Games 5, 6 & 7- The Paradise Jam

[NWAkron]

22 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Too much divided attention with this and the Hoban/Walsh game!

scouting our next head coach!

[NWAkron]

odd scheduling.  don't remember a 48 hour break between games in prior tournaments.  but maybe Zips always lost first game.

Edited 11 hours ago by NWAkron

[Let'sGoZips94]

Oregon State needs to get their crap together. I do not want 281 KenPom Evansville on the schedule (Oregon State is 136 for comparison). 

[Blue & Gold]

2 hours ago, Illini Zip said:

@Blue & Gold, you watched Eric Mahaffey in high school. Did you see this coming? I mean, 20 pts tonight as a freshman?

Only through my blue-n-gold-colored glasses.😅  But no, not really.... certainly not as a freshman. I was surprised when word on the street was he might be starting last season prior to his injury.

He played PG as a senior in HS, so has handles & high IQ. But he's grown a few inches & hasn't lost a step! 🤯

[kreed5120]

Evansville is giving this game away.

[Let'sGoZips94]

6 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Oregon State needs to get their crap together. I do not want 281 KenPom Evansville on the schedule (Oregon State is 136 for comparison). 

 

Oregon State within 2 with 4 minutes to go. 

[clarkwgriswold]

36 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

scouting our next head coach!

He's now available.

[Let'sGoZips94]

14 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Evansville is giving this game away.

 

Oregon State didn't want it.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Evansville wins by 4. I will forever hate Oregon State. 

 

See y'all Monday night vs. either Yale or Charleston. 

[Illini Zip]

Does Barre finally get playing time against Evansville? They are taller. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

From someone on Iona's board...

 

"Akron is better than anyone we'll see this season not named St John's. They would destroy anyone in the MAAC."

 

MAC, MAAC - we own it all. 😉

[Captain Kangaroo]

This Zips team can be as good or better than the Cheese/Banks/LCJ/Williams team. We’re small in the paint, but who can keep up with us? 
 

Eric Mahaffey is half Ali Ali, half Scottie Pippin. In a year or two I don’t know that Bud will be able to afford him. 

[1981 grad]

I know the Zips have never one an NCAA game.  I do know they have won an NIT game and I believe their first NIT win was against Temple in Philly when their long  time coach was retiring.  However, I know in recent times they have not won a preseason tourney even though they have played in some beatable fields.  I did a quick search and AI indicated they have never won a major preseason tourney.  But I do have a vague memory of them winning a preseseason tourney in the past. (wishful thinking?) Does anyone with a better memory than me and a more in depth knowledge of this team (Capt Kangaroo?) know if I am correct and if they did win a preseason tourney with the year and location?

[Zips1991]

2 hours ago, 1981 grad said:

I know the Zips have never one an NCAA game.  I do know they have won an NIT game and I believe their first NIT win was against Temple in Philly when their long  time coach was retiring.  However, I know in recent times they have not won a preseason tourney even though they have played in some beatable fields.  I did a quick search and AI indicated they have never won a major preseason tourney.  But I do have a vague memory of them winning a preseseason tourney in the past. (wishful thinking?) Does anyone with a better memory than me and a more in depth knowledge of this team (Capt Kangaroo?) know if I am correct and if they did win a preseason tourney with the year and location?

Akron won the Sun Bowl Invitational in 2016. But I think it might have only been 4 teams. 

[kreed5120]

I'm not trying to take away from this thread as this is actually one of the more solid mid-major tournaments. That said the GW coach went on a rant about how in recent years you no longer see power conference schools play mid-majors in these tournaments. It's really a shame because it was one of the few realistic opportunities for top mid-majors to secure resume building wins. 

 

https://x.com/jjgottschalk/status/1991507432703685037?t=XYpFnUcuzaziuwb0QSBYkw&s=09

[Illini Zip]

11 hours ago, NWAkron said:

odd scheduling.  don't remember a 48 hour break between games in prior tournaments.  but maybe Zips always lost first game.

It is different. But I like it. It gives the top teams a rest day so they don’t have to play 3 games in 3 days. Something the MAC should avoid as well. Reward the top conference teams with a shorter road to the title. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I'm not trying to take away from this thread as this is actually one of the more solid mid-major tournaments. That said the GW coach went on a rant about how in recent years you no longer see power conference schools play mid-majors in these tournaments. It's really a shame because it was one of the few realistic opportunities for top mid-majors to secure resume building wins. 

 

https://x.com/jjgottschalk/status/1991507432703685037?t=XYpFnUcuzaziuwb0QSBYkw&s=09

 

I find it funny that an A10 coach is complaining about being frozen out of competitive opportunities. 

 

When's the last time an upper echelon A10 school made the trip to a MAC gym?

[kreed5120]

12 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

I find it funny that an A10 coach is complaining about being frozen out of competitive opportunities. 

 

When's the last time an upper echelon A10 school made the trip to a MAC gym?

 

George Washington just last year played at both Old Dominion and at American, which is in the Patriot League. The coach speaking has gone into other mid-major arenas and played road games.

 

Besides, the point he was making was mainly about MTE. Big schools long quit going to mid-majors to play regular season games. That happened maybe 20 years ago, maybe longer. Its only been in the last ~5 years that you quit seeing MTE fields that segregated power schools from mid-majors.