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The 2004-5 Zips are a vastly different group than the the classic underachieving, slo-motion offense, Hipsher's kid-centric teams of the past 9 years.

Full court press for 40 minutes. They rotate 10-12 players. 3-pointers a-plenty.

While Hipsher chose to yank players who didn't take "his" shot...Dambrot allows them to take the open shot when it's there. Kids are no longer looking over at the scores table the entire game, expecting to get pulled. Black Hole Derrick Tarver is gone. The kids are having fun. A breath of fresh air in the stagnant JAR.

Duquesne is A-10, but they're 1-5 and seem to be reeling. Zips should win.

Looking forward to seeing how this style of play works vs. Kent and Miami. And, the game vs. Buffalo should be a 110-109 affair!

Captain Kangaroo Wrote:Looking forward to seeing how this style of play works vs. Kent and Miami.  And, the game vs. Buffalo should be a 110-109 affair!

In favor of who? There's no way Buffalo allows over a hundred points against anybody.

longtimebullsfan Wrote:

Captain Kangaroo Wrote:Looking forward to seeing how this style of play works vs. Kent and Miami.  And, the game vs. Buffalo should be a 110-109 affair!

In favor of who? There's no way Buffalo allows over a hundred points against anybody.

Zips won...triple overtime. Hell of a game. :D

We'll see.

I am guessing the Akron-Buffalo game will be close, but I agree with longtimebullsfan. There is no way that anyone, including Akron is hanging a c-note on the Bulls.

I remember Dambrot as a pretty good coach and recruiter. He was basically a victim of the PC movement when at CMU...although, truthfully, there are times when a coach has to forget trying to be "hip" and acknowledge that certain words & phrases are verbal hand-grenades. I think you'll definitely see an athletic, fast-paced style of ball, once he has some more pieces in place.

Watched most of it. It was a great game. I love watching MAC basketball on tv.