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Still on track to finish with the same amount of wins over winning MAC teams as last year! With a far less experienced roster to boot.

Groce mentioned this in the post game presser. Their diet Freeman and Bass talked to Akron's bench a few times, I know hard to believe Bass made any field goals. I can understand Ali's as it was clear, though no doubt he was baited by the Kent bench. Tavari's was unbelievable.

Kent fans, being the geriatric morons and losers they are, will cry endlessly about Groce despite Pinky and his entire staff of makeup-less clowns did the same exact thing in that gym last year in the game.

Groce would have gotten one himself late if the officiating crew wasn't aware of how terrible they were. The tall pretty boy who spent probably 2 hours on his hair, Luke Schumer, is a low tier Horizon League ref. Dreadful night for him, but he still gets the $2,500 game check plus expenses. Stupid game.

You could play that game 100 times, and I’m not sure how many times Akron wins. No Tribble, foul trouble for the remaining guards, Kent gets hot late. Man, excruciating but awesome to finish the job.

2 years ago, a reeling Kent team off the heels of a home loss to NIU saw its coming out party at home vs. the Zips behind 30 from Carry. This team likely doesn’t have the same potential as those Flashes, but as we know, if they get it rolling in that building, throw out the records. Zips need to bring it for 40 minutes.

Weather looking dreadful for tomorrow. Zips have won 4/5 MAC games by double figures but have truly left a lot to be desired for long stretches in each game, even the early goings at NIU. I'm not sure the Zips can survive a bad first half in this environment, regardless of Kent's injury situation.

He was made eligible then, but has been playing off the bench. Strange management of his minutes. He could’ve scored a lot more if not for missing those 2 footers early. He allegedly makes a ton of NIL money at WMU.

Not sure I’ve ever seen a better, more impactful performance by a guy who didn’t attempt a single shot all night. Kudos to Kaleb Thornton. Love having him on this team.

Man Clark is struggling this year!

Buffalo reminds me of the 17-18 Zips. Holy smokes I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a pair of guys (Fulcher and Adams) miss so many shots that badly. Zips should have won that one by 30, if not 40. But we gotta take it. Worried about Nate.

Akron athletics may be one of the single remaining entertainment entities, aside from the parking situation (which does suck), to ride out inflation without getting out of hand in this area. You could take a family of four to every Zips basketball game in a season and get some concessions for the same price as maybe attending a single Blossom Live Nation concert and sitting with the drunks and psychos up on the lawn. Throw in matching T-shirts, 4 beers for the adults and some sodas for the kids and you’re tacking on an extra $200 or so, probably more. Minor league baseball is not a comp and will never be a comp. College basketball is played during the worst weather months of the year indoors, not outdoors May-August when it’s gorgeous 85% of the time. Of all things Akron has done wrong over the years, and Lord knows it’s been plenty, ticket pricing doesn’t sniff the medal stand.

Well, far more goes into being a coach than telling a guy it’s better to catch the ball than to not to. It’s a little bit of both. On one hand, he is extremely familiar with Akron and a few guys on staff. Also had a very successful coaching career. On the other hand, he last coached guys who were born in the 1980s and there was nothing called the transfer portal to deal with. I’m sure it’ll be fine, but it’s very reasonable to question and expect there to be a learning curve while getting back on the recruiting trail, if they even have him recruit at all.

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QB coach at UCLA.

Bass is recovering from the flu, but was already finding himself on the bench far more often than not before that. Hornbeak is out hurt. Santiago isn’t the same anymore (yet). They are without an identity.

As Groce has said, he has maintained his contributions in the form of being a great team player. I’ve noticed he’s fighting harder for rebounds and loose balls, even without his shots falling. You can’t necessarily see that in the box score, but a guy like him could quickly de-rail a team if he wasn’t bought in. Not like we have any experience with something like that 😉

I think if anything, Nate was tapping it away from himself so he didn’t step on it. Stupid unnecessary call.

Guess who was called for more fouls and didn’t have 2 shot bonus until the last minute. Even the best of the message boards have plenty of stupidity.

That was a terrifying moment. It’s dumb and they need to be more careful. The first warning on Nate was a stupid call for hitting the ball out after a made bucket, but that was par for the course for the evening.

QB Cole Snyder from Buffalo to EMU

It’s too bad tickets are so expensive and they’re not wearing neon orange jerseys Friday. Also not looking like the weather will be nice enough for a post game fireworks show. JAR will be empty

Well that was no fun whatsoever. Exhale. Roadkill. Onto Buffalo.

Amazing display of officiating. Like last year all over again in Muncie.

Not feeling good about this one at all. Let Jihad sit on 3 fouls for way way too long. Ball has gotten sticky and the offense stagnant for the Zips. Nothing coming easy.