Let'sGoZips94

Frank Martin is a great coach who recruits really stupid players.

Miami OH survives (again). Top 20 top team in luck continues to prove that metric accurate. Somebody end this madness.

If offensive fouls were allowed to be called on Suder, he'd foul out of every game.

Bringing my daughters down for their first Kent game (my son is still a little too young, although there's a decent chance his first words will be "Kent sucks"). A lot of focus will be on the post matchups - which is somewhat valid - but much like most Akron games, it's going to come down to our shot-making ability. Make our shots and we will win going away. Struggle to make our shots, and this will be a typical Akron/Kent brutal fight. Kent's post play doesn't scare me whatsoever. I know I and others have joked about Whaley's weight, but it's a legitimate point of emphasis when facing a team like Akron. Our athleticism and pace should really take him out of the game. Our trap-style defense will give Gillespie fits as well. When watching Kent, they're not fast or quick; they're physical and rely on the downfall of their opponent more than their own ability to win games (Kent is the 5th luckiest team in the country according to KenPom). That won't play well against an Akron team that is quicker, faster, more athletic, and far superior offensively. If they choose to play an inside game, they'll be playing a lot of catchup vs our 3P shooting (assuming it's not horrendous). If they choose to try to keep up from beyond the arc, they'll be going away from their strength (interior play). Kent does NOT have a rebounding advantage on paper and with how we've been playing, that should carry over to the court. Kent is averaging 40 RPG vs. Akron's 38.3 RPG. In the Toledo game, Akron outrebounded Toledo 37-25 despite on-paper mismatches in the post. Kent is also quite undisciplined which hopefully Akron can exploit. Stay level headed, play smart, take care of the ball, make our shots, and we win this by 10+. Fully expecting a double digit win. Don't forget your nose plugs to help with the stench that will be in the pee-yellow areas of the JAR. Go Zips.

Unfortunately, I don't think the MAC will allow them to miss Cleveland. They are currently 5th in the MAC pending the UMass/Miami result. Balls is the first team out at 3-5, so Ohio has a 2 game buffer. I would love to see them in the first round, though.

I did Akron Basketball Camp with their son Chris. Great guy. Sorry for their loss. Zips Nation lost a good one.

Kent finally pulls away from Ohio at home. A couple observations. - Ohio is pathetic. Really undisciplined and very low skill. - Read BobcatAttack and my new favorite play on words is Boalsh*t. - Whaley was wearing sunglasses on the bench at the end of the game. Sendy has another team of high class, let me tell ya. Wouldn't be surprised if there's a new diss track they've produced.

The most impressive win of the season by far. Withstood super hot shooting by Toledo amd are going to win by double digits.

I remember Akron teams that would struggle so much with the press. This team is too athletic for the press to work.

Toledo's active hands have made him uncomfortable.

These thumbs in stripes are just pathetic. Who knew so many zebras could go bald; they didn't show that in Madagascar.

These refs have been atrocious. That phantom late call on the missed Toledo layup/bunny was pathetic.

As a coach he has to be. But it's also his fault for not recruiting a viable big to clog the lane. A couple Toledo possessions ago, we doubled the ball at the top of the key with Lyles and Evan M. Toledo passed out of it and left Scott and another guard as the lone defenders in the post. Defensive game plan was clearly executed, but Toledo played out of it and the obvious flaw was found. Toledo is playing extremely well offensively and I just don't see how we're supposed to stop them with the personnel we have. It's up to our offense to produce and Toledo to cool off.

He has also had the hot hand offensively. Hardman-lite tonight.

I disagree with the bad defense. The turnovers were way worse than the defense. Not saying the defense was perfect or even good, but I didn't see bad defense. We had 7 takeaways and the majority of their scoring came from hot shooting, not defensive breakdowns. Most of the time we can't physically play better defense without risking fouling. I also don't understand our defensive scheme. We actively look to double then people get pissed when there is a man left open. Our personnel just doesn't lend itself to shutdown defense and we compound that deficiency with the doubling scheme. Unless there are rotations not being executed, we're gonna have to live with a few open shots here and there.

Ding ding ding! Our issues right now are our turnovers and our turnovers.

We are Kowalchoke's regular season Super Bowl. The only numbers that matter for Toledo are 1 9 8 0.

The bigger question is will the NCAA allow Whaley to play with an oxygen tank? He's going to need constant oxygen dragging his fat rear end up and down the court all night. Gillespie got in foul trouble the other night vs Miami. Fully expect that to happen again with our athleticism.

Much like everything else in Minnesota, the Timberwolves are frauds. Somebody needs to save Enrique and get him out of that organization.

Why do you think I said Friday will be fun? 😏

All of their MAC games have been decided by 10 or less. Next Friday is going to be fun.

If Balls can get going, they're going to make that 7/8 seed race very messy. The MAC is very much improved this year, but the separation between the top 3-4 and the rest of the conference is as vast as it has been since the Oats Buffalo days.

It's a wonderful read. Shoutout to the announcers tonight. Miami OH fans watching the game had to be pissed hearing them essentially say Akron is still the class of the MAC despite the Sweaters being undefeated. Cleveland will be fun.

Boals wanted nothing to do with that handshake at the end there.

20-0, yet only 6 spots ahead of Akron in NET who has 4 losses. They've only played 1 top 100 team all season and it was at home after a 2 week break from D1 basketball for said opponent. Does anybody remember when Tiger Woods handed Justin Thomas an item on the course as a joke? If you look closely, it was actually Miami's 2025-26 basketball schedule rolled up.