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I think this has loss written all over it. But we live in their heads rent free. We will break their hearts again.

Kent has played an incredible number of close games. To their credit, they have pulled through in most of them. Gonna likely see them twice coming up. I fully expect Kent to try and get under the Zips skin by being super aggressive. Show composure, rebound and make every possession count. Zips get it done but it’s gonna be a battle.

Saturday night, the card shop I work for on the weekends had a huge trade night. Afterwards, the owner thanked all the employees by gifting a box of 2024-25 Panini Obsidian Basketball cards to each employee. 1 pack, 7 cards per. 1 of my 7 cards? Enrique Freeman Rookie Patch Auto /75. Gotta love how Enrique keeps representing Akron.

Great to see he's still the same humble goofy kid he was as a Zip.

Need to limit the turnovers. After Tuesday night the Zips are likely to see a lot of defensive pressure. Limit the turnovers and stay close on the rebounds and the Zips should win.

Fouls have become an issue for Freeman, as he has fouled out in two straight games. Today - 28 minutes, 13 points, 12 rebounds 2/22 - 30 minutes, 29 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals They've mostly been using him at the 4 recently.

Maybe, but I expect the same result. Kent sucks.

Probably an accurate take, but like in all things the vocal minority typically is what stands out. Even if it is a poor representation of what makes up the entire group.

I don't think A10 fans care at all about UMass or the MAC Tournament.

That might be the bigger problem, though if they were already playing at Green Street it may not be a noticeable difference for the team

I mean, the average is probably closer to 500. Maybe a bigger field gets more people? Soccer is a different animal; if they have that sort of "type" of fans, even with a few hundred, they'll make it work.

Actually ... I believe most of that talk came more from A-10 fans although some UMass fans were certainly in that mix. The more knowledgeable UMass fans had a clearer sense of MAC basketball from earlier yearws, when MAC teams played them as part of that FB package back in the day. Still, I do believe the majority of both UMass and A-10 fans both would be stunned if UMass does not make the MAC Tournament.

The field does seem like it will play more narrow than firstenergy. The minimum width of a college soccer field is supposed to be 70 yards. There isn't a whole lot of sideline room at infocision, it will be pretty tight if they even go for a width of 65 yards

Better following than I would have guessed. I was thinking more along the lines of 500. I don't really have complaints from Akron hosting. I was more speaking from a fan experience perspective.

This is best case scenario IF UMass doesn't end up the 8 seed. I really want them to beat the crap out of Miami OH in round 1, even if they don't ultimately win the game. Otherwise, missing the tourney altogether is a better alternative to them being on our side of the bracket.

Technically, if both teams finish with one loss, it would be regular season co-champions but Miami would get the #1 seed.

Might actually eclipse 1000 a couple times. Looks like their record is 1700, hit last year against a team from Cleveland. Certainly it's not exactly going to fill the place up, but it's also going to bring a few people out that haven't been to the stadium before, at no real cost to the University, so it's still a win and I'm glad they're trying things.

I think that’s much more about budget than Adidas versus Nike

This was my initial thought as well. Not so much because of grass/turf, but more because Cadet Field is already setup for soccer and the lower capacity won't make it feel so empty. Even when Akron football attracts ~8k in real attendance Infocision feels very empty. This might attract a few hundred.

I was hoping CMU would pull it out against Kent for multiple reasons. Obviously to see Kent lose. The other is I would find it absolutely hilarious for UMass to miss the MAC after their fans crap on how much of a stepdown MAC basketball would be from the A10. It would be a humbling experience for them.

His tone didn't change at all on the radio, here you can see him ease up a little bit

I was convinced that them playing @EMU and @WMU back to back would haunt them, but they handled EMU pretty well honestly. I won't be surprised if they go undefeated. It just sucks we don't even really have a shot at a shared regular season championship with only 1 game for the tiebreaker