mes102 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 11 minutes ago, ZipCat said: I mean he's also never been higher than an 14 seed either. What are you talking about? He was a 12 seed before with Akron in the NCAA Tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipCat Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 31 minutes ago, mes102 said: What are you talking about? He was a 12 seed before with Akron in the NCAA Tournament. It felt like we were always a 14/13 seed. W/E. Still doesn't answer how a Mid-Major like Akron gets a lower seed than Duquesne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 (edited) 10 minutes ago, ZipCat said: It felt like we were always a 14/13 seed. W/E. Still doesn't answer how a Mid-Major like Akron gets a lower seed than Duquesne We had opportunities to earn a higher seed but we lost to St. Bonny, UNLV, Drake, and James Madison. If we want respect, we have to prove that we can beat teams other than EMU and BG. Edited March 21 by Valpo Zip 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 15 minutes ago, ZipCat said: It felt like we were always a 14/13 seed. W/E. Still doesn't answer how a Mid-Major like Akron gets a lower seed than Duquesne Neither team deserved to be higher than a 13 seed. The Zips did nothing all season to earn it and neither did Duquesne. Yet somehow they got rewarded by playing a mediocre BYU team while the Zips are get blown out by Creighton. And yes, I'm being petty. But I find no joy in seeing the coach who bailed his alma mater after never winning a tournament game, win one at another school. His Akron teams consistently underachieved and yet now we're supposed to cheer as we see our Zips get blown out yet again? No thanks. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 7 minutes ago, akzipper said: Neither team deserved to be higher than a 13 seed. The Zips did nothing all season to earn it and neither did Duquesne. Yet somehow they got rewarded by playing a mediocre BYU team while the Zips are get blown out by Creighton. And yes, I'm being petty. But I find no joy in seeing the coach who bailed his alma mater after never winning a tournament game, win one at another school. His Akron teams consistently underachieved and yet now we're supposed to cheer as we see our Zips get blown out yet again? No thanks. Good grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipCat Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 25 minutes ago, akzipper said: And yes, I'm being petty. But I find no joy in seeing the coach who bailed his alma mater after never winning a tournament game, win one at another school. His Akron teams consistently underachieved and yet now we're supposed to cheer as we see our Zips get blown out yet again? No thanks. Uh, what? I'm happy for Keith. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 (edited) 29 minutes ago, akzipper said: Neither team deserved to be higher than a 13 seed. The part I agree with you about. I believe the committee had the VCU-Duquesne winner at the 11 seed regardless. That game was on Selection Sunday, and only the winner was getting in. The reputation of the A-10 far outweighs the MAC over the last decade, and so that's why you see Duquesne getting the 11 seed. I mean that's why Dambrot said as a speaker to a campus class over a decade ago that if he was coaching at a school like Duke, he would be in the NCAA Tournament every year and Coach K wouldn't have done anything at Akron. Conference reputations matter. Look at the Mountain West. With the PAC 12 dissolving, they're branding themselves the "Big East of the West Coast" now. Edited March 21 by mes102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, mes102 said: The part I agree with you about. I believe the committee had the VCU-Duquesne winner at the 11 seed regardless. That game was on Selection Sunday, and only the winner was getting in. The reputation of the A-10 far outweighs the MAC over the last decade, and so that's why you see Duquesne getting the 11 seed. I mean that's why Dambrot said as a speaker to a campus class over a decade ago that if he was coaching at a school like Duke, he would be in the NCAA Tournament every year and Coach K wouldn't have done anything at Akron. Conference reputations matter. Look at the Mountain West. With the PAC 12 dissolving, they're branding themselves the "Big East of the West Coast" now. What benefited Duquesne was there were a lot of upsets in the conference tournaments therefore the 11 & 12 seed line was weaker than it normally is. Like for example, Indiana State would have easily been seeded ahead of them had they won the MVC, but they didn't. In a normal year they would have been a low end 12/upper end 13 seed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Looks like another Ohio team is about to go down 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 If UD can turn this around despite the scoring droughts, that would truly be incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 17-0 run UD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Wow!! Might be one of the bigger combacks I've ever witnessed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, akzipper said: Neither team deserved to be higher than a 13 seed. The Zips did nothing all season to earn it and neither did Duquesne. Yet somehow they got rewarded by playing a mediocre BYU team while the Zips are get blown out by Creighton. And yes, I'm being petty. But I find no joy in seeing the coach who bailed his alma mater after never winning a tournament game, win one at another school. His Akron teams consistently underachieved and yet now we're supposed to cheer as we see our Zips get blown out yet again? No thanks. "Consistently underachieved" is WILD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Outside of this Gohlke kid for Oakland, Akron caught the hottest shooting team all day so far. That's a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Let’s go fellow Cayman Island participants Oakland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 The two teams that pulled off the biggest upsets today had scoring guards lead the way - Oakland (Gohlke, 32) and Duquesne (Grant, 19). When we came close against UCLA. Castaneda led the way with 18. When OU won in 2021, they had Preston and Sears. When Groce's OU teams made their runs, they had DJ Cooper. You get the point. It's hard to pull off an upset without a guard who can score in bunches and break down a defense. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 14 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: The two teams that pulled off the biggest upsets today had scoring guards lead the way - Oakland (Gohlke, 32) and Duquesne (Grant, 19). When we came close against UCLA. Castaneda led the way with 18. When OU won in 2021, they had Preston and Sears. When Groce's OU teams made their runs, they had DJ Cooper. You get the point. It's hard to pull off an upset without a guard who can score in bunches and break down a defense. This. Please be "him", Sharron Young. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: The two teams that pulled off the biggest upsets today had scoring guards lead the way - Oakland (Gohlke, 32) and Duquesne (Grant, 19). When we came close against UCLA. Castaneda led the way with 18. When OU won in 2021, they had Preston and Sears. When Groce's OU teams made their runs, they had DJ Cooper. You get the point. It's hard to pull off an upset without a guard who can score in bunches and break down a defense. Thats what made COVID hurt so bad. That was our best chance yet with LCJ (and all the other quality contributors in that team). But agree, killer guards are the way to make noise in the tourney. Edited March 22 by LZIp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 (edited) . Edited March 22 by GoZips88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Early, but JMU is playing physical as hell against Wisconsin. Straight bullying them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) 42 minutes ago, LZIp said: Early, but JMU is playing physical as hell against Wisconsin. Straight bullying them Nearly halftime and they are having their way. Our loss to them was completely respectable. Assuming the MAC/SBC challenge continues and they do the first matchup the same way, we'll play either them or App State next season. Edited March 23 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 I know what you're saying but I hate that their football and basketball programs are ahead of us right now. I also hate that I can't watch this game on CBS Paramount+ without upgrading to the premier plan grrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 As well as Creighton shot in scoring 77 on us, there are a lot of other teams scoring in the 90s and even 100s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) Though nothing we really haven't discussed already, I like this guy's thinking. Reward every D-1 conference regular season champion and tournament champion a bid to the Big Dance. Make the regular season meaningful again. Edited March 23 by Blue & Gold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) Possible drawback to the above scenario? Idk. P6 conference champions still play to win their respective tournaments, don't they? These are young men & natural born competitors; they wanna win. Also, perhaps the NCAA could reward a team which wins both their conference regular season and tournament titles with a considerably higher seeding? I'd say that should be reward enough to get the regular season champ to play to win the tournament. EDIT: Additionally, say we win the regular season championship & play KSUcks or Ohio for the tournament championship... there's not a single member of this board who wouldn't be thrilled at the prospect of keeping KSUcks or Ohio out of the NCAAT altogether. Edited March 23 by Blue & Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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