Two Interesting Perspectives on Tonight's Game from the Athens Messenger....

Nice preview in the Athens Messenger on today's game...a couple of interesting points...

The first is that the Bobcats have really struggled against a 2-3 zone.  Our game preview noted how poorly they shot against BG in the first game, and the article notes that they really struggled against EMU's 2-3 zone, too.

Ohio set season lows with 15 made field goals and a 31.3 percent shooting percentage against Eastern Michigan’s 2-3 zone on Saturday.

The article also notes that OU has not had the 3-point shooting to attack the zone this season, and Groce is talking about taking the battle into the paint, which should be very interesting. On the other hand, UT had not had the 3-point shooting to attack the zone until they played BG and it showed up all of a sudden, so we'll put that in the list under "wait and see."

Also, the article talks about the Bobcat's two game stumble in the West...

“We came off of two losses in January…and we came back and responded against Buffalo like our pants were on fire,” the coach continued. “We’ve got to get back to that edge. And we can. That’s who we are.”

I am going to work off the assumption that having your pants on fire is a good thing...I'm no basketball coach or anything. I hope mine don't catch on fire...anyway, conference play is great for this in one-bid leagues, and I look forward to what should be an interesting game tonight.