All Activity

That's a really weird way to spell Elvis. People visit this site for one of two reasons: to read 700 page threads about people's favorite UA logo or for GP1's bar recommendations. Anyway, I guess I'll stop wearing my Akron edition Slayer God Hates Us All shirt to games 😂 /s Audrey and Rusty's dad is right, basketball/sport is a way to unite communities; or at the very least, it is a desperately needed escape from the horrors of our current age. That was a really bizarre Kent Akron game. Even my KSU Alum friends agreed. Hopefully the rematch at the MAC Center is just as bizarre and entertaining. On to Stan Heath's Squawkin' Eagles of EMU. This crap is exhausting.

Tavari, Evan, Scott, and Hardman are all seniors. If he's looking for playing time he will have plenty of opportunity to get minutes next year as we will be much thinner at guard/wing next year. I'm sure Akron is going to look to reload, but I kind of feel this year is similar to Freeman's senior year where this is our year to make noise. Next year, even with a reload, we will need a lot of time to develop as a team and our ceiling likely won't be as high as this team. For that reason I feel the best players need to play. If Oggy wants minutes he needs to earn them in practice.

"I'm going to transfer to EMU because then nobody will be able to tell the difference." - Carlos Hart (probably)

My concern with Oggie is that he leaves. He could start for other MAC teams. I'd like to see him get some situational minutes. He has offensive skills. Also why I think Eric M should be starting.

Really weird statement to make, Jesus is KING!!!!

Promise I’m done after this…I don’t equate religion with politics but if you do, the only ones making a political statement were the players wearing the shirt. Some of us found it a little JARing as it was unusual…pun intended

Yeah, Halligan and MMK are a bit redundant in their roles, and Halligan is at least an OK shooter. I love MMK, but I fear he will always have a limited role unless he develops at least a passable jumper.

MMK really hasn't developed at all as a shooter either. If he's undersized out there then he has no reason to be out there atm. Especially if he's out there with halligan then you have two nonfactors (or at least the teams treat them as nonfactors) on offense

He was involved in that point shaving scandal that came out a few weeks ago. The incidents he is connected to are before his time at EMU.

Oh, I didn't realize it was a suspension. I just assumed injury.

Hmm, I didn't realize that and didn't look at the box scores. I just relied on my memory which is clearly flawed 🤣 Well, in that case, it's especially concerning for MMK because those games were before Chabi returned and he's not likely to see an increase in minutes now.

Carlos Hart scored 32 of their 72 points in our first matchup and is suspended. We scored 92 points and beat them by 21 despite shooting 16% from three. We should handle them pretty easily.

Aside from his 1 minute against Kent, MMK only played 3 minutes in each of the Toledo and Ohio games after playing about 8-12 minutes per game the rest of MAC play so this may not be just because of the Kent matchup.

I do think EMU is better than their 3-7 conference record, as they've had some close losses that would have them around even in the conference. But with some injuries on their end, and our team back to full strength, this should be an easy win.

Agreed, Marvin was undersized against Kent, but he should be back in there more tomorrow night.

Dude has been a class act every step of the way.

I would think Chabi will play 10-15 minutes/game moving forward. That's what he was getting a night the last few games leading up to his injury. When we face Kent again, and assuming Whaley plays, I wouldn't be shocked if we see Amani and Chabi on the court at the same time for stretches of the game. We don't have much need to deviate from our 4 guard lineup as it matches up well against most MAC teams. Kent is kind of the one team that has both depth and size in the paint. The rebounding edge they had against us is still a concern. Had they shot even a horrible 25% from 3 that would have been a much different game because of all the extra possessions those rebounds gave them.

I think that’s all it was.

And all neutral/road games.

All of our wins are by 10+ points, so that certainly helps. Plus, two of the four losses were by 3 points.

Despite the lack of Q1/Q2 opportunities and success on the resume, Akron being 50th in NET shows how strong our performance metrics are.

Troy ruined our chance of another Q2 chance so we’re kind of screwed their unless we face Miami in the tournament

Zips are at 50 in NET and Miami is now 53. With BG's loss at CMU on saturday that knocked out our only Q2 win. Not that any of that really matters for us, but we are now showing 0-4 against Q1&Q2, 16-0 against Q3&Q4

Jay Bilas recently talked about Miami and their odds of making the tournament. He very politely ripped their schedule, talked about their KenPom, and mentioned that their only top 100 is Akron (he then said Akron is VERY good). Those who know ball know Miami are frauds until they aren't. February and March will be the tell all.

I wish we would see him more. It's tough when you have a lot of depth, but I'd give a cut of Halligan's nightly minutes to him. You can see his potential when he is out there, he just needs to get experience.