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Before 😁.

Time for Eric to bust out.

Dustin all of the way out to the Akron Children's logo. LOL.

Dunk of the year by Eric.

Well, Groce was as mad as I have ever seen him at the team over the defense. Agree on the turnovers.

Hot shooting + bad defense = 49 first half points

What an ugly half for the Zips.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict they won't shoot 82% on threes all night.

Groce is good and p!$$ed with the defense.

Too many turnovers.

Toledo came prepared for the 1-3-1.

The Parks kid has slimmed down and is more mobile than I remembered.

Zack with a mask. Broken nose?

It's going to be interesting to see how Groce plans to handle the defense when Gillespie and 6'7" 290 pound Whaley are on the floor together.

I'm more concerned with his mom!

The Toledo Rockets come to the JAR Tuesday night to face the Zips. The Rockets are 10-9 going into Saturday’s rivalry game against Bowling Green. 6’1” junior guard Sonny Wilson leads the Rockets at 17.4 ppg. 6’1” freshman guard Leroy Blyden, Jr. scores 15.4 ppg. 6’7” senior forward Sean Craig scores 12.8 ppg while leading the team in rebounding at 7.9 rpg.

Taking on the personality of their coach, Mr. Paunchy. I should have trademarked/copyrighted "Mr. Pinky." We now have "Mr. Paunchy."

Javan Simmons is the exact player he was when he first played at Toledo. Meanwhile, Amani has worked hard and vastly improved his game.

Please...please...please...no let up tonight.

So we're calling illegal screens tonight for a change.

I thought Baby Huey was decent in the paint when they got him the ball. As I see it: Tier 1: Miami; Zips; PCCC Tier 2: BG, Toledo, OU Tier 3: Buffalo; UMass (maybe with Freitag they squeak into Tier 2

Athens awaits the Zips Friday for am 8:00 p.m. game with the 11-9 Bobcats. The Bobcats are led by 6'2" senior guard Jackson Pavaletzke who leads the team in scoring (17.4 ppg) and assist (4 apg). 6'8" senior forward Aiden Hadaway is second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding at 14.1 ppg and 7.6 rpg. The natives are restless in Athens with Boals given the up and down nature of their season. The Zips have lost their last three games in the Convocation Center. There's also a watch party at the Barley House.

Can't do it. It's like the Ravens versus the Steelers.

I wouldn't put too much stock in yesterday's game. The Zips have had much worse defensive games this season. Much, not all of yesterday's success yesterday was the result of guys making tough shots over well- positioned defenders. Sometimes teams just get hot. Some of Dambrot's teams were sketchy on defense. However, during the 4 years with Zeke it all got cleaned up on the back end. Groce's first team here was 8th in the MAC in average points surrendered and 9th in opponent field goal percentage. They were regularly just "out-athleted." This year's squad is 7th in average points surrendered and 2nd in opponent FG%. The current team is not the worst. The fast pace of the offense gives both teams more possessions. They've had lapses which have hurt and can be cleaned up but they're never going to be at the top of the MAC on defense. Barre can help a little if he returns but he'll at best play 12-15 minutes a game and the biggest problem has been on perimeter traps and switches and recovering on help defense when the ball swings, and that's not him on the perimeter.

Lebron paid homage to UA and the city with his new shoes which included the UA logo- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/nba/2026/01/18/lebron-james-nike-23-shoes-pay-tribute-to-akron-zips/88243766007/