clarkwgriswold Posted November 20 Author Report Posted November 20 Coit was nothing special at Kansas. As I recall, he was a 15 minute/5 or 6 point a night guy. He's not capable of 40 points at that level and attitude-wise was not a fit for the Zips. His chirping at Groce to come get him while on the floor for another team was proof of that. 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 Get Illinois State into the MAC yesterday. Quote
Illini Zip Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 28 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Get Illinois State into the MAC yesterday. Nope!! As an ISU alum I want no part of this. I have been to games obviously, but I don’t follow them like I do Akron. Still, I don’t want my loyalties clashing. I will say Redbird arena is pretty sweet and rivalry games against Bradley are always sold out and raucous. Quote
Illini Zip Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 I do support a MAC vs MVC challenge like we are doing with the Sun Belt. A major difference between the 2 conferences is in the MAC when a coach has success he leaves for greener pastures. In the MVC that successful coach takes his school to greener pastures. Believe it or not, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton and more were all members of the MVC at one time ages ago. So for ISU to leave would be par for the course. I just don’t want it. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 1 hour ago, Illini Zip said: I do support a MAC vs MVC challenge like we are doing with the Sun Belt. A major difference between the 2 conferences is in the MAC when a coach has success he leaves for greener pastures. In the MVC that successful coach takes his school to greener pastures. Believe it or not, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton and more were all members of the MVC at one time ages ago. So for ISU to leave would be par for the course. I just don’t want it. Even with the MAC improving some this year it would be a brutal challenge for the MAC. The MAC has a steep drop-off after the top 3 or 4 teams. The MVC usually only has 1-2 cupcakes the MAC ~6. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 24 Author Report Posted November 24 2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Get Illinois State into the MAC yesterday. But they don't have FBS football which is the centerpiece around which all things MAC must revolve. Quote
csims0917 Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 2 hours ago, Illini Zip said: I do support a MAC vs MVC challenge like we are doing with the Sun Belt. A major difference between the 2 conferences is in the MAC when a coach has success he leaves for greener pastures. In the MVC that successful coach takes his school to greener pastures. Believe it or not, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton and more were all members of the MVC at one time ages ago. So for ISU to leave would be par for the course. I just don’t want it. MVC would be a tough challenge. Would love it for Akron but the button half of the conference would get rolled. Quote
Illini Zip Posted November 24 Report Posted November 24 4 minutes ago, csims0917 said: MVC would be a tough challenge. Would love it for Akron but the button half of the conference would get rolled. MVC might not like it for this reason, but it would improve our strength of schedule as a league. I’m in, even if it was just select match ups. 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 28 Report Posted November 28 This guy is a true Princeton genius. Sitting out this season to preserve eligibility while finishing his Princeton degree. He'll then get paid 6 figures minimum to finish his final season of eligibility next year. 2 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 13 Report Posted December 13 Watching Xavier host Missouri State on TNT right now. Akron would run Xavier out of the gym. 2 Quote
Reslife4Life Posted December 13 Report Posted December 13 Get Joe Dunn on there with them that would be pure entertainment Quote
ZippyRulz Posted December 14 Report Posted December 14 14 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: Get Joe Dunn on there with them that would be pure entertainment 💯 Quote
ZipForNow Posted Wednesday at 11:54 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 11:54 AM Lunardi has us as a 12-seed: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions?appsrc=sc&RuleNumber=Not Applicable&consent_mode=ccpa 2 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago Some NET rankings that may be of interest as of 12/22... State of Ohio Ohio State 49 Akron 51 Miami OH 79 BUGS 83 Dayton 91 Cincinnati 107 Xavier 122 PCCC 144 Wright State 148 Youngstown State 153 Toledo 164 Ohio 204 Cleveland State 349 Miscellaneous Duquesne 191 Conference Rankings (Avg NET SEC 49.56 Big 12 51 Big Ten 62.78 ACC 69.5 Big East 81.45 Mountain West 122.09 WCC 136.73 A10 138.79 MVC 147.73 WAC 156 American 163.69 Ivy 190.25 CUSA 191 Big West 191.45 MAC 193.23 CAA 193.92 Big Sky 197.60 Horizon 216.73 Southland 220.67 Sun Belt 228.43 Summit 233.78 Big South 240.22 Southern 246.70 ASun 251.42 MAAC 257.31 OVC 264.82 Patriot 283.70 NEC 295.50 SWAC 303.58 America East 305.56 MEAC 326.25 Interesting Note: NIU to the Horizon drops the Horizon to 22 with a NET average of 245.64 and the MAC would climb to 12 with a NET average of 182.83. Quote
kreed5120 Posted 2 hours ago Report Posted 2 hours ago (edited) Can't wait to shed the dead weight. Edited 2 hours ago by kreed5120 1 Quote
Zips1991 Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Some NET rankings that may be of interest as of 12/22... State of Ohio Ohio State 49 Akron 51 Miami OH 79 BUGS 83 Dayton 91 Cincinnati 107 Xavier 122 PCCC 144 Wright State 148 Youngstown State 153 Toledo 164 Ohio 204 Cleveland State 349 Miscellaneous Duquesne 191 Conference Rankings (Avg NET SEC 49.56 Big 12 51 Big Ten 62.78 ACC 69.5 Big East 81.45 Mountain West 122.09 WCC 136.73 A10 138.79 MVC 147.73 WAC 156 American 163.69 Ivy 190.25 CUSA 191 Big West 191.45 MAC 193.23 CAA 193.92 Big Sky 197.60 Horizon 216.73 Southland 220.67 Sun Belt 228.43 Summit 233.78 Big South 240.22 Southern 246.70 ASun 251.42 MAAC 257.31 OVC 264.82 Patriot 283.70 NEC 295.50 SWAC 303.58 America East 305.56 MEAC 326.25 Interesting Note: NIU to the Horizon drops the Horizon to 22 with a NET average of 245.64 and the MAC would climb to 12 with a NET average of 182.83. The state of Ohio seems to be doing quite well when you consider there's over 350 D1 schools and only two from Ohio are in the bottom half. Also, love to see that one of them is OU. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago 5 minutes ago, Zips1991 said: The state of Ohio seems to be doing quite well when you consider there's over 350 D1 schools and only two from Ohio are in the bottom half. Also, love to see that one of them is OU. I guess it depends on how you measure it. Ohio has 13 D1 teams, 7th in state population, and has 3 schools in power conferences. Not to mention Dayton who is an elite mid-major. Realistically, given the size of the state and the number of teams it should be producing at least 1, more likely 2, top 25 teams per season. Quote
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