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I have to say this before it gets lost in the excitement. Evan Mahaffey has been totally boss lately. His effort and determination was the difference tonight in my opinion. Shammah hit the game winner, but Evan carried us a ton.

Not that there was ever any doubt, but last night was further proof that Groce is without question the best coach in the MAC. The halftime adjustments and productive second half timeouts were outstanding.

They need NIL. Not an arena

What fun night. Zips Nation showed out, at least 80% Akron fans there and probably the biggest crowd that I can remember there since maybe 2010 ish vs OU. Good times. Easy to root for this group

John Madden once said, "The champion is the champion until he's no longer the champion, and that's what makes him the champion". Normally, this is pure gibberish, but tonight it makes a lot of sense.

Can't blow a 20 point lead in the second half if you're getting blown out. 4D chess move by the Zips.

Bud Wentz.

123 all for one 456 Family 789 Community/alumni NEED TO SUPPORT THIS COACH AND PROGRAM!!!!!

I love the Akron Zips!!!!!

29% from 3 and 3/9 from the line and found a way to win. That’s not a charmed life or luck. That’s showing more grit than your opponent. Sorry Tod.

Tod fails to realize that teams make their own luck and that composure, which comes in part from team culture, plays a huge role at the end of games.

Tod should really recognize the Zips improvement in title games. Have won by 1, 2 and now 3 points in the last three MAC Championships. I look forward to next year's resounding 4 point win.

I already gave kudos to Evan, but watch…with 6 seconds left here again his defense slows the ball down. And then he pokes the ball away. Toledo does get a shot off, but it was a frantic heave because of Evan’s disruption.

I don't, but I feel it's safe to assume Suder won't rob Tavari of another MVP.

On consecutive come from behind barn burners!

3-Peat!

I wish we attacked the basket more in the 1st half. We'd probably be up 8-10 right now if he had.

Gotta make our FTs down the stretch. Only 1-5 so far

3-Peat hats are now available. https://www.feartheroocollective.com/category/all-products

I don't think the JAR is necessarily a dump. Nonetheless - if I were a player I'd rather play in a "dump" with a bag than a new arena without one. I don't think UA can pat their head and rub their stomach and do both with all the recent financial problems. Like someone else said, there is just better ROI in NIL.

I think they had to defend that play straight up because if the ball gets into Tavari’s hands a floater or lay up wins it just the same.

Our FT shooting was absolutely abysmal during the tournament.

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Thank you. I wanted to post this 👇

Wow.

2026 MAC Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team Leonardo Bettiol, UMass Sean Craig, Toledo Leroy Blyden Jr., Toledo Amani Lyles, Akron Tavari Johnson, Akron - MVP

Last night was insane. Cannot believe I’ve been able to witness not only winning the tournament 3 years in a row, but the manner in which we won each of them is just incredible. Told my wife for a second I felt lucky, but then I remembered I’m a big Browns and Zips football fan, so I deserve a little bit of happiness rooting for my teams lol.

43-2 in our last 45 MAC basketball games.

I need the 3 peat hat! Does anyone have a link? A coach was in a 3Peat fear the roo collective hat during the celebration. I assume they gotta be selling it to help the collective soon.

Nice!!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV407znDsZO/?igsh=MWQxbTRkeTlsZmF0Nw== New GVart Akron shirt tomorrow! 🤯

This was arguably the second biggest shot in the game. Bowen finally got a shot that didn't have him off-balance and he didn't miss.

I hate Todelo so much. But they did play a hell of a game too. The difference was the character of our guys. Their belief in themselves and a never die attitude. Which is infused into them on a daily basis by our whole coaching staff. That’s part of the culture element. But Groce did also make in game adjustments. One already discussed was to switch back and forth from man to zone defense to slow them down. And finally Tod, to be the best you need to beat the best. There is nothing fluky or charmed about the Akron Zips!!

Nah, that was a hell of an effort by them. I'll go with cursed.

Let's go

Coaches now get 5 minutes to decide to challenge? That was crap.

Hanging on the rim. Edit: I will never forget how they used to call that and how it lead to Jayden Sayles injury.

I like this tempo.

Maybe we should make it a tradition to start our best players

Gotta figure out a way to hit shots. Toledo shooting 53% from 3P won't last (most likely) but 25% from 3P won't give us any chances. Gotta fix that.

STOP PLAYING HERO BALL

ConfettiGate!

This is just how the regular season game went.

There was a lot of good in this game. Lots of good ball movement and players working together. Good defense with just the one breakdown, inability to clear inside the box. Not sure how it works, but I think the PK’s only figure in if a tiebreaker is needed.