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+6 in the +/-. 😊

From what I have seen is that the payouts for the MWC is very unbalanced. I have no clue what North Dakota State is getting if they are in, but NIU is probably getting shafted in the long run just to get out of Weeknight Football Games and take a major Downgrade to the Horizon League for everything else. Even if they got a Second 'Get out of the MAC Jail' Free Card.....

2 rebounds in 4 minutes. Good to see him get in there.

He just entered with 4 minutes left!

I missed the Marshall game, so they have two non-conference games against top 200 NET teams. And Marshall is three slots ahead of Kent, so let's not prop that win up. We are very close to Miami and if we face off in Cleveland, I expect it to be a right game. But the clear difference between them and us record-wise is their laughable non-conference schedule and drawing us at home without a return date at the JAR.

Their road win at Marshall is better than any win we have currently. And yes it's a top 200 NET (In fact it's top 150) win so you should fact check yourself. What's our best OOC win? Road win @ #202 Tulane? You shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house. I don't think they would be undefeated with our schedule, but we wouldn't be 24-0 with theirs. We've lost to every half decent team we faced, including to Miami. Like I said, it's not easy to win every game even when you're favored. That's why you have to go back to 1958 to find the last time a MAC team went undefeated in conference play. They aren't one of the top 25 best teams in the country, but they deserve the recognition they receive. If Akron was 24-0 I would expect the same attention.

Do you think Miami would have defeated any of Purdue, Yale, or Murray State? They "took care of business" against the 352nd non-conference SOS in the country. They only faced one non-conference opponent who is top 200 in NET (Wright State). If Akron had their schedule plus the only H2H matchup between the two teams at the JAR, we may be undefeated as well.

TWolves are on ESPN right now and Enrique is active.

I mean we were favored in 4 out of our 5 losses so it could be argued that we should have won more than 2 of them. That's why it's hypocritical to criticize Miami this year. They played an easier schedule, not that ours was brutal, but they actually took care of business. It's more challenging to win all the games you're expected to then people care to admit.

Exactly what I was thinking. Not that we should have beaten Purdue, but two of the other four losses should have been wins. It's the same story every year too, ever since KD...lose every important OOC game against respectable competition, compete hard to win the MAC/C, then get smoked in whatever post-season tournament we make. If athletics is about feeling and looking good for the sake of the university's brand/image, why not just schedule a complete slate of cupcakes and get a national ranking like the fraudster sweaters? They have to get up for five games per season and are doing it for that reason alone. They sleep walk through the rest of their schedule.

Groce mentioned that he played a limited number of guys for extra minutes at Eastern. Not sure if it’s the change of rotation, playing fewer guys double-digit minutes or the emphasis on defense that has resulted in lesser point totals. Hopefully a couple of days off help our guys regroup. A guy like Barre should be able to erase some mistakes on defense and with a rim protector behind them our guards shouldn’t have to back down so deep in the paint allowing them to guard the perimeter more quickly and effectively. I agree, still plenty of time for Groce to make adjustments.

Anyway. We'll be fine. Groce knows what we have to iron out and he's got a month to do it. By the way, Sharron will be all MAC tournament team, he's gonna have a big weekend. Just a hunch

I'm afraid our attempts to improve defensively have been outweighed by the regression in offense that caused

Yes

He was active last game and looks to be again today.

We have a 6'8" scorer riding the bench. Last night we had 3 starters score 2, 3 and 4. We have a great coach but I'm still scratching my head over the starting lineup. I'm thankful for TJ.

Reminds me of the sophomore slump Tavari had. At least he’s a hustler and good on defense, but him getting back to form on offense by the end of season would be huge..issue is he hasn’t had it all year.

Kent can't read or write. Zips can't win important games. John's next endeavor...in process.

Young gives a great deal of effort on defense and is the Zips best smaller defender but can be taken advantage of on switches due to his size.

Freeman was called back up to the Timberwolves. Maybe he will finally get to be on the active roster.

The biggest of chokes

It's not in decline everywhere, and general data is not the type of data they'd be looking at.

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck.

The MAC pissed down its leg today going 3-10. They lost the SunBelt challenge 12-14.