Game 11- Princeton

[clarkwgriswold]

I thought Okonkwo was good against better competition today but he needs to cut down on the silly fouls.

 

The team as a whole fell apart a little late, relying too much on one on one offense and the pick and roll rather than running what worked in the first half.  

 

At 7-5, I wonder what the schedule critics think at this juncture.

[Captain Kangaroo]

14 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Still wondering how it takes 7 minutes to determine something is conclusive.

What about the other 15 points they subtracted from the deficit in the final 15 minutes?

 

It wasn't a millimeter here-or-there that cost us the game. They hit clutch shots, while we clanged-away from 3.

 

Who is "clutch" on this Zips team, and who short-arms their shots when we need a bucket?

 

Nate and Tavari are the guys I want to have the ball down the stretch. Grey, Hardman, Wilson, etc....not so much.

[Reslife4Life]

Worse ending, today or last year vs EMU?

[clarkwgriswold]

6 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

What about the other 15 points they subtracted from the deficit in the final 15 minutes?

 

It wasn't a millimeter here-or-there that cost us the game. They hit clutch shots, while we clanged-away from 3.

 

Who is "clutch" on this Zips team, and who short-arms their shots when we need a bucket?

 

Nate and Tavari are the guys I want to have the ball down the stretch. Grey, Hardman, Wilson, etc....not so much.

 

Yep, I don't see a "go to" guy on this squad.  They've always had that guy before but I don't see it, at least yet.

 

My head is going to explode the next time Hardman is not between the guy he is guarding and the basket.

[Let'sGoZips94]

33 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Still wondering how it takes 7 minutes to determine something is conclusive.

 

The announcers made the situation 100x worse. They contradicted themselves twice in their explanations. 

[Illini Zip]

I don’t believe we have a “go-to” either. I thought it could be Harris, but who knows when we will see him again and how long it will take for him to get re-acclimated. In the future I can see Young being the guy. 

[clarkwgriswold]

11 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

The announcers made the situation 100x worse. They contradicted themselves twice in their explanations. 

Yes, it was a good call every time it changed!

[Z.I.P.]

Watched the replay multifluously.  Foot was all over the white three-point line.  Definitely a two-pointer!

[AkronAlumnus]

Lot of eyes were on the game today. Shame JG failed to capitalize, this year's team stinks

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

I thought Okonkwo was good against better competition today but he needs to cut down on the silly fouls.

 

The team as a whole fell apart a little late, relying too much on one on one offense and the pick and roll rather than running what worked in the first half.  

 

At 7-5, I wonder what the schedule critics think at this juncture.

 

I think the record is more reflective of the talent this team has than it does strength of schedule.

[dirtyolcrowe]

Bad man!!

pretty bad!!!

no optimism for this team this year.  

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

The announcers made the situation 100x worse. They contradicted themselves twice in their explanations. 

 

To be fair, the officials seemed to be the most confused people in the arena at the time.

[NWAkron]

Had Darrion Baker been on the floor we would be looking at a different outcome.

[RoyalBlu]

48 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

I think the record is more reflective of the talent this team has than it does strength of schedule.

 

I think the record is more reflective of 'how' they have played, not 'who' they have played. Ark St., Princeton, had late leads and should have won them both.

 

Perhaps a few more of those type of games make for a better team, but worse non-con record. Zips can go 13-5 in the MAC and I'm not sure they would be any better in March than they are now. That's how bad the MAC is.

 

Zips could also go .500 in the MAC, based on what we see right now, and wouldn't be totally surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. Non-con schedule showed they can beat bad teams, play with some good teams ... but not sure about winning against good teams.