clarkwgriswold Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 Muncie, Indiana awaits the Zips for a Friday night (6:30) game against the Ball State Cardinals. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. Ball State is having a rough year and sits in the MAC cellar at 8-18. They are 1-5 in their last 6 games, winning in the SBC Challenge over Louisiana Monroe. Quote
Zips1991 Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 51 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Muncie, Indiana awaits the Zips for a Friday night (6:30) game against the Ball State Cardinals. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. Ball State is having a rough year and sits in the MAC cellar at 8-18. They are 1-5 in their last 6 games, winning in the SBC Challenge over Louisiana Monroe. They might be even worse than NIU, which is saying a lot considering a couple years ago it looked like Ball State was turning into a decent basketball program. 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 18 Author Report Posted February 18 39 minutes ago, Zips1991 said: They might be even worse than NIU, which is saying a lot considering a couple years ago it looked like Ball State was turning into a decent basketball program. Exactly. They showed a lot of promise when Lewis got there and since have gone backwards. Quote
kreed5120 Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Zips1991 said: They might be even worse than NIU, which is saying a lot considering a couple years ago it looked like Ball State was turning into a decent basketball program. They actually have fairly good fan support, especially when you consider they have been a below average to average MAC team for the past 2 decades. Currently 5th in the MAC in attendance. Averaging about 750 more fans per game then even we are. Speaking of which I didn't really our season average has sank so low. We're only slightly above 2k/game. It wasn't long ago that we were pushing 3k per game. Quote
Zips1991 Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 12 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: They actually have fairly good fan support, especially when you consider they have been a below average to average MAC team for the past 2 decades. Currently 5th in the MAC in attendance. Averaging about 750 more fans per game then even we are. Speaking of which I didn't really our season average has sank so low. We're only slightly above 2k/game. It wasn't long ago that we were pushing 3k per game. Yeah, it's definitely worse than before COVID. But also, I'm not sure our reported numbers are always right. Obviously many teams report numbers higher than actual due to tickets sold that no showed, etc. And I'm sure we also do that sometimes. But I also noticed that at the Kent game, they announced in the arena an attendance of 5,100 or so (I couldn't hear the exact number), but the reported attendance in the box score was 4,800 or so. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 3 hours ago, Zips1991 said: But I also noticed that at the Kent game, they announced in the arena an attendance of 5,100 or so (I couldn't hear the exact number), but the reported attendance in the box score was 4,800 or so. IIRC they announced an attendance of 5,114. Quote
Zips1991 Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 16 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: IIRC they announced an attendance of 5,114. Yeah, something like that. But then in the box score, it says 4,847. 1 Quote
RoyalBlu Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 On 2/18/2026 at 10:38 AM, Zips1991 said: They might be even worse than NIU, which is saying a lot considering a couple years ago it looked like Ball State was turning into a decent basketball program. I remember when Ball State WAS more than a decent MAC program under Majerus, Hunsaker and MCCallum... I believe all 3 won MAC titles. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 11 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: I remember when Ball State WAS more than a decent MAC program under Majerus, Hunsaker and MCCallum... I believe all 3 won MAC titles. When I first started following Zips athletics they were one of the best teams in the MAC. Bonzi Wells 🔥🔥 4 Quote
ZipsFan31 Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 Box score from 1st match up. It was close game last time due to 5 for them dropping 30 Quote
MDZip Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 How in the world was that not a double dribble on Bowen? Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 Are we going to see a Jimond Ivey-esque game from tavari? Quote
UAZippers Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 Struggling to stay in front of their guards early. Both made threes were because somebody had to help and left them open. Quote
MDZip Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 Amani has gotten so good at three-point shots that I'm almost shocked when he misses now. Quote
zipsrule Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 1 minute ago, Illini Zip said: Was that a charge call? Hmmm. The Ball State defender sold it pretty well. Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 4 points missed at the rim. Hopefully that doesn’t come back later Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 21 Author Report Posted February 21 Getting out-physicaled and outhustled right now. Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 Eric finally gets the finish at the rim! Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 They mentioned it on the broadcast, but the offensive indecision is greater than I’ve seen this year Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 21 Author Report Posted February 21 Happy to get that half behind us. Quote
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