clarkwgriswold

One thing I like about the small MAC crowds is that you can hear specific things the fans yell.

He shot 70% and 67% in his 1st and 2nd years then jumped to 88% last year. He seemed very good early this year but has obviously dropped off. Hopefully it is a brief slump and he's not reverting to has old ways.

They just need to do a batter job of getting over, through and around those perimeter screens. Their inability to do that against PCCC killed them.

GT article below. My favorite part- “We’ve gotten more contributions from [guard] Garvin Clarke, Mike Dawson, Aziz Bandaogo, Mike Wynne,” Groce said, “so it’s added to the depth of our team which also has made us better over the last couple of weeks.” https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2022/02/15/akron-zips-mens-basketball-team-tough-stretch-in-mac-john-groce/6744775001/

WMU won its first MAC game of the season on Saturday against CMU. They scored the first seven points of the game and won 77-63. Lamar Norman scored a game-high 25 points extending his double-digit scoring streak to 22 games in a row.

Yep, he was one of the last minute recruits to help keep things afloat. I will always have find memories of walk-on Lucas Smith who at about 6'5" had to all too often play in the post for that team. I believe that was also the year Olajapoke had his health issues forcing them both into extra duty.

Despite some enthusiasm on here, Mark Kostelac was never going to be a D1 player. Heck, he wasn't even all-conference in high school as a 7-footer. He moved onto Walsh and was relatively ineffective there for a year.

Please, call me Jack.

In last month's game, the Zips really beat up WMU in the paint and on second chance points. Aziz and Enrique combined for 10 offensive rebounds. Hastings, a 6'7" forward is their best rebounder at 8.8 rpg. Hopefully we can keep him off of the board and pound them again inside.

It just has an odd feeling looking forward to players that may come in between signing day and opening day. It's a whole new world out there!

4/13 on threes in the 1st half, 3/5 in the 2nd.

They were 14/24 from 3. They were hot and the Zips perimeter defense was, well, ...

3rd in scoring; 3rd in rebounding; 8th in assists; 3rd in steals. She certainly has a strong argument.

I do hope you're right zippy5. I just don't see it.

I think the guard that would make the difference has to be a ball dominant scorer, the guy that gets the ball in a pinch when you need a basket. A Rollins, Sears, Norman or gulp, Carry type. Clarke will be a nice piece and a good point guard but I don't see him ever being that kind of guy. As I have said many times before, the Zips just don't have that "go to" guy. They don't have anyone in the top 14 in MAC scoring. Freeman is great but he's a big in a guard's league and not the type of offensive star the Zips need. The Zips across the board talent is fine with a bunch of nice above average players but they need that "go to" guy to get them over the top.

The Zips head off to Kalamazoo Tuesday to face the Broncos and the MAC's leading scorer, Duquesne transfer Lamar Norman Jr. Heading into tonight's game against CMU, the Broncos stand at 4-20 and are 0-13 in the MAC. The Broncos gave the Zips a run for their money at the JAR on January 18th, falling 74-73. In that game, Ali Ali scored 18 points and scored with 5.4-seconds left to complete an incredible 11-0 Zips run in the last couple of minutes. Norman and guard B. Artis White led the Broncos in the game totaling 42 points.

And you're never going to win playing bad perimeter defense.

It's the middle of February and this team has not developed a true go to guy or any killer instinct.

It certainly was a balance to what sounded to be a "f*** Kent State" chant in the first half.

As an aside, I wonder who the genius was that thought putting decals on the end glass railings was in order. It's bad enough for fans to have to watch a game through that stupid structure, now they can't even see through it.

...and flipped off the Zips fans in the north stands on the way out.

Most frustrating game of the entire season.

Jesus, could they just once get a damn important stop???

Insincere is the enemy and his on court cockiness makes him tough to like as an opponent, but the kid is a real baller.

Jacobs, at 6'3" again leads them in rebounds. He also leads in steals and assists.