csims0917 Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 Hello Zips Fans! I am back again for my favorite time of year until March with OOC play. This will be a lot more brief due to the fact nobody has played yet and preseason projects are a bit random sometimes. A new era of zips basketball begins now! I will provide more in depth updates around the start of conference play! NET is from last year so i'm using Bart as a fill in Arkansas State Conference: Sun Belt BART: 107 Strong Opponents: Alabama, Little Rock, Indiana State, Memphis, UAB, MAC-SBC matchup II Should be a fun matchup in the MAC-SBC Arkansas State has very high expectations we will see if they meet them! Ohio Wesleyan Division: III Free Space Saint Mary's Conference: WCC BART: 39 Strong Opponents: Gonzaga x 2, Washington State x 2, San Francisco x 2, Nebraska, USC, Utah, Utah State People are mad we don't have a P4 team on the schedule. Saint Mary's is about as close as you can get to a P4 without being one. They are right below Gonzaga in recent years and is expected to finish second in a stacked WCC conference I'm expecting to be a 3-4 bid league with the additions of the PAC-2. This would be a massive win for the Zips or a Strong Loss at minimum. Lamar Conference: Southland BART: 276 Strong Opponents: Texas AM, McNeese State x 2, Louisiana, Texas Tech Omaha Conference: Summit BART: 306 Strong Opponents: Minnesota, UNLV, Iowa State, 2 Big Sky teams Alabama State: Conference: Southwestern BART: 273 Strong Opponents: UNLV, LSU, Cincinnati, Missouri I am not going to sugarcoat it these 3 teams are very rough. But we get 3 homes that will allow Groce to find the best lineups possible for the future and to prep for the 3 day marathon known as the MAC Tournament You never know we might find the next diamond in the rough like with Gardner Webb's decent showing last year. Northern Kentucky Conference: Horizon BART: 156 Strong Opponents: Florida State, Purdue, Cincinnati, Charleston, Horizon League had a crazy year last year so we need to beat them down every chance we get. NKU has a gauntlet in November so they will appear worse than we think heading into our matchup. As we saw last year we cannot take them lightly or else we might need another game winning dunk. Suny Brookport Division: III Free Space 2 Milwaukee Conference Horizon BART: 166 Strong Opponents: Duquesne, UCF Same thing has NKU except Milwaukee has an extremely weak schedule. I will mention this is a neutral site game as well which will add some spice. Yale Conference: Ivy BART: 124 Strong Opponents: Purdue, Minnesota, Vermont, Princeton The smart kids have been hooping. Yale had an amazing tournament and will look to continue their momentum this year. Really excited for this matchup at this Invitational. Jackson State/UTEP TBD Princeton Conference: Ivy BART: 97 Strong Opponent: Rutgers, Duquesne, Saint Joes, Yale Pretty cake schedule for Princeton. I expect them to have a nice record when we travel to face them in December MAC vs SBC Classic Matchup #2 TBD Average BART: 171 Not the best schedule I will admit it. However I think it was made to allow our team to gain chemistry and figure out the best lineups before MAC play without getting steamrolled for paychecks. Very excited for the new year I will be keeping tabs on every team on the list. Please put any updates or thoughts if you want! Thanks for reading! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 What is the BART for UTEP and Jackson State? If you remove the Akron Invitational or whatever it's called, our average BART is 114.83. That doesn't include UTEP/Jackson State and the 2nd Sun Belt Challenge game. Will be interesting to see where our schedule difficulty ends up at the end of the season, but I do love how this schedule was put together with how many new pieces we have. Lots of competitive games to look forward to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 UTEP BART: 128 Jackson St BART: 320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 1 hour ago, csims0917 said: Hello Zips Fans! I am back again for my favorite time of year until March with OOC play. This will be a lot more brief due to the fact nobody has played yet and preseason projects are a bit random sometimes. A new era of zips basketball begins now! I will provide more in depth updates around the start of conference play! NET is from last year so i'm using Bart as a fill in Arkansas State Conference: Sun Belt BART: 107 Strong Opponents: Alabama, Little Rock, Indiana State, Memphis, UAB, MAC-SBC matchup II Should be a fun matchup in the MAC-SBC Arkansas State has very high expectations we will see if they meet them! Ohio Wesleyan Division: III Free Space Saint Mary's Conference: WCC BART: 39 Strong Opponents: Gonzaga x 2, Washington State x 2, San Francisco x 2, Nebraska, USC, Utah, Utah State People are mad we don't have a P4 team on the schedule. Saint Mary's is about as close as you can get to a P4 without being one. They are right below Gonzaga in recent years and is expected to finish second in a stacked WCC conference I'm expecting to be a 3-4 bid league with the additions of the PAC-2. This would be a massive win for the Zips or a Strong Loss at minimum. Lamar Conference: Southland BART: 276 Strong Opponents: Texas AM, McNeese State x 2, Louisiana, Texas Tech Omaha Conference: Summit BART: 306 Strong Opponents: Minnesota, UNLV, Iowa State, 2 Big Sky teams Alabama State: Conference: Southwestern BART: 273 Strong Opponents: UNLV, LSU, Cincinnati, Missouri I am not going to sugarcoat it these 3 teams are very rough. But we get 3 homes that will allow Groce to find the best lineups possible for the future and to prep for the 3 day marathon known as the MAC Tournament You never know we might find the next diamond in the rough like with Gardner Webb's decent showing last year. Northern Kentucky Conference: Horizon BART: 156 Strong Opponents: Florida State, Purdue, Cincinnati, Charleston, Horizon League had a crazy year last year so we need to beat them down every chance we get. NKU has a gauntlet in November so they will appear worse than we think heading into our matchup. As we saw last year we cannot take them lightly or else we might need another game winning dunk. Suny Brookport Division: III Free Space 2 Milwaukee Conference Horizon BART: 166 Strong Opponents: Duquesne, UCF Same thing has NKU except Milwaukee has an extremely weak schedule. I will mention this is a neutral site game as well which will add some spice. Yale Conference: Ivy BART: 124 Strong Opponents: Purdue, Minnesota, Vermont, Princeton The smart kids have been hooping. Yale had an amazing tournament and will look to continue their momentum this year. Really excited for this matchup at this Invitational. Jackson State/UTEP TBD Princeton Conference: Ivy BART: 97 Strong Opponent: Rutgers, Duquesne, Saint Joes, Yale Pretty cake schedule for Princeton. I expect them to have a nice record when we travel to face them in December MAC vs SBC Classic Matchup #2 TBD Average BART: 171 Not the best schedule I will admit it. However I think it was made to allow our team to gain chemistry and figure out the best lineups before MAC play without getting steamrolled for paychecks. Very excited for the new year I will be keeping tabs on every team on the list. Please put any updates or thoughts if you want! Thanks for reading! Welcome back, what even is BART? Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 37 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: Welcome back, what even is BART? Sorry. Homer and Marge’s son (I don’t know either). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 (edited) https://www.barttorvik.com/# 1 hour ago, AkronAlumnus said: Welcome back, what even is BART? Sorry. Edited November 4 by csims0917 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 1 hour ago, csims0917 said: https://www.barttorvik.com/# Ahh its a website, I was thinking it was an acronym for something... Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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