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Oriol just made a circus shot finish at the rim

I mean the top of the MAC to the bottom of the MAC is a wide range. Likely comparable to someone. It's just too soon to know the quality of any team.

Tahj having a heater

MMK with a 3

Pence has been quiet.

I mean there is no Amani Lyles and the ball movement hasn't looked as good, but a lot of the ball movement might be just needing to learn to play together. We seem to be playing through Tahj and Evan a lot. We seem to be a better rebounding team. I think we will rely heavily on defense and offensive rebounds to generate offense. It will take time to see what this offense will really look like. They're still learning to play together and Ford still will need to determine which rotations work and which don't

Fewer people in arena probably helps since there is less crowd noise.

Perkins just broke someone's ankles. Unfortunately missed the open 3.

He must have heard you, drained a 3.

Good hustle on both ends of the floor. Main reason we're up right now.

Ball movement definitely needs to improve.

36-26 Akron. Nice defense to offense fast break finish by Oriel

Evan is such a great finisher when he can get into the open floor.

A little sloppy. Look like a team that hasn't played together a whole lot. Will take time to develop chemistry. In the little I've seen Perkins looks like he hustles. I would expect him to be a bigger part this season.

Not a good start for Buddy.

The starters. Tahj Barre Mahaffey Pence White

There is maybe 250 here if you include the band, cheerleaders, event staff, and players.

Extra thrilled if he finds out the t-shirt cannon was never repaired.

Tavari was putting up video game like volume + efficiency numbers up until like March. Scott and Hardman were both volume 3 point shooters who shot over 40% from 3. Amani was a real threat from the perimeter and forced opposing centers to defend him 20 feet from basket, which opened up the lane for dribble penetration. I just don't see this years team having the same scoring efficiency and that's okay. There is more than 1 way to win a basketball game.

I'm probably most excited to see the size and versatility of our guards/forwards. We tried to play an aggressive style of defense last year, but the quality teams we faced often were able to move it around to find the open man. This year we have a lot more size and more versatile players. We should better be able to disrupt passing lanes and while we might take a step back offensively I think we'll be able to force more turnovers on the defensive end to compensate.

Barre's injuries from last year I don't believe are anything in danger of high risk of re-injury. He has known heart issues that led to him missing time at Duquesne. Not sure if he's on minute restrictions or odds it could become problematic if we find ourselves needing to rely on him for 20 minutes a night.

Didn't we lose to YSU last year?

It looks like the game will be broadcast on radio on 640 WHLO for those that want to follow along, but can't attend in person.

If we're to be honest with ourselves Evan hasn't shown that range either. He's a career .273 from beyond the arc. The only thing really missing from his game.

To be fair I don't know if that's the case either. We did pay massive buyouts to the previous 3 coaches. That's a fact. Whether or not someone is willing to pay $650K to fire Joe I have no way of knowing. If they did have that money laying around and were willing I would find it puzzling they wouldn't be spending it buying a training table, better assistants, or NIL. The toughest selling point to the next coach regardless if they're hired this offseason or next is Akron is a dead end job. The deck is literally stacked against you. That eliminates most candidates that this board would be hopeful about.