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I remember them having class fans a couple of years ago and it looks like things have remained the same. They seem to understand why we are upset with this matchup.
 
My how things have changed since the BB selection. Anyone who talked about us playing them being a bummer (and it was basically all of us) looks silly now. They've won 5 straight and well, we've not. They are 20-7 and we are 18-7. Looks like a pretty good match up now!
 
Rambunctious said:
My how things have changed since the BB selection. Anyone who talked about us playing them being a bummer (and it was basically all of us) looks silly now. They've won 5 straight and well, we've not. They are 20-7 and we are 18-7. Looks like a pretty good match up now!
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Yeah I admitted as much to them on there. We dropped the ball and they've picked up nicely. It won't matter at home though. VCU is a different team at the Stu.
 
buckwheat said:
sounds to me like they're some really classy fans.
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Yeah they have some bad apples (heck we have a ton of our own), but they have a lot of very mature, civil posters on there. Good fanbase that supports their team.
 
I got no problem with the match-up anymore. We certainly didn't deserve it the way we've been playing. Keep playing with that chip.
 
vcubanana said:
I got no problem with the match-up anymore. We certainly didn't deserve it the way we've been playing. Keep playing with that chip.
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They are not a bad team, but it would have been nice to play someone different. That is the cool thing about the BracketBusters for me is playing teams that we don't usually play. Especially considering our coaches are best friends. I am sure we can play Akron any time we want to. Obviously the match up is much closer now then it was when the pairings were announced RPI wise and almost identical when comparing our W/L record. So it is not a big deal from that perspective. At least we get some TV time out of it.
 
districtballer said:
buckwheat said:
sounds to me like they're some really classy fans.
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Yeah they have some bad apples (heck we have a ton of our own), but they have a lot of very mature, civil posters on there. Good fanbase that supports their team.
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a swing and a miss
 
districtballer said:
buckwheat said:
sounds to me like they're some really classy fans.
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Yeah they have some bad apples (heck we have a ton of our own), but they have a lot of very mature, civil posters on there. Good fanbase that supports their team.
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sounds familiar???

Another opportunity to prove something on a semi-national stage, another craptastic performance from the Zips. Guys looked uninspired and out of sorts. This one falls squarely on coaching. Ever since this game was announced KD took the approach that the game really didn't matter for the Zips and that he didn't even really want to play it. Well guess what KD, you just got embarrased on national TV. You got outcoached, your team got outhustled and you were simply overmatched.

Normally I'm not a big critic of KD except for when it comes to scheduling. But one has to wonder if all the talk about being a "sleeping giant" and becoming the "Gonzaga of the East" that we've heard for so many years out of Keith was just a bunch of bull. This coach and this program seems perfectly content just trying to be at or near the top of the conversation in one of the weakest college basketball conferences in the country. There doesn't appear to be much interest at all in making a splash on the national scene. Open challenge here Keith, you want us (the fans) to continue to support you and you want to grow this program, show us you want it. Show us you want to be something more than just one of the top programs in the MAC.

As far as individual performances and issues, not much more to say here. Zeke was flat awful today. He kept a few balls alive on the offensive end, but that was about it. His shot selection and finishing ability was as poor as I've ever seen it, and he was really a non-factor on the defensive end. I'm pretty well convinced that none of our big guys could have finished a wide open dunk if they had the opportunity today. Piss poor free throw shooting (a KD staple) and long scoring droughts (again a KD staple) and the Zips lose. Not much else you can say.
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