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TWolves are on ESPN right now and Enrique is active.

I mean we were favored in 4 out of our 5 losses so it could be argued that we should have won more than 2 of them. That's why it's hypocritical to criticize Miami this year. They played an easier schedule, not that ours was brutal, but they actually took care of business. It's more challenging to win all the games you're expected to then people care to admit.

I'm afraid our attempts to improve defensively have been outweighed by the regression in offense that caused

We have a 6'8" scorer riding the bench. Last night we had 3 starters score 2, 3 and 4. We have a great coach but I'm still scratching my head over the starting lineup. I'm thankful for TJ.

Reminds me of the sophomore slump Tavari had. At least he’s a hustler and good on defense, but him getting back to form on offense by the end of season would be huge..issue is he hasn’t had it all year.

It's Big Dog jersey retirement night. 9:oo start time kinda sucks.

Kent wasn't a good performance either if we are being honest, they were just even worse. It's time to make some adjustments. Starting/playing Halligan and Evan together doesn't work. Halligan didn't play much of the 2nd half, so hopefully that adjustment is on the way. His minutes should be matchup-based. Start Eric or Bowen instead. Also, put Shammah in the starting lineup. I know he hasn't played well lately, but he and Tavari have good chemistry, and if we are going to accomplish what we want to do in the end, Shammah is going to have to play really well. Sharron is perfect as the first guard off the bench.

The problem is any time we've played any team half decent this year we've lost. Good teams are able to exploit our weaknesses. If you beat the bad teams, but consistently lose to the good teams that means you're somewhere in between the two.

I want more Serb. I want more Hardman. I want more speed on offense. I want more shot attempts. I want to get back to the early season system that outpaced opponents and it didn't matter how teams shot because we were able to dictate the style and keep up.

I changed my mind: This tournament sucks get rid of it

If D can't take away passing lanes and force turnovers and push tempo; and offense can't space and move their matchup zone... lather, rinse, repeat. We will see how they try to adjust against some size. If we're not dictating pace we're average.

Exactly what I was thinking. Not that we should have beaten Purdue, but two of the other four losses should have been wins. It's the same story every year too, ever since KD...lose every important OOC game against respectable competition, compete hard to win the MAC/C, then get smoked in whatever post-season tournament we make. If athletics is about feeling and looking good for the sake of the university's brand/image, why not just schedule a complete slate of cupcakes and get a national ranking like the fraudster sweaters? They have to get up for five games per season and are doing it for that reason alone. They sleep walk through the rest of their schedule.

He was active last game and looks to be again today.

Kent can't read or write. Zips can't win important games. John's next endeavor...in process.

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck.

Respectfully, there has to be a better answer than this to spend tens of millions.

I think Sharron is a very good defender. Zack's decent. However, those two are contributing little else at this point. I sure wish Sharron would break out of his shooting slump. This year his FG% was 40% and he's shooting 30% from 3. Last year he 46% and 40%.

On postgame Groce doesn't seem at all upset with how we played. He was happy with effort, communication & execution. Just thinks 3-ball simply didn't fall tonight.

Also, I thought Bowen was a problem defensively in the 2nd half. He was out of position and then would try to run out to the 3 point shooter. The shooter just instead dribbled past him, which made Lyles rotate. This left Amani's man to get an easy offensive rebound put back. Outside of Evan I'm not sure we have any great defenders. Not having a lock down perimeter defender might be what we miss most this season by not having Nate.

I'm not sure adjusting the starting lineup will do much. The opening 7 minutes we played great. It was the 33 minutes that followed that was the problem.

Predictable. Same weaknesses all year. We had more last season. Not to say we can't upset MAC competition and make the tournament but probably not a team to advance.

They need this week off. They seem to have lost some mojo. They have a month to get it back

I don't know if this or EMU was a poorer performance. Think I'm still going to go with EMU.

That foul just can't happen there.

25 threes from both teams. 48% to 20%. There's your ball game.

I think this might be the biggest issue. Sure, the JAR looks like it could use some modernizing (inside and out) but Akron has a quality product. The team (winning program with likable guys and a style of play that is enjoyable to watch), nice jerseys, nice court, the best mascot in D1, but from what I hear on this forum the game experience could be better. The last time it was a traffic jam leaving the game. The basics need to be addressed first like comfortable and convenient seating, plentiful and clean bathrooms, quality and fairly priced concessions that are well run, a fan gear shop that is open, it’s cold in NE Ohio so parking should be built into the stadium complex if you are ever able to build new. Do you have a coat check at least? There have been mentions about the sound system and music choices/volume. Team introductions. These are some of the things you guys have mentioned in the past. I could make plenty of Marketing suggestions if I dove into it, but that usually costs money. This seems more like an event management challenge to me.

29 points in the first half is a pretty tough offensive performance.

I didn't even think we played that bad in the first half. We only had 3 turnovers, we played good defense, we're holding our own on the glass, and we seem to be running our offense. We need some shots to fall.

We need to find a way to get Shammah going.

Cool, how is this not cool?

Unfortunately the Akron Zoo does not have kangaroos 😞

We just lost by double digits at home to a team ranked 325 out of 363 Division I teams. Unfathomable. It has to be one of the worst losses in the history of the women’s program. Make it make sense.