread. On one hand, a game vs them might be the elixir to get the Zips fired up. On the other hand, games against your rival take a lot of energy. Last night was a real kick in the butt. Edited March 6 by Westie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 48 minutes ago, Westie said: A win might put us in a 2/7 game vs. Can't. A loss and we likely avoid them according to the scenarios presented in another thread. On one hand, a game vs them might be the elixir to get the Zips fired up. On the other hand, games against your rival take a lot of energy. Last night was a real kick in the butt. Agreed that a first round match-up versus a rival wouldn’t be ideal, but on the other hand, if we don’t even win a co-share of the regular season MAC title this year after all the promise of the season, I’ll be pretty irate. Last night’s choke job had much bigger implications than any of our other losses this year. We still had everything we wanted in our sights before last night, and now we will likely be the second seed in the MAC tournament with three very tough match-ups in a row. Ugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Time to finish the season strong, Go Zips! I want the #1 seed, so lets hope Toledo loses, to who? That doesn't matter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Zips had both hands on the wheel and fell asleep. Let's hope the switch gets flipped starting tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 For some reason I feel less worried about an opening round afternoon game against Kent than a morning tipoff against Western Michigan. Maybe recency bias of their not showing up against EMU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 2 hours ago, Zippy87 said: For some reason I feel less worried about an opening round afternoon game against Kent than a morning tipoff against Western Michigan. Maybe recency bias of their not showing up against EMU? same, i feel like the boys will be up for a Kent sweep. WMU at noon, might still be half asleep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 12 minutes ago, zippy5 said: same, i feel like the boys will be up for a Kent sweep. WMU at noon, might still be half asleep Beating the same team three times in a season is very difficult. Nonetheless, if that same team is a rival then there's an added level of emotion & heightened play at factor by the rival - idk if Akron needs that or is ready for that right now given recent play... I'd take WMU but that's now seemingly an afterthought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 4 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: Beating the same team three times in a season is very difficult. Nonetheless, if that same team is a rival then there's an added level of emotion & heightened play at factor by the rival - idk if Akron needs that or is ready for that right now given recent play... I'd take WMU but that's now seemingly an afterthought. I know we poked fun at Payton Jr and rightfully so, but they're going to really miss him. Their frontcourt is down to Hornbeak, a junior who started the year coming off the bench in limited fashion, and Entenmann and Hunter, a sophomore and freshman respectively who have barely played this season. Freeman feasted on them twice and I have no reason to believe he wouldn't do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 CBS Sports Network- Grrrrrrrrrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, AkronAlumnus said: Beating the same team three times in a season is very difficult. Nonetheless, if that same team is a rival then there's an added level of emotion & heightened play at factor by the rival - idk if Akron needs that or is ready for that right now given recent play... I'd take WMU but that's now seemingly an afterthought. No it's not A few years old, but I doubt the numbers have changed much Edited March 8 by zippy5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I just wonder if Groce has Tavari playing more. He has provided some scoring on the road when we have played Buffalo and Kent. This team needs some offense. Might be time to bring in a good 3 point shooter even if his defense is not up to par Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Bodies on the floor early after loose balls. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 We just gave up 4 points on offensive rebounds when Freeman goes out. Not a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Ali off to a good start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Did Tribble call "bank"? 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I think we found a cure to our bad 3 point shooting at the start of the game. Take more 2 point shots. I think we have taken only three 3 point shots. Tribble with the bank and ALI and Freeman with misses. Really surprised about Ali's poor percentage from 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) 2 hours ago, zippy5 said: No it's not A few years old, but I doubt the numbers have changed much We'll see. This is a mediocre Akron team by our standards so I think playing a rival adds a variable the zips don't need - If nothing else just bc of the physicality of a rivary game. They might squeak past KSU (bc they are buns) but does it matter if they handedly lose the next one bc of burnout...? I'd be curious to see the same chart bifurcated with the next game a team plays after the third rivalry match Edited March 8 by AkronAlumnus typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Throwing the ball all over the place in the last few possessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Nate had 4 turnovers last game. We need him to get things straightened out now. No more time for acclimation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I like Ali’s aggression. Scott missed a layup? Another Zips offensive drought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 3 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: I like Ali’s aggression. We need this to win 3 games next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Streaky Sammy is fun to watch when he’s on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 5 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Another Zips offensive drought. Captain Droughtbuster at your service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Our offense looks so much better when Hunter or anybody sinks a 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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